Butler County Mutual Insurance Elects Officers
Butler County mutual insurance company holds annual election at Alison with women in attendance. Officers named include President Joseph Linn and Vice President W P Miller. Directors listed across townships and towns, with A T Herrin noted for writing the greatest insurance amount, 110,325.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Mutual
Alison
Joseph Linn
W. P. Miller
A. T. Perrin
W. F. Ray
Fremont
A. J
Dayton
Cruany
Coldwater
L. Lucas
Beovezette
John
Big Waterloo Rally Names Many Republican Honorary Vice Presidents
A large Republican district rally in Waterloo drew Vice-presidents Fairbanks Allison Birdrall and Léseer, with numerous honorary vice-presidents recognized from Franklin, Butler, and Harbin counties. Notables include George Miner J W Swift J Truman K S Greene James Croot Ralph Meyer and others listed among the recognitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Fairbanks
Allison
Birdrall
Léseer
Harbin County
Tom C. Meader
I. A. Nichola
W. T. S. Rath
J.C. Jackson
W. H. Lewis
Henry Hunte
W. I. Clark
Daniel Starr
F. W.wiler
Ross Horner
H. Sheldon
G. G. Marshman
I. L. Howe
G. G. Hoeiseher
B. F. Morris
F. J. ,Long
C. E.eden
Franklin County
George Miner
T. W. Purcell
N.&. Ferris
Wm. Savidge
Ole Hoag
T. B. Hamilton
J. W. Swift
John Darrah
J. Truman
G. G. Reeve
C. F. Johnson
C. J. Unger
J. M. Hemingway
Butiler County
Joan Bode
Greene
W, W. Watson
H. Austen
0. Brommings
James Croot
A. Ontjes
Ralph Meyer
F. H. Hill
C.F. Franke
W. T
Freedom request by five life-term prisoners rumors arise
The Grundy Center Republican reports that among five prisoners serving life for murder, Frank and Nathan Ratnsbarger seek clemency. The case involves Hardin county and Clay township residents, with governor consideration and required public notices in the sentencing county and Des Moines.
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Frank
Nathan Ratnsbarger
Steamboat Mock
Hardin County
Wm. Ratosbarger
Clay Township
Des Moines
Hampton Men to Bradford Canada Plan New Village Businesses
Hampton men outline plans for Bradford Quebec with F Roemer starting a farm implement shop, O M Goodyear building a lumber yard, W T Anderson opening a drug store, a new bank to open after land sale, O M Croft of Reeve to be village blacksmith, Frank Hushka and J Pepperiing to operate grain dealing ventures.
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QC. F. Roemer
O. M. Goodyear
W. T. Anderson
Bank
O. M. Croft
Reeve
Frank Hushka
Grant
Inp
J. Pepperiing
Gralu
Oral Teachers Examinations Set For October Dates
Under the new law the oral teachers examinations will be held at the county superintendent’s office in Allison on October 24 26 and 26 starting at 8 o'clock each morning. Superintendent Leydig says this will be the only examination until the last of January. Teachers seeking application blanks or further information should address the superintendent.
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Allison
Minister Sues Church Over Aviary Debt Case
T. J. O'Connor sues a local church in Bardin county district court for October term alleging overdue payment from a former pastor related to a bird cage project. He claims to be owed 15 per week totaling 246 dollars. Also noted is Mion Virginta Brenman of Brooks lyn owing sums from her stay with EM. Breniman.
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Bardin
A Perish
Eldora
Aviary
T. J. O'Connor
Court cases filed against Ackley firm and Iowa firms
Among new cases filed with Clerk of Court Lockewood are T Miligha suing Hesth and Schulte, an Ackley Coele Tom's Cabin company, for 880 plus costs. G D and Bdoe Eliott sue Central Railway for almost 5 000 for loss of household goods while delivering from New Hartford to Ackley. W & Simmonson sue Iowa Central Railway for 1 000 over ejection at Albion. Pool by mother Lydia Pool sues George Deand and others for 4 000 for injuries from a dog bite on Aug 10.
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Lockewood
Miligha
Hesth
Schulte
Telegraphers to Get Wage Increase Across Iowa Central
Telegraph operators along the Iowa Central will receive monthly wage raises from 2.50 to 5.00 effective November 1 as per a new schedule signed by General Manager L. F. Day. The raise totals about 8,000 annually for the line, with rates reaching 47 to 65 dollars monthly and overtime pay rising from 20 to 26 cents per hour. Also noted is a sensational charge of incompetency and neglect against city officials in Council Bluffs based on an expert auditor’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central
L. F. Day
Minneapolia
Algona
Prizes for Best Corn Contest at Snodgrens Store
W N Snodgrens clothier plans a corn prize contest inviting all growers within ten miles of Ackley to enter ten ears. Judging will be by the Cook trophy team from Chicago, with Prof Holden or subordinates delivering a lecture at K P Hall. Entries due November 30, judging December 1, with fifteen prizes totaling about $160 including coats, shoes, hats, and apparel in three classes white yellow and mixed.
