Bancroft News Highlights Local Happenings and Notables
Bancroft community notes report a series of accidents and health scares among residents, improvements to sidewalks, and social visits. The column covers farm sales, land prices, election-related Mud Creek drainage plans, wedding attendances, agricultural prizes, guests from Armstrong and Joliet, and local business changes. It notes lampooned colors in millinery displays, newcomers from Luxemburg, and civic events at Jefferson hall. Local clergy and teachers plan guest sermons as hunting trips and farm interests draw attention.
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Mike Keller
Mike
J. P. Mousel
Plymouth Rock
Jefferson Hall
Phoenix
Phoenix Hotel
Annie Johannes
E. Vaske
Clemmens
Amelia Ovel
W. P. Vaske
Byersville
Vaske
Dubuque County
Mud Creek
Bancroft
Frank X. Mescher
Ramsey Street
L. C. Cooney
Seneca
John Messing
Hinchon
Chas. G. Bracher
Bancroft Brothers
R. I. Brayton
Marshalltown
Jacob Lattimer
Andrew Ludwig
Gar Bolster
Ray Sherman
Fort Dodge
Joe Sherman
First National
Joe
Sherman
Fort Dodge Messenger
Rev. Daily
Swea
Rev. Harris
College Boy Company
C. J. Lenander
W. F. Laidley
John Molster
Story City
Wm. Strack
Rutland
Iowa
Matt Wilhelmi
Joliet
P. S. Wilhelmi
Lee Martin
John Koehler
Ames
Nick
John Krapp
Mexico
Goesling
Freaks
Remsen
Lensing
Kottman
J. A. Frech
Crystal Lake
Emma
Sorensen
Tilly
Lizzie Fuerstenberg
Minneapolis
Frank Schutz
Lamberton
Minn
Mrs Haglund Dies After Illness at 56
Mrs. S P Haglund of Swea City died last Thursday morning from complications of ailments with heart failure as the immediate cause. She leaves a husband and four children, all at her bedside except Lester. Funeral services were held Saturday led by Rev Lundell of Algona. She was 56 years and five months old.
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S. P. Haglund
Lester
Lundell
Algona
Des Moines Register and Leader Subscription Offer
Des Moines daily paper offers new subscribers a mail subscription through January 1, 1908, for 1 dollar or 1 dollar for Daily and Sunday. The appeal highlights Iowa news service accuracy and Ding’s cartoons, urging prompt remittance to maximize benefit.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
Register and Leader
Iowa
Des Moines
The
Courier
Bachelor Corners Diary Reports Fair Fun And Local Happenings
A breezy column from Bachelor Corners recounts attending the Kossuth county fair with pigs and races, noting Hon Geo Boyle on a broncho as a highlight. It mentions George Hansen renting Dr Sayers farm, Jno Manning moving to North Dakota, Mrs H Ward building a new house, Carl Carlson planning a barn, and threshing nearing completion while hitching light social jabs and local updates.
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Kossuth
Geo. Boyle
Geo
George Hansen
Dr. Sayers
Jno
Will
Cain
Manning
North Dakota
Nellie Manning
Ora Simmons
Minnesota
Land of
Johnson
Britt Talent on the Road in Britt Hustle
Three Britt parties robbed an Assyrian pack peddler near Ed Williams home, stealing five dollars, a $3.50 razor, and a mouth harp. Wlas Long and Robert Stevenson chased the culprits, who were intoxicated, incurring about $50 in costs and a risk of prison.
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Corwith
Britt
Ed Williams
Wlas Long
Robert Stevenson
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