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GEO. BOYLE'S COLUMN ON OCOBOJI FISHING AND LOCAL LORE
In a lively Whittemore column the writer recalls an Okoboji fishing trip with H J Thompson and spouses, braving cold, wind, rain, and a snakebite remedy, reporting no catches but a good time and a $9.29 expense. Other items note Wim Kortie subduing a gunman, local board tensions, a Eureka excursion with land seekers and a ball game, plus town characters, a wedding forecast, and smallpox concerns.
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Catellish
Towa
H. J. Thompson
Scribe
Spoon
Bob
Tad
Line
Kentucky
Wim
Kortie
Whittemore
Algona
Kertie
McDonald
Eureka
Dakota
Algona Brownies
Minneapolis
Cook Bailey
Cook
Big Kossuth
Bailey
North West
Iowa
West Miller
Whittemore Township
Des Moines
Dr. Paul
John Fenske
Cylinder
John
F. C. Groneman
Land Kings
Fargo
North Dakota
Largo
Joe DeGraw
Big 10Th
Wort Dodge
Conners
Harvey
Guy Farley
Oklahoma
Guy
Whittemore State Bank
Carmody
Tom
Nellie Hotelling
A. EB. Lien
Henry Lammers
Conrad Miller
August
St. Paul
Josie New
Thos. Carmody
Ayrshire
Miss New
Lotts Creek
Board of Health