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W. N. Snodgress
Chicago
Holden
State Agricultural College
Ames
K. P. Hall
Escl Clase
Barr Gets the Place a Historic Jail Wardens Appointed
Mrs James Quinn brings experience as a horse team handler amid animal deaths. Sheriff Mitterer Hardin County will not be warden at Anatubea Penitentiary. The state board of control selected Marquis Barr of Oskaloosa for the post, a former warden who served before the election of Mr Hunter. Barr had earlier been jail head in Mahaska County and is linked to local families through W N Snodgrass.
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Mitterer
Hardin County
Atnte
Anatubea
State Board of Control
Marquis Barr
Oskaloosa
Famalilar
Barr
Hunter
Altica
Iowa Central Railroad
Mra
Dog Frightens Team Near Jacob Claussen Farm
White Ed Quinn and his mother were traveling to the city Tuesday morning when a dog leapt from tall grass and frightened the horses. The boy was thrown, the mother fainted but held the reins until the team stopped at a bridge. Both escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Ed
Quinn
Mrs. Quinn
Jacob Claussen
Consciousnesas
Potatoes Scarce in Algona Markets Hit High Prices
Algona faces tight supply as potatoes fetch around 50 cents per bushel or more. Courier reports the country lacks sufficient stocks to meet demand with about eighty thousand bushels shipped from Ackley this fall. Prices ranged from 30 to 45 cents earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Ackley
Thia
Death of Mrs. Cherts in Peotone area remembered
Mrs H O Scaults receives word of her mother's death at the family home in Peotone Ichools after a long decline from old age compounded by cancer. The deceased, 34, was daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Spengler of the city and mother to none. Funeral services were held at St.
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H. O. Scaults
Peotone,Ichools
Mordog
Thomas Keough
Mia. Keough
Jn 9
Keough
Ben Spengler
Caceola Township
Funeral Services For Minty and Death Of John Blatt
Mintys Catholic nhoroh held Tuesday services led by Father Méeagher as relatives and the community mourn. John Blatt died Saturday at Independence Missouri aged 68, with his interment homeward bound. He leaves two sons Iizra Richmond and Hzta, and two daughters Mrs Klingensmith Washta Iowa and Lillie Kansas City Missouri. Blatt was a long-time city resident and G A R member.
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Minty
Méeagher
John Blatt
Independence
Missouti
Hzta
Decensal
Iizra
Richmond
Long Beach
California
K Klingensmith
Washta
Towa
Lillie
Kansan City
Ackley Election Sparks Carnival Clash in 19th Century Town
In Ackley and Etna Township elections, both parties each filed full slates for trustees, justices, constables and assessors ahead of the November 6 ballot. Carnival organizers drew public ire after marshal arrest, with derisive crowds and sharp decorum concerns cited. the event left a lasting negative impression on town governance and civic order.
Hamilton County and Webster City Hold Drainage Conference
Supervisors Messia Wiemer Marx Stevena and Auditor Newuormar met with the Hamilton county board at Webster City on Monday to discuss a jointly funded drainage ditch. The project aims to reclaim lowlands west and east of Nardin from excessive moisture.
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Messia
Wiemer
Marx and Stevena
Newuormar
Webster City
Hamilton County Board
Nardin
Hamilton
DEDICATE IOWA MONUMENTS DURING NOVEMBER DEDICATIONS
Iowa dedicates monuments on southern battlefields to honor 1865 soldiers with service memories from Vicksburg Andersonville Lookout Mountain Missionary Ridge Rossville Gap and Shiloh ceremonies in November 1906 at Vicksburg include Governor Cummins and General Dodge officiating with music, speeches, unveiling, and a $150,000 appropriation. railroads offer one cent per mile fares.
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Towa
Boya
IREI
Union of Abates
Vicksburg
Andersonville
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Rossville Gap
Shiloh
Laws Brigade
Battiefielda
National Military Park
Misalasippi
Thureday
Warren
J. Vardaman
Mississippi
Charles A. Clark
Towa G. A. Reece Ee
S. H. M. Byera von Benediction
Sproles
Wickshire
Lowa Broopa
Gap
Sherman
Ackley
Webster City Debates Ad On Gambling Machines Cleanup
The Webster City grand jury rules all gambling devices must be removed from the city. Local merchants without machines fear trade retaliation by dealers aiming to protect their position while churches consider new measures amid ongoing public debate.
