Three Men Die in Kossuth County Lightning Outbreak
A severe shower in Kossuth County caused three fatalities and extensive damage. August Will and Tony Campagna died in LuVerne while sheltering near a new school building. Bradner Chaffee near Burt was killed while plowing. A bolt struck near Irvington, burning vegetation and damaging a windmill shack, barns, and cattle, with property losses estimated well above $2,000 beyond insurance.
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Kossuth
LuVerne
Burt
August Will
Tony Campagna
Independence
Ed Chaffee
LaVerne
Campagna
Will
Reaser
Algona
Bradner Chaffee
Mr. Hudson
Coe College
C. R. Lewis
Irvingington
H. Johnson
O. H. Moore
Injured in Auto Wreck Near Rolfe
Livermore Gazette reports Mrs. Orrin Guilixson af Bode is in critical condition after an auto accident near Rolfe. The vehicle turned turtle after striking a small obstacle, breaking several bones and risking internal injuries. The car belonged to Mr. Gullixson and Frank Ries and was badly wrecked.
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Livermore
Orrin Guilixson
Farm buildings burn near Fenton destroy $3000 property
August Boettcher south of Fenton loses a large barn and outbuildings including a cattle shed mill and horse barn in a Friday evening blaze. The cause of the fire is not positively known though neighbors reported seeing flames. The blaze occurred four miles southeast of Fenton and substantial losses were reported.
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Boettcher
Fenton
August Boettcher
Redding
A Puff For the Ways in Watertown South Dakota
Editor Brackett reports on Watertown praising T Avand and X Way as prominent local movers. He notes two new additions totaling 820 acres, with farms platted and bought, and hints at substantial profits from land. S Way owns the town’s only daily paper and a hotel business, with land and buildings likely netting tens of thousands.
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Brackett
Garner Democrat
South Dakota
Watertown
T. Avand
X. Way
T. A. Ay
S. X. Way
Renta
Absent minded judge plows through courtship memories
Judge Curtis of Springfeld spent an afternoon plowing corn absentmindedly while musing on courtship days. Mrs Curtis noticed the missing shovel but the judge explained the distraction as thoughtful diplomacy for his judicial duties and remembered happier times.
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Germania
Curtis
Springfeld
Fifty Acre Farm Sold by Family to J Smith
Fairmont Sentinel reports J. Smith purchased his father Josiah Smith’s Amber Lake property, a fifty acre residence with modern buildings and beauty, at $140 per acre. The sale includes $5,000 in improvements. the younger Smith will move in this fall while the parents winter in Florida, possibly making it their permanent home.
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Fairmont Sentinel
J. Smith
Josiah Smith
Amber Lake
Mr. Smith
Florida
Nott Receives New Walking Stick After Skirmish
In Webster City, L. J. Nott, aged seventy, clashed with Harmon Blake, a much younger man, during a scrap in which Nott broke his cane over Blake’s head. Admirers in Nott’s neighborhood presented him with a fine new walking stick as a replacement, a gift he enjoys greatly.
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Nott
Webster City
Heral
L. J. Nott
Harmon Blake
Mr. Nott
Blake
13 room house with modern conveniences for sale
For Safe a 13 room house with all modern conveniences heated by hot water plant full bathroom hot and cold water centrally located near schools and churches includes stable and carriage house also offered for sale business buildings a 22x135 lot with two story 20x60 building and two connected one story buildings 20x22 bargain price if taken soon inquire J W Robinson Algona Ia
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J. W. Robinson
Algona
Algona Courier notices and stray animal report
Notice announces one Sunday dinner per family at the J H Peterson restaurant with four dollar meal tickets. Also missive offers ABCHNERVA blood purifier and Eyatem Builder for sale through Mrs Rosina Eller near the fair grounds. Stray mare and pony reported from Sanborn with request to contact the Courier. Also seeks a girl for general house work.
