Fair Exposition Delights Crowds With Floral Hall
Rain could not dampen enthusiasm as multitudes flocked to the fair. J. M. Farley presided over a transformed grounds with George E. Boyle key to funding and the Floral Hall. Exhibits span lumber to pianos with strong shows in grains, corn, apples, horses, and cattle. A busier schedule followed including parade, drills, and a 3 to 2 football outcome for Swea City over Webster City.
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Jit
J. M. Farley
Geo. EB. Boyle
Fair Improvement Fund
George Boyle
Lac Pevgnet
H. J. Thompson
James Cowan
E. H. Reaser
C. O. Simpson
Advance
Sheetz Pharmacy
Otto Falkenhamer
B. E. Conner
U. D. M. Republican
A. D. Clarke & Co
Algona Milling Co
Geo. Paine
R. HA. Miller
Holabauer & Co
W. A. Parsons & Co
Wadsworth
Ripke
Dutton & Sorensen
Mesing
Whittemore
el A
U. 83
Grant
Des Moines
LaVerne
Swea City
Webster City
Woodmen
That Golden Age Remembered by an Old Community
A reflective piece contrasts patchwork trousers and barefoot men with today’s social divides. It recalls a time when clothing, shoes, and “hickory shirts” were common, dances featured bare feet, and social clubs and churches mingled without class restraint. The author laments current clannish divide and envies the past union Sunday schools and communal uplift.
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Echo
Union
Wear These Buttons Urged By Fall Managers
Fall managers urge all who have purchased membership buttons to wear them. The note emphasizes visibility and support for the campaign. The brief item highlights the push during the season without naming organizations or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Meat
Man Takes Own Life in Oklahoma Corn Crib
Herm an Ditner, about 52, German-born, was found dead in a corn crib after tying a binding twine around his neck. Neighbors noted no prior trouble. wife found him kneeling with a corn stalk. Funeral held with a German Methodist minister. The community offers sympathy as it reports on farm conditions, fruit, and local weather.
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Herman Ditner
Central Depot
Milwaukee
Germany
J. J. McCall
Oscar Anderson
May ‘Hubbard
la Verne
Writes From Oklahoma. A Near Summer Letter Forwarded
In advance from Oklahoma the writer notes a summer that's warm but not extreme, with temperatures mostly between 90 and 95 and a peak near 100. He describes shade comfort, cold nights, and early spring plowing possible due to lack of ground frost. Mentions pecan and black walnut trees, abundant hickory nuts, and a sense of a new country offering homes for small farmers. remarks on soil quality and varied fertility with generally good crops and hard corn.
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Salt Lake City
Oklahoma
Bras Clark
Eprron
Algona
Court session at Hall of Justice reports steady docket
Judge Ballic presides with fairness as Court Reporter Bly marks proceedings. Harrington oversees criminal department while McDonald and Pettibone monitor prisoners and defendants’ attorneys. The term has seen excitement but no sensational crimes. numerous license renewals and hundreds of cases noted, with 205 cases remaining to be disposed of.
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Ballic
Bly
Harrington
Ges
Gion
McDonald
Pettibone
Arinegialee
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Just
Dutton & Sorenson
G. W. Paine
Paine & Tyndale
Elwell Kitchen
Bert
Ney
AIF
Spurbeck-Lambert
Collis Implement Co
J. H. Graham
Rosalie Nelson
Kossuth County
Clear Lake Chattauqua
the Hall of Justice
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