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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
5
Railway timetable and commodity notes outline arrivals and departures for No 16 and No 25 passenger trains at Ireton Iowa. Entries show prices and times for wheat barley hogs and freight movements with several illegible words and partial times.
Local residents mention trips to Chicago LaPorte Salem and Le Mars. Council to meet for equalization next Tuesday. Church services and Friday meetings noted along with health issues and social visits. Several residents travel to Ireton Maurice Sheldon Parker Orange City and Parker South Dakota with ongoing town events and improvements.
The Mueller family settles on the Klinefelter property in Treton while a 200 acre farm is offered for sale. Readers are urged to check the Ledger want column for employment and opportunities. Easter services and church events, staff changes at the Ledger, and local social visits fill this week’s Treton briefs.
A representative of the Slayton lecture bureau reported a provisional contract for a winter lecture course in Iraton after securing 125 season tickets at two dollars each. The course promises top touring talent and aims to mobilize community support amid a successful prior season. Also covered are a street carriage mishap injuring two young women, a grand missionary rally at the M E church with multiple speakers, Beauchamp's lecture at the M E church, and a note that another course event may be added.
The article notes a week of descending temperatures with a small blizzard yesterday. A cold northern wind dumped heavy snow whitening the landscape and delaying planting as gardeners cover budding vegetables. April has been unusually cold for the past two weeks.
A youngster from Ireton was found taking chickens and sold to Hanford Produce Co. The fowl was identified as previously sold to another party. The theft was investigated and the boy was taken in tow and returned.
Correspondents are urged to save their items after weekly printings until the contest for the ladies and gentlemen’s gold watch. Judges will be chosen by correspondents and the Ledger reports many country reporters intend to compete for the prize.
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