Early settler Alexander Brown laid to rest at Cresco
Alexander Brown an early Cresco township settler died June 26 after a brief typhoid illness. Born June 19 1838 near Scotland and Ireland, he lived in New Brunswick and Massachusetts before settling in this county in 1855. He married Margaret Burt in 1868 and raised a family on the homestead, a Presbyterian and respected neighbor. His funeral drew a large crowd, with seventy teams in a long procession to the cemetery.
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Alexander Brown
Cresco Township
Andrew Barr
Alex Brown
Scotland
Ireland
Mr. Brown
St. John’s
New Brunswick
Massachusetts
Margaret Burt
Alexander
Thomas W
Geo. Barr
James Seeley
Plum Creek Township
Brown
O. H. Holmes
Fay
Near
Dedication Sermon Praised At Hannibal Church
Rev C F Spray formerly pastor of the M B church in Hannibal Mo preached the dedicatory sermon for a new church edifice. The Moyning Journal lauded his elegant diction lofty thought and splendid oratorical ascendencies calling the service an exaltation of the Christ. The sermon inspired the congregation and aided the church business meeting financially.
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Hannibal, Mo
C. F. Spray
M. B
Moyning
Christ
Char ies City grapples with squandered investments and schemes
A fragment from a Charles City notice discusses money wrongly spent by citizens on stock gambles, coffee plantations, mahogany ventures, and other quick schemes. The text questions why Charles City, known for thrift, would harbor so many such ventures and where the funds might have gone.
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Charles ‘Cjty
Rattlesnake Copperhead Attack Ends With Man’s Clever Kill
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a Sugar Loaf man named Jobo Garlow resting after dinner was bitten when a rattler crossed his leg. A copperhead then attacked the rattler, and Garlow killed both snakes with a stick while remaining still. The copperhead measured nearly four feet, the rattler about four feet.
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Wilkenbarre
Jobo Garlow
Sugar Loaf
North Mountain
Garrow
Various Local News Briefs From Iowa Newspapers
A compilation of short items notes a survey for Senator Gower on tiling costs, rapid jail construction near town, a ditch digger reporting minnows in the grass, and a broken collarbone from a bicycle fall. Other notes tell of Old Fred the aging horse, a church dispute in Spencer, a mad dog scare in Burt with muzzles and dog shootings, a near drowning on a plastering trip, and a Whittemore barn fire with insurance.
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Tim Higgins
Whittemore
Notice to Cut Weeds Along Cresco Public Roads
Notice to landowners abutting Cresco township roads in Kossuth County Iowa to mow weeds by July 20 1907 or the road superintendent will do so and charge costs to landowners as required by law. Road Supt Alex Gillingham.
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Cresco Township
Kossuth
County
Iowa
Alex Gillingham
Bodies recovered from Bering Lake end Alaska survey tragedy
The body of Charles Arthur Tellier, drowned October last year during an Alaska Pacific Railway survey, was found by Alaska natives near Catalla and identified in Seattle. Funeral rites were led by Clark Davis of Seattle. Tellier, born in Humboldt Iowa, leaves a wife, mother, two sisters, and an infant son. A separate Whittemore Iowa city council rebuked a sensational article alleging church-bell theft, demanding the author be named.
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Arthur Tellier
Seattle
Bering Lake
Alaska
Clark Davis
Catalla
Alaska Pacific Railway and Terminal Company
Mr. Tellier
Santa Anna
Charles White
White
Catalia
Charles A. Tellier
Kenwood Place
Charles Tellier
Humboldt
Iowa
Whittemore
Sunday Register
Leader
Algona
Baptist Church
M. E
John Goetsch
Eagles Threaten California Sheep Near Sacramento
Reports from the Sacramento Bee describe serious depredations by three eagles attacking flocks in American Canyon. Herders witness multiple lamb deaths as the birds prey under ranch watch. The damage alarms sheepmen who struggle to protect their herds amid ongoing attacks.
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California
Sacramento Bee
American Canyon
P. Lynch
Cordelig
near miss wedding for Corona groom in Morris case
N A Pine, 76, a witness in People v Morris, wept before District Attorney Evans and asked not to testify. He is to marry Miss Anna Dickinson in Los Angeles, a ceremony slated for today, with defense attorney Stahl handling the matter and Pine’s testimony to be used at the hearing.
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N. A. Pine
Riverside
Cal
Mr. Pine
N.A. Pine
Corona
People
Gertrude Morris
Densmore
Evans
Algona
Iowa
Anna Dickinson
Los Angeles
H. K. Stahl
Morris
Pine
Death of Mrs Setchell at Algona after illness
Mrs Martha A Hawley Setchell died in her sleep early Monday after several days of neuralgia and pain. Born April 16 1823 in Hartford Connecticut she was a cousin of Senator J H Hawley and taught in Wyoming Valley before marrying D H Setchell. She lived in Cuba N Y Stephenson County Illinois Jesup Iowa and Algona moving there in 1872. Her daughter Cora cared for her in later years. A Universalist, she was skilled in oil and pastel paintings and enjoyed reading. Funeral held Wednesday at home officiated by Rev Holme with many floral tributes.
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Martha A. Hawley Setchell
Mrs. Setchell
Hartford
Connecticut
Hawley
J. H. Hawley
Wyoming University
Pennsylvania
Wyoming Valley
D. H. Setchell
Holme
J. R. Jane
Mesagrande
California
Waite G
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Simpron
Algona, Iowa
C. O. Simpson
Prop
John Goeders
DEERE
Deering
Champion
Dain
Henney
Kratazer
DeLaval
Farmers’ Friend
W. H. Hodges
Court House Square
Alex, Brown
Hannibal
M.C. Dunlap
Senator Gower
Illinois
Corwith Hustler
Palo Alto
J.C. Bennet
Mr. Shadbolt
Emmetsburg
Dave Murray
Fenton
Austin, Minn
Herald
Fred
Thomas Hines
Swea City Herald
Spencer
M. E. Church
Boyce
Estherville
Burt
John Meinzer
Claude Whitehill
Chicago
Burt Monitor
Chas, Hagon
Lamareaux
Anderson
Martin Kahm
Aug
Leek’s
John Briggs
Titonka Topic
C. A. Tellier
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