Great Storms Ravage Iowa Towns and County Farmland
A late Friday cyclone swept Emmet County from the southwest to the northeast, causing widespread destruction. In Raleigh a house was torn apart with injuries, while the Moores' home and several others were wrecked. about 100 windmills toppled and many barns collapsed. Des Moines and Decorah report fires and further property losses, with Des Moines noting two fires and Glenwood suffering fatalities. The Rolfe region endured severe damage including unroofed buildings and shattered fronts. Damage totals approach substantial values as streams rise and bridges risk, with crops harmed by rain and hail.
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Orlock A Stort
Emmet
Raleigh
G. Hibness
John Moore
Moore
Register and Leader
Rolfe
Fong Foo
Tremont
Oxford
State Savings Bank
First National Bank
Rock Island
Grant & Sons
Councilman
Gill
Opera House
M. Craban
McGuire’s
Johnson
Stoner
Des Moines
Glenwood
Decorah
Wesleyites Head to Texas Rice Farm Work Trip
Frank Heal and Walter Hall depart Tuesday morning for Stilson Texas to work on the rice farm owned by Heal and Geo B Hall. The 200 acre farm will see two to three months of improvements and farming operations as they undertake the planned work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messers, Heal
Halt
Brown Will Rice Co
Mall
Wesley News World
Frank Heal
Walter Hall
Stilson
Texas
Mr. Heal
Geo. B. Hall
North Dakota Needs Moisture in Corwith Hustler tale
G W Daniels and sons, landholders near Dawson North Dakota, report no rain since last fall and meager snow. Moisture shortage hinders flax breaking and grain sprouting, threatening to send many cattle to Iowa for feeding if rain does not come in weeks.
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Corwith
G. W Daniels
Dawson
N. D
Iuwa
Petitions For Ditches Move Toward Board of Supervisors
Titonka article notes Geo Frank circulates a drainage petition to secure signers to place before the Board of Supervisors at the next regular meeting in June. The proposed drain would cross sections 11 and 12 in Buffalo township, running 14 miles east to the Hancock county line. German farmers have a petition ready for the board soon, and officials are expected to approve promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka Tupic Geo, Frank
Board of Supervisors
Buffalo Township
Hancock County
Portland
Paper's six cornered straat deal left out
The Scimitar failed to report last Saturday’s six cornered straat deal in Yuzon City because its correspondent took part in the affair and forgot to send the story. It notes with regret that the writer is now jailed.
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Scimitar
Yuzon City
Memphis Scimitar
Local Health Service Ad and Business Notices
Dr J G Bertrand ostrhopath offers treatment for acute and chronic diseases with 10 to 124 hours. County Savings Bank invites savings with 4 percent compound interest and safe principal. Advertisers note Deering binder twine, fresh eggs, manure dumping, canned goods, and loan services. Local trades include Clarke Co loaning at 5 percent and watch repair by Miller.
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County Savings Bank
Varied Local Ads Include Shoes Glasses and Seeds
Quick sales list farms with J H Jordan Bancroft Indiana Bowyer’s sells glasses at 75 weekly World’s Fair Hotel Co 415 Bartington Building St Louis MO dairy butter 18 per lb Patterson Son farm seeds clover timothy rape men’s work shoes 1 00 to 2 40 loan at 4 percent Ferguson farm calves red black V cut in ear finder notify J A Newman
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World's Fair Hotel Co
Bartington Building
St. Louis
Stka
Ferguson Farm
A, Newman
V3 Linen Sale Advertises English Rose and Calla Lily
An advertisement touts Bleached Table Cloths at 85 cents per yard, down from one dollar. Two borders feature English Rose and Calla Lily patterns, described as the best piece of table linen offered at this price, with matching napkins in both designs.
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Wilfrid P. Jones
Algona, JA
Patterson & Son
Norton
Variety Store
Chrischilles & Herbst
Moore Bros
Dzealens
Town Central Elevator
A.T. Carr
C. E. Lampright
Jay McCall
Prop
Iowa State Street
Northwestern Depot
JOEIN
Fe Ie
Concordia, Hawkeye
Century, Aetna
Northwestern National and Western Insurance
Algona State
Hank
J. P. Byson
Artesian Werk
Algona
Adam’s Express
Etta Klingler
Pocahontas and
Aunt Mach
North Dakota
J. G. Bertrand
Ostrhopath
Hesse Block
C. F. Gange
A. D. Clarke & Co
A.D Cranka & Co
Bowyer's
Miller
Hutchings
J. H. Jordan
Bancroft, In
Bowyer’s
Oxfords
Galbraith's
Galbraith’s
A. D. Charke & Co
Ghrisghilles & Herbst
Dingley & Co
J. R. Laird
Chrischilles & Herbst’s
D. R
Jarmes
Call Street
Iowa
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