Coogan's Gift to Democracy in Bryan Drive
New York bankers and politicians rally to William Jennings Bryan as James J. Coogan of Manhattan pledges 160000 to the Democratic fund. He plans an immediate 100000 expense contribution and forecasts a 100000 plurality for Bryan in Greater New York, with New York State tipping 10 000 to 15 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Coogan
Manhattan Borough
Democratic National Campaign Fund
Bryan
Coogan
Nebraska Statesman
Tammany Pall
Ntional
Croker
Tammany
New York State
A Hot Air Blast From North Dakota Dry Tales
A reader reports a letter from North Dakota claiming extreme dryness. John Barnett hauls horses to a river to soak overnight. Doc Huron endures sand crack sensations. Bill Mudgell played there amid notes spoiled by the heat. The tale mixes exaggeration and local banter as weather lore and humor collide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
North Dakota
John Barnett
Doc Huron
Bill Mudgell
Picture sharks canvass Titonka area over photo orders
Titonka readers report a canvassing firm pushing enlargements at 48 cents per photo, with many orders sent and later bills demanding up to 3.70 for packing and delivery. LuVerne notes banker Geo W Hanna expanding land holdings across several farms in Kossuth County, while Swea City Herald records Fred Erickson at the creamery with a record milk haul of 30,000 pounds in one day and contrasts local patronage with Bancroft’s creamery reaching over 120 patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
New York
LuVerne News
Geo. W. Hanna
United States
George
Irvington Township
Goldfield
Kossuth County
McNally
Merriam
Mahoney
Butterfield
Swea City
Fred. Erickson
Bancroft
Spirit Lake Beacon reports cattle deal to aid northwest herds
The Spirit Lake Beacon notes W. Arnott of Montana bought 200 yearling Hereford bulls from Bennett Ranch. One hundred shipped last week with the rest soon to follow, costing about 14000 dollars in total. Bulls to be distributed to Northwest cattlemen to improve their herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
W. Arnott
Montana
Bennett Ranch
Praying clergyman faces court over lightning prayer
In Stroudsburg the Rev. EB Dixon, a prominent Methodist, is to defend an action over praying for lightning against a new brewery. The storm struck the site but spared lives, prompting Capitalists to sue over social standing and alleged injury. Lawyers expect a first class action. A New Jersey woman sues a railroad for 50000 after being struck by lightning at a depot while awaiting a delayed train. The defense cites contributory negligence for not carrying a lightning rod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Stroudsburg
EB. &. Dixon
Kev
Dixon
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
A R Ailroad Company
Money to Loan and Timekeeping Aids Advertised
The notice advertises money to loan on improved farms at five percent with optional payments in Hoxie and at percent elsewhere. It also promotes a shoe polisher at the Fair Store and a claim that Miller keeps watches accurate. A. D. Clarke & Co and Cranky & Co appear in the fray of short financial and goods offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxie
A. D. Clarke & Co
A, D, Cranky & Co
Whittemore's boast as best business town in county
Whittemore proclaims itself the best business town in the county. The piece tallies rival towns Bancroft Hollaway Fenton Algona and Swea City by various qualities from typewriters to tennis teams and scenery, noting Whittemore’s contentment with the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittemore
Bare
Bancroft
Ledyard
Germania
Ma’ams
Fenton
Wesley
Algona
Gluverne
Swea
Honor to Whom Honor Is Due from Waukon Standard
Last week a class of fifty Ave graduated from the Town College of Law at Des Moines. Forty four of them were men, one was a woman, and Miss Nellie Noble won the Arse prize, a $225 set of the Hoglish and American Ency clopedia of Law, for the best thesis on a given subject. The prize was honestly earned and impartially given, the judges not knowing the author's gender and deciding solely on the merit of the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon Standard
Town College of Law
Des Moines
Nellie Noble
American Encyclopedia of Law
Farm For Sale Near Algona With Improvements
A well improved quarter section farm five miles south of Algona is for sale. Call at the Bohn restaurant for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Bohn
Trust Appears in Wright County Steam Thresher Prices
The steam threshers owners have formed a mutual benevolence association in Wright County and set the 1900 season price schedule. Quats cost 4 1 2 cents per bushel.
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Wright County
Miutual Beneft
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Burt
Lone Rock
Wilfrid P. Jones
Algona, Burt, Fenton and
Iowa
Kossuth County State Bank
Cash Bargain Store
J. J. Achatz
Algona Roller Mills
Favorite
Standard
THE
Farmers’ Milling CO
J. B. Hofius
Manacen
Woxte
Towa
Hanna's Farms
Timothy
Boston
Algona, Towa
Iowa Central Depot
A. T. Carr
Miller
A. T. Gann
J. A. Hamilton & Co
Ivon Ketties
Densmore
Reese
Times
An & Foot
ELS
Norton, Lumber and Coal
M. Doxsee
Samson
Crose
Samson & Grose
Lands and Loans
City Dray
G. F. Nicoll
Wright County Trust
Patterson & Son
L. Lamb Lumber Co
J. H. Call
the Algona Milling Co. Incorporated
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