Hardin County Fair Opens with Large Attendance and Races
The Hardin County Fair draws a large crowd and extensive entries in cattle horses hogs and sheep with notable displays in choral hall and lively contests including a 2:40 trot a 160 yard dash a 2:26 trot and bicycle races. Weather hot but spirits high. Eldora hosts a baseball win over Radcliffe 11 to 2 as Friday’s program features trotting purses and running races plus a major court case involving the Grand Lodge A U W of Iowa in Dubuque county for a third time.
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Hardin County
Golden B
Irene D
Morning Star
Edward A
George
Warren
Archford
Guarles Frisbee
Hidora
Brown
Marshalltown
Minnie Wilkes
St. Seba
Sherwin
Judge Hazel
Shandallah
Eease
W. W
C. A. Wilson
Marion
Iowa
J. C. Bowles
J. BR
Craven
Kellogg
Wilson Boys
Bowles
Lime
Eldora
Alden
Hidora Club
White. Hubbard
D. Walker
Ackey
Grand Lodge A. C. U. W. of
Towa
W. R. Graham
Supreme Court
Blackhawk County
District Court of
Dubuque County
Grand Lodge
Tawa
Fraud Suit Seeks Immediate Injunction Against Corporate Defendant
The document alleges the plaintiff suffers damage and detriment due to the defendant's actions in fraud of its rights and requests the court to enjoin the defendant. The wording cites corporate involves and seeks relief to stop further harm.
Butcher J A Lockwood Leaves Town in Debt
J A Lockwood a local butcher who recently moved from Nebraska has vanished after saying he would return by evening. His departure leaves mourners, owes two months wages to employee Eugene Venter, mortgaged tools and outfit for 450, and a 100 note secured by a brother. Estimated total debt ranges from 600 to 3800. He left his wife and four small children awaiting his return.
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J. A. Lockwood
Nebraska
Eugene Venter
Iowa Falls
Venter
Surity
Typhoid Fever Epidemic on Western County Border
Typhoid fever is unusually prevalent on the extreme western border and in some areas appears near epidemic. Cases develop across the country, with severe activity near Alden. A Williams doctor reports over twenty discharged cases within a short radius of that place. Relatively few fatalities amid pronounced fever.
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Alden
Williams
Local Schools Begin Fall Term With Staff List
The city schools started a sixteen week fall term Monday with Principal H. Cale and a corps of instructors led by Miss Chira Townsend. Grades are staffed by Miss Florence Burson, Miss Maggie Sullivan, Miss Claire Burson, Miss Della McSwiggen, Miss noche, and Primary Miss Carrie Raymond. The piece urges parental cooperation to promote proficiency and thorough results. Also included are local ads: feed prices Bran 60 cents Shorts 70 cents, old hens and spring chickens buyers, and millinery inspection offered by Rose E. Fuoss.
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H. Cale
Chira Townsend
Florence Burson
Maggie Sullivan
Claire Burson
Della McSwiggen
Noche
Carrie Raymond
Local Sellers and Shops Advertise Goods for Sale
A scattered advertisement page lists for sale farms and city property through A C Stock, dressmaking at Miss Anna Loosa, and a large fall millinery release. It promotes hardworking tradespeople, bread varieties at Home Bakery, fresh produce at Esser and Goettel, shoe bargains at People’s Store, paints at Prander’s, and groceries at Esser and Goettel. Also notes marvelous results for Dr King’s New Discovery via a Dimondale clergyman letter and print bottles at Jacob and Junkermann’s.
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A. C. Stock
Anna Loosa
Itome Bakery
Esser & Goettel's
Chace Lines
People’s Shoe Store
Prander’s Drug Store
J. Trindermian
Dimondale
Michigan
Dr. King
Baptistcliuced
Rives Dunation
Lagrippe
Jacob & Junkerman
Dra
Five Die In Explosive Incident Near Dubuque
Local report notes five deaths from an explosion near Dubuque and outlines a church dispute in Ackley over Rev. A Gampe. The church trial board took no decisive action, Gampe denies charges, and the congregation remains split as he says he will continue parish work elsewhere.
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BR. A. Gampe
United Evangelical Church
Tre Worwp
Gampe
Fle
Ackley
Tragic Iowa Falls death ends Mrs Cooper crisis
Mrs James Cooper, 26, of Iowa Falls, killed herself by eating match heads on Tuesday after a prolonged period of mental illness. She died in agony before medical help could arrive, leaving two husbands and two young children. The account notes longstanding unsoundness of mind as the supposed cause.
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Cooper
James Cooper
Iowa Falls
Five killed and three injured in dynamite blast near Dubuque
A dynamite explosion near Dubuque Sunday killed five people and injured three. The blast tore a 15 foot deep hole in solid rock, hurled a boy 200 yards, and buried another, leaving a mass that could not be identified. The item sits among neighborhood notes and assorted notices, including a band carnival plan in Eagle Grove and promotional lines for pills by Bucklen & Co.
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Dubuque
Eagle Grove
Des Moines
Ames
ODD BITS OF LOCAL LIFE Ackley Schools Image
A local reflection on Ackley schools praising bright children and public education while noting gaps. It discusses the density of schools across the country and the hope public schooling brings, alongside concerns that not all boys and girls rise to citizenship. The piece suggests societal efforts improve each generation, though faults persist.
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Geentree
Ackley
Seeds of character and the call to noble deeds
The passage urges patience with reform and evolution over regulation, praising social progress over thirty years. It extols forming strong character through home life, daily acts of self denial, and influencing others for good. It uses oak and flower seeds as metaphors for enduring virtue and resilience against storms.
The Pops Nominate Convention at Eldora Iowa
The populists of the county meeting at Eldora elected R A Plist and Tustin Wells as leaders. They criticized both major parties, backed a 16 to 1 free coinage plan, and endorsed W B Strother for sheriff and K Martin for representative. They urged Johnsons Magnetic Oil as a remedy and noted U F Pfander, druggist.
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Eldora
R. A. Plist
Iowa, Falls
Tustin Wells
Steamboat Rock
W. B. Strother
Town Falls
Sherity
K. Martin
Hubbard
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Gine
Co. F. Folkers
H. Becker
the Clothier of
Mason’s
A.d.bockemeier
Waterloo
Corn Harvesters
McCormick
Ste Ivight
Herbster &Limburg
Hardin County Fair
Chas. Wilson
W. W. Wilson
Radcliffe
Wit
U. W. Litigation
J. H. Lockwood
aTbs
Roosevelt Bros
Msser & Goettel
Rose E. Fuoss
Wiser & Goatiiel’s
Willge
CG. W. Reinke
Esser & Goettel
Mabanke's
Jacob Oid Junkermann
Iowa Falla
Rev. Gampe
Northwestern Line
Chicago & Northwestern Mailway
Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Jacob & Junkermann
Pops
Johnson
Tam
Hey Kens
Mrante & Mes Hens
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