Bean Supper Event Fuses Speeches Readings and Lively Audience
A frame of a community bean supper drew a large crowd Friday with speeches readings and music. G C Shelly presided Rev Porterfield offered invocation Prof Benjamin and quartet performed Old Black Joe. Readings by four young women impressed. Rev Spray and Rev Porterfield delivered offhand speeches full of humor. Overall a successful, well attended evening with orderly fun and minor mishaps.
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G. C. Shelly
Wis
Porterfield
Nusle
Prof. Benjamin
F. B. Potter toEeve Kyle
Howland Smith
Henry Chirk Delivers Noted Lecture in Lucerne Town Hall
Henry Chirk addressed a crowded Lucerne audience on Saturday night, delivering a lecture praised as the finest in town. The speaker’s clear logic and frequent oratory left listeners spellbound, with remarks calling the performance a rare intellectual feast and a masterful composition in philosophy and rhetoric.
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Henry Chirk
Teddy Hamor
Fortuné
Lucerne
Clark
Thie Town
The Dark Side of Liquor Law Critique from Lynden
Walt Hitler former Clarion Democrat editor rails at Washington liquor policies and ballingham reform attempts, calling saloons controlling towns. He cites 1907 104 divorce cases and 431 marriage licenses as social fallout, noting penalties mostly from disorderly conduct.
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Walt Hitler
Clarion Democrat
Lynden
Ballingham
Bellingham
Marshalltown
District Court
Local Mint Raising Venture Set for Britt Iowa Area
Robt O Ulrath of Hartford Michigan, brother in law of A BE Hanson, has located in Britt and will enter peppermint growing and oil filling. He comes from a pepper producing region in Michigan and plans to plant ten acres if Hancock County proves ideal for mint. He tested roots last year and believes the county can support mint production despite others falling ill with the crop.
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Dlrath
Britt
Michigan
Court Week Highlights Jury Verdicts and Ongoing Dexter Cases
Over the past week two jury trials concluded with damages for a Wesley pained by a dog attack totaling 140. Meriam v Stevens ruled Meriam owns eleven pigs. Kossuth County Bank v Richardson resumes after a dozen years with a decree aligning to the supreme court. Parties include Hartington Dickinson, Curtiss Quarton, Swetting Sullivan McMahon, Morling, and others.
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Wesley
Margaret Puls
Melvin
Calvin Powelson
Hartington & Dickinson
W.B. Quarton
S. R. Meriam
J. S. Stevens
Meriam
F. M. Miles
Dexter “National Land Co
Dexter
Kossuth County Bank
M. Richardson
Supreme Court
Curtiss and Quarton
Sullivan & McMahon and
Morling
Death of Mrs Baldwin After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Rachel Baldwin died Friday at 7 15 am at her daughter's home Miss Cora Baldwin after months of suffering. Born February 27 1860 in Poweshiek county she married Orlando Baldwin at Newton July 1 1866. Four children Annie Spencer Iowa Fred Radcliffe Iowa George near San Francisco and Cora Algona survived with George absent at funeral. She moved to Algona from Webster City in 1899 opening a millinery shop south of the public square. Funeral Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev Jim Porter with Howland and Ma leading the choir.
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Rachel Baldwin
H Er
Cora Baldwin
Rachel Hilcott
Thig State
Poweshiek County
Orlando
Baldwin
Newton
Annie
Spencer
Iowa
Fred
Radellie
George
San Francisco
Cora
Algona
Webster City
Square
Bey
Jim
Munson's Shirt Waists and Wash Buits
The item highlights a well known line featuring Munson's shirt waists and wash outfits, indicating a catalog or advertisement emphasis on practical apparel.
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Munson
Wash Suits Demand Stylish Garments at $65 to $10
A new venture presents ready sellers with elegantly crafted, well fitting wash suits. The range includes stylish garments priced between 10 and 65 dollars per suit, appealing to buyers seeking quality attire.
Woman in the Case and Local Murders Reported
Notices from multiple towns recount a Blue Earth man jailed on a wife poisoning charge with denial from the accused. A Humboldt suitor learns his fiancée was killed by a rejected lover and attends the funeral. Other items describe a threshers party meal prank and a tramp burning school books at a Lincoln township schoolhouse.
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J. 4
Rademacher
Blue Earth
Pimore
Humboldt
Ponca
Nebraska
Eagle Grove
Eagle
Lincoln Township
Tramps
Rolfe Berveille
Mail sacks burned at Garner Sunday morning
Seven mail sacks were burned at Garner on Sunday morning as the mail clerk threw the sacks from the buggy onto a pile of cinders. The entire contents were destroyed. Spencer Herald reports the incident.
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Garner
Spencer Herald
The Las Anceles Limited Private Notice
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a private agreement or declaration involving Pall and Sarg, with unclear names and roles. The readable portion suggests a corporate or private notice, but critical details such as dates, parties, and actions are missing.
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Shelley
Spray
Walter
Laird
Rev. Spray
Rev. Porterfeld
Rev
Bether
Mareh
Will
Uae
Walt’ Elder
Washington
K. C. State Bank—Richardson
Pnopocnion
Kaho
Justin
Terrile
Kansas
Chicago
The
Las Anceles
Perety
John Goeders
Variety Store
Nice
Assort
Dente
Anita
Saratos Finch Hose
Ood
Spain
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