A Quarter Century Ago From the Courier 1889
A compilation of brief items and notes from that era. Kuhn stock sale and cheap cattle, Iowa potato yield at 20 million bushels, Eugene Secor elected fire vice-president of the International Beekeepers Association in Brantford, Ontario. Wedding: Nick Borman and Justina Altman of St. Joe. Profitless potato shipments, Ada Smith returns home, Miss Emma Cordingley visiting, local Christmas plowing, various travels and appointments, licenses issued for marriages, Col. Spencer honored by old army comrades, corrections on Weisbrod marriage, and a suicide attempt near Swen City with despondency cited as motive.
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Eugene Secor
Forest City
Inernational Bee Keepers Association
Brantford
Canada
Col. Spencer
Algona
A Promising Young Man
Bancroft Register reports William Sheridan, son of N E Sheridan, studying in the law department at the State University of Iowa City. He writes he will be home for Christmas holidays and notes praise from faculty for being high man and highly complimented by members.
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Bancroft Register
N. E
Sheridan
William
Law Department
the State University At
Iowa City
Elso
Robber Halts Poker Night In Dunlap Pot Heist
A stranger at a Dunlap poker game drew a gun during a Sunday session and seized the pot, escaping with about $20. Investigators pursue the robber, while locals debate accountability for gambling in a town famed for strict order.
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Fort Dodge
Dunlap
Pointers From Fort Dodge Recalls Flax Planting Drive
Messenger reports R W Crawford returned from Kossuth County where he spent most of the summer and fall developing prairie land. He planted flax on newly broken ground and yielded thirteen bushels per acre with grain selling for $1 50 a bushel. He treated seed with formaldehyde to kill fungi and noted no adverse land effects. Since 1872 Crawford has distributed flax seed across northern Iowa and promoted breaking ground to subdue land quickly.
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Fort Dodge
R. W. Crawford
Kossuth
Crawford
Iowa
The Hyena of the Press: Rolfe Arrow Critiques The Menace
Rolfe Arrow denounces The Menace as anti-Catholic and compares it to a hyena in the animal kingdom and a buzzard in the bird family. He argues such literature corrupts minds, likening it to bad food and liquor, and urges temperance in all things including literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Arrow
Drunken Algonian Causes Yard Turmoil at Algona
At a Wednesday evening incident in Algona a drunken man disrupted switch yards near the Fox Lake line. He fell from the platform during a Y turn, prompting a retrace by the crew. A later encounter in north town found him asleep, while a local farm ad lists Rose Comb White Leghorn chickens for sale by S A Worster of Algona, Iowa.
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Burt
Algona
Fox Lake
Ceylon
Hia
Algona Bank
Young Eisenhower narrowly escapes death from car exhaust fumes
A 13 year old, Arcald Eisenhower, nearly dies after inhaling exhaust fumes as his father, Me and Mrs WA Eisenhower, prepared a car for a trip to Superior. The family acted quickly with fresh air and camphor while doctors treated the boy. Authorities note lack of awareness about gasoline exhaust dangers and call for better purchaser information.
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Arcald Eisenhower
WA Eisenhower
Superior
Eisenhower
Manager Wanted for County Circulation Department
In every county we seek a man or boy to manage our circulation department for that county. It takes little time, no travel, and no interference with other work or school. Salary $380 per month. Write for particulars to PROSPEROUS FARM JOURNAL, 638-34-35-36 Reserve Bank Bldg., Kansas City, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addreag
Prosperous Farm Journal
Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Missouri
Notice of Dissolution Of Central Drop Company
Notice is hereby given that the Central Drop Company was dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent on October 10. Dated at Algona Iowa October 20 1914. Henry H Johnson president J C Godstead secretary.
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Central Drop Company
Algona
Iowa
Henry H. Johnson
J. C. Godstead
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H. J. Treiber
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Empany
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Awcrington Street
John and
Jim
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Neville
Algona, Towa
T. M. Billborough
the Courier
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Justina Altman
St. Joe
Osage
Pittsburg
Emma Cordingley
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Wm. Cordingley
Ada Smith
Brainerd, Minn
Mrs. &. D. Patterson
Wisconsin
Eli Perkins
R.J. Dawson
Spokane
James Paine
Judge Bishop
Illinois
F. M. Bartis
LaVerne
Washington Territory
C.B. Matson
Scott
Iall
Epeauty
Attib
West Bend
Palo Alto
Wein
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Dubuque County
W. B. Carey
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Cresco
Whitewater
Wis
Robert Philips
Anna Warner
John Koepka
Eldora Clark
Chas. McQuaid
Anna Smith
John Lamuth
Lamuth
Riley
W. J. Weisbrod
Mike’ Weisbrod
Swen City
Franklin
George Butterfield
Mattison
Herald
Hamilton County
Bancroft
S. A. Worster
Towa
Mae
Algona Markets
Poe
Estherville
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Algqna
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