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Newspaper
Ireton Clipper
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1891
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows traders Arthur and Wilson dealing in general merchandise with prices listed for flour meal butter eyes salt potatoes corn and hogs. The readable text includes price values per sack bushel barrel and per hundredweight though many words are garbled.
Treton area residents engage in social visits, church events, and town business. Miss Mille Wieg returns from Tama County, while Mrs. Amelia Dunning visits Radcliffe kin. A.U.P. Church repaint and post office hours updated. Local stock, groceries, and shops adjust as D.E. Wisg moves, Will Day buys Wood stock, and Mrs. Day eyes continued service.
The Sioux City and Northern Railroad will run a special train through Oct 25 with half rates to that date. The Tad Regiment Band from Chicago will attend during the last week. The Palace is praised as magnificent by all who have seen it. See it and hear the 2nd Regiment Beacon.
Obituary notes Ida French 3 years 9 months old daughter of Ephraim and Mrs French who died September 25 1891 from a tumor. The brief tribute likens her to a tender bud in a garden and speaks of God the gardener guiding time to eternity with a reference to Christ saying what I do thou knowest not now but shall know hereafter.
In memory of Loin a reflective verse laments departed days and the sea of joy. A small elegiac stanza recalls a modest form binding memories with gentle hands and silken bands, authored by E R Hastings.
Iowa weather and crop service tabulates October crop results from over 500 correspondents. It shows corn at 93 percent condition with a yield of 373 bushels per acre totaling 80,000,000 bushels. oats 41? bushels per acre totaling 120,030,060. potatoes 1593 bushels per acre totaling 28,700,090. winter wheat 200? bushels. spring wheat 152 per acre. total wheat 4,000,000 bushels. barley 29 per acre totaling 4,700,000. hay two-thirds ton per acre.
Eye aid service by Dr. Day offered at the Asion Motel in LeMars for two to three weeks. Residents with eye or ear trouble can visit there or leave orders at Citizens Bank for him to call at their Treton home, no extra charge.
The ad lists 7 horses including 3 geldings and brood mare, 6 cows with calves, 5 hogs, 4 dot chickens, wagons, harness, corning and farming implements, to be sold Friday Oct 23 1891 at 4 o clock p m. Terms: cash for sums under 10, ten months on approved notes at interest per cent, 5 per cent discount for cash.
For years we have sold Dr King s New Discovery for consumption Dr King s New Life Pills Bucklen s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters We guarantee satisfaction and offer refunds if results are not satisfactory These remedies owe their popularity to merit C F Hof man Co druggists
A painting by JL W OL Foster R.G. A. of To Toots is prepared for the Dominion Illustrated Christmas Number. The piece is hailed as one of Foster's best and will be one of four splendid supplements given with the issue.
An OCR fragment advertises Shiloh's Vitalizer from F. Hoffman Co. claiming relief from Indication misery, constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, and yellow skin. It presents as a medical patent remedy style booster.
Shilog's Cure from F. Hoffman & Co. claims immediate relief from croup whooping cough and bronchitis as advertised. The note cites broad efficacy for respiratory illnesses.
The North Western Ling adds two daily trains on weekdays with a through sleeping car from Hawarden to Chicago via Ames, connecting to eastern and southern points. Return options include through coach or sleeping car to Hawarden, with connections at Huron to Pierre. Through service extends to Des Moines, Huron, Radfield, Aber deen, and Oakes.
Positive cure claim for Catarrh Diphtheria and Gawker Mouth from FE Hoffman and Co. We can print sale bills on short notice and at reasonable rates. Contact us for your bills if you are planning a sale.
The notice advertises loans from To Borrowers Banc OF NORTHWESTERN offering money to borrow on long or short terms against approved securities with ample funds available.
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