Four Mile lake drainage rejected by state council
The state executive council refused to order the draining of Four Mile lake west of Estherville. Local property owners had pressed for drainage to use the land, but opposition argued the lake should remain for recreation and waterfowl habitat.
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Four Mile Lake
Estherville
Beatrice Elizabeth Jepson
William Jepson
Middle West
Sioux City
Levi Humphreys
Dallas County
Redfield
Japan
Frank Gue
Keota
Canning Company
Williamsburg
Conroy
Parnell
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Waterloo
Marshall Town
Divorce Granted to Mrs. Rebecka McDermott in Anamosa Case
Judge F O Ellison grants Mrs Rebecka McDermott an absolute divorce from Gus P McDermott, wife awarded 7000 dollars permanent alimony and McDermott ordered to pay 1000 dollars attorney fees. Local news items cover anti smoking drives, college summer sessions, district court sentences, postmaster appointments, and community incidents.
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F. O. Ellison
Anamosa
Rebecka McDermott
Gus P. McDermott
Iowa
Wesleyan
Mt. Pleasant
District Court
Marion County
Hays
Marysville
Platt
Waterloo
Thomas A. Wirts
Charlies B. Palmer
van Noy
Dillon
Marshall County
Herman Baasch
S. H. Hagen
Lundgren
Webster County
James A. Larken
Peosta
Charles Kirby
Griswold
Mr. Kirby
Kirby
Hampton
John J. Welsh
Marshalltown
Welsh
B. F. Richardson
Richardson Shoe Company
Dubuque
Albert Olson
Muscatine
Nathan Simkins
le Girand
Parties May Unite In Effort To Unseat Dominant District Element
Des Moines reports from Muscatine that Republicans in the district plan a union with the Progressive party at their convention on the bull moose date to influence the Progressive nominee or endorse the candidate if denied. Democrats in the Second district clash over the prize as Democratic aspirants feud, while a Davenport banquet fails to heal divides.
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Des Moines
Muscatine
Davenport
Man tied and left on track near Ackley by highwaymen
Clifford Milton of Ackley was robbed by two highwaymen on the Haineis Central railway track about a mile east of town. They bound his legs and arms with a cart ridge belt and strap, took a gold watch and chain, a hunting knife, and a silver dollar, then left him on the track where he lay for an hour before a farm hand freed him. Milton was hunting and had placed his loaded shotgun across the rails.
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Ackley
Clifford Milton
Haineis Central
Milton
Athletic managers meet in Iowa City on Feb 16
Iowa college athletic managers will gather in Iowa City on February 16 to arrange spring schedules and settle state baseball and track dates. They will attend the Chicago versus Iowa basketball game as guests of the Iowa athletic management in the evening.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Chicago Iowa
Iown
Calumet Baking Powder Promoted as Economy in Baking
An advertisement touts Calumet Baking Powder as the secret to kitchen economy by preventing failures and ensuring successful baking. It cites physician endorsements and top awards at two World Pure Food Expositions in Chicago and Paris, highlighting its pure quality and cost-saving potential.
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Calumet
Chicago
Paris
France
The Devil to Pay Origin In Ship Yard Calking
The phrase came from ship yards where oakum in deck seams must stay dry. Workers paid the seams with hot pitch using a long handled mop. a sudden shower that wetted oakum before sealing caused rot and the saying The devil to pay arose.
Eczema in Water Blisters Responds to Cuticura
EF W Horrisch of Chicago describes two years of water blister eczema on hands and legs. After trying various treatments he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for six weeks, reporting smooth, healed skin with no remaining marks. Sample offers and Boston address provided.
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Congress St
Chicago
Ill
EF. W. Horrisch
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
Resisting Temptation at Sunday School
A humorous exchange unfolds as a Sunday School teacher asks William if he resisted temptation. William replies he did once because the jam was on the top shelf and he could not reach it, prompting the judge to remark on the noble sentiment.
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Wiliam
William
Wisconsin Public School Teachers Earn At Least 49 Monthly
A new rule sets a minimum monthly pay of 49 dollars for public school teachers in Wisconsin. The policy aims to standardize wages across districts and support educator livelihoods, affecting salaries nationwide standards.
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Wisconsin
Man's Credit Linked to Wealth Persists Only While Money Lasts
A terse adage asserts that a man's credit remains solid only as long as his funds endure, suggesting financial standing drives trust and borrowing ability, not character alone.
Prosperity in Fort Dodge shown by 1913 crop totals
Webster county statistics reveal 1913 yields with corn at 5,628,000 bushels averaging 38 per acre valued at 3,010,980 dollars and oats totaling 3,708,000 bushels worth 1,242,180 dollars at current market prices.
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Fort Dodge
Lown
Webster County
Quick Sale Large Profits Mount Pleasant
A land deal in Mount Pleasant saw P. J. Hurley buy the eighty acre farm of John McKinnon one mile north for 22 000 dollars at 275 per acre and resell to L A Courtner of Marsh for 24 000 dollars at 300 per acre, netting Hurley 2 000 dollars in under a week.
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Mount Pleasant
P. J. Hurley
John McKinnon
Hurley
L. A. Courtner
Marsh
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Farmers’ Institute
Harold Strively
Glenwood
Parcel Post
Jackson County
Pellevue
Louis Wendt
Germany
That
Cr. C. Myre
Forest City
Thomas Peel
Burlington
Humeston
Carl F. Benjamin
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Union of Forces
Clifford Milton of
Dean
Indiana
M. cC
Walker
Grand Ave
Connersville
Ind
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Company
New York
Gastoria
Snreur
Canada
J. Keys
Denmark
Manitoba
Katchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
F. H. Hewitt
West 6Th St
Des Moines, la
Parker
Ina
H. Cae
S. Minn
Sioux Falls
Shoul
Bears
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