Tragic tale of William Walsh and Helen Dodge
William Walsh a 22 year old Harvard graduate artist and sculptor from New York, married 17 year old Helen Dodge of Dodge Land Company on Nov 1 after a brief courtship. Walsh, distraught by alleged complications and her absence, took laudanum and said he would recover while facing threats from Helen’s father and planned legal action.
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St. Patt
Dispatch
William Walsh
New York
Harvard
Artis
Helen Dodge
H.C. Dodge
The
Dodge Land Company
Miss Dodge
God ‘Apain
Willie
Helen
Gurlick
Walsh
Dodge
Colon
Paul
Shargally
Hag
Wan
Trishman
Oxsee's Hardware Christmas Tree Sale Offer
Oxsee's Hardware advertises Christmas trees with a wide selection. Trees up to 12 feet priced at $1.60 each, with orders promptly filed. The notice emphasizes affordability for every family and mentions a broad inventory of holiday merchandise.
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Oxsee
Enunaay Dohootas
Doxsee
Land Bounces Through Era of Transfers and Losses
Dr Wi Alton recounts a century of land deals in Ebimab county starting 1866. A firm bought land for $4 an acre, paid taxes to 1890, then sold for 12, and later prices rose and fell with various owners. By 1898 the entire section sold for $42 per acre cash, ending a long chain of transfers and losses.
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Wi . Alton
Pernore
Orsh
Orean Separators at Or& N Widepot warehouse
The oorbeck Lambert Co offers a full line of DeLaval and Alpha baby separators at their warehouse near Or& N Widepot. Alpha separators run the fastest and skim the closest on the market. Prices and terms are reasonable. Machines sold on trial with full guarantees.
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oorbeck-Lambert Co
DeLaval
Alpha Baby
Or& N
Travel deal offers one and one third fare for holidays
The Iowa Central Railway sells excursion tickets at one and one third fare for round trips to Western Passenger Association territory within 200 miles. Sale dates December 22 to 25, 1900 and January 1, 1901. Return by January 2, 1901. Details from Iowa Central ticket agents or Geo. S. Batty, GP and A, Myrabalntown, Iowa.
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Eiverybody
Wanta
Chiiatmas
Iowa Central Railway
Western Passenger Association
Towa
Batty
Myraballtown
Lowa
Low Rates to Texas From Iowa Central Railway
On December 11, 1900 the Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip excursion tickets to Port Arthur Galveston and Houston Texas at rates lower than a normal round trip with a limit of fifteen days from date of sale For full information on rates call or address Goo 8 Batty Marshalltown Iowa The railway advertises Cheaper pipe in stock including hickory maple and other lumberyard items
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Iowa, Central, Railway
Port Arthur
Galveston
Houston
Texas
Batty
Marshalltown Town
Oes
Retrospective tax statute ruling in 1890s case
Judge Quarton rules Chapter 60 of the 28th General Assembly unconstitutional and that Section 1874 governs tax collection while locating conflicts with Section 1374. The decision addresses retroactivity, notice, and the validity of assessments for 1895 to 1897, noting a broader debate over tax ferrate contracts and uniform valuation principles.
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Quarton
Sodahontan
General Assembly
Lta
Bailie
Shaye Reychad
Lindér
Personal notes fragment from a town column
Fragmentary reads mention Miss Allie Reed Hathpoati in town Friday, lawyers at Christmas in Dows, Geo Horton attending a pad bigago Saturday, Rev Hy By Butler winter with Ji Ws Robinson, Mildred Carter Christmas visit, and parents from Tito.
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Allie ‘Reed Ta Bere
Moinds
Hathpoati
Christaas Ab Dows
Geo. Horton
Butle Winter
Bia B
Ji Ws Robinson
Mildred Carter apend-Chrighwias
Sane
Palkents
Tito Ie
Ay Hage
Local Notes From Algona and Surroundings
Mrs. C B Hutchins welcomes Olara born aboard a sablegram with news of a safe arrival in Naplea. James Taylor plans a two month trip to California beginning in January. Miss Jenni Bushnell returns from Cornell for vacation. Miss Aliae Dickinson vacationing with a Chicago brother. Bart Langdon visits family in Algona before returning to Milwaukee. Col Spencer and Stewart Green plan Oklahoma move. Green sells Irvington firm. Okham from Algona seeks lease on a farm. Hage, a Michigan law graduate, visits Wm. Dodds and ponders locating in the area.
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C.B. Hutchins
Sablegram
Olara
Naplea
James Taylor
Gome
California
Etters
Jenni Bushnell Ig
Cornell
Aliae Dickinson
Chicago
Bart
Langdon
Algona
Milwaukee
Col. Spencer and Stewart ‘Green
Irvington
Oklahoma
Green
New Territory
City’ Herald
Okham
j.Ae
Tia
la Gradiate
Wm. Dodda
Union Township
Haggard Heads North for Mail Route Work in Minnesota
BW Haggard traveled Saturday morning along the Canadian border in Minnesota for mail route duties. The trip follows a years long effort to attain the best conditions he has seen. Mrs A D Clarke and her daughters, Mrs Williams, and Mary Henry Adama hosted a large portion of judges Wednesday afternoon. Clarke home hosted other gatherings through the week.
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McCoy
Chicago
Aurgaong
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Haggard
Minnesota
Bau
A.D. Clarke
Dh, Williams
Henry
Adama
Clarkeome
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Bolen Dodge Bt
St. Paul
Aigéus
Youtg Mao Jen Jargard
Bodiptus
Chyistnips ‘Rees
Cleveland
Dibuet County
Orean Separators
Bailie and
Quarton Zair
Calla Gilon
Amas
Malaya
Walker Bros
Yours
Wane Rone C
Simpson
Norton Algona
Agnes
Beeerton Castle
Jechnico
Fies
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