Class of 1906 Graduates With Music and Civic Orations
The 1906 graduating class featured a public program at the Presbyterian church with the Treble Clef club of thirty voices under Miss Kliebenstein. Orations covered government, socialism, juvenile courts, and royal lineages, highlighting progress from past eras to modern civility and calls for reform in governance and social systems.
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Wall
Kliebenstein
Presbyterian Church
Klichenstein
Regert
Wilhnan
Graduation Exercises Highlight Hard Work and Future Triumph
The class of six received diplomas after a Friday program marked by reflections on progress and peace. Attendees gathered at Hotel Ackley Saturday evening, with alumni welcoming the newer graduates. Short talks by Superintendent Lancelot, ex-Superintendent Maxwell, Mr. Maxson, J. J. Henry, and Miss Kiva Lancer framed the event as a step toward constructive futures.
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Hotel Ackley
Lancelot
Maxwell
Maxson
J. J. Henry
Kiva Lancer
Sacred Heart Academy to Stage Closing Exercises
Sacred Heart Academy announces a public entertainment in the central Town section on Thursday evening June 21. The program starts at six, with the Sletirrs praised for their thorough preparation of students under their guidance for this annual event.
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Children of Sacred Heart Academy
Sacred Heart Academy
Academy
Tia
G A R Elects Colonel Clark As Department Commander
At Boone Cedar Rapids Colonel Obas Clark elected department commander of the G A R via unanimous motion. Clark was escorted to the stage by Haradon and delivered an address before more than three thousand veterans in the parade. Opening of Crow Indian Reservation promises 1.0 million acres of fertile land for homesteading with irrigation for about 490,000 acres under the National Irrigation Law. Land to be disposed by lottery drawing. Billings & Great Falls and Milwaukee roads seek hundreds of workers, carpenters needed. Petition for rehearing filed in Crockett divorce case seeking reversal of custody ruling. Asphalt paving contract let in Watertown at 1.87 per square yard.
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Boone
Obas. A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
A. I. Haradono
Marshalltown
Clark
Haradon
Yellowstone Valley
Crow [Odlan Reservation
Billings & Great Palk RR
Milwaukee RB. R
C. L. Hanni
Billings
Montana
State Supreme Court
Paonie W.crockett
Supreme Court
Hardin County District Court
Watertoo’s Council
Hughes
Hatel Ackley
Judgeship in Doubt at Iowa Falls Conference
Delegates at the Eleventh district convention in Iowa Falls renominated Judge Evans of Hampton by acclamation. Other seats to succeed Whitaker of Boone and Richard of Webster City remained unsettled by late evening, with sixty ballots cast. On the 1701 ballot Wright of Fort Dodge and Lee of Nevada were chosen to stand for the judgeship.
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Iowa Falls
Evans
Hampton
Whitaker
Boone
Richard
Webster City
Wright
Ft. Dodge
Lee
Nevada
Williams
Crowther Critiques Primary Elections and Voting Patterns
Richard Crowther of Fowler wholesale grocery in Waterloo comments on a recent primary, noting high turnout and apparent voter satisfaction while criticizing practices. He cites Emmetsburg as having one voting anomaly and criticizes Cummins aligned tactics. The precinct reported 2100 votes with 1263 for Cummins and 927 for Perking, and Roosevelt 1661 Parker 525 in the presidential tally of 2190.
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Richard Crowther
Fowler
Waterloo
Tim Wonkldian
Mr. Crowther
The
Gideons
Millward
Crowther
Cummins
Iowa
Roosevelt
Parker
Children Day Program At Presbyterian Church
A Sunday Children Day service at the Presbyterian Church will feature an organ procession, scriptural readings, baptisms, and choral songs. Primary scholars and children from several classes will perform including a Crusade and a closing song, with an offering and a general invitation to parents and the public.
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Presbyterian Church
Caton Vranty
Ellen Leister
Grace
Gussle Bolender
Ruth Sawyer
Bree Veesey
Saat Telen Althouse
Pive
Allhouse
Abbie Craot
Pour Girls
Philo Nix Obideve
Sunday School
Methodist Church
First Evangelical Church Plans June Children Day
Sising to have children will please bring then. Children a day exercises will be held at the First Evangelical church the that Sunday in June.
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Fyangelical Church
First Evangelical Church
Death in Flame Accident Claims Local Man
Charles Goettel a longtime city resident and former bookkeeper for J. Martin & Soo died in Allison Iowa from burns suffered when turpentine spilled from a bottle and caught fire as he tried to remove grease from his clothing. He rushed outside where help arrived, but the injuries proved fatal Sunday morning after being reported seriously injured Wednesday. He had married six weeks earlier to a young village woman and was born in Lansing Iowa.
