Prizes for grain contest at Ames Iowa
Iowa Small Grain Growers association plans the first annual grain contest at Iowa State College Ames during the short course. Show samples are half a bushel. prizes include a $125 grain drill $125 binder a $150 gang plow and various tools and cash. Kellogg corn $1 000 special runs parallel to the grain events. A corn contest with $5 000 in premiums is also noted. William McArthur listed for particulars. Free trip to Europe for Iowa teacher JarmanMonticello principal receives gift of travel credits from townspeople.
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Ames
Towa Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa State College
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
William McArthur
Bank Sues Widow Over Blank Estate Dower Rights
Wulfehuhler State Bank of Leavenworth Kansas files suit in the probate division to bar the widow of J B Blank from dower claiming the estate is worth $90,000 rather than $65,000. The bank alleges a $53,000 transfer to Rebecca Yank before the administrator’s oath to shield creditors and insinuates a planned self destruction.
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Blank
Des Moines
Wulfehuhler State Bank of
Leavenworth
Kan
District Court
J. B. Blank
H. Klank
Rebecca Yank
Gold Watch Found in Can of Lard Near Lak City
A five pound can of lard yielded a gold watch belonging to Mrs. W. N. Winnet, badly dented case but movement intact. A local jeweler valued the timepiece, noting it likely comes from a known firm. The lard and watch were linked to a retailer and a well known company.
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Laks
W. N. Winnet
King Company
Winnet
Recruit Falls Dead in Marshall After Salvation Army Praise
A 55 year old man, J. C. Haney, described as a prominent local Salvation Army member, returned home after a dining event singing praises of the life and died suddenly from heart disease.
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Marshall Town
Salvation Army
He J. C. Haney
Forest City Peat Plant Plan Attracts Chicago Firm
Forest City area interests gain attention from The National Peat and Gas Company of Chicago for a peat plant near Forest City. A $10,000 facility is proposed to open next. Mr. Secor holds the majority of nearby lands.
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Forest City
National Peat 1 and Gas Company of
Chicago
Mr. Secor
Bara
Saloonist Finnegan Sentenced for Minor Liquor Violation
One R L Finnegan a salooner was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to two days in jail by Edger Wright for violating an injunction against giving liquor to minors.
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R. L. Finnegan
Edger Wright
Giquor
Minora
Press club banquet honors Iowa figures in Des Moines
Senator A. B. Cummins and Congressman J. A. Hult were guests of honor at a Des Moines Press Club banquet held at the Y Hotel on the evening of December.
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Hull
Cummins
Big Yield of Corn at Sac City Iowa
Mr G Kerr reports 1835 bushels from an eighteen acre field near Sac City canning factory, 91 bushels per acre. He claims 200 bushels per acre possible if storms hadn’t intervened. He used manure rich seed bed, thorough disking, and five cultivations to keep weeds out.
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Sac City
Iowa
G. Kerr
Keir
Denbow Sets Big Husking Record in Marshall County
Theron Denbow of Liscomb on the Harry Early farm in northern Marshall County husked 125 bushels of corn in eight hours, a record believed to eclipse any in the state this season. He started with 45 bushels before dinner and finished with 80 more, averaging about 15.67 bushels per hour.
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Marshalltown
Theron Denbow
Liscomb
Harry Early
Denbow
Rev Father J J Brogan in critical illness at St Thomas
Catholic circles in northern and central Town learn of the critical illness of Rev Father J J Brogan a long time priest. He has served as chaplain at St Thomas hospital for three years and is now suffering from old age and a general breakdown with fears he may not survive.
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Father Brogan
Marshalltown
Father J. J. Brogan
St. Thomas Hospital
Heels vs street car fault in Des Moines suit
In Des Moines a court will decide whether a metal casting at a street car exit or Mrs Katherine Newell's French heels caused a serious accident injuring her. The Newells filed damage suits against the Des Moines City Railway company.
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Des Moines
Katherine Newell
Des Moines City Railway Company
Joseph Newell
Katherine
Marley Girls Released to Des Moines Children's Home
Henry Marley, held for wife murder complicity, signs release for daughters Lina and Alice Marley to be placed in a Des Moines children's home. Teen son Monte Marley may join Mr. and Mrs. George Weatherly near Missouri Valley, though release for him is not yet signed.
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Marley
Logan
Henry Marley
Lina
Alice Marley
Des Moines
Monte Marley
George Weatherly
Missouri Valley
Mr. Marley
Sidney Woman Celebrates Eighty Fifth Birthday
SidneyMrs Amily Penn longtime resident marks her eighty fifth birthday receiving 1100 postal cards two telegrams from friends in Pennsylvania and many felicitations from neighbors in the community summary highlights her long residence and wide greetings
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Sidney
Amily Penn
Pennsylvania
Robbery at Newton Presses Manning Home
Two men forced entry to the Newton residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Manning by picking a Yale lock. They packed silverware into a suitcase but fled when Mrs Manning returned, taking only seven dollars.
