Mutual Insurance Financials Fix 1900 Levy In Iowa
In Algona Iowa December 21 1909 the Mutual Insurance board fixes 1 mill levy for 1910 and lists losses from multiple policy holders across towns including Irvington Plum Creek Wesley and Fenton. The secretary and treasurer accounts are examined with a year end balance and an annual meeting set for January.
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Algona
Iowa
Hutchins
Chubb
Pres. Hutchins
Donovan
A. Butterfield
Irvington
E. M. Sparks
Plum Creek
A. T. Goldie
Wesley
M. L. Schiltz
Greenwood
Wm. Dodds
Union
Stock
Oscar Busch
Burt
Light
Corn yield contest tops Cerro Gordo county records
Orson Snaffer of Swaledale won the top prize of 100 for the best ten acres of corn after a field yielded 1 050 bushels overall 105 5 bushels per acre in Cerro Gordo county The second prize went to Daniel Spillman of Clear Lake 93 1 bushels per acre and other top finishers included Bryant Mason City Stevens Plymouth and Avery Mason City A total of 27 entered but only 13 completed the weighing The contest was arranged by Ames College with Dr Denison contributing the funds The past season was poor for corn with wet conditions early and dry spells later making the county average under thirty bushels per acre
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Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Register
Orson Snaffer
Swaledale
Daniel Spillman
Clear Lake
Co. Bryant
J. L. Stevens
Plymouth
A. M. Avery
Ames College
Denison
Cerro Gordo
Ushela
Quack Grass Damages C E Owen Algona Letter
C C Owen complains about quack grass spreading in his Algona farm fields. He notes past efforts plowing and clearing spots, reseeding with clover and timothy, and raising a corn crop, yet roots reappear after ten years. He argues quack grass harms soil, causes gullies, and suggests using grass roots to cover road grades to save on planks and piling.
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Horror Courier
C. E. Owen
Algona
Odd Town Tale Ends With Wealthy Wish
A Denison Bulletin item describes a man who drank beer then whiskey and gin fizz, ate soft boiled eggs, and returned home on rough roads. An egg nog incident allegedly produced a two hour fortune of $125 to his wife from hog profits, with a Santa Claus joke. A. D. Clarke & Co. offers 5 percent loans with annual interest.
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Denison Bulletin
Santa Claus
Death Records Mark First White Woman Of Kossuth County
Three funerals held in Algona for Elizabeth Hackman, Geo Angus, and Ralph Reid. Elizabeth Hackman, born Elizabeth Clark in Indiana in 1831, died in Minnesota while visiting children, buried beside husband in Algona after Methodist service. Angus, born 1840 in Scotland, died near Corpus Christi after moving from Keokuk to New York and Rochester, survived by wife, two brothers, three sons, one daughter. Reid, born 1884 in the county, died in Canada of typhoid, funeral at Presbyterian church in Algona attended by family, with thanks to helpers.
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Elizabeth Hackman
Hackman
Kossuth County
Ortonville
Minn
Algona
Iowa
Christian Hackman
Edward
Portland
Oregon
George
Albert
Lewis
Miles
W. S. Mullica
W. F. Mullica
Geo. S. Angus
Presbyterian Church
Haskel
Burt
Angua
Scotland
New York
Keokuk
Rochester
Angus
Lone Rock
California
Corpus Christi
Ralph Reid
Mettler
Lethbridge
Canada
B. W. Reid
J. A
Spokane
Henry Reid
Spurbeck-Lambert Co
Dewel & Clark
Harrison Brothers
G. W. Paine
Reliance
F. S.norton
J. A. Brownell
David Roberts
E. 5. Conner & Co
Old con game claims new victim in Ionia farmer
Joseph Stallman, a young farmer of Ionia, was fleeced of 50 dollars by a man posing as a trustworthy horse buyer. The man, G. I. Wilson, described as an alleged horse buyer from a St. Louis firm, met Stallman in Albert Lea on Saturday while Stallman hunted cattle and claimed he would ship a car of horses. The whereabouts of Wilson are currently unknown.
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Joseph Stallman
Ionia
Albert Lea
Stallman
G. I. Wilson
St.Louis
Old Montana and a Crashed Check Tale in Absarokee
A Montana dispatch recounts a theft attempt where Stallman loaned Wilson $50 after a ruse of paying freight with a counterfeit check for $912. The bogus instrument failed at the bank, exposing Wilson’s deceit as Stallman waited with a payment promise that never materialized. The piece includes a poem titled Old Montana and notes on local sentiment in Absarokee.
