Death of Michael Bonnstetter Sr in West Bend Journal
Michael Bonnstetter Sr dies at 87 at the Paul Bonnstetter estate. Born June 29 1826 in Baden Germany he emigrated to America in 1848 then worked in mines in Downville Cal before settling in Guttenburg Iowa and later Kossuth county. Survived by wife, ten children 62 grandchildren and two great grandchildren with a life of Christian service and pioneer hardship noted. Funeral held at Catholic church.
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Baden
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Martin
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Christian
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Joseph
R. Berninghaus
P. Haag
F. Dorweiler
S. Weber
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Belmond Theft Case Shows Return of Stolen Money
Mrs. Jacobs of Belmond reported about $480 stolen from her residence. A partial repayment of $420 in twenty one twenty dollar bills arrived by mail with a note from an alleged friend. Sheriff Leonard and county authorities hold the funds as the investigation continues, with efforts to locate the thief intensifying.
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Belmond
Walt Mason and the faulty morals of the day
A fragmentary notice quotes Walt Mason railing at fiscal hypocrisy and moral posturing while a separate ad hints at land sale details in Morton County North Dakota. The record preserves scattered phrases about debtors, graft, wages, and social pretensions alongside a late 19th or early 20th century land offer near Mandan with unclear terms and contact in Mapleton.
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Mand Pdan
Salona
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Mapleton
Spel
Boy's State Fair Encampment Contest Opens to Farm Boys
The Boy's Encampment at the State Fair will run August 20 to 28 with 100 farm boys invited to attend gratis. A prize essay contest offers a free trip to the fair and return for the winner, on the topic of earning in Iowa as an occupation. Eligible entrants are farm youths aged 15 to 19. several Kossuth County boys are already entered, others may apply by contacting County Superintendent Shirley in Algona for entry forms. Essays due by June 30.
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Inna Farm
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Kossuth
Shirley
Algona
The Cry of the Dreamer and Thanksgiving Folly
In a lyrical lament, a weary dreamer longs for simple riverside peace away from city toil and staged show, contrasting the burdens of the poor with the rich. John Boyle O Reilly’s verses appear beside a New York Tribune quip about a colonel’s injured hand after a Thanksgiving party.
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New York Tribune
Simeon Bord
New York
Cheap Homes in New York State Lands for Sale
Well improved fertile lands in New York State offered at prices from 115 to 50 dollars per acre. For full particulars write Oneonta New York Re 1 S P Christensen.
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New York State
Oneonta
S. P. Christensen
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