Dumont Ackley Newsbriefs Mention Visitors and Local Deals
Local notes report Rev Mannie and wife visiting Bode. talk at church by DeYoung of Grand Haven Michigan. various residents named in social and travel mentions. Market updates and a Northern Pacific fare notice accompany a busy sequence of town life items from Dumont and Ackley, Iowa, with multiple names and travels listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mannie
New Jersey
Bode Homie
Kiev
DeYoung
Grand Maven
Michigan
Arl
Farmers report corn sales and harvest activity in Wellsburg and Austinvill
Faulkner George Diamond shelled 800 bushels of corn last week and sold it at 5 cents, beating 10 cent corn. Lusch grain company shelled about 14 000 bushels at about 25 cents with shrinkage. Parish news notes births, school term end, and picnic. trains and creamery activity mentioned. John Koster visits Wright county relatives. Baker births and local races observed. Oska- Joosa second prize 2 14 time. Wes and Kosuth county farming, land sales and marriages planned. heat affects livestock. Wellsburg and Austinville community updates and local business mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Long
West Union
Mary Driscoll
Belmond
Clark
T. J. Gund
Aurora
Pallip Pfaltzgraff
W. W. Martin Kay
Joseph Crotty
Mr. Crotty
Dumont
N. Long
Reading
Mion
P.R
Nobles County
W.H. Knoll
James McNealy
W. ©. Tucker
Town
Faulkner
George Diamond
Lusch Grain Company
Lamm
Susie French
Avery Manufacturing Company
Wellsburg
John Koster
Wright County
Charles Pratt
Dr. Chinn Smiles
Mesars
Koolman
Schrage
Marshalltown
Bernie Wilkes
Oska- Joosa
John Brower
Minnesota
Towa
John Buss
Clarion
Mr. Busse
Qlarion
Koskuth
Beary Schneiderman
Mennenga
John Tjaden God Davebters
Ocheyedano
G. Johnson
E. Muddermano
W. Rainsbarger
Ohio
Mr. Rainsbarger
Tom Geimer and Son
A. Davids House
Electric Lineman Killed by 1150 Volts at Sioux City
John Titzpatrick a line man for the Sioux City Electric Light and Gas Company died after being struck by 1150 volts from two live wires on a building roof at Sixth and Pearl streets. He fell as the roof was moved to raise the wires. Peter Cullihan, a telephone lineman, rushed to aid him. A sheet of flame rose fifteen feet, burning his palm and nose. defective insulation is blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Titzpatrick
Sioux City
Fitzpatrick
Examiners Report on State Offices in Town
Governor Shaw released the six month review of state offices. Lafayette Young, retired state binder, was overpaid 4898 dollars due to sewing vs stitching and a misapplied law. The report criticizes state oil inspectors expenses and questions health board clerks funding. It notes physician annual dues to support the board and refers the whole to the Attorney General. The executive council set next year’s tax rate at 2.7 mills plus 0.1 for the university and 0.1 for the agricultural college, yielding about 1.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Executive Council
Lafayette Young
Young
Secretary of State
State Board of Health
State University and Agricultural College
Sunday Baseball Fight Forces Injunction Hearing
Pastors and business leaders in Fort Dodge failed to stop Sundays baseball game with Waseca. A petition for immediate and future relief by injunction was heard by Judge Kenyon, who granted a continuance to Wednesday morning. Abolition of Sunday games could end Fort Dodge baseball revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Waseca
Kenyon
Tes
Father Rescues Daughters After Lake Okoboji Near Drowning
W V McQuaid of Des Moines aided two of his daughters Kaith McQuad and Beagie McQuad after they nearly drowned while boating on Lake Okoboji. They fell overboard with two other girls as water depth exceeded their heads. A nearby girl reached shore and pulled her sister to safety, but the McQuaid girls were out of reach until their father, standing hundreds of yards away, reached them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. McQuaid
Des Moines
Lake Okoboji
Kaith MccQuad
Beagie McQuad
McQuaid
Rescue at Sea Ends in Tragedy for McQuaid Family
A man plunged into deep water to save his daughter and another girl as they sank. He brought the first child to shore, then died attempting the second. George Dimmitt assisted with the initial extraction. Both girls were revived after extensive effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dimmitt
McQuaid
DOG QUARREL AND CAMP LIFE MEMORIES IN 19th CENTURY TALE
A Sioux City man Milton faces arrest after a street confrontation with gambler Livingstone over hunting dogs while both armed. The piece then shifts to a vivid catalog of camp life including jewelry, buttons, and improvised musical instruments, concluding with a moral rhyme from the Chicago Times-Herald about swearing off vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times-Herald
Incorrigible Defiance On New Year’s Vows Described
A man answers a reporter that he will give up one old habit this New Year, namely swearing off every January 1. The remark features a defiant air and reflects a common humorous stance in Washington Star reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted in 19th Century Ad
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy. It claims internal action to reach the disease, describes the product as a non quack medicine prescribed by renowned physicians, and notes testimonials, Toledo Ohio origins, drugstore availability, and a price of 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cuenxy & Co
Props
Toledo
Prica
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H.C. Crack
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Uscond Farm Securities
Julus Frick
Ackroy
Prnch
Lown
James Whiteside
Glaguire
Exchange Bank
Ackle
H. Daulmann
Fonesouth
Ais Phorate Sole
Elven
Sarah M. Wheeler
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Jowan
Tom
Meader
Cleek
Adlington
Henry Busse
Mary Bisbee
Greene
K. M.ocker
Parkersburg
H. G. Steykeua and Son
Oscar Meyerston Dakota
Miss Kramer
Grace Schilling
Buffalo Center
Abbas
Bert Voeltz
Western Horges
Omaha
Kirkpatrick
Geneva
Fannie Pearse
Old Society
H. PD. Gokey
Fertile
Iowa
M. B. Dolson
Abbott
Will Waddington
Alexander
Hattie Kileslich
Otto Kraig
Orilla Reeve
Jobn Griffin
Maggie McCarran
Iowa Falls
Henry Griffin
Nellie Waddington
Belmonda
Ackley Markets
Ackuley
Northern Pacific Ry
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Pointe
Little Malls
Mico
Poly
G. D. Rogers
Locust Street
Chas S. Bea
St. Paul
Inn
Austinville
Henry Austin
Misa Jassie Stevens
Cedar Falls
Walter Austin
Mira
Sunday Ball
Doge
Father
Life Insurance Company
Great International Life Insur
Insupanca Ft
Garry Gunn
John Milton
Mel Powers
Pearce Street
Willivingstone
Sr Reste
Livingstone
Milton
Ile
Cuba
Commissariat
Halthouse
LEWIS
J. B. Lewis CO
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