Cannon Fires Volley at Clariton Meeting in 600 Crowd
A political gathering in Clariton Friday drew 600 or more as James Watson of Indiaco and Colonel Hepburn addressed the audience. Watson praised fifty years of Republican policy while Cannon urged reelection of a Republican Congress and defended tariff revision. He criticized Bryan’s railway ownership stance and urged unity for the full party ticket.
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Cannon
Iliots
James Watson
Ndiaca
Hepburn
Clariton
Watson
Bryan
New York
Iowa
Canton
Congress
Cangog
Roosevelt
Hepburn Apike
Towa
Potatoes Prove Profitable for Grundy Center Farmers
Grundy Center expects about 600 car loads of potatoes to be shipped this year valued at roughly 45000 dollars. Local growers claim no other Iowa town matches Grundy County potato business powered by strong yields and good fertility. Farmers say profits exceed eight dollars per acre while costs run at about one fifth of that amount.
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Grundy Center
Thia
Iowa
Busch & Co Druggists Neglect Return Indictment
William and Henry Busch of Busch and Co druggists at Hampton were indicted for failing to file their liquor sales return with the county auditor. The grand jury had indicted them. Busch pled guilty and was fined 300 with costs. Mauch, a fellow defendant, pleaded not guilty and the case was continued.
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William and
Henry Busch
Busch & Co
Druggista
Hampton
Iquor Salee
Busch
Costa
Mauch
Married in Gruody Center Quietly By Presbyterian Minister
Robert E. Smith and his bride were secretly wed at Gruody Center soon ago by Rev. Hastings of the Presbyterian Church. They returned home without public notice until a Grundy Center item revealed the wedding and they are now receiving congratulations from friends.
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Freeda
Robert E. Smith
Bride
Gruody Center
Rev. Hastings
Presbyterian aWard
Grundy Center
Wedding Notice and Sudden Death Reach Hampton
The Hampton Globe reports that Joy and Sorrow in Mesdames James Stockdale and Logan Parriott attended a Saturday wedding in Goodell for four nephews. Shortly after their return they received word of the sudden death Saturday night of a niece who was four members of the wedding party, noted in good health at the time.
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James Stockdale
Lo ‘Gan
Parriott
Goodell
Hampton Globe
Crocker’s Brigade Holds 225 Survivors Reunion
The celebrated brigade, whose Severgn members live in Ack den, held their biennial reunion. Congressman Cousins gave an address on Grant. Col. Rood of Mt. eroon was reelected president. The reunion drew 225 survivors of the old brigade.
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Severgn
Ackden
Fon
Cousins
Grant
Col. Rood
Mt. Eroon
Tg Old Brigade
North east Iowa merchants to meet in New Hampton
L B Thomas of Des Moines state secretary of the Iowa State Retail Merchants Association writes to W N Snodgrass of this city inviting individual members of the Hardin county businessmen to attend a two day meeting of North east Iowa merchants in New Hampton on October 10 and 11. U S Senator Dalliver and Congressman Haugen of the Fourth district will deliver addresses.
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L. B. Thomas
Des Moines
Iowa State Retail Merchants’ Association
W. N. Snodgresa
Hardin County Businessmen’s Association
Waverly Receives Beet Sugar Factory Promise
Waverly, Bremer county seat, secured a beet sugar mill project valued at 500000 dollars. The plant will employ about 300 workers once set up, with 6000 acres of beets to be planted next April, signaling optimism for local ambitions and economic growth.
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Waverly
Bremer County
New Road for Waterloo Extension Plans Assured
Waterloo gains promise of an O. and N. W. Railway extension from Acamosa to Waterloo with $10,000 secured. Funds come from purchasing and platting town property and selling residence lots priced from 200 to 300 dollars, signaling rapid town growth and map presence.
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Acamosa
Waterloo
Railroad Extension to Hampton and Bradford Platted
It is confidently expected that work on the St. Paul and Des Moines road will begin this week and be completed to Hampton this fall. The new town of Bradford, midway between Iowa Falls and Hampton, has been platted. Pepperling and Huckat will build a grain elevator, others will be represented.