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Hfe
Charles Goettel
KF. J. Martin & Soo
Allison
Iowa
Guettel
O'Neill & Goettel Atores
Deere
Ula
Frank Martin
Bizard
Vilage
Ife
Lansing
Banks in Iowa Pass $200 Million in Assets
State Bank Examiner Carroll reports Iowa state and allied banks have surpassed 200 million in total assets. Deposits rose by 8.24 million as of Jan 29 with the May 1 call. Assets totaled about 169.61 million, and overall increases since May 1906 include 23.12 million in deposits, 1.19 million in sight credits, 704 thousand in undivided profits, and 230 thousand in surplus. Capital stock for the twenty-two banks stood at 480 thousand.
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Carroll
State
Allviggs
Iowa
Attave
Jaan
Sermons At Colleges Highlight Local Clergy Reach
Rev. Hugh McNigel of the Presbyterian church in this city received requests to speak at public functions including Buena Vista College at Storm Lake and Lennox College in Hopkinton. W T O Rule from Fargo attended dental graduation in Milwaukee, returning home to Hampton with plans for his future practice. Theo Bradford, formerly of Berkeley and now in Chicago, visits his aunt and uncle in town. he left California not due to earthquakes but discomfort from them.
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Hugh McNigel
Presbyterian Church
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Lennox College
Hopkinton
Dubuque County
F. H. Rule
Hampton Globe Saga
W. T. O. Rule
Fargo
N. D
Milwaukee
Hig Eon
John S
Dental College
Hampton
Rule
Marshalltown
Theo
Bradford
Berkley
California
Chicago
Califorais
Ackley Fourth of July Celebration Promises Spectacle
The American Eagle will soar in Ackley for a grand anniversary celebration with genuine entertainment and patriotic fervor. In a recent drive several hundred dollars were subscribed by local business leaders to fund the event, which will feature stronger oratory, better music, and more ambitious tableaux. Organizers urge regional guests to join in the three week distant festivities and await further program details.
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Ackley
Train accident injures Illinois Central section hand
Frank Milky a section hand for Illinois Central was struck by an engine noon Monday while on the line three miles east of town. He and the crew had moved off the track as a train approached but Milky returning to pick up a discarded pickax could not escape. He was placed in the caboose and brought to the station for treatment by Dr Thornton. Milky’s injuries are not serious but he will be unable to work soon.
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Frank Milky
Illinois Central
Milky
Traci
Worlmeno
Misaly
Enlee
Misky
Dostor Thornton
Child Labor Law Tightens in Iowa to End Work for Minors
Iowa lawmakers pass a child labor law to take effect after July 4. No child under 14 may be employed in factories stores or hotels and those aged 14 to 18 must not work during school hours. Chester Van Woy, formerly of this city now in Wayland, Iowa, with the Iowa Central railroad, is critically ill with typhoid fever.
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Iowa
Chester van Woy
Wayland, Lows
Iowa Central’ Railroad
Lancelot Leaves City for Cloquet Newspaper Work
Lanceelot Lancelot departs from One Morning with his father to Cloquet Minnesota to devote his energies to newspaper work. He has served as superintendent of editors here for the past two years and moves with the support of the community. Cloquet, a city with limited newspapers, awaits his leadership in the local press.
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Lanceelot
AL Lancelot
Cloquet
Minnesotas
Lancelot
Gerged
Sedanta
Alha Utne
NES
Volitton
Tie
Faber
Resident 54 Years In Hardin County Families Remember Prairie Life
Resident aged 54 and his wife from Wellaburg visited the city on Thursday last, guests of Jurgen and Mra. Spieker. The two families are among Mardin and Grundy county’s oldest residents. Jurgen Spieker moved to Hardin county from Etnaistifbys four years ago, at a time when log cabins dotted the prairie. The Spieker matriarch recalls there would never be another house beyond their own, as they were far from all civilization. Yet a half century of time has altered their lives despite life’s long separation.
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Aurgen Hulaaman
Fog
Thetra
From Small Beginning Boehmler Builds Cedar Falls Firm
C A Boehmler of Cedar Falla spoke of a modest start five years ago with a single room and alley view. The Way ner Manufacturing Co expanded to two buildings and a three story addition. Eleven traveling salesmen now promote hardware as orders exceed fifteen thousand hand tools this season, with twelve spectacles and growing production.
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C. A. Boehmler
Cedar Falla
Boehmler
Wayner Manufacturing Company
Kirkwood hotel sale in Des Moines at 150000
Our Wear neighbors report the Kirkwood hotel in Des Moines has been sold for 150000. The text also notes various local incidents and bids, including drownings, bid actions, and community notices across Iowa.
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Kirkwood
Des Moines
Towa
Towa City
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