ALGONA REDMEN AT BANCROFT INDIAN LODGE CEREMONY
An Algona Redmen lodge installation in Bancroft features Z. A. Lang and Rain-In-the-Face B. McClellan as chiefs. Sioux Tribe No. 114 is declared duly installed. visitors are feasted, honored, and heard tales of Redmen history, amid festive ceremonial and communal praise.
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Z. A. Lang
Masonic Tepee
Tepea
Sachem
L. H. Millen
Boston
Sons of Liberty
St. Taminia
Order
Red Men
Redmen
B. McClellan
Great Coucil
Iowa
Kennedy Tepee
Esquimaux
Washington
Valley
Virginia
Bancroft
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad and Rural Property Listings
An old newspaper item touts Dr Kings New Life pills with health claims and urges readers to buy at E J Conner Drugist. It also lists real estate notices offering 160 acre Burt area farm for rent with terms, 80 acre farms for sale, and a 5 percent loan service with lenders Hanearp & Pern and H C Adams among others.
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Dr. King
E. J. Conner
Married 60 Years Honor Given to Aged Couple by Post and Relief Corps
The James C. Taylor post and the relief corps celebrated the 60th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Johnson’s marriage with an evening program at the post hall. Capt. D. D. Dodge spoke on Mr. Johnson’s Civil War service while Mrs. Mary A. Vincent read a marriage poem and Mrs. Laura A. Hunt offered remarks. Mr. Johnson, 84, spoke with humor and gratitude, recalling leaving his family for war. The event included army songs, and sumptuous refreshments, with wishes for many more years. The Johnsons live in Algona after years on a Sherman township farm.
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A. M. Johnson
James C. Taylor Post
Relief Corps
D. D. Dodge
Johnson
Mary A. Vincent
Laura A. Hunt
Army
Fohnson
Johnson County
Co. I
31St
Lawa Infantry
Arkansas Post
Young’s Point
Vicksburg
Sherman Township
This
Algona
Post and Relief Corps
Port Arthur Attack and Transports Captured Reported
Dailies report another Japanese attack on Port Arthur and claim three Russian transports carrying 2000 soldiers were captured. Telegraphs are conflicting about Russian sinkings of Japanese gunboats amid continuing war coverage.
Coyotes Run Thick in Laramee County as Bounty Nears End
The Laramee area, the state’s most populous coyote belt, records weekly slaughter exceed 100 animals. Ranchers blame persistent infestations despite a decade of hunting. Wyoming has paid about 40,000 dollars in bounty in ten months, with funds nearly exhausted and professional trappers poised to quit, raising fears of a coyote invasion.
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Laramee
Cheyenne
Wyo
Special
Busy Des Moines youth Art Corey praised in city report
In Des Moines a local account hails Art Corey as one of the busiest and most capable young men in the capital. An informed custodian notes his reliability, willingness to work, and demand amid promotions while he pursues studies at Wesley News-World. The Waverly Hotel reports strong business with sixteen travelers plus locals dining Sunday, and a billiard parlor plans another pool table due to ongoing success.
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Des Moines
Art Corey
Wesley News- World
Waverly
Names sought on county aid fund recipients
The Webster City Herald urges readers to reveal the names of county poor fund recipients who own property and have well to do relatives in the county, noting some allegedly draw large salaries as public officers.
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County Poor Fund
Webster City Herald
Thawing Clear Lake sparks joke about politicians
Nora Springs Advertiser notes the lake near Clear Lake, ice 20 inches thick, begins thawing and steaming during extreme cold. The paper jokes the steam is probably caused by local politicians, reflecting the town’s tongue in cheek humor.
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Clear Lake
Nora Springs
J H Roche Trades Farm for Forrest City Hotel
J H Roche exchanges a 420 acre Redriven country farm for the Anderson a hotel valued at 9000 dollars in Forest City final papers due when abstracts arrive the farm is leased for a year and Roche plans to remain not becoming a landlord according to Bancroft Register.
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J.H. Roche
Anderson
Forest City
J. H
Bancroft Register
Mother In Israel: Mrs Geo Smith Dies At Whittemore
Mrs Geo Smith a lifelong Whittemore resident and mother of twelve died after a weeklong illness from pneumonia. Born in Scotland in 1826 she immigrated in 1849 with her husband and settled in Kossuth County in 1864 before moving to town. Survived by eleven children and several siblings she was known for charity and faith, funeral Saturday at 1 PM at the west town home, burial in Whittemore Cemetery beside her youngest daughter.
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Geo. Smith
Spey
Scotland
America
New York
Kossuth County
Whittemore
Alex
George
Will J
John F
Hugh R
Annie Webb
Mary Parkinson
R. H. Hinton
A. F. Dailey
John Goetsch
Frank Clow
California
Kansas
Oregon
Wisconsin
Iowa
Wm. Miller
New
Presbyterian Church
Congregational Church
Father Vaughan Draws Big Austin Audience at St Augustine
Father Vaughan, famed for eloquent lectures and charm, spoke to a large crowd at St. Augustine's church Monday evening. His established reputation ensures that simply his name fills the vast Austin church with an enthusiastic, cross-crest audience.
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Father Vaughan
Austin
St. Augustine's Church
St. Augustine’s
Austin Daily Herald
Editor Sees Flowing Well Value To Farmers
A Wright county stock raiser offers $1,000 for a partner’s flowing well to move it to feed yards. The piece argues flowing wells greatly benefit farmers and stock raisers, urging county leaders to value wells highly and promote agricultural wealth. The note ends with loan terms from A. D. Clarkin & Co.
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Wright County
Banner
Eagle Grove
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C. Steele
J. R. Laird
C. O. Simpson
Algona Redmen
Burt
W. H. Campneay
H.C. Adams
Igti Hanearp & Pern
H.C. Apame
Mrs. A. M. Johnson
Great
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Echo River
Town Falls
Port Arthur
Ers
Sherwood
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Burt Monitor
Capital
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