Now at Yokohama from Frank Slagle in Japan letter
Frank Slagle writes from Yokohama December 30 aboard a ship arriving after eleven days at sea. He notes health inspections, a Chinese steerage inspection, a Christmas aboard with gifts, and a view of Fujiyama. The group plans to travel to Tokyo and then onward to Kobe, Osaka, and Shanghai with further details promised after tomorrow’s trip. Birth notices and divorce case remarks follow, including a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery.
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F. JL Slagle
Japan
P. L. Slagle
Frank
Yokohama
Harbor
Honolulu
Fujiyama
Tokio
Cobi
Magasaki
Shanghai
China
F. BE. Coulter
Omaha
M. L. Bobitt
Bargerton
Tenn
Blacksmith Shop for Sale in St. Joe Iowa Bargain
Blacksmith and wagon shop in St. Joe Iowa offered for sale at a bargain. Shop measures 24 by 32 feet with stock and tools included. Mentions of three dealers and an immense coal stock appear in the fragmentary notice.
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Toffer
St. Joe
Iowa
Lallier
Langishes in Jail Expert Organ Repairer Faces Grand Jury
Worrant of bonds Bert Gibson known as Frank O Day is jailed awaiting grand jury action on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He confessed inconsistencies about his name and past. a $500 bond could not be posted. He claimed to act in good faith while presenting a bogus check signed Hugh Young for $9.40, and later admitted origins tied to Plum Creek.
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Bert Gibson
Frank O'Day
Raymond
Peck
Plum Creek
Youngs
Mr. Peck
Young
First National Bank of
Burt
Hugh Young
Kossuth
Gibson
Mr. Young
Peek
Campbell House
Rank O'Day
Marshal Switzer
O'Day
Bank pennies found in cement sack mystery remains
The Mapelton bank robbery mystery resurfaces as a cement sack yields 5,185 pennies after meticulous counting. The source notes public suspicion that thieves hid the coins there months ago to avoid detection or carrying heavy coins, with no clear identification of the culprits.
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Mapelton Bank
Webster City Journal
Rural routes established serve Algona and area
The department authorizes Postmaster G F Peek to set up two rural free delivery routes starting February 15 1904. Route 1 covers 40 square miles with 115 houses and 576 people over 30 miles, led by L A Taylor. Route 2 spans 45 square miles with 110 houses and 550 people over 28 4 miles, led by L N Brace. Boxes cost 1 to 3 dollars per household.
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G. F. Peek
L.A. Taylor
L.N. Brace
Algona Post Office
Plum Creek Church
Se Corner
Algona Postoffice
Se Corner 35
Center of 20
Se Corner 16
Lotts Creek Post Office
City Limits
Agricultural society report and Albion dancing license note
Secretary H W Wadsworth reports last year’s Agricultural society receipts of 2116.99 with 1459.90 from admissions and 180.04 on hand. C B R Lewis re-elected president, M Schenck treasurer, I W Wadsworth secretary. several directors elected. Albion Iowa enacts a $15 dancing license with strict character requirements despite weak court support. Moore Bros. sells coal.
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H.W. Wadsworth
Agricultural Society
C. BR. Lewis
M. Schenck
I. W. Wadsworth
Unconstitutional Drainage Law Halts Ditch Proceedings
The supreme court ruled a drainage law unconstitutional for taxing lands without notice to owners for ditches not cutting through or abutting their property. Landowners in Woodbury County challenged tax collection and won, prompting calls for a better law this winter and praise from Geo. I. Clarke for opposing the statute.
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Supreme Court
Monona
Woodbury
District Court
Geo. I. Clarke
Wanted to Burn His Store In Waterloo
L G Willing, a Waterloo merchant, planned arson to burn his stock. He saturated the cellar floor and basement with kerosene and offered two friends 10 percent of the insurance. He left for a dance, returned to find no blaze, and his accomplices alerted police. Willing was arrested on return and threatened his traitors.
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L. G. Willing
Waterloo
Willing
Eumetsburg
Smeared Monuments Protest Tobacco Juice Vandalism
Smeared granite monuments along the front of the yards owned by Godden and Bullard reflect tobacco juice from an unknown trespasser or trespassers. The letter condemns the act as filthy and lacking decency and urges authorities to catch and punish the perpetrator.
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Godden
Bullard
Palo Alto Tribune
Roosters Misunderstood At Peter's Market
A country woman entered Peter's market with two live chickens under her arm. While bargaining, she placed the fowls on the counter. Peters, unaware their legs were tied, asked if they would lay there. She replied they are roosters. He then sat on a cake of ice in the cold storage room.
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Peter
Peters
Eagle Grove Eagle
Webster City Expenditure Surpasses Receipts in December
The Grove Gazette reports Webster City ran a deficit in the last quarter. December expenses were 4983 dollars while receipts totaled 4558 dollars, leaving the city over six thousand dollars in the red.
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Webster City
Grove
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