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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
4
The Spencer news note shows newspaper filing as second class matter dated April 29, Spencer Iowa. It lists a one dollar annual advance rate and references post office handling under federal act.
The Riverside column reports the M. I. Sunday school picnic at Yorde's grove on August 18 and a buoyant harvest outlook with oats ahead of last year. It notes visits by Miss Hays of Green County, Mrs. Forest’s illness, and Orville Petty buying 62 head of yearling steers shipped from Minnesota.
In a 2009 Aberdeen feature, the piece recalls the 1880s rail boom transforming Aberdeen from prairie sod to a thriving hub. It notes the Milwaukee and Great Northern lines, a future streetcar, and a booming economy with hotels banks churches schools and a thriving creamery business. Aberdeen plans parks, building, and a Keely institute while predicting population growth to 30,000.
Short list of local ads offers insurance writing by O D Jenkins sale of soil at 25 cents per load at Fais cement factory calls for Short Horn cattle from F H Black good residence property for sale on West Fourth Street inquire at office farm loans at 5 percent Buck Kirkpatrick address 338 East 3d Street land and house Milo Brown place Spencer Iowa Arnold's Park Town listing by A O Stevens
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