News of the Week: County Happenings and Local Mishaps
Farmer narrowly escapes death while trying to frighten a hired man. Editor Britt News notes thirty years of marriage. A bicycle theft rewards scheme is offered after a break-in. Reports from Forest City Republican and Fort Wayne area recount a man’s near-death by sickle, a mower accident amputating a boy’s foot, and Jens Anderson's unlucky day with a five-ten dollar loss and a runaway.
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Titonka
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Monitor
Never Pay Debts, Yet Live Luxuriously in Algona
In a Burt Monitor reflection, a critic notes that some people who never settle honest debts still spend lavishly on livery rigs, fine dress, and entertainment. The piece argues these chronic debtors should be denied credit and grouped with the “never pay” class, isolated from financial privilege.
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Burt
The Summer Girl's Own Time in Baltimore Sun
The piece hails the summer girl as a vision of beauty and the season's central figure, praising her charms from hair bow to slippers. It pokes fun at blind suitors and celebrates local youth, noting Burt boys like Frank Paine securing positions in engineering and the town’s pride in improving opportunities.
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Leibsohn Buys 320 Acres Near Buffalo Center
Chas Leibsohn purchases 320 acres of the Wells estate eight miles southwest of Buffalo Center from J F Weatherlee for speculation. The transfer is set to be completed by March 1, 1910 as reported by the Buffalo Center Tribune.
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Hopkins family spans five generations in Bradgate
Bradgate News reports great grandfather aged 67 with a living 90 year old mother, marking five generations of the Hopkins family. Mr Hopkins works daily in the printer's trade and crediting his health to consistently voting the Democratic ticket, claiming a clear conscience.
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Test of Nationality Reveals German Flavor in Town Butchery
Bancroft Register notes Peter Becker, a local butcher, produced and sold over 700 rings of bologna this past week, signaling a strong German influence in the community. The Sep term jury list includes many names from Union, Swea, Germania, Hebron, Seneca, Garfield, and other areas with report due Sept 5.
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Union
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Alfred Anderson
Swea
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John Nolin
Fred Pompe
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F. Allison
Greenwood
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Burt
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Will Smith
Sherman
August Oldenburg
Hebron
Grant Courte Seneca
Carl Johnson
Garfield
W. F. Albright
Plum Creek
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Wesley
August Zumach
Theodore Weishrod
Fenton
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Riverdale
John Zwiefel
A. J. Bleich
Buffalo
Clark Genrich
Aggo Jansen
German
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Springfield
H.J. Barnabee
Prairie
A. J. Klocke
Ledyard
Ben Bryson
Local Happenings and Oddities Across the District
James Cruikshank cut 22 acres of oats with six horses, noting better yields on well treated land. Sunday visitors to Clear Lake fished, though one boy fainted after pulling up an anchor chain. The Kuhn family in Franklin County numbers over 800, with reunions and widespread kin. A Norwood mind reader failed to match the trio’s drive, then found a hidden key. Archie Hutchison showcased a 12 ft 2 in corn stalk from Cresco, measured before the Board, with a humorous threat to ram the stalk down their throats.
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Cresco
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Anderson
Algona City Council Ends Month Session in Efficiency
The Algona Iowa city council met Saturday evening with Mayor pro tem A Peterson presiding as Mayor Wadsworth was away. Members Cleary Powyer Peterson Paxson Harrington attended. They passed appropriating ordinance 125, discussed Geo Brown’s electric bill, and moved to abate portions of 1908 taxes on D Clarke building and Mrs John Hohn property. Water main extensions to curb lines for L G Dodge J C Dalziel and Mrs Wheelock were authorized with water taps. Roy Tillinghass salaries raised to 55 dollars monthly starting August. Resolutions extending electric light and water benefits within city limits were adopted. Bills for water and electric works were approved under ordinance 125.
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Brown
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Main Street
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Algona City Council Condemns Sidewalks in 1900
The Algona Iowa city council resolves to condemn sidewalks along multiple lots and streets in Cullis Addition and surrounding blocks. Sidewalks must be built within thirty days per ordinance, cement or cement blocks four feet wide, with gravel foundation, or the city will construct them and assess costs to abutting properties. City Clerk S. W. Crowell notes adoption on July 31, 1900 after a vote.
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Iowa Day at Seattle Exposition Fares Exposed
August 12 marks Iowa Day at the Alaskan Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle with low round trip fares via Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Travel valid daily through September with a return by October 3. stopovers allowed.
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