Hopkins recounts early Wesley history and farm life
Wesley veteran insurance writer J W Hopkins recalls moving from Charles City to Sec 10 Buffalo township in 1871 and building a sod house, deer and wolves in the yard, helping haul rock for Algona courthouse in 1872, then settling in Wesley in 1881 and taking Farmers Insurance Agency in 1883. He notes area growth and land value from 18 miles to Minnesota line to $100 $150 per acre.
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Wesley
J. W. Hopkins
News
Mr. Hopkins
Charles City
Buffalo
Titonka
Courthouse Foundation
Algona
Hopkins
Farmers’ Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Iowa
Adonis Like Ugo Diando Freed In Horse Theft Trial
In Redwood City a San Francisco Chronicle report details how a jury of ten men and two women acquitted Ugo Diando after deliberations over a horse theft case. The prisoner, praised for his looks, faced doubts about conviction despite admitting guilt at preliminary hearing. Forewoman Alma A. Monroe and juror Violet L. Fine led the women on the panel, whose influence overturned male opinion.
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Redwood City
San Fransisco Chronicle
Ugo Diando
J. H. Mansfield
Diando
San Mateo County
Buck
Alma A. Monroe
Lomita Park
Violet L. Fine
Daly City
World Record Hatchery Turns Out Chickens Every Twelve Seconds
A Port O’Connor Texas hatchery vents a machine producing a chicken every twelve seconds year round. It is the third of its type by the inventor, a former government poultry expert, and the second largest globally after Petaluma California. The plant fits on a single 16 by 50 foot floor using stacked incubation racks and a continuous airflow system to maintain even heat, enabling vast capacity in a compact space.
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Port O'Connor
Texas
Petaluma
Cal
Casey
Texas Hatchery Reforms Cut Labor And Fuel Use
A Texas plant employs a pivot turning system for 10 000 egg compartments allowing one man to handle 100 000 eggs in under two minutes. Ventilation is provided by an 800 hp centrifugal fan, maintaining precise temperature to one tenth of a degree and moisture via water sprays. Eggs enter the hatchery unmoved, with cooling not employed.
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Texas
Hoist the Window Fresh Air for Strong Lungs in Winter
A 1900s style piece advocates frequent window opening to improve oxygen intake, reduce disease risk, and prevent pneumonia. It contrasts winter indoor air with outdoor air, cites Germ theory, and urges daily fresh air in sleeping rooms as a health regime. It notes Perry’s Polar example and calls opening windows a wholesome practice.
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N.obody
Perry
North Pole
New York
Man's Clever Home Solution Demonstrated
A Waukon Journal excerpt recounts a lighthearted tale of household ingenuity. With the housekeeper away, a husband realizes plants can be watered by a skylight and leaks caught by watered plants, merging two chores into one. The plan endures as rain continues, sparing further effort.
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Waukon Journal
Retiring Town Editor Reflects On Journalism
An editor retires with a wry note that journalism invites lies to boost circulation while causing enemies. He claims to have told few wholesome truths and vows to recover his moral constitution, ending a long career marked by public scrutiny and self-critique.
A Kansas Uplifter from Topeka Capital
A Topeka Capital note says Ike Gilberg has abandoned the uplift and will devote himself to making a living. The piece adds that those worthy of uplifting usually manage to uplift themselves, signaling Ike’s turn from uplift to self-reliance.
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Ike Gilberg
Ike
Cheap Homes in New York State Lands for Sale
Real estate note advertises well improved fertile lands in New York State priced from 15 to 50 dollars per acre. Interested buyers are asked to write S. P. Christensen at Oneonta New York Rt 1 for full particulars.
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New York
New York State
Oneonta
1. S. P. Christensen
Nursery Stock For Sale From 200 Years Of Local Trade
Farmers seeking nursery stock this spring should call or write F. M. Whitman at 418 Wooster Street Algona Iowa. Whitman has sold nursery stock in Kossuth county for over two centuries and offers current stock.
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Kossuth County
F. M. Whitman
Wooster Street
Houge
Lutheran Church, Algona
Lowa
Mason Work and Plastering in Town or Country
Mason work and plastering offered by contract or daily. Services include plastering, concreting, chimney building, cisterns, septic tanks, and cement walks. Leave orders at Quinn Lumber Co. office or 602 Nebraska St. John McCorp. For sale Roseuth scanty lands and towns also land in Minnesota. J. Wellendorf. For sale Botley head and barr oak prata. B. S. Thompson.
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Quinn Lumber Co
Nebraska St
John McCorp
The Wonder Child and Humble Hen Ballads From Armstrong Markets
A Denver Republic verse on a three year old wonder child contrasts with a rural Armstrong Journal tale of hog sales. Hog entries include James Kehoe's 790 pound hog at 8.65 per hundred worth 68.38 and James Carroll delivering sixty six hogs for 1720.45 with other farmers earning thousands this period.
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Armstrong
Armstrong Journal
Armstrong Market
James Kehoe
James Carroll
The Right Spirit Burt Monitor Call for County Unity
The Burt Monitor urges Kossuth residents to bury differences and unite for the county’s good. It champions a united effort to secure a new $200,000 courthouse and improve the county as a whole for all citizens.
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Burt Monitor
Kossuth
Stenographers Club Race Named the Layeély Leven
In Swea City Herald the Upper Des Moines Republican notes Algona's Stenographers Club with Miss Ida Anderson as president. They praise the group and joke that the deputy auditor is the handsomest, suggesting the club rename to the Layeály Leven as they are one short of a dozen.
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Swea City Herald
Des Moines
Republican
Algona
Ida Anderson
Leven
Notice of Probate of Will in Kosauth County
Notice of Probate of Will. In Kosauth County probate court, Hunoub Johinson late of maild county deceased. The court fixed April 20 and April term for the will to be admitted. interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted. Clerk J Stephenson, deputy Bertha B. Johngooy.
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Kosauth
Tinalet
Kogaath
Hunoub Johinson
Maild
Banoah Johnson
J. Stephenson
Bertha BR. Johngooy
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