Kuroki Sired by Prince Shapely Listed as Superior Clydesdale Stallion
Below are breeding details for Kuroki foaled April 24, 1903. Bred by John Young of Brockloch Scotland, he is a large powerful Clydesdale in American show rings. Noted bloodlines include Baron's Pride and MacGregor lineage. He placed third at last year’s International and is offered for stud at $10 season or $20 with foal guarantee, plus pasture options and care notes.
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Prince Shapely
Colonel Holloway
Scotland
Baron’s Pride
MacGregor
Kuroki
Hongreur 6730 Coeler dark grey imported by Burgess & Son
Hongreur 6730, a two year old Percheron stallion from France, imported July 1909 by Robert Burgess & Son of Wenona IL. Dam and sire listed with multiple ancestors. Price for the season ten dollars, mare with foal insurance twenty nine dollars due March 1 1911, pasture rates fifty cents to one fifty per week, care at owner's risk.
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Coeler
Robert Burgess & Son
Wenona
Illinois
M. Forges
Department of Orne
Bechame
Jadin
Violoneux
Lavrat
Bismarck
Sultan
Vigoureux
Coco II
Vieux Chaslin
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Limande
Bon Courage
Jean Nivelle
Paros
Major
Raspail
Coco Sl
Gnon
Hongreur
Burgess & Son
Advance Guard 45939 Show Stallion with Record and Terms
Advance Guard is a bronze chestnut standing 15 hands high and weighing about 1,000 pounds. He is by Inflator out of Vernie Wilkes, with a noted line tracing to George Wilkes and Mambrino Boy. His winnings span Louisville 1907, Oak Park 1907, Iowa State Fair 1909, Minnesota State Fair 1909, Kansas State Fair 1909, Chicago Horse Show 1909. Term details include $25 to insure mare with foal and weekly pasture rates.
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Advance Guard
Inflator
Onward
George Wilkes
Godiva
Egmont
Lord Brilliant
Lord Golden
Hubbett
Alcolyte
Vernie Wilkes
Robbie Wilkes
Mambrino Boy
Nora Wilkes
Louisville
Oak Park Horse Show
Iowa State Fair
Minnesota State Fair
Kansas State Fair
Chicago Horse
America
Marmion 10463 Draft Stallion at Marmion Farm
Marmion is a dapple gray imported from England by Truman Brothers. He weighs a ton at three, won first at the 1909 Iowa State Fair Shire class, and offers $10 season service or $20 insurance for mare with foal payable March 1, 1911, with $1.50 weekly care.
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W. K. Wright
Holbeach
Lincoln
England
Truman Brothers
Bushnell
Ilinois
Lake Lancer
Southgate Marmion
Patterton Fancy
Scarliffe Drummer
Fan
King Charles
Ray
Don Carlos
Marmion
Iowa
Gilbert news notes and local visits in Ames
Farm Department notes Ames residents includes Rev W J Baldwin’s return from Chicago and revival meetings. Ed Holmes opens restaurant offering free ice cream on opening day. Lectures on American Girls attract fifteen cent admission. Local property sale involves Noah Swanson farm for $600. Family visits and illnesses reported, plus jury service and local travel updates.
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W. J. Baldwin
Chicago
Ohio
A. J. Wolfe
Baldwin
Ed Holmes
The Key of Tebalco Unique Weapon in Venetian Tale
A seventeenth century Venice stranger Tebaldo woos a noblewoman, kills a rival with a hidden key lancet, wounds her, and is unmasked when authorities uncover the weapon. He dies on the scaffold. the key remains in Venice’s arsenal.
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Venice
Tebaldo
Chambers
Nell and Belle Quarrel Echoes in Patchwork Quilt
A witty exchange contrasts Nell and Belle with a patchwork quilt metaphor. Nell notes a lovers’ quarrel recalls a crazy quilt while Belle asks how, and Nell remarks it is always patched up. The Philadelphia Record and Goldsmith quote appear as apocryphal lines about fortune and industry.
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Nell
Belle
Philadelphia Record
W R C Plans May 3 Home Talent Play at Armory
Members of the W R C plan a home talent play titled Singin Skale Rezriment at the Armory on May 3 with a trained producer and leading roles filled by imported talent. Also today an Old Soldier dinner is served at Odd Fellow's hall with W A C Tm tations invited to soldiers for a noontime event.
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Armory
Odd Fellow’s
W. A. C. Tmtations
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Young
Brockloch
Datheattie
Iowa State College
Ames, Iowa
Gilbert
H. C. Thompson
Noah Swanson
Mr. Swanson
F. B. Gilbert
Henry Marshall
Vera Stitzell
Des Moines
Rachel Marshall
Henry
Frank Downs
Francis
Blanche Dickinson
Adelaide Shearer
Hazel Totten
Byron Totten
Frank Hutchison
Queen Sawyer
Clark Scott
Ames
Margaret Abrahamson
Mary Dvoracek
Walter Michaelson
Nevada
Ents
Ethel Canady
Alfred Musgrove
Mary Buchanan
Mrs. Root
Clark County
Ira Brown
W. S. Johnson
Roy Shearer
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Pia Tanta
Ror
YTV
Penelope
Veronica
Tebalco
Them
California
Naples
Union National and Union Savings Banks
U.S
Story County
W. M. Greeley
Wilson
Cash
H. Westerman
C. L. Siverly
Benson
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