Census figures show small county population loss
census figures compare 1903 with 1900, noting migration to Minnesota Dakota Canada Kansas and other places reduced total county population by 777. The drift has slowed, with possible future in-migration from Illinois and the East. Local leaders report minor gains, legal notes on a Britt case, and various community items including drainage work, mortgage filings, a parolee, a Burt creamery milestone, a near ear injury, fair-subscription notices, and local business ads.
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Sus
Minnesota
Dakotas
Canada
Kansas
Illinois
Algona
Alfalfa proves adaptable in Swea county field
Lenander's alfalfa patch near Swea shows a dense stand and robust growth after mild winter. A small stalk measured 2 1/4 inches in height with expected chin-high by June 1. First cutting will occur when blossoms appear, without fertilizer or nurse crops. The success encourages others to visit the field. The Webster City Mercantile Co. adds stock sales and a 5 percent dividend in a $15,000 preferred issue to farmers and townspeople. The plan aims to boost local patronage of home stores and co operatives. Father Dobberstein starts a four-acre park north of the Catholic parsonage in West Bend, featuring a ~250 by 300 foot artificial lake with cement banks and walks, open to residents for picnics and summer events. spring tree planting and site improvements planned.
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Lenander
Bancroft
Swea
Mgr
Town State Register
Webster City Mercantile Co
Iowa
Mercantile Company
West Bend
Haven Park
Father Dobberstein
Judgment by Default in Conyne vs Marshall Case
In Garn er district court on Tuesday the case J. D. Conyne versus Mr and Mrs Wra Marshall was heard. The defendant did not appear and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for an amount between.
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Wesley Record
J. D. Conyne
Wra. Marshall
District Court
Garner
Passenger and freight timetables for the Illinois Central lines
The excerpt lists passenger and freight train times for Chicago and North-Western, Minnesota, and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul routes. It notes several numbered passenger trains with arrival and departure times, including connections to Des Moines and Way Freight services, and specifies Sunday stock freight departures and evening schedules.
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R.R
Chicago
North-West
North Cound
Minnesota
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Iota
M. Nowy
Reliable Lightning Rods for Spring Storms and Homes
Reliable Lightning Rods from Dodd and Struthers promise calmer nights for farmers with proper protection. Their rods are guaranteed to work and they offer a booklet, Laws and Nature of Lightning, and how to control it, through Wigwam, to explain benefits and methods.
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Dodd & Struthers
Messrs
Fragmentary notice from an old newspaper page
A partial OCR item mentions numbers and names in garbled text. The readable fragments reference weights or measures and a call to look, but no coherent event or identifiable entities emerge.
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WM. C. Steele
Eveniture Store
J. R. Laird
Kossuth
C.D. Best
Algona, Ia
Voile Saltings
Cecillian Saltings
John Goeders
Japan
Patterson & Son
Britt
Marshall
Idaho
Board of Supervisors
Kossuth County
Conyne
Corwith
Michael Cleary
Odell, II
Hancock County
Cleary
Wesley News-World
Albert Falk
Carl Hanson
John Seeman
Nels M. Johnson
John Goetz
Missouri
Plum Creek
Western Electric Telephone Company
Fiason City
Osage
Mason City
Charles City
Sheldon
Titania
Pete Olson
Cherokee
B.S. Pankuk
Pete
Burt Creamery
Burt Mountoin
Burt Co-Operative Creamery Company
LaVerne News
Adam Zweifel
Court House
Kossuth County Agricultural Association
J. M. Fanney
Old Bridge Lumber
Hai Section
Plum Creek Township
Joan G. Smith
Dr. Birke
A. D. Clarke &Co
Taylor
A. D
Charlie & Qo
Galbraith’s Shoe Store
Carrara
Norry Iowa LumBer Co
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona City
Burie
Burt Inc
Lis Cresco
Eagle
Fenton
Garfield Pto
Greenwood
Bancroft Ni
Harrison Bt
Swea City
Hebron
Irvingto
Ledyard
Germania
Ledyard Inc
Lincoln Pahns Agg
Lotts Creek
LuVerne Serage Oc
LuVerne Inc
Plum Creek Eee County
Portland
Iowa Central Tong Soul
Delart
Crommoditon
T. J. Rudolph the Wigwaus
Agana
Fier
Jodd Sstruthers
State Street
Woodford, Wheeler & Tompkins
Algona, State Street
A. F
Dalivs
N. S. Swanson
Willow Lane
Poland
China Herd
Dietal Nobby
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