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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
8
Auction note lists one door three window frames and one door frame cheap from Spencer News and Btrothers Lightning Rods. W L Paulsen mentions acreage options near good land half mile from a school with price 97.50 per acre and rent at 3.50 per acre in Clay county.
Ruthven and Wall residents visit, property transfers, and social visits noted. Town property sold to J Courtright of Water, credits for local visitors include Mrs Noble, Mrs Wilmer Golly, Mrs Wilcox, Mrs Meek, Mrs Mayes, and Chas Daniels. Several meetings at Free Methodist chapel listed with community updates and memorials for a lingering illness.
Harmony residents shared Sunday meals with neighbours and attended church services. Christmas shopping enjoyed good weather as Harmony school pupils prepared a small program and gift exchange. Several local families traveled to Spencer to hear the Williams singers and others visited relatives in nearby towns.
A fragmented OCR shows multiple closing out sale notices across Linn Grove and nearby towns. Names such as Peterson, Gilluspie Bros, Speelman, Royal, Kee, and Marh are listed with dates in January February and March. The text mentions stock, farm equipment, large closing outs, and site sales though many details are garbled.
In Kediver Valley Minnesota farm lands offered with easy terms. Describes No 1 with 160 acres near a town and drainage, cash down 509 dollars per quarter section, and No 108 with 200 acres near Crookston. Owner has a large herd of grade cows. buyers may select cows to pay via monthly proceeds. Write for more details.
Real estate ad offers a recut house close in with four rooms, cellar, barn, and modern hot water and hot air heat in good repair. Renters pay 19 per month, with a $4 cash? and $1075 monthly? The ad notes easy terms and a large frontage with potential buyers urged to act.
A lengthy rural ad offers 100 acre farms with stables sheds granaries walls windmills tanks and fences. Many entries describe arable land with potential tiling, good soil, and buildings near Spencer Torril and Arnold's Park. Prices range widely with exchanges proposed for city property cattle or smaller farms.
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