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Algona
the Courier
Neil
J. H. Peterson
Abchnerva
Wonderful Blood Purifier
Eyatem
Rosina Eller
Fair Grounds
Iowa
Sanborn
General House
Patik Kain
Dairymen Hold County Meetings Across Kossuth
Attendance was strong at Burt Ledyard Wesley and Algona with Ledyard drawing perhaps 1000 to 1500 people. Speakers from Ames discussed dairying soil fertility and cooperative marketing while local leaders organized a county dairy group led by Geo Kessler. Also notes on a barn fire at Lotts Creek and a land transfer near Algona.
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Burt
Ledyard
Wesley
Algona
A. H. Snyder
Ames
United States
H. F. Luick
Guthrie
Kossuth
John ‘Thompson
Farmers’ Tribune
Sioux City
O. P., Thompson
Hampton
Judge Quarton
Filos
Quarton
GC. F. Curtiss
Dairy
I'ood
Barney
George Kessler
H. W. Dreyer
Lotta Creek
T. J. Julian
Banker Joice Arrested in Fort Dodge Trial
Bank official P. M. Joice of Lake Mills was arrested in St. Paul and faces federal court in Fort Dodge on over 100 counts of issuing fraudulent paper totaling over half a million dollars. Prosecutors allege he defrauded the bank through unauthorized certificates, misused deposits, and altered statements inflating resources by about 160,713.47 with other misrepresentations totaling 48,478.43 in gains and 102,235.04 in liabilities understatements.
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P. M. Joice
Lake Mills
St. Paul
Fort Dodge
Federal Grand Jury
Billig Af Exchange
UBC
Ib Bank
Pepionactoale
Bla
Fert
Orberwiss
Cesar Seceengenteeteerses Eneep
Whittemore Items from The Champion
The J M Farlay car recorded 89 miles as its Sunday run total, over about five and a half hours. Towns in Kossuth county including Algona Burt Bancroft Ledyard and others were visited. Albert Petritt of Lotts Creek won in Aberdeen land growing last fall and traveled here this week for high selection. On Wednesday morning he began home but took off his shoes beyond.
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Albert
Boetcke
Lotts Creek Township
John Cullen
Theodore Muller
Michael Liddy
Muller
J. M. Farlay
Algona
Burt
Bancroft
Ledyard
Kossuth
Albert Petritt
Lotts Creek
Aberdeen
Hare
A Good Chautauqua with Gore and Jap Orator
The Chautauqua opened on schedule amid welcome rain as Senator Gore addressed a large audience on Man and Mammon. The program featured the Whitney Brothers concerts and a lecture by Dr Ernest Wray Oneal, with Inui the Jap delivering insights on the Orient versus the Occident and the dangers of prejudice, followed by Gore’s plain talk on tariffs postal savings and American ships.
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Whitney Brothers
Oneal
Whitney Bros
Ernest Wray Oneal
Savonarola
Tiber
Carlyle
Inui
Hobson
United States
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Corea
Washington
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Wall Street
LaFollette
Cummins
Dolliver
LaPollette
Marooned at Okoboji A Lincolnway of Lake Wonders
Boyle's column extols Okoboji as a premier summer resort noting its four hundred cottages three hundred private launches steamers and several hotels. He describes the lake's depth fishing and scenic beauty and teases a forthcoming sea serpent sighting with local lore and humorous asides while inviting readers to visit and enjoy the resort.
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Okoboji
Des Moines
Iowa
Manhattan
Okobji
Park
West Okoboji
M Mid-Lake
J. In. Farley
Whittemore
Donosarius
Jeems
Boadesogo Rockolus
Gila
J. M. Farley
Sayrpent
Parley
Court Record New Cases and Parties Listed
Court record lists new cases including W Dolliver against Gunt Anderson Reynolds versus Albert Kivelt et al Nathan We Wil Franky et al. The document amounts to docket announcements with names and involved parties and indicates ongoing legal actions.
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W.dolliver
Gunt Anderson
Reynolds
Albert Kivelt
Istophel
Nathan We
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Burt, Ledyard
Geo. Kessler
Joice
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
The
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Russia
Holmes
Hobsons
San Francisco
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France
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Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Hawaian Islands
Gabriel Maguire
Jeffries Or Johnson
Africa
Boyle
Okoboji Lakes
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