Horace Mann Returns to Kossuth on Busy Visit
Horace Mann visits Kossuth after years away and Buffalo work, having run for county clerk on the socialist ticket. He now studies Des Moines charter plans in Iowa to educate Buffalonians on its features. Buffalo voters weigh a charter plan but delay charter specifics. Mann appears well and engaged in his Bufalo assignment. Coal price warnings urge buying from Woodford Wheeler Lumber amid 1909 10 winter fears.
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Horace Mann
Kossuth
Buffalo
N. Y
Mann
Des Moines Charter Plan
Iowa
Des‘ Moines
Woodford, Wheeler Lumber Company
Farmers Institute Premiums Offer Big Attendance Expected
Farmers Institute set for January 19 20 and 21 promises substantial premiums across crops and equipment to draw farmers and townspeople. The program features cash and goods including heaters, subscriptions, tools, coffee and flour prizes, with rules noting all winning items go to the association and will be auctioned during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Institute
W. C. Steele
F. H. Shackleford
F. J. Jackson
Leo
G. Bowyer
J. J. Crane
Sheeta Pharmacy Co
Chase & Sanborn
Langdon & Co
W. Beauman
City
Patterson
Patterson & Son
Corn Contest At Ames For Short Course In Stock Judging
Ames Iowa hosts a corn contest January 3 to 15 1910 with several thousand dollars in prizes. Divided districts offer awards for best single ten and thirty ears plus ear and five ears from it. Cash prizes include 100 in single ear and other significant rewards. no entry fee and five free state agricultural papers for exhibitors. Entries due January 5 with premiums for boys and girls including bicycles sewing machines medals ranges and trophies. shipments welcome and prize lists available from P C Tait Iowa State College Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Columbia Bicycle
Singer Sewing Machine
Majestic
Kimball
Dairy Farmer
P. C. Tait
Iowa State College
Iowa
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Mutual Insurance
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A. Heiderscheit
Riverdale
Mary Lynch
Fenton, Stock
Lightnites
M. Bonstetter
Garfield
D. _ Wolfe
Frieders
A. Johannessen
Christ Seimes
Whittemore
Stock Lightning
B. Wescott
Grant
Lights
Ign
P. Wander
Fenton
Fred ‘Lass
Franke Froehle
Ramsey
B. Devine
Heise
Gee
Cresco
Karr
Elbert Lotte Greek
Wagetessh
J. Q. Jamison
J. P. Mousel
O. R. Solberg
Goes
Elly
Sal
Tasahan Danson & Butler
W. W. Annis
Eena Burt
E Meyer
Hay
P. A. McArthur
Lightning
Odas
Collin
Ragle
H. Hy
Melz
Lincoln
Opeye
Reece
Springfield
Stoel
Tippinooo
We Keith
John Wellendorf
Krieps Bros
L. H. Junkermeyer
Ledyard
Clayton
Schmide
Bart
Schram
O. Peterson
Board of Directors
Bks
E. W. Donovan
John Bernhard Samuel Steussy
Vaux Ellis McWhorteer
M. J
Cc. E. Owen
A. D. Clarke & Co
S. Angus
Chickasaw County
Wilson
Joan
Montana
Dave Crawford
D. B. Crawford
Absarokee
Old
Missouri
Yellowstone
Champaign
Joe Champaign
L. W. Larson
Capitol
Spurbeck Lambert Co
Des Moines
Republican
Shearer & Huaggard
Algona Courier
Hinclon & Finnell
Stalker Hardware Co
H. C. Adams
Kraft
Madelin
Jas Patterson
Algona Fancy Patent
Paney Patent
A. M. Jasperson
J. D. Spitler
Chrischilles and Herbst
Webler Bros
J. A. Wolcott
Ist
Setchell & Setchell
Srd
Angel Food Cake
Dutton & Sorenson
Ballard—Anderson & Bailey
H. H. Reaser
J.R. Laird
John Mesing
Perfume
Parsons & Co
R H. Miller
E. H. Reaser
L. A. Minerard
Duroc Jersey Boars
H. A. Bates
P. A. Corny
A. D. Creare & Co
Sullivan & McMahon
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