Sheriff McDonald and Deputy To Relinquish Badges
Sheriff McDonald served papers on Tuesday as deputy J A Frvech plans to surrender his badge at year’s end, arguing there is no profit in the job. Local notes report Davison selling furs including 5200 musk rat hides 100 skunk and 75 mink hides netting him good money. Calves raised high prices with J J Ports marketing eighty Hereford calves at fifty dollars each in Welcome Minnesota.
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McDonald
J. A. Frvech
Bancroft. Register
Will Davison
Mr. Davison
Burt Monitor
J.J
Welcome
Minn
Armstrong Journal
Highest Potatoes Reach New High Since Civil War
Potatoes fetch peak prices with Colorado quality at $1.25 per bushel and home grown products at 85 and 10 cents per bushel. Weather may push prices higher, says the Hayle Grove Gazette. The Wesley hotel, first built by O Robinson, is slated for relocation to improve Main Street. Wesley News World notes the paper has many friends and a few enemies, pride in both.
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Colorado
Hayle Grove
Wesley
O. Robinson
Chas
Dad
Main Street
Wesley News- World
Man Offers To Trade for His Own Lawnmower
A Kansas man advertised in the local paper for a second-hand lawnmower after ditching his old rattletrap mower in the buggy shed. His spouse replied with an offer to sell him back the very mower he had discarded, signing the initials X Y. The note comes from the Wesley News World.
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Kansas
Wesley News World
Welded Cast Iron Proves Stronger Than Hammer Tests
Eli Green demonstrates a welding process for cast iron, producing joints that survive hammer tests while the castings break elsewhere. The Spirit Lake Beacon notes public value in this welding success. Gutknecht harrows a road after frost, smoothing the surface. the Germania Record urges similar road maintenance by readers.
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Eli Green
Green
Spirit Lake Beacon
Lemons Bring Great Profits in California Orchards
A Nesno Cal letter says N W Moody will ship 7 000 boxes from twenty acres this year, the finest grade. J T Hudson reports 3 200 boxes on ten acres, Fr G Berry 3 000 boxes on ten acres, and J View 1 000 boxes from five acres with 500 more to pick. Orchard costs for ten acres run about 800 yearly, including water rights and help. Lemons sell from 35 50 to 6 per box in Fresno, with high prices urged by a poor foreign crop.
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Nesno
Cal
N. W. Moody
J.T. Hudson
Fr. G. Berry
J. View
Fresno
Farm Land Hits $169 Per Acre In Page County Bid
The top Page county land price reached 169 per acre after Charles Banner paid 13,500 for an eighty acre home farm once owned by Nordstrom. Banner now values his place at 200 per acre, while neighbor Peter Peck quotes the same price for his 120 acres. A prior sequence shows John Chandler paying 60 per acre sixteen years ago, selling to Ed E. Dole for 38,000, who then sold to Charles Nordstrom years later for 7,000.
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Page County
Charles Banner
Class Nordstrom
Charles
Peter Peck
John Chandler
Ed E. Dole
Dole
Charles Nordstrom
Nord
Reynolds Farm Sold By Banner To Rich Tiner
Shenandoah Special notes the Banner sold the 160 acre Reynolds farm eight miles south of town for 105 dollars an acre, yielding about 2400 dollars profit. The Strom family plans to move to town this winter, leaving the property next March. Health ad promises Dr King’s New Life Pills for 25 cents at J E Conner & Co drugstore.
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Strom
Banner
Reynolds
Dr. King
J. E- Conner & Co
Money to loan at five percent by A D Clare Co
A D Clare & Co advertises money to loan at five percent interest. The notice promises accessible loans and financial services, attributing credibility to the firm. An accompanying health claim for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea suggests it provides vitality. product sales name R H Miller appears as a distributor.
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A.D. Clare & Co
Hollister
R. H. Miller
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Ticket Coupon Station
Coupon ticket station in Chicago offering through tickets to all points. Local agent arranges sleeping car reservations and provides rates routes and train service information. Hedrick ticket agent facilitates through tickets baggage check and connections.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
California
Florida
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul JS
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Mer
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Alma
Nac
Anoka Itree Press
Gutknecht
Ile
Germania Record
Eee
Ceivers
Colonial Brass
Jardinieres
Lowney’s Chocolates
E. E. Conner & CO
Chase
Moore Bros
Wood and Grain
Shackelford Bros
Lone Rock, Iowa
Nobby
J. R. Laird
C. E. Campbell
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