Tar News Notes of GENERAL the Local and Neighboring-Communities
A patchwork of small items from many towns reports incidents, trades, and events. Notes include farm sales near Fairfield township, legal disputes in Dows, town edicts in Sheffield, a clock tower project in Reinbeck, a Co F reunion near James Hartinger lawn, county fairs plans, and local crime and mischief sketches across Grundy and Butler counties.
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Tar News
Reinbeck
Lishsohn & Greenberg
Peoples
Grundy Center
Dysart
Grundy
Lewis Miller
Independence
John
Bidora Enterprise
William Mulford
Providence Township
Hunter
Bunter
Mulford
Har
Hampton Recorder
Jernegan
Dover
Rochester
Mina
Bridger's Return to Scouting and New Missoula Rail Yard
Bridger, returning from the east, reveals a Missoula ranch and a railroad station within a mile of the old place. He notes the air is no longer pure and recalls fond meals, then jokes about beaver tails. An ad promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills and PeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with patient testimonials.
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Bridger
Cap’n
Old Missoula
Cap'n
de Witt
John M. Nix
A Remarkable Escape From Lung Trouble
A.M. Mines of Manchester Iowa recounts a near death experience from measles related lung disease and hemorrhages. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with a full cure for throat chest and lung troubles after doctors warned of imminent death. Trial bottles free at Prander's drug store CG FB.
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W.A. Mines
Manchester
Dr. King
Prander
Barb wire trust battles Iowa rivals in long muttered case
A historical review outlines the Washburn & Moon monopoly and its lawsuits against Iowa barb wire manufacturers. It details Manchester and Cedar Falls plants owned by Hoag, the Grinnell factory, and the broader strategy of patent control, excessive royalties, and cut‑price market tactics that drove independent firms to bankruptcy and sale.
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Barb Wire Trust
Existance
Towa
Washburn & Moon Company
Iowa
Manchester
Bk, Hoag
Washburn & Moon Trust
Hoag
Delaware County Manufacturing Company
Ans
Qedar
Ceder Falls
Trust
Glidden
Washburn & Moen
Cedar Falls
Washburn & Moon
Cedar Tally
Grinnell Barbed Wire Company
Grinnell
Grinnell Company
Gautier Steel Department
Cambrian Iron Company
Johnstown
United States
Oliver P. Shirag
Ag Now
Ngain
Cambriaron Company
Shiras
Brewer
Supreme Court
Match Strike Earns Him a Clerk Post in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia insurance officer recalls hiring a clerk who impressed with a thoughtful act. To light a cigar, the applicant struck a match on the heel of his shoe rather than vandalize a marble column, demonstrating caution and conscientiousness. The incident led to employment and a positive evaluation over the following month.
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Ron Littis
Pihée Devins & Man
Bii
Philadelphia Inquirer
Exchanged Overcoats At Chicago Depot Mixup
A rubber goods dealer recounts a comic mixup in Chicago when an exchanged overcoat and gloves vanished then reappeared, traced to a check boy and a wrong coat swap on a Detroit bound trip. Letters found in the coat revealed the error and the men realized they had swapped again at the Auditorium.
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Birst
Chicago
Detroit
Chicago Surprises In A Minute Exchange
A wry tale recalls a quick exchange while two men, both bound for Detroit, planned to stay at the same hotel and deal with the same firm. The narrator notes Chicago’s knack for surprises as he recalls a past encounter in Mexico and a debt demand of $51 from a man he once left for dead.
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Detroit
Chicago
State Street
Mexico
Washington Post
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Ackley
Burlington
Creston
Sheldon Woods
Fairfield Township
New Hartford
Jensen
Dows
Sheffield
Anil
L. Hezzlewood
Oshawa
Ontario
Canada
Uncle Jake
Alden Times
Co. F
James Hartinger
Grundy Democrat
J. Smith
John Eijmers
Estherville
ouRna
Humphreys
LE Erin Bas
Piprieg
Verfuraye' Med, CO
Cor, Willisay & Jobs His
New Tek
St. Louis Republic
TRIST
Warner
Plunder & Nackroft
J. Q. Hood
Justice of the Peace
Crosby, Miss
Iowa Central Depot
B. G. Richarnson
J. C. Kennedy
Roanoke
Tenn
Saya
DeWittt
Jenna M. Nix
Rocky Mountain
Renlek Hamilton
West Jefferson, O
Uveeral Tistula
Diethless
Bucklen
Plunder & Wackrott
EvenyBoby
Fine Farm
Neres
Tour Tolles
Poole
Worth Office
Qld
Pfander & Hackrott
For
P.c.bakker
Wilson Ei
Waren
Launor
Dous
Chargy
Forronski
le Poisal Ackley Agent
THE
Bank OF Ackley
Oiven
Tention
Posits
Antereer
Paccage
Crone
Soururren
Popes Potita
Ancing
Rea
Ceive
Insurance Ete
John Rath
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