Married Forty Years Comrade John Wood Widower Mary Record
Comrade John Wood of Bancroft age 71 and Mary Record 63 celebrate forty years of marriage next Friday November 17 if both live. They arrived in 1863 and 1867, built a life in Portland then moved to Bancroft after a 1887 fire. Longtime county figures, he worked a pile driver and she tended the home. They later ran a truck garden and sold chickens.
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John Wood
Bancroft
Mary Record
Rosauth
Chas. Leek
Portland
John
el Paso
Texas
Mrs. O'Hara
Twin Beds at Call Opera House Monday
The play Twin Beds with Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo arrives at the Call Opera House on Monday November 20 directed by A. S. Stern and Company. The comedy promises clean wholesome laughter and strong performances, with touring plans noted for Paris Berlin Petrograd Madrid Rome and other cities including South America and South Africa.
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Salisbury Field
Margaret’ Mayo
Call Opera House
Paris
Berlin
Petrograd
Madrid
Rome
South America
South Africa
Japan
Good News On Player Piano Repossession Offer
A neighbor customer is returning a well cared for Player Piano with about 50 music rolls and a bench. Curtiss Piano Co offers the unit at a small unpaid balance with cash or easy terms, asking interested buyers to write promptly. Also notes that attending Mankato Commercial College may lead to a position.
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Curtiss Piano Co
Mason City
National
Burt Town Notes Show Roads Schools And Community Life
Local column highlights Burt progress with street grading eight crossings and a new 8 foot walk to Burt National Bank built by White and Hain. Community asks readers to visit schools, reflects on tax use, recalls Dr. Frank Crane article I am a Man, and notes church, social, and farm updates plus upcoming Methodist Bazaar and Xmas programs.
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Burt National Bank
White and
Hain
Frank Crane
St Paul
White
del Fitch
Portland Cemetery
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Williams
Burt
Art Moore
Will Anderson
Kanawha
Peck
Burt Matthews
Seattle
Will Davison
Jake
Oscar Isenberger
Hofius Hardware
Astern Star
L. C. Smith
Des Moines
Flossie
Charlie Meinzer
Dora Schultz
Ambet
Minn
H. A. Whitehill
Lone Rock
Jess Blanchard
Will Stoutenberg
Mary Ward
A. C. Giddings
Esther Hodgson
Algona High School
M. A. Owen
Haskell
la Verne
Bill Elvidge
Joe Elvidge
Independence
James P. Larsen
W. B. Pratt
Ethel McIntosh
Bevier, Mo
Lem Sheldon
Algona
Sadie Briele
Fred Vogel
Elizabeth Tritt
A. W. Bleich
Chas, Hofiue
Union Two
Emile Leek
Elijah Hurlburt
Sanborn
Will Fish
Pete White
Tritt
Portland
Oregon
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Apples
New York
HEINZ
Kohlhaas Bros
First National Bank
Iowa
Mankato Commercial College
Irvington
Rock Island
Warren Pickens Matern
Twin Beds
Rexall Drug Store
Richelieu
Jas. Patterson
Minnesota
Paul Dorweiler
West Bend
Joseph Gerber
Colwell Bhos
Alt. Frye
Clair
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