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Story County Newslets Mixed arrivals and local highlights
Story County residents and visitors figure in a string of notes from Wednesday to yesterday. Miss Clark of Chicago visits friend Miss Anna Richmond as cousins from Omaha visit the area. Iowa hog shipments prepare for Des Moines exhibition. Lars Boyd obituary news from Illinois reaches Knute Boyd. a Cambridge boy hurt by a ball at a tournament. the first Short Line Des Moines train arrives with notable crowds and a Cambridge ball tournament. Mrs. Halley entertains, with plans to move to Indianola. biographies of Sebastian Rubar and Willie Hemping noted. local travel and real estate developments along Arnold’s Park and West Okoboji. Spirit Lake hotels and new developments described with park plans and prominent donors.
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Des Moines
Baldwin
Iowa Falls
Short Line
Cambridge
Cook
Iowa
Arnolds Park
Inn
Manhattan
Arnold
Milwaukee Road
Arnold’s Park
West Okoboji
East Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Emerson’s Bay
Green's Park
Green
Spencer