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Bancroft News Notes and Local Changes in 1892
Bancroft events include church services at Baptist Church led by Rev. W. L. Con, notices of local moves by residents I. D. Gould and J. O’Neil, and updates on Davis Brothers drag line sale. The town sees political talk, upcoming opera house opening Jefferson Hall, and a flood of post office candidates while Barley, Butter, and farm prices appear in a brief agricultural section. Local deaths, illnesses, and social gatherings shape the week with multiple family and community reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.M. Barsley
German Township
Kossuth
Greenwood Township
I. D. Gould
Bancroft
Waterloo
Vera Lodge K
Vesta
H. W. Roba
C. Collier
Chicago
Banecroft
Jefferson Hall
Tom Wilkinson Jr
Davis Bros
Gardner Boys
J.G. Graham
Mason City
Sterling Life Insurance Co
Mutual
Milwaukee
Wis
Ghas. Morehouse
A. G. Ward
Charlie Inman
Frank
Ramsay Township
Schuyler Cartheman
Ledgind Town
Miss Idaunt
Geo. W. Davis Sr
John O'Neil
O'Neil
Ole Johnson
Childs Comedy Company
Cleveland
United States
Hallock
Register
V. 8
Ellis
J. A. Frech
Iowa
Hey
Sam Mayne