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Webster City
Local Judge Receives Farewell Ring in County Court
At the close of his term Judge Whi taker of Boona was honored by the bar with a jeweled ring and farewell gift. Hon. D. W. Dow delivered a speech as the judge retires at the start of the year. Mrs. Julian Vunkermann of this city petitions the court for a divorce from her husband, Me Junkermann, who has been employed at a Waterton drug store for months.
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Frankisn
Whitaker
Boona
D. W. Dow
Tila
Julian Vunkermann
Junkermann
Devers
Waterton
NIX SELLS TO scHULTZ Drug Business Transfer
H G Schultz buys the Nixt drug business and fixtures along with the business block from John M Nixt. Schultz will run the operation independently of Hlasone. JM Nixt and others retain the business for the present.
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Nix
Busi
Schultz
H. G. Schultz
John M. Nixt
Peacesat
Wie Givat
Hlasone
JM. Nix Retalex A Et al
Shriners Session at Iowa Alle Inet Wednesday Evening
A Shriners gathering in Iowa Alle Inet Wednesday evening drew a list of attendees including Messie, W. A. Young, C IL, C.1. Doepke, Seth Trainer, Theo, Roosevelt, Miller, Snater, Bloch and Wred Trainer. The Indies of the Order of the Eastern Star served a banquet and the session featured eager, learning participants despite blistered feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Alle
Saventy
Messie
W. A. Young
C, IL
Doepke
Seth Trainer
Theo
Roosevelt
Miller
Snater
Bloch
Wred
the Indies of the Order of the Eastern Star
Supervisor Nominees Across Grundy and Adjacent Districts
A reading of candidate lines shows Grundy district nominees with Republicans Bunt ley and Banaman, Democrats L. Peiper and A. K. Senta, and Meyer Peters in multiple districts. Additional districts list Republican R A Redder and C D Vought, with Moory and Lyne among others in the later districts.
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Grundy
Republian
Buntley
L. Peiper
A. K. Senta
Banaman
W. A. Meyer
D. J. Peters
John R. Smit
Thomas Nessen
Ath Diatrict
R. A. Redder
C.D. Vought
Thos, Moory
J. F. Lyne
James Moora
Officials on Junket Train to Inspect Central Rail Lines
Officials on an annual inspection junket travel by special train expected to reach Waterloo around October 22. All superintendents of the lines will join the party with routes visiting the onlo river interests first, then the west and north, before proceeding to New Orleans.
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Waterloo
New Orleans
Local News Fragments From Towa City and Surrounds
A collection of terse items reports printers strike in Tow a City, county expansion figures, railroad workers on strike, a wife killed by husband as child watched, a cracker bakery receiving California honey, river work by a fish commissioner, a freight train wreck near Parkersburg with track damage, long separations and arrests, a jail scene in De Molnen, a table cloth incident, and a cryptic note about a jeweler named C Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Woodoury County
Towa Central Ry
Carmen
Mar‘soailtown
Magoo City
Myron Clark
Sioux City
Bis
L. Steo & Sing
Clinton
California
Ottumama
Lincoln
N. W
Parkersburg
Andrew
Roger Kelly
Dea Molnen
Chris
Doggoo
Rhodes
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Viginity
Butler County
Insuratcé Company
James Miller
Washington Township
Grundy Center
Republican
Hampton
Bradford
Sues
Mion
Virginta Brenman
Brookslyn
Ows
EM. Breniman
Prof. Holden
W. N. Snodgrens
Penn
W. Ne Snodgigss
State Penitentiary
Anamosa
James Quinn
Carnival Company
Etna
Democrata
Arila
Caucuana
Clee
Veethercreeedy Blanton
Ben Blecker
Wilson J. R. Heinz
Quiggie J. Schrader
L. G. Gimerseer Gee
Arends
Democratie
Constable
Wea
Scourtck P. Strahorn
Eye Boyenga
W.P. Helscher
D. M. Leach
Soha Ubben
Win. Mogie, Sr
Hubert Strahorn
Marshal MacMahon
Hamilton Board
Iowa
Sereerereereer
JF. Merry
United States
A. B. Cummins
Efmor
Tow
G. M. Dodge
Star Spangiea
Vicksburg School
Judge
C. Beach
Reliable Jeweler
Ackley, IA
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