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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1906
Page
5
The notice lists sales at Riter's including Old Cooper wagons and McCormick hay, plus multiple local births and visits. Amazons and vendors, band performances, and carnival guests fill the page with names like Albert Moser and Jud Mueller, while residents travel to Sioux City, Sibley, and Orange City for events and duties.
Postmaster L M Black returns home from Indiana and other points last Friday with Miss Edna Pickering who will visit in Ireton this summer. Black recalls Louisville homecoming day as a great event for ex Kentuckians and mentions a civil war hospital room. Hawarden encampment attendance was strong with veterans praising the experience. Ireton ball team unveils black shirts and white trousers with bread-trimmed caps and an I motif on shirts and aims to challenge Sioux City Packers. Town advertising by a local ball team rests on citizen support. Credit notices issued for immediate settlements as obligations arise. 27-30 TLC Parker.
Report of a trip to LeMars where Senator LaFollette failed to appear while Capt. Hobson gave a strong talk. Others toured western states, and a gas plant delay was blamed on lack of piping. An alarm fire caused minor loss at Pereboom residence.
Miss Edith Brown attends institute this week and Miss Margart Miller does so at Orange City. CN Bartlett and family visit the Wheelers on Sunday. CR Steele returns from illness. Clyde and Mrs Wills visit Judson Wheeler. L A Bailey leads road repairs in Manngains with crews. Rush and foaby attend Hawarden Reunion. Baker and Taylor arrive from Maze ND to visit Frank Taylor. Past week showers slow corn plowing. Sunny Side fields show growth. Communities plan Fourth of July gathering in Treton with eager enthusiasm.
Friday visits span the A Chambers home and the Wm. Winders residence while M Grau returns from Tama county. Shoppers Freton and visitors from Morrie Black and Dagen homes are noted, with several family connections across Plato township Odebolt and Okarche. An advertisement endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic. other promotions reference life insurance and herbal tea products.
A collage of playful, garbled verse and anecdotes from a bygone paper. It lampoons editors and trust magnates, riffs on love and luck, and includes a humorous scene of a boy named Nick and a philosopher discussing fate under a riverbank light.
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