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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1905
Page
1
Local markets report prices for wheat oats corn barley and hogs per 100 pounds liveweight or equivalent. Figures are totaled per ewt with no further details given on quantities or sources. The brief notes reflect typical commodity rates for the day.
Monday reports from the county seat mention F Vlotho on business. Jens Geonning listed for at the Ireton post office. A year ago Tuesday the M E church in Treton burned. Horton of Hawarden renews acquaintances. FP, W Marienux and W Scot at county business Tuesday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs W E Everett Thursday night. J P Eflerbrook of Sibley IA runs the soda sale at F Viotho store. Geo Rickiefs heads Epiphany day examination trip. Don’t forget Robert Smith’s public thief note. Everything to be sold as he plans to move to town.
Misa Lillian McGonagle arrived home from Stareus last Friday after an extended visit with friends and relatives there. Mrs. Roscoe Campbell returned to Monroe South Dakota, fully recovered from illness. A public auction of Henry Baack's property is set for February 9. The dancing club plans another dance on January 31 with Ainsworth's Orchestra. Several residents report health updates and local happenings including quarantines for diphtheria, church events, and weather conditions.
G J Riter purchases half interest in J P Riter's implement business and the firm becomes the Riter Implement Co. He buys A Carr's residence for 1500 dollars and plans to move to Leeton with his family. Will Jordan and Geo Eblers join the new firm to operate a roaming implement business next season. Jordan to relocate families as well.
F Viotho proprietor of the Chicago Cash Store plans to sell his stock of general merchandise and millinery at cost and move to Pasadena California seeking a warmer climate. The couple cites independence after his father's death and a desire for an easy life. Viotho's sixteen year business career is noted for square dealing and steady growth. The stock sale is imminent and they intend to relocate to Pasadena where a sister resides.
A series of small town items recount a sick man damaged by a scratch, a fire narrowly avoided at the Irwin residence, and social news. Henry Heeren faces a mixed-up case in Orange City while a concert company from Eva Bartlett Macy is slated for the M E church. A wedding of Ida Ola Jones and Clyde C Wiles occurs near Ireton, with plans for a farm home northwest of town. The North Western Line Seed Corn Special plans 30 minute train stops to promote bigger corn crops and the Sioux County Implement Dealers meet in Ireton electing officers and stressing farmer and dealer cooperation.
Grant Township Creamery Company, a cooperative and loyal patronized by its customers, paid 28 cents per pound for butter fat in December, highest among producers in New York. Fred H. Harms is president, H F Meust secretary treasurer and general manager, with directors O Croon John Mammen John Ween John Oaken and P Clubben. Annual meeting set for next Saturday afternoon. A 60 foot iron bridge over the Floyd river, a mile and a half south of Alton, is under construction by Bob Murray and crew under Ceatrestoe Alles Couirnen.
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