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St. Paul & Des Moines
Hampton
Bradford
Iowa Falla
Pepperling & Huckat
Galena fair draws four hundred Dubuquers and more
The report lists attendees at the Galena fair in Dubuque and notes various local happenings. Emmereburg plans manual training in Kaschoola. Dunn closes a Sohrel cigar shop with rent debts. St. Mrancla church in Belmond clears $600 weekly. A webster City death follows a fatal accident. other local figures donate or reconsider political runs. Brief summaries of land rights payments and legal fines appear alongside a fatal misadventure with a train and a hunting trip ending in tragedy.
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Carroll
Helena
Montana
Murtagh Named by Democrats in District Race
J Murtagh of Waterloo named by Democrats of Grundy Black Hawk Third district at Watering Saturday afternoon as their candidate for congress opposing incumbent Benjamin Birdsall. Murtagh, a 26 year old attorney, accepted the nomination and pledged a thorough district-wide canvass.
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J. A. Murtagh
Waterloo
De Wolf Mapped in Grundy Black Hawk Senate Fight
In Grundy and Black Hawk districts Republican conflict over A A Longley of Waterloo nomination flares. Longley, opposed by most Grundy delegation, faces bitter intra party rift and disaffection as Democrats may tilt the district. District leans Republican by about two thousand to twenty five hundred votes.
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Grundy Black Hawk
A. A. Longely
Waterloo
Grundy County
de Wolf Reatden
Reinbeck
Loogely
Black Hawk
Longley
Ackley School Board weighs new rooms and high school plan
At a Friday meeting the Ackley Independent School District discussed funding and needs for extra classrooms from primary to high school. Bills were approved for cement sidewalks hauling coal labor and supplies while congestion in grades five and six drove urgency for new facilities and a possible new high school building, despite financial limits and favorable interest rates.
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J. McMaants
Riga
Geo. Wolfe
Alute
Walchemap
Wm. Meyer
M. Hilde
Ackley
Prudden Nominated Senator Candidate for Dubuque County
A. P Prudden, a present representative of Dubuque County, is announced as a candidate for the senate from the county with no opposition. He is related to Carl Fradden and Tom Frudden, figures connected to local interests, and the note hints at party alignment and subscription labels in a separate public-facing aside.
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A. P Prudden
Dubuqué County
Senate
Carl Fradden
Tom Frudden
Mr. Frudden
Guardians Discharged in Wella Estate Case
In Grundy Center on Wednesday Judge Rialt approved the final report of guardians R. M. Finlayson and Chan, Bie Besheimer. The guardians were also named administrators of the Wells estate, with the large fortune remaining under their supervision. Compensation paid totaled 8750 each plus 1200 for expenses, attorneys received 3900, and year’s loans and disbursements reached 277,046 with receipts of 297,913 from various sources including bank stocks and rents.
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Wella
District Court
Rialt
Grundy Cetter
R. M. Finlayson
Chan
Biebesheimer
Wiardians
Wella Estate
Wells Estate
Unot
Williamson & Willouetty
A. N. Wood
Tecel Pte
Iowa Climate and Crops Show Bountiful 1906 Season
Iowa farmers report a warm week and a favorable September with corn yields well above prior years. Pas ture and fall plowing progress, apples and peaches exceed expectations, supporting a notably productive season. D A Gilbert of Thiesbury County SD harvested 720 bushels from twelve acres, averaging sixty per acre, with hogs fattened on corn alone.
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Adn
D. A
Gilbert Thiesbury County
South Dakota
Gibert
Pastor Declines Illinois Call to Lead Other Church
Rev IT Abuis will not accept the Illinois church invitation to become pastor. He will remain to cheer counsel and advise the Christian Reform Church east of the city. The decision pleases his affectionate friends.
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Abuis
Illinois
Christian Reform Church
Newspaper Boys Visit City Spark Local Press Scene
Reporters and representatives from Waterloo Associated Press George Gullarno, Stonerook of the Iowa Falls Sentinel, Robey of Webster City Graphic, Switch of the Miorn Hard, and others toured the city on Thursday. The group drew attention from local editors and vendors as they shared notes on coverage and exchange.
