Prohibition era keg parties and local notices from Norfolk in 1890s
A Hampton Chronicle summary reports on keg parties in temperance towns, detailing preparations from Saturday unloads to Sunday taps, plus socializing around the keg. The note also covers Gollmar Bros Circus reception in Norfolk and a string of local legal notices, farm notes on alfalfa, and a liquor arrest of Mrs. Nolte of Bancroft with a fine.
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Hampton Chronicle
Algona
Chronicle
Bro. Starr
Ben
Expressman
Gollmar Bros. Circus
Norfolk
Gollmar Bros
Ythe Daily News
Neb
W. S. Nolte
Bancroft
Mousel
Randall
Mouse
Two Barns Burned in Kanawha Lightning Strike
James Shaw and his son saved livestock from their barn when it was struck by lightning Wednesday night near Kanawha. About 40 tons of hay a pulverizer a feeder and harness were ruined and the building insured for 800 dollars. Shaw was injured. A second barn about eight miles south was hit and burned. details are unavailable.
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Kanawha
James Shaw
Alfalfa Clover Proves Profitable Grow Near Palo Alto
Fenton reporter Mr. Fred Stigman, living just across the line in Palo Alto county, has spent two years experimenting with alfalfa clover in the area. He reports it can be grown successfully and is a very profitable crop. He left at the office Tuesday morning a sample clump nearly two feet high and approaching maturity.
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Fenton
Fred Stigman
Palo Alto
Suit Over Riding Attachment Set for Next Term
George Kirkpatrick sues C F Gange and a Mr Wilson of an eastern town claiming two thirds of his riding attachment idea. They promised $1000 for one third and patented the device in the U S and Canada but delayed manufacture and full payment. The defence will be shown in court.
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George Kirkpatrick
C. F. Gange
Wilson
Here
Young Kirkpatrick
Gange
Canada
Kirkpatrick
Oats Yields Reported By Local Farmers
John Korvect harvested oats from about 100 acres yielding 57 to 60 bushels per acre. Part of the land was tiled last year and the heaviest crop came from a former worthless pond. McAninch Brothers reported 68 bushels per acre. Include Taylor's Testreani.
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Swea City
John Korvect
McAninch Brothers
Nichols to sue Algona papers over libel claims
The Monitor reports Charlie Nichols will sue the Upper Des Moines Republican of Algona for libel over a report on his conduct with a woman in Algona, seeking $10,000. He plans to target Hindhon of the Courier and Reed of the Advance after the suit, while local papers defend their reporting and urge restraint.
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Nichols
Republican
Advance
Burt Monitor
Monitor
Charlie Nichols
Des Moines
Algona
Hindhon
Courier
Reed
Arid
Mr. Nichols
Bro. Sherwood
The
Bro. Starr
Ben
Bro
Starr
Menace to The Corn Crop From Blackbird Pest
Bancroft Register warns that blackbirds threaten the corn crop in the region potentially destroying half the yield on some farms. Farmers may guard fields with shotguns, despite costs, to save crops. A spring drive to burn sloughs housing nests is urged to reduce blackbird numbers and prevent further damage. The piece also condemns legislators who protected blackbirds, suggesting they should own corn land in north Kossuth.
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Matt. Dalzell
Bancroft Register
Kossuth
Local Ads and Notices Flash in Jumbled Trade Cards
Fragmented from a 19th century newspaper page, the list advertises selling cream to Higley & Co and Patterson & Son offering 16 cents for eggs and butter and various shop names like Galbraith's Shoe Store and A. D. Cranks & Co. Also includes mentions of loans at 5 percent and a closing out of a Carrara paint lot with Nort Town Lumaer Co. No clear single event, but a collage of small advertisements.
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Nort Town
Lumaer Co
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Reap Ren
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Matloc
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Wigwam
Algona Milling & Grain CO
Tion Counties
Zumach
Frank Borchardt
Frank
August
Stigman
Gardner Cowles
Andrew Hoeck
Louisa Hoeck
Joe Murray
J. and
M. Nemmers
O'Conner Brothers
William M. Franklin
Catherine
J. Franklin
W. W. Wheeler
Frank Nicoulin
John R. Erickson
Curtiss J. Judd
W. P. Hill
Curtis J. Judd
Albert Keller
Lemuel Marlow
S. J. O'Neill
Francis Gilbert
Dave
James Kirkpatrick
Wilson & Gange
D. J. Wilson
National Bank of Algona
Wim. McMahon
C. L. Vickerman
Calvin Powelson
R. W. Peet
Frank Kopesky
Albert Kopesky Sr
Albert Kopesky Jr
Philip J. Aman
Minnie Agnes Aman
Anna Kopesky
Geo. I. Clarke
Charles A. Cohenour
Clarke &Cohenour
E. F. Smith
Esther P. Hudson
John K. Walker
Ae Oo. Walker and
County Savings and
Henry ©. Adams
R.v. Co
Taylor
Ewo
Algona Markets
Vail
Higley & Co
Patterson & Son
Gent
Galbraith’s Shoe
A.D. Cranks & Co
Court House
State Street
Woodford, Wheeler
J. P. Byson
Autelian Weny
Te Winn
Cullen
Willow Lane
Poland
China
Lille
Algona, Lowa
A.D. Clarke
Iowa
A. F. Dailey
Swanson
Drillers
Dh, J. Gs
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