Fairmont Woman and Child Stranded. Husband Absent Without Trace
Bumptious week in the Tribune notes a Bancroft Iowa woman Mrs Clark arriving in Fairmont with her child seeking her husband who vanished after leaving on a Milwaukee train. Authorities may send her home if the husband remains missing. she has little money and is recovering at Foster House.
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Fairmont
Minn
Sentinel
Clark
Chhild
Bancroft
Iowa
Milwaukee
Ensley Smith
Eben
New Use For Corn Stalks Split Lake Beacon
Government tests prove corn stalks can produce all paper grades from vellum to tissue. Effort now focuses on lowering cost, with corn paper potentially cheaper than wood. Growing demand for paper raises wood supply concerns. experiments, including a Jefferson county station, explore corn as a primary source.
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Split Lake Beacon
Corn Belt
Jefferson County
Big Shipment of Stock From Wegeners to Chinego
A special train of fourteen cattle cars and two hog cars departed Sunday morning from this place to Chinego, sent by Wegener & Co. and John and Henry Wegener. It was the second special train this spring, carrying over 200 head of cattle fattened locally. The Wegener feeding business supports a local market for surplus corn and other producers in the area.
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Chicago
John
Henry Wegener
Alex and
John Waite
H.E
P. T. Reimers
A. H. Legenhausen
Fred Weisbrod
A. Larsen
Fenton
Chinego
Wegener & Co
John and
Wegeners
Pleasant Pastime at Burt sparks jug noise contest
In Burt the Burt Monitor notes a local joke about using a jug three inches from the mouth to sound like a phonograph. The item adds that Burt fellows can hold a jug to their lips and produce far more noise than several phonographs over a half hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livermore Gazette
Burt Monitor
Fellows
Burt
Winter Wheat Prospects In Kossuth By Uncle Joe Williamson
Uncle Joe Williamson reports the winter wheat season shows the finest prospects seen this year in Kossuth as Wesley News World notes ongoing crop potential and good growing conditions for the region.
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Wesley News World
Joe Williamson
Rural prospects and local ventures in Fenton and area
The report highlights Mali kof winter wheat yielding 40 bushels per acre at 90 cents per bushel, Iowa wheat farming gains, and local leaders Herman Krause and BE Meyers backing an electric railway from Fenton toward Fairmont and Ft. Dodge. Also noted are cattle farmer C A Meinzer’s dairy success and Titonka’s likely absence of Indian Day due to heat.
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Iowa
Uncle Joe
Algona
Fenton
Herman Krause
BE. P. Meyers
Fairmont
Whittemore
West Bend
Ft. Dodge
That Dollar Problem from the Courier
A man owed one dollar but had only 75 cents. He pawned the 75 cents for 50 cents, then sold the pawn ticket to a friend for 50 cents to pay the debt. The friend later redeemed the ticket for 75 cents, paying 75 cents to recover the pawned 75 cents, losing 50 cents in the process. The tale warns against relying on friendship in financial matters.
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Courier
Peter Peterson
Petersonville
Kossuth County Mutual Ins Adjourned Meeting Notice
An adjourned meeting of the company will be held at the secretary's office on Thursday, July 29, 1900, at 10 o clock in the forenoon. Secretary Blackford notes the time and place for the gathering.
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Kossuth County Mutual Ins. Co
Elaele A. M
Bachelor Corner on a Bright Farming Week and Local News
The column reflects a cheerful farming week with good weather boosting corn and grain, mentions farmers Bill Townsend and Jim Crees returning from Wyoming, speculates on Bob Young leaving the Worsley section, supports tariff reform and Dolliver, and notes Norman Ward’s Minnesota land prospect. Also jokes about Arm strong misidentification, notes good roads in Buffalo township, and that Eugene Bailey is working for the writer.
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Lwe
Bill Townsend
Jim Crees
Ti‘tonka
Wyoming
Bill
Jim
Bob Young
Worsley
Bob
Cummins
Dolliver
Taft
Aldrich
Friends of Protection
Norman Ward
Minnesota
St. Paul
Duluth
Norman
Norm
Armstrong
Buffalo Township
Wesley
Portland
Eugene Bailey
Reilly Finds Kossuth County Best After Colorado Tour
D Reilly of Sherman township after a land hunting tour in Colorado says no place matches Kossuth county. He reports vast irrigated districts near Sterling and Herford with crops like sugar beets and potatoes but notes mud, hardships, and bold irrigation schemes. He praises Iowa rail service and says many settlers moving from Iowa to Wyoming while Kossuth remains superior in his view.
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M. D. Reily
Sherman Township
Colorado
Kossuth County
Convier
Sterning
Colo
Denzer
Platte River
Herford
Wyomley Line
Steriing
Upland
Wyoming Iine
Towa
Wyoming
Ove Hari
Northwestern Union Paclfc
Local Happenings and News From Algona
Mrs W 8 Carlisle of Whittemore and Ste Algona friends welcomed visitors. Nora Clarke returned to Bancroft after a three week stay. Anson born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Robert Leason of the Black Cat, making four boys and five girls. Weather favorable for hay and oats. Glidden tourists in Fort Dodge received lunch and malt after a knockdown mishap. Mrs Arent of Humboldt visits Algona while doctor oversees land in South Dakota. Emmetsburg Tribune praises chautauqua success with plans for next year and many season tickets sold. Galveston storm drives water over streets. $100,000 damage. Dunt Smith attends funeral of grandson Victor Cowan. visits Algona. J F Nicoulin family heads to Seattle. Westward travel heavy. land tiling discussed before Board of Supervisors. Bertha Carey Gilbert sells Algona property near depot and on State street. Charley Gilbride returns from Pacific trip unimpressed with west and Seattle expo. Sigsby hurt raking hay. accident injures face and fence. rake causes yard chaos. C H Winterble visits from Primghar in land business. notes land values in nearby counties. A boy, Green Mammoser, loses most of his hand after a rope and pulley accident. warning to keep children away from ropes. Also a note on 8pound package ok Seal Brand tea.
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Fort Dodge
Algona
Dr. Arent
Humboldt
Bertha Heise
C. E. Heise
South Dakota
Emmetsburg
J. H. Sheridan
Board of Supervisors
Bertha Carey Gilbert
N. W
H. C. Long
State ‘Street
Lan Kuhn
Hutchinson and Gilmore
Gilbert
Mike Mammoser
Prairie
Green
Colorado
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H. H. Cook
H. Meinzer
August Pierson
Seneca Township
Meinzer
Pierson
Madeira Times-Messenger
Dave Dutton
Bro. Miller
Kossuth
C. A. Meinzer
Creamery
Durham
Titonka
Blackford Secy
Bachelor
Quincyé
Foulards
Chiney Bros
Golden Cross
Batiste
hQc
D. Reilly
W. 8. Carlisle
Whittemore Ste Algona
Nora Clarke
Anson
Robert Leason
The
Black Cat
Galveston
Dunt Smith
Victor Cowan
Irvington
Dunt
J. F. Nicoulin
Ferntey
Seattle
Charley Gilbride
Oregon
Washington
Sigsby
Mr. Sigsby
C.H. Winterble
J. B. Jones
Primghar
O’brien County
Sioux County
Mr. Winterble
Tanga Lon & Bo
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