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George Gullarno
Waterloo
Stonerook
Lowa Falls
Sentinal
Robey
Webster City
Four Days Carnival In Ackley By Great Northern Amusement
The Great Northern Amusement Co arrives in Ackley for a four day carnival after touring Albert Lea and prior stops in Alvona and northwest Iowa. They lease grounds near Iowa Central depots and present free shows including Mexican and Electric theatres, Ferris wheel and other attractions. Managers claim all attractions are moral. Advance agent reports large crowds.
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Great Northern Amusement Company
Ackley
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Alvona
Iowa
Iowa Central
Ackley District Northwestern Conference Meets at United Evangelical Church
Eight papers on important subjects were read by ministers and delegates from Iowa Minnesota North Dakota and Nebraska. Preparations were made for future winter conventions and a conference to be held in Cedar Rapids with bishops elders editors and officials to be elected.
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Ackley
United Evangelical Church
Thin City
Mayne
Wm. Jono
St. Paul
Phitp Raho
Kimball
Minn
A. Schmale
Neratraud Mion
Ft. Phenoing
Bowbille
North Dakans
A J. Honltzspiel
Liehen
North Dakota
HF Suebl
Auhuro
Lows
Routh
Geneva
Towa
General Conference
The
U. 8
Cedar Rapide
Bishopa W
Neil
Fighl and
Ackley Hosts Conference For Christian Reform Church
Ackley will host the conference of the Christian Reform Church from October 16. About eighteen to twenty ministers and laymen from various churches are to attend at the church four miles east of the city. Ackley has hosted a dozen conferences in the past year, underscoring its status as a favored location.
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Ackley
Vhelnity
The
Christian Reform Church 3
Rom
Death of Mrs Joseph Huse Muse at Robertaco
Mrs Joseph Muse wife of Joseph Muse, a pioneer settler at Robertaco, died suddenly Monday evening after recovering from a previous stroke. She suffered two strokes recently and could not withstand the third shock. She was 57 years old.
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Joseph Muse
Robertaco
Hugo
Shriners Plan Iowa Falls Pilgrim Assembly and Banquet
A Shriners gathering is set for October 1 at Iowa Falls with a caravan from Cedar Rapids and others joining. Delegations from Midora Waterlon Alden Ackley Webster City Hampton and more will attend the initiatory ceremonies at the local Masoic lodge rooms followed by a banquet hosted by the Eastern Star ladies.
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Oasis
Iowa Falla
El-Kabir Temple
Cedar Rapids
Town Falls
Temporary Injunction Dissolved in Clothing Stock Case
The court dissolved the temporary injunction restraining Veank J. Martin from selling clothing. Hampton, Moore, McNeil & Co sought to convert the order into a permanent injunction in a dispute over stock purchased by Martin from the firm of Martin & Johnson.
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Veank J. Martin
Wen
Jade Fauna
Hampton, Moore, McNeil & Co
N ‘Contenet
Martin & Johnson
Sorghum Grower Projects Profitable Crop On Acres
Traer Star Clipper reports J M Bickes cultivates twelve acres of sugar cane on his bid farm and plans to juice and evaporate the sorghum. He expects at least 10 gallons per acre, yielding about ten cents per gallon and an income around fifty dollars per acre.
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J. M. Bickes
Tim
Traer Star-Clipper
May Fight Railroad Employes
The lowk Qeutral Railroad company threatened to replace Carman at Maranalitown if they did not return to work. The pressure was unofficial and framed as a warning rather than a formal ultimatum. A separate note reports Gus Homan discovering his watch and chain stolen last Thursday after checking the time. The thief is described as light-fingered.
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Lowk Qeutral
Ant
Ateiking Carmen
Maranalitown
Gus Homan
Peat Mine Employs Twelve in Franklin County
In Franklin county a peat mine has yielded 300 wats of peat and sells at 8 per ton. Twelve men work the site and stemower is used for most mining.
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Franklin County
Township Nominations Deadline Noted for Elections
Township nominations must be made at least twenty days before the election. Mrs James Svourtek welcomed a baby girl born on a Wednesday in September. Congratulations to the family. Four cans of corn sold at Aerman's Racket Store. Printing at the Wounp.
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Rglod
Mahy
James Svourtek
James
Ab Aerman
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