Kimballton Elkhorn notes show town busy with plans
Kimballton and Elk Horn residents report rail project talks, homestead moves, church building, and a growing literary society. Local merchants claim holiday sales beat prior years while rail investors and farmers pursue new earnings and settlement prospects. Joe James travels to Waterloo to investigate Mutual Insurance demands as others plan expansions and relocations.
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George Fanborg
Merchants of
Kimballton
Joe James Iant
Waterloo Sn
Joe James
Waterloo
Mutual Insurance Company
Closing Out Sale In Kimballton Iowa
Closing out the entire stock for sale as the owner moves to Montana in spring. New clothing line from H Cohn Son Chicago arriving, offered wholesale. Items include men's, children's, and boys suits and overcoats. Store for sale with or without clothing and accompanying three small properties. Bargains offered by Rasmus Hedegaard at 17 Rasmics Hedegaard.
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Montana
H. Cohn & Son
Chicago
Tao
Kimballton Ta
Clothing wholesale sale ends January 4 at Elk Horn Ta
Peru Jensen announces a closing sale of all clothing at wholesale prices through January 4 at Elk Horn, Iowa Territory. Sale covers the entire stock and runs until the stated date. Jensen identifies Elk Horn as the sale location and refers to wholesale pricing.
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Peru
Jensen
Elk Horn, Ta
Mares Stolen From Mr Chris Olsen Reported Tuesday
Word spread from Marne of a team of mares owned by Mr. Chris Olsen stolen during the night. By Tuesday afternoon no word on their whereabouts. Hounds were sent for and were not expected to arrive before Tuesday night.
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Marne
Chris Olsen
Kimballion
Iowa Livestock Interests Seek Rate Reductions
Livestock groups in Iowa petition both the state railroad commission and the interstate commerce commission for lower freight rates on cattle hogs and sheep. The Corn Belt Meat Producers Association passed the resolution at a Kirkwood hotel meeting after talks with President Ames in Chicago. Key figures included Acting President A Sykes and J M Brockway with Clifford Thorn presenting for the association. The group urges Iowa rates to align with Missouri and Illinois, noting Iowa has not amended rates in 17 years and that Iowa shippers pay excess charges for Chicagobound livestock, which last year totaled over 179000 cars, including more than 100000 cattle.
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State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Kirkwood Hotel
Ames
Chicago
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
H. ©. Walace
J. M. Brockway
Letts
J. W. Reed
Clifford Thorn
Washington
J. W. Thornburg
Linden
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Breaks Up Robber Band Leader Seized in Benton County
Ernest Boughton, charged with stealing a box car from the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific yards in Vinton, is detained by Sheriff Youlll and Deputy Seely. Authorities believe they disrupted a band of young thieves whose depredations spread from the depot to railroad yards, including a trunk stolen from the passenger depot and later found abandoned near Mayor Buxton's home.
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Benton County
Vinton
Ernest Boughton
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Youlll
Seely
Rock Island
Roosevelt bears craze grips Boston women and college girls
A Boston feature notes a fad for Roosevelt woolly bears among women from college age up. Bear parties, party games, and decorating bears with team colors spread from schools to homes, with young wives and working women joining the trend as a playful social obsession.
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Boston
Sivl
Winder
Llughing
Doctor Zirm Performs Cornea Transplant In Vienna
At a Vienna Medical Society meeting Dr. Zirm reported successful cornea transplants on a man who became briefly able to read small print. He used tissue from a steel-splintered eye of a five year old donor, the other eye graft failing.
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New York
Vienna
Medical Society
Zirm
Zirm A
Moose Antlers Scarce In Maine Forests
In eastern and northern Maine moose visit the west shore of Moosehead Lake to shed antlers at year end. A Maine hunter, Charles Antice, claims to have packed two boxcars with antlers shipped to New York for knife handles earning $200 in a week. Cy Blanchard, pioneer hunter, built a moose house and fence adorned with over 2,500 antlers, many lost to weather or insects. Moose shed occurs December 15 to January 1, with antlers decaying after warm weather. despite thousands shed yearly, hunters rarely find them the following summer.
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Bangor
Maine
Moosehead Lake
Charles Antice
Anya
New York
Cy Blanchard
Cyril Blanchard
Cobh
Piscatauis
Blanchard
Wooda
Auto lifts church stones in Medford using a car
Boston architect Lewis A. Dow built a 4 Methodist Episcopal church in Medford and used his ten horsepower automobile to hoist foundation loads. For two months the car raised 1600 pound shale loads and 1850 pound stone ornaments to 65 feet, with three men guiding the placements. The machine completed daily tasks and at night gave rides to four adults and three children.
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Boston
Lewis A. Dow
Dow
Prince Albert Proclaimed Heir to Congo Free State
Brugeele Belgium Prince Albert nephew of King Leopold and heir apparent to the Congo Free State. The