Peterson Corrects Atlantic Northern and Southern Rail Claim
Elkhorn banker John Peterson writes the Des Moines Capital to set straight errors in its Atlantic Northern and Southern story. He credits Ross, Judd, Pederson, and local bankers for organizing seven to eight hundred stockholders and about 75,000 in bonds, with H S Rattenberg as general manager, and notes the project needed hard year of effort by a strong board and farming community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Iowa
Des Moines
J. H. Simmons
E. E
Marquis
Rattenberg
J. A. McWard
Atlantic National Bank
James &. Bruce
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
G. H. Messenger
Citizen's Savings Bank
J. W. Cuykendall
H. 5. Rattenberg
Messrs. Ross and Judd
The
Engineering & Securities Construction Company
Pedersen
Elkhorn Bank
Atlantic
Elkhorn Tid
Kinibakton
H. 8. Rattenberg
Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway Eompany
Hobart
Simmons
Milk Delivery Notice From R. B. McCAUSTLAND Musson
Notice lists milk delivery option for separated cream. requires phone contact with disp10 R. B. McCAUSTLAND Musson Phone No. 14 to arrange delivery on eight day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B
McCaustland
Musson
Real Estate Transfers Nov 9 1908
Real estate transfers list names and plot changes with multiple buyers and lenders. Transactions include Frank J. Macomber and others transferring portions of lots in D's addition and 608 133 appears as a reference point, with other names such as Anderson and Griswold involved in parcel descriptions.
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Frank J. Macomber
Owt Ito JR
Battersby
Lewis
Esalengee Hamilton , Wilcox
St Headlee Wa
Wile Griswold
Eese Neces
Peter ‘Anderson
Cumberts
Fragmentary real estate line in Cumberland district
Readable fragment notes a division of 112 into blocks on 172nd add Cumberland with a $2300 figure indicating a price or value amidst a damaged text segment.
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Cumberland
Countywide passage with two precinct exceptions
The constitutional amendment carried in all precincts of the county except Washington and Victoria. Washington voted 32 against and 27 for the amendment, while Victoria tallied 25 no to 15 yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victoria
Casey resident Ay Gray plans city business day
G H Allen and wife of the western district welcomed a new baby boy born Sunday. Ay Gray, of Casey, was in the city today for business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Gray
Casey
G H. Allen
Town
Strange Malady Strikes Corning Town Causes Sudden Deaths
Four residents of Corning fall ill with a baffling bowel obstruction like illness. Leander Lehnen 31 dies within a day, Mathias Lynch 24, and Max Farley 23 follow as doctors from Omaha struggle to identify the disease. Nellie Runyan and two others show symptoms, with rapid deterioration in several cases. Local physicians and a visiting specialist seek answers amid growing fear.
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Corning
Omaha
Leander Lehnen
Lehnen
Mathias Lynch
M. J. Lynch
Corking
Max Farley
F. E. Potter
McCrea
Farley
Nellie Runyan
W. W. Runyan
Harry Wise
Babcock in jail on assault charge to murder
Grover Babcock remains jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder involving John Gittins. A justice of the peace has sent a written query, and Babcock is expected to be bound over to the grand jury.
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Grover Babcock
John Gittins
Mrs Irwin Stoodt Visits Wiota Woman in City
Mrs Irwin Stoodt of Wiota was in the city today, meeting residents and sharing updates from her community.
Carmack to Speak at Chautauqua Before Death
The shooting of Senator Edward Ward Carmack in Nashville reshapes next year’s Chautauqua program. Carmack was to headline August 26, but his death requires a substitute. Planned talent includes Rev George W Stuart Rev Smith McGuire Moore Governor Hoch Hanley and the Dunbar Bell Ringers.
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Edward” Ward Carmack
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Robin Cooper
Duncan Cooper
Carmack
The
Tennesseean
Chautauqua Assembly
Ben ‘Seleered
George W. Stuart
Smith
Chicago
McGuire
Moore
Arkansas
Hoch
Kansas
The Christian Herald Free Art Gallery De Luxe Offer
The Christian Herald offers new and renewing subscribers a free six painting Art Gallery De Luxe set, reproduced in fourteen colors totaling 1 000 square inches. Subscriptions are $1.50 yearly, with delivery from order date to January 1 1910. Expires December 10 1908.
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The
Christian Herald
Art Gallery
de Luxe
Bible House
New York
Christian. Herald
de Luze
Splendid
Angry mob would punish rapist at Colfax Iowa
Colfax Iowa November 10 A man named Harl E B Lindsey is in custody on a rape charge involving the eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hopkins. Concerned officers whisked him away to avoid a mob as the girl identified him in the Hopkins home. Lindsey, a former manager with Jasper County Telephone, has vanished from Colfax before a scheduled preliminary hearing, which is set for next Thursday within the county. The child’s condition is not as serious as feared. she is resting after the identification scene. Lindsey is described as about 28 years old and had recent postings with Iowa Telephone at Prairie City and previously Jasper County Telephone in Colfax.
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Colfax
Iowa
Harl EB. Lindsey
Hopkins
Lindsey
Newton
Russell
Price
Sheriff Russell
Mayor Hall
Sheriff- Russell
Des Moines
St. Paul
Jasper County Telephone. Company
Iowa. Telephone Company
Prairie City
Fifteen Counties Elect Women County Superintendents
Iowa voters elected fifteen women as county superintendents this year, more than in prior years. Notable picks include Polk County’s Jennie Steele Huegle and Clara Taylor in Adams, with many others across the state, signaling a shift in the teachers association’s leadership.
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Iowa
Jennie Steele Huegle
Des Moines
Polk County
State Teachers’ Association
Polk
Jennie Steele Huegie
Adams
Clara Taylor
Cass
Bertha Johnson
Hardin
Julia Scurry
Jefferson
Bessie B. Buchanan
Butler
Mary E. Faint
Poweshiek
Estelle Coon
Jasper
Laura W. Killduiff
Monroe
Myrtle Harlow
Adair
Omer Vandmer
Washington
Flora Purvis
Union
Sylvia Cook
Howard
Emma Falgarter
Bremer
Kate E. Sullivan
Katherine R. Logan
Benton
J. W. Jones
Dubuque
P. J. Schroeder
Osceola
J. R. ‘Wilson
Wright
B. Benson
Calhoun
O. EB. Hibbs
Webster
E. E
Avenaugh
Kossuth
Sid J. Backus
Hamilton
J. M. Halady
Taylor
B. B. Keith
Sioux
F. B. Fuller
Worth
C.B. Gun
Sealshipt Oysters Promised as King’s Treat
Sealshipt Oysters boast unmatched flavor and freshness. The ad touts direct-from-bed packing in airtight steel containers with ice, claims retained oyster taste, and lower overall cost per bite due to efficiency. Displayed in a white porcelain case bearing the Sealshipt trademark from Brown Grocery Co. and K. Jones.
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K. Jones
Notable Visitors Reported In City Today
C A Meredith visited Anita this afternoon while Miss Stre a Jensen joined several out of town guests in the city for a engagement.
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C. A. Meredith
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Atlantic Northern & Southern
Marruis
Hampton Man
the Supreme
Ady
Babcock Wolves
Tauqua
Earl
Vous
Um State Teachers’ Association
J. J. Billings
Ley
Buena Vista
J. BE. Cundy
John R. Slacks
Floyd
BE. A. Sheldong
Johnson
C. M. .Miller
Grundy
J. B. Adams
Cero Gordo
Fred’ Maliannas
Humboldt
Clarence Messer
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