Quarton Aims For Congress In Tenth District
Sioux City Tribune report from Algona outlines Judge Quarton as a front runner for the Republican nomination to succeed Judge J. P. Conner in the Tenth district. It notes Conner’s vulnerabilities, rival candidates in Hamilton Carroll and Webster counties, and hints of shifting support influenced by Senator Dolliver, Secretary Shaw, and Fort Dodge allies.
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Judge Quarton
Congress
Sioux City Tribune
Algona
Washington
Tenth District
W. B. Quarton
J.P. Conner
North End
Dolliver
Shaw
Quarton
Conner
Hamilton County
Fort Dodge
Healy
Greene
Emmet
Kossuth
Winnebago
Palo Alto
Hancock
Pocahontas
Wumboldt
Yorth Dodge
Crawford
Gunner
Crawford County
Cummins
Cedar Rapids
Trains to Stop at Gerled Restored After Schedule Error
A morning service note showed No 61 not stopping at Gerled on the blue time card. Agent Jan grin reported the omission, and a Saturday reply restored the crossing stop as before. The lapse appears from copy or printer error, with trains still able to stop at crossings while keeping schedules. Local coal advertisement follows.
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Gerled
Jangrin
Sandec
Bancroft Regiser
Death of Lutie Willey at age near sixteen in LaVerne
Lutie Louisa Willey born June 26 1888 in Sherman township near LaVerne dies after an appendectomy performed for a diseased appendix. She was known for bravery saving a friend from drowning two years earlier. Funeral held at M E B church with Rev. R T Chipperfield delivering a sermon. Remains interred at LaVerne cemetery amid family and community mourning.
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Littie
A. M. Willey
Lottie
the Central
Suacy
Lutie Louisa Willey
Sherman Township
LaVerne
Winifred Bassett
Lutie
Sheldon
R. T. Chipperfield
M. EB
Died Watching Checker Game Pioneer Dies at 73
Jacob M. Funk, nearly 73, a longtime Webster City resident and wealthy donor, died Sunday afternoon at the Wilson house while observing a checker match between Cal Metcalf and C. A. Merril. Cause was heart trouble. He built a $25,000 hospital donated to the Methodists. Funeral set for Tuesday afternoon.
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Jacob M. Funk
Wilson House
Tie
Cal. Metcalf
C. A. Merril
Young hunter loses lunch after river spill
Burt Monitor reports a unnamed youth in Algona area went muskrat hunting on ice that broke, dumping him into the river. A kind farmer helped dry him out, but the victim lamented he had lost his lunch in the incident.
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VY. M. Otto
Fred
Magle Lake News
Algona
Burt
Burt Monitor
Sunday Engagements Void In Breach Case
Judge Beitler of Philadelphia ruled Saturday that promising marriage on Sunday creates no binding contract if made on Sunday or any other day, keeping the breach of promise case against Amelia Powellsank and Andrew Jackson Tull unresolved. The Wells Advocate reports the decision.
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Beitler
Philadelphia
Amelia Powellsank
Andrew Jackson
Tull
Moore Bros Dry Oak and Maple Sawed
Dry oak and maple sawn timber noted as merchandise from Moore Bros. in a concise catalog fragment.
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Moore Bros
Blaze at Titonka Germaniarendered Aid
Fire destroyed A W Young livery barn and J J Budlong lumber sheds in Titonka on Tuesday morning causing about 1000 and 8000 dollars in losses respectively though insurance coverage exists. Germanya Fire Company arrived to halt spread. The piece also notes shifts in state legislative occupations with fewer lawyers and more farmers and doctors across the houses.
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Titonka
A. W. Young
J. J. Budlong
Germanya Fre Company
Citizens push for cheaper ice by stock company
Garner residents urge formation of an ice house stock company after court house funding. They claim current ice costs were high last season, paid about 75 cents per hundred with delivery, and argue a well managed cooperative could supply ice for 30 to 35 cents per hundred and yield dividends.
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Court House
Signak
Entitled to a Chrome and a Bible Class Legend
A reader laments lazy adults and praises Mrs. Waville an 88 year old Sunday school teacher at MFB who has taught for 36 years. She has hosted 317 different students and kept their names in a book.
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Waverly
Waville
MFB
Sumner Cazzette
The Same Old Chestnut Pat Crowe in Town
The Odebolt Chronicle reports Pat Crowe the famous burglar and kidnapper was seen in town Monday. A man who has known him since boyhood recognized him but kept silent for prudential reasons. Crowe reportedly visits his old home near Vial, though locals fear mentioning his name for a week after his departure to avoid trouble from him and his associates.
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Pat Crowe
Tie
Tiis
Pat
Vial
Odebolt Chronicle
Nearly a Goner and a Day of Sport in Two Towns
The editor battles illness including typhoid and lung fever yet presses on with the paper. In contrast, J. S. Williams and L. D. Jacques hunted ducks returning with 105 birds in one day, Jacques traveling from Fort Dodge for a day of sport and satisfaction.
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Wiliams
L. D. Jacques
Mr. Jacques
Vort Dodge
West Bend
Are Kossuth Parties Guilty In Iowa Beer Ring
Saloon-keeper from Blue Earth Minnesota alleges within the past nine years he sent to Pabst Brewing Company eighty thousand dollars for beer and claims three quarters of sales were to parties in northern Iowa. Included is a note about a five percent loan from OLangE & Co.
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Blue Earth
Minn
Pabstrewing
Iowa
Dolliver Harald
Seniors Deliver First Orations at Graduation Year
West Bend Advance notes the high school senior class, eight boys and eight girls, presented the first of three orations with 16 diplomas on graduation night. Fred Evans missed due to a hand wound. performances included violin, piano, and vocal solos and songs by the girls glee club. Speakers delivered original, plain talks on topics from great men to imperialism, with varied titles and speakers cited. George Schulenberg sustained a left hand injury from a screwdriver but is receiving treatment.
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Fred Evans
Mach
Multiple classifieds offer loans and goods in northern Iowa
A scattered listing shows money to loan at 5 percent, advertisements for cigar pipes and smokers supplies, a blacksmith wagon shop for sale in St. Doe Iowa, organs for sale, glasses at Bowyer's, wood and coal offerings, stray horses needing owners, and Duroc Jerseys for sale. Additional mortgage and business notices echo regional trade and services.
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Schu Cigar Factory
Iowa
Loffer
St. Doe
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Arctic
C. O. Simpson
F. S. Norton, Lumber and Coal
Chicago Tea and Coffee Co
Franklin
W. A. Parsons & CQ
Towa
O. C. Seibert
Kirk
Boston Block
Algona, Iowa
John M. Vinson
John
Vinson
Lutie Willey
Waving
Blaze
Budlong
Young’s Livery
Germania
Secretary of State
Senate
Des Moines
Chrome
Doutor
Oary
Bancroft Register
Olange & Co
sPeagbetete
Wien Larson Andrew Carney
Cleve Santry
England
Air Castles
Russell Cowles Frances Boeshaar
Harl Kinyon
Martha McDonald
Cscs Ieee
Lewis Nelson True
America
Julia Magnusson
James Winkel
Floy Barnes
George Schulenberg
Haegarp & Prem
Waagearp & Peek
Sean, Ty, Weaver
Bowyer's
Cardwood
H. C. Anams
Belton Farm
Olie Aykens
Lott Hacaamp & Pre
Glenwood Herd
Duroc
Prier Larson
Bowyer’s
Oud
Crankk & Co
Lott Hecanp & Peer
Guera Acouse
Confectionery Store
H. M. Youmans
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