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Newton
Ed. Manning
Yale
Mother and Babies Stranded in Magon City
Mrs. Wagner and two young children, ages two and four, were found starving with no money or food while en route to St Cloud. Railroad workers discovered them at the depot in poor condition, a collection was raised, and they were sent to St Cloud for aid.
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Magon City
Garner Pastor Resigns After Five-Year Pastorate
Rev. Joseph Toms resigns after five years as pastor of the Congregational church in Garner and relocates to New Hampton to accept a pastorate at the church of his faith there.
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Garner
Joseph Toms
Congregational Church
New Hampton
Sixty fifth Wedding Anniversary at Clinton
Mr and Mrs Elizabeth Hatton aged ninety and eighty eight of this place celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary. They have twenty nine living descendants.
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Clinton
Elizabeth Hatton
Athletics and Health In the Fort Madison Penitentiary
An ex-inmate writes on Warden Sanders reforms at Fort Madison Iowa introducing light athletics for prisoners. Sun and air improve health reduce tonic use and insomnia. Basketball and indoor baseball built on noon meal extension and new yard ballpark. daily games foster discipline and morale. Assistant Warden Stevenson runs the program with holiday challenge games fueling interest.
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Fort Madison
Iowa Penitentiary
Sanders
Iowa
A. FE. Stevenson
Oddities of Iowa's famed lawyer Tom Milner
A reminiscence profile recalls Belle Plaine attorney Tom Milner born December 1 1855 in Highland Town Ohio. He practiced law since 1880 in Iowa City and Belle Plaine, boasts a feisty self description, a freckled red head, and a boastful self portrait on his letterhead claiming legal prowess and a cautious stance toward vacations.
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Iowa
Tom H. Milner
Belle Plaine
Iowa Bar Association
Tom
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
East
Milner
Highlandtown
Hest
Union
Iowa City
Dubuque
Russell Sage
Mr. Milner
Tom Milner
Lynch
Exiled Boer War General De Waal Seeks Home in Des Moines
Gen de Waal, veteran of the siege of Ladysmith and a leader in the Boer war, seeks entry to his homeland but refuses to swear allegiance to King Edward. He has spent days at Rev. A. Douglass’s Des Moines home, aged and alone, with 60 Boer families who refused the oath. He previously settled in Mexico after the war and was denied entry to Cape Town.
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Africa
Edward
de Waal
A. ©. Douglass
United Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Mexico
Cape Town
Ladysmith
Des Moines Schools Expand as City Grows
Superintendent Riddell notes Des Moines school system gains with 24 more teachers this year totaling 519, reflecting ongoing demand for more teachers and buildings as the city expands beyond the past five or six years.
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Riddell
Des Moines
Will Build Addition at Dubuque Packing Plant
Dubuque Packing plans a ten thousand dollar expansion within a year after sewer work completed. The project aims to enlarge the plant capacity and boost local employment.
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Dubuque Packing Company
Midland Airline Railway and Navigation Company tale in Iowa
Secretary of State Hayward pursues fees from a company named Midland Airline Railway and Navigation Company. The head is in Fort Madison penitentiary, with Dr Crafford as president under a state contract. Attorney M L Temple denies formal affiliation, while wage garnishment seems ineffective. Release pressure hints at possible intervention.
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Hayward
Fort Madison
Midland Airline Railway and Navigation Company
M. L. Temple
United States
Iowa
Temple
Crafford
Warden Sanders
Corydon Board Presents Travel Stipends to Teachers
Fourteen Cop teachers traveled to Des Moines for the State Teachers' association and received ten dollars each from the Corydon school board to cover convention expenses. Their regular salaries were adjusted accordingly.
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Cop
Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
School Board of
Corydon
Will Build New Church at St Mary's Oxford Ta
St Mary's parish in Oxford Ta plans a church new building to rise next spring after raising 12000 toward a 30000 fund. The campaign aims to expand the parish's worship space and community facilities with the new structure.
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St. Mary's Parish
Oxford
Popcorn Pioneer Grows 6000 Pounds From Three Acres
J. K. Atchison a prosperous farmer southeast of Clear Lake experimented with popcorn on three acres yielding 6000 pounds in the past season.
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J. K. Atchison
Clear Lake
Woman revived on morgue slab case shocks St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota Mrs Charlotta Wiltner was pronounced dead by two doctors and a coroner but revived 24 hours later on a morgue slab after an undertaker's assistant claimed to resuscitate her with heart massage and willpower. The incident led to a halted embalming and a rushing of medical teams to fetch instruments for further attempts.
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Deverman
Willner
Hfe
Luther
Bethesda
A. M. Birneberg
Germania Life Building
St. Paul
Miller
Undertaking
Jacob Rockstruh
Undertaking Establishment
Wilner
Aids
Lutin
Comstock
Boomtown Growth Mentioned in Colengo News
A Colengo News note jokes about Boomtown expansion as the town grows so large residents must request Long Distance service to communicate across it. The remark frames rapid urban growth with humorous overstatement.
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Sve
Colengo
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Jan
Europe
Monticello
Maary EH
Jarman
Miss Jarman
Oddity OF Bar
Liberal School Board
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