Father throws baby to wolves to save himself
Minneapolis December news reports Henry Shoreby, a Minnesota farmer, abandoning his infant to starving wolves during a forest drive to a friend's house for Christmas dinner. A mob sought to tar and feather him as grief spreads. the mother is prostrated and feared for her mind. Police and locals discuss the tragedy and broader farming concerns.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Henry Shoreby
Minnesota
Willerton
Shoreby
Alf Lawrence
Carried Dead Companion Harrowing Mountain Rescue
Cecil Sharpe received a letter from Toyd's people in British Columbia describing a 22 year old youth and a companion who spent weeks hunting in the mountains. After a fall from difficult terrain a gun discharged killing the companion, and the survivor, Royds, bore the body back to civilization over several arduous days guarding the remains from wild beasts while exhausted and exposed. The ordeal is described as Horrific.
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Fairmont Sentinel
Cecil Sharpe
Toyd
British Columbia
Boyds
Tey
Mr. Royds
Fairmont
Foreshadows a Change in Franklin County Farming
The Hampton Recorder argues farmers will shift from cattle fattening as farms fall into ranges of value. With 75 acre farms versus 25 acre farms, owners on lower-value land may outpace fattening. The piece urges dairying mixed farming, poultry, and diversified branches to adapt to economic pressures.
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Hampton Recorder
Franklin County
Big Poultry Business Lifts Humboldt Economy
Algona hosts two busy poultry houses expanding the local economy. Rogers and Smith run a large operation employing about sixty workers with some earning up to thirty dollars weekly. The firm ships a daily carload of poultry to the eastern market, boosting town prosperity during the off season and encouraging local support from residents and businesses.
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Algona
Wumboldt
Rogers & Smith
Humboldt
Trivia and tides in Gilded Age finance and faith
A witty, wide ranging column notes that wealthy magnates with large fortunes attract multiple wives and illegitimate children, mocks Beckwith's gullibility in the Mrs Chadwick affair, and lampoons Grace Church seat prices. It contrasts religion and finance, mentions a Connecticut farmer’s quip about prairie land, and surveys projected water route investments totaling over 300 million dollars including the Erie Canal and Panama.
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Beckwith
Chadwick
Carnegie
Twenty four Years Well Spent In LaVerne
LaVerne News recalls 24 years since George W Hanna and Mrs Anna became LaVerne residents after moving from Goldfield. Weather delayed return plans years ago, but Hanna prospered as a land and money king and notable local figure. Quote and verse reflect local sentiment and a shoe store advertisement closes the piece.
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Geo. W. Hanna
Anna
LaVerne
Goldfield
George
Kossuth
Winnebago County Woman Sues for Bodily Injury Case
The case E Howrey v G A Stokes in district court alleges assault and battery by Stokes at the couple's home causing permanent injuries and great pain. The petition claims $4026 actual damages plus $2000 exemplary damages, totaling $2025 actual and $2000 exemplary allowed, with costs.
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District Court
E. Howrey
G. A. Stokes
Winnebago
Logan Township
Winnebago County
Doctor Billa
Old Days in Iowa Warn of Forest Loss and Lumber Fossils
The Decorah Republican recalls Iowa’s first millionaires as lumbermen and traces the collapse of vast regional forests. Across Lansing to Burlington, pulp mills vanished as forests disappeared. The Times- Republican notes foresters and leaders warned forestry decay mirrors today.
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Decorah Republican
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Lansing
Burlington
Times-Republican
Marshalltown
Rebirth of a Town After Agricultural Decline
A quarter century ago the wheat industry faded and soil fertility dwindled. Corn, hogs, cattle, clover land, and grass revived the land, restoring fertility and building a new town. Forests are still to come.
Prizes for Corn Show organized by Algona Club
The Algona Commercial Club announces corn show prizes tied to the Partners Institute event on January 20. Awards include Best White Dent and Best Yellow Dent with district-level prizes, plus $1 for the biggest ear donated by J. W. Gilmore. Exhibits must use ten ears tied by husks and be entered between January 10 and 17.
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Rcorn
Algona Commercial Club
Partners? Institute
Tower & Sons
Pries
Collis Implement Company
Algona
Whittemore
Cresco
Garfield
Riverdale
Sherman
Gu Verne
Irvington
Prairie
Lotts Creek
Union
Fenton
Burt
Plum Creek
Wesley
Portland
Buffalo
Seneca
Greenwood
Swea
Harrison
Eagle
Grant
Rumsey
German
Ledyard
Lincoln
Springfield
Hebron
Algona Commercial Association
J. W. Gilmore
Prosperity in corn and poultry contrasts with liquor imports
The Corwith Hustler reports 25,000 bushels of shelled corn received by Peter Hatterscheid in a week and 14,400 pounds live poultry plus 1,745 pounds dressed poultry shipped by express, noting $310,600 worth of liquor received at one office. It questions farming wealth when liquor trade posts large sums, suggesting possible fraud and skepticism about scarce money cries.
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Corwith
Peter Hatterscheid
J. W. Luckey
Local Classifieds Include Poultry Boars Boots and Loans
Algona area notices offer Plymouth Rock cockerels Jer sey Red boars and many farm items. Also farm machinery a hay press and 5 percent loans. Shoe store advertises men’s work shoes at 2.50 with annual interest option. Readers urged to contact D K J G Bertrand Ostheopath for medical consults hours 10 to 12 and 2 to 4.
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B. P
Plymouth Rock
Jersey Red Boars
Albert Anderson
Algona
Iowa
Galbraith's
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Mississippi
Cerca
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J. G Bertrand
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