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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
5
Fragmentary reads show a community page with social visits and events. Mentions include figures from Hawarden and Nokomis visiting relatives, funeral attendance, Thanksgiving plans, and local scheduling notes in a rural region. The text reflects a neighborhood bulletin with names and travel to nearby towns.
O A Mabbott will run a pool tournament with Tan players for a valuable prize. Market quotes listed for Treton show Wheat 6½c, oats 28½c, barley 8½c, corn 2/72e, hogs 83.30. Several social visits and community notices follow including Thanksgiving guests and church events. A theft of a corduroy overcoat near Vietho's store is noted with an unresolved suspect.
Local notes describe Mr Miller visiting Iowa City with his son Hubert, debates in Viotho's hall and spring-like Sunday scenes. Mrs and Mr Gandy celebrated fifty years of marriage with family visits. Advertisements urge Ledger readers to support local merchants and holiday goods. A piano word-contest winner from Treton earned a Whitney piano. Dr. Austen K. de Blois gave a lecture on empire at the M E church, praised for eloquence, amid mixed audience reception.
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