This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
A local farmer leader contends mail order houses capture county sales by advertising prices and products in home matter pamphlets, leaving home merchants silent. He argues merchants should market in home papers to attract customers and match catalog pricing, or risk losses and repeated suspensions of two sided debates.
Last week Elihu Baker of Holt Inp purchased the Charles M Wallace property on South Main Street. He plans to join the two houses on the lot and improve it into a comfortable residence expected to be occupied around January 1st. Matin recently purchased the property now occupied by J R Lorimer. Her plans are not clear but the house may be moved to the farm south of town and made their home.
Fully thirty five Woodmen from Gravity and Bedford attended a county class adoption Tuesday night at Steel's Opera House Bedford. The class included about ninety members with three Gravity camp members Tom Neville George Posten and Clyde Richardson. The Foresters degree team from St Joe conducted the work in excellent form.
Demand for desirable rental houses in Gravity far exceeds supply. For healthy growth, more houses must be built on affordable locations. Encouragement to builders and investors for neat cottages to rent will pay off. The building boom should be pushed.
The government will pay railroads 76 million dollars this year for carrying the mails, a record breaking figure reflecting growing liberal funding.
The week offers special morning trains from this station at 6:39 to Des Moines arriving before noon, giving travelers a half day at the fair. The service handles increased demand, with the two cent fare on these specials, while regular trains would be strained. Read new ads, including Clarinda fair.
The Executrix of Hemburn Riley deceased files a final report with the Taylor county Iowa District Court seeking approval and discharge. A hearing is set for October 7, 1907 in Bedford to show cause why the report should not be approved and the Executrix discharged.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.