Bailey in Rhyme Reflects on Taft Hull Prouty and Flight
A long satirical verse touches on Taft and insurgents, Hull and Prouty, Crane and Johnson, then shifts to Halley’s comet and aviation. It mocks political figures, boxing, and the era’s air travel, contrasting crude humor with budding flight ideas and the rights of way for air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ketchel
Jack Johnson
Jack
Ketchel
Mr. Johnson
Halley
Creation
Agshare
Fair as Homecoming for Dane County event
A letter urges combining the next Dane County Wisconsin fair with a homecoming. It notes many former residents would return to meet old friends, citing Jd. F. Lacy as among them. The writer recalls a Lansing gathering, argues for broad proclamations to invite former Kossuth County residents, and hopes the fair becomes the most memorable in Kossuth's history.
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Dane County
Wisconsin
Jd. F. Lacy
Kossuth
Lansing
Old Home County
Kossuth County
Jurors for Kossuth County November Term Anger Local Press
We exam ine Algona juror list controversy and Humboldt county clerk objections to publishing names. The letter questions district wide jurisdiction and notes risks editors face while urging clarity on juror disclosure. A second item quotes a sentimental poem about a mother figure and aging.
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Livermore Gazette
Algona
Kossuth
Humboldt County
Rumor and Rural Rumpus from Burt Monitor
The Burt Monitor reports bits of small town chatter about Rep Holmes hauling pumpkins home to carve jack o lanterns, a scuffle in Algona between Hinchon and Dewel with referee Shearer threatening trouble, and Belknapp’s letter from McIntosh praising local life while visiting Murdo. Also notes a land sale by Gar Bolater to Martin Jordan in Wesley township, and calls for stricter curfew enforcement as Marshal Albee faces rowdy youths, urging parental responsibility.
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Burt
Monitor
Holmes
Algona
Hinchon
Dewel
Shearer
C. H. Belknapp
McIntosh
Belknapp
Murdo
Louie Jensen
Gar
Bancroft
Wesley Township
Martin Jordan
Poland China Boars for Sale from J M Guazini Algona IA
A seller in Algona Iowa advertises well bred spring Poland China boars with good bone size and quality weighing 125 to 226 pounds. Breeding guaranteed, correspondence welcome. Contact J M Guazini for details.
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Poland
J.-M. ‘Guazini
Algona
Iowa
Dairy Maid of Pinehurst wins cow contest third time
Dairy Maid of Pinehurst, a three year old Guernsey owned by W. W. Marsh, tops the contest with a butter fat yield of 100.4606 pounds after three months, amid 243 pounds produced in that period. Jedetta of Pinehurst places second as butter fat rises monthly. Holstein Muley De Kol slides to eighth, while Grace Yeska from Quarton and other cows fill mid ranks. Sugar beets bring promising profits. T. A. Rossing’s crop may yield 16 tons per acre and about $74 per acre before expenses, with some fields near 20 tons and rising beet acreage next year.
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Pinehurst
Guernsey
W. W. Marsh
Lowa
Jedetta
Muley de Kol
Mr. Julian
Grace Yeska
Quarton
Kossuth
T. A. Rossing
Woman trades butter jar after finding mouse in churn
A woman enters a general store with a butter jar requests an exchange for another jar. She explains the churn contained a mouse and that it did not harm the butter, claiming it would taste fine to those unaware. The merchant moves the butter to a new jar and returns the mouse butter, noting the oddity amid broader remarks on squeamishness.
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Taylor’s Hats
Mrs
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F.S. Norton
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Bailey IN Rhyme
Taft
Mr. Taft
Boreas
Des Moines
Hull
Prouty
Mr. Crane
Knox
Crane
Ished
Rk. RB
Langdon & CO
Jersies
Morpheus
Earth
Slumberland
R. H Miller
EK. E. Conner & Co
RESAL
Sau
Elmhurst
Inquire of
Leroy
Barton
Wa. K. Ferguson
EB. A. Wolcott
J. V. Swetting
W. A. Dutson
Bearstory
C. J. Madson
Algona Brick
Old Water Mill
Lang & Son
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