Election week nears as Godfrey hints calm town mood
A cluster of small town items notes City election coming a week from Monday with quiet sentiment. Social events include a surprise Bert Southard dance and St Patrick’s day souvenirs. Residents travel for business, illness, or visits, and local clubs hold meetings and events.
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Godfrey
Bert Southard
Harvey Ward
Carelew
Andrew Peterson
Grippe
Tevington
Misbach
St. Patrick's Day
Drake
Des Moines
J. W. Sullivan
Himore
A. L. Galbraith
L. KE. Adgington
Lizzie Hohn
Ringsted
T. W. Beers
Ir. W. Converse
Estherville
Wreck on the Milwaukee trains injure crew and passengers
A Milwaukee passenger train from the east collided with a mixed train at Beulah near McGregor on Monday morning. Conductor Taup on the mixed train was fatally injured, a brakeman badly hurt, and six passengers sustained bruises. West-bound car demolished. Conductor Milt Haup, longtime Irvington resident, known to local settlers, involved as the injured or affected party. his fate saddens friends.
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Beulah
McGregor
Mi. Taup
Emmetsburg Democrat
Milt Haup
Irvington
Laura
Jon K. Fill
Milwaukee Road
Austin case ends in acquittal at busy court
Squire Austin's court was busy all day and ended with a verdict of acquittal. Sills farmed for Joe up north last year and did grain division work as well, then hiked for distant land after bargaining for the place another year. The case will go to district court.
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Squire Austin
Sills
Joe
Bancroft Register
He Saved the Door
Jutting's boys assisted E A Cole to fill his barn with hay when the hay door slipped and fell striking Mr Cole on the head and knocking him down. This marked a second near fatal incident in a short span with potential for serious injury and damage.
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E. A. Cole
Mr.Cole
Mr. Cole
Germania
Republican County Convention to nominate delegates in Kossuth
A Republican delegate convention will meet at the Algona court house at 10 a.m. on Friday March 18 1904 to select 14 delegates for the 10th district congressional convention at Fort Dodge on April 4 and 14 delegates for the state convention at Des Moines on May 18 plus 4 delegates for the Judicial convention. Representation lists by precinct and committeeman names appear. township and precinct committeemen will be chosen at the meetings.
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Kossuth County
Court House
Algona
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
A. J. Cumming
Iowa
Del
Biratwi
McClellan
Ceed
Fredericls M. Garilssoo
Stade Savesiggisfeer
Dalle
Buffalo
Curtiss Baple
FiJonugen
Fenton
Davison
Greenwood
Walters Garfield Vee
Bscott
Geran
Ed Gormatle
Iarrison
Rosenberg
Evington
Fedyard
Laverne
Raney
Lincoln
Coleen
Rawkon
John Henry Pratricon
Studer Wires Ram
Gatten
Koverdaly
Butterfield
Paterson
Whittemore
Congressional Convention Called for 1904 in Ft Dodge
A Republican delegate convention for the Tenth District is called to meet in Ft. Dodge on April 4, 1904, to nominate a congress candidate to succeed J D P Conner from March 1905. Representation is one delegate per county plus one for every 200 votes or fraction over 100 for Cummins in November 1904. Delegates are allocated among Boone,Calhoun,Carrel, Crawford, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, and others. meeting details and officers SEAKS MCHENRY, Ch 10th Dist Rev Con Com. Paul E Stillman, Sec’y. Money to loan at 5 percent by A D Clarke & Co.
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Tenth Congressional District
Ft. Dodge
Congress
J. DP. Conner
A.B. Cummins
Benth
Boone
Calhoun
Carrel
Crawford Buimet , Gieene
Hamilton Hancock Humboldt
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Webster Winnebago
Local Notes From Cresco Township Reflect Family Moves And Births
Gur Correspondents Austin Fox returned from Iola Kansas last week J W Curtis has rented the Parker farm for three years Mrs Nestmans children improving from scarlet fever Mild form also John Rileys children in West Cresco Tiny Engle will run the farm this year while his father L H Engle travels for Milwaukee Harvesters Little Verna Miller is slowly recovering from illness Ralph Webster rented Galbraith farm Grande Engle will travel west for work W S Potter pursues a rural free delivery route Chester Rickard family back from North Dakota A Potter and son Daniel and Nell Cowell remain on their farms Assessors report 14 births and 2 deaths in Cresco township in 1903 List of homes with names and birthdates Deaths Lars Anderson and Hazel Mae Ditsworth.
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Austin Fox
Iola
Kansas
J. W. Curtis
Parker Farm
Chester Rickard
North Dakota
A. Potter
Daniel
Nell Cowell
Cresco
Geo. William Gillingham
Frank Wayne Fox
Hazel May Ditsworth
Sumner Reed Parsons
Ethel Marie Kelley
Bertha Pauline Dutton
Therenece Eller
Terrill H. Wadsworth
Bertram R. Shilts
Tarold Ralph Clayton
Mae. Raney
Ruth E. Wagle
Ida Sophia Kerstein
Twilla Irol Miller
Glenn E. Gollinson
Lars Anderson
Hazel Mae Ditsworth
Local notes of work and life across Sherman township
Mr Osterbauer chops wood for H J Lewis while Abraham Carter helps Dole draw oats and Arthur Leubke cuts for Edward Campbell. Emma Anderson finishes school term in Sherman township. Richard Jensen visits Bancroft. HW Lewis and wife visit relatives. Social hop at the hall yields a fine time. Perry Burlingame clears underbrush on thirteen acres. Rome Robison seeks reliable traps. A great many intended school aims were not pursued due to insufficient education. reactions include exclamations of Oh my.
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Abraham Carter
Dole
Arthur Leubke
Edward Campbell
A. A. Bradley
St. Paul
Fred Heath
Thomas Chilton
Tred Smith
John Gress
Geo. Thompson
William Brooks
Omer Cleary
Mr. Dunn
Perry Burlingame
David Blythe
Bucklen’s arnica salve cures in five days
PA Danforth of LaGrange Ga suffered a frightful running sore on his leg for six months but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. The ad touts ulcers wounds and piles as best salve, 25 cents guaranteed. Sold by E. B. Conner druggist. Also notes residence with new plan mahogany furniture bedroom suits and other goods. Also coal and finance ads from Moore Bros and others.
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Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
E. KB
Conner
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First National Bank
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WM. K. Ferguson
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Tutorest
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Algona Rendering Works
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Myron_ Schenck
Fred_ Miller
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