Dead Man in Furrow Sparks Rural Gossip in Fairmont
A northbound passenger train near Watonwan county found a dead man in a fur coat in a plowed field. Coroners and doctors investigated but found no body. A farm wife admitted she hid in a furrow to avoid exposure while the train passed, then returned home for dinner. The tale ends with sharp remarks about gullibility and a flurry of local gossip.
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Fairmont Sentinel
Omaha
Watonwan County
Lewisville
Madeira
Girl Flags Train With Red Petticoat Note
A girl on the Saginaw division of the Pere Marquette railroad stopped an eight mile distant freight near Flint after waving a red flannel petticoat at the engine. She boarded the cab, handed a folded note to the fireman, then jumped down and fled. The note asked the engineer if he wanted her as his wife or merely fooling. The incident stemmed from a flirtation between the girl and the fireman.
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Flint, Mich
Mr. Huckleberry
Spark Bros
Holiday Rates to Cuba for Minneapoliss Holiday Trip
The Minneapolis line offers a holiday round trip to Havana Cuba at one fare with return by January 9. Travel departs December 15 10 and 20 with return via New Orleans and Pacific Company steamers. Information from A B Galtis G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
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Minneiapolis
St. Louis
Havana
Cuba
New Orleans
Pacific Company
Rites
Galtis
Minneapolis
Minn
Minngapolia
White Swan Captured on Crawford County River Edge
A. W. Miller captured a seven foot wingspan white swan near the East Boyer township riverbank. The bird fought hard as Miller wrestled it to shore and is on display at Bartcher Bros. in Denison, the only such swan seen in Crawford county. Local interest centers on its fate and novelty.
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A. W. Miller
Boyer River
Crawford County
Denison Review
Miller
Mr. Miller
Deni- Son
My. Miller
Bartcher Bros
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