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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
7
Special Correspondent reports a busy week with visits from Montour Marshalltown LeGrand and Toledo. Numerous residents attend lectures Christmas events and church services as Highland and Timber Creek residents exchange greetings and holiday travels.
A Farmers Market Sale will be held in Dunbar on Thursday January 6 starting at 10 o'clock. The event will offer horses mules cattle hogs and sheep alongside farm machinery including wagons drags seeders harness and a Lennox gasoline engine. Lunch will be served by the Norwegian Lutheran church ladies. Cash up to $5 and under, over $5.00 with six month notes at T per cent. Knut Seim and O. Tow are managers with Jor Mania as auctioneer. Also notes from local correspondents report Christmas gatherings and visits in Marshalltown and nearby communities.
Having quit farming, John Shelton offers farm stock and equipment at an auction on December 30 at 9 oclock. Readable items include a saddle mare, a used VW years old, a spring colt, 10 head of cattle, four steers, hogs, farm wagon, plow, gears, and miscellaneous gear. Lunch at 11:30 A. M. with free meal. Terms: 12 months credit with approved security, interest from sale, property to remain until settled. Auction location in Aust., Hockett, Ghent area.
The essay recalls attempts to move peoples like the Laplanders to Labrador and neighbors past efforts such as the Doukhobors to the Canadian northwest and the Roskolnikis to Turkestan. It notes disastrous outcomes from some and slow stabilization from others, including Arctic Greenland settlements failing after ice and isolation cut off supplies.
A traveling journalist recounts a vacation voyage where a friend on a boat to Boston recognized a young woman aboard. He recalls meeting her and sharing a pleasant conversation before learning she had heard of him, underscoring how small the world can feel despite its vastness.
An exchange from a Philadelphia Times excerpt shows WVLY and Mr Slanx discussing neighborhood proximity and work life. One speaker contemplates leaving the morning newspaper trade to align with ordinary hours, while noting the awkwardness of a girl’s reaction. The fragment hints at social expectations and local routines.
A Burlington motorist meets a hay wagon on a steep rural hill. Behind the load lies a deadpan elder, whiskers streaming in the breeze, who quips that it’s rare to see a gentleman in such a contraption. The scene captures a humorously surprised reaction from the hay driver.
In a satirical sketch the older man refuses marriage unless a harsh condition is met, threatening hanging. A defense of the umpire leads a mob to hurl a brick, mistaken for a criminal as the home team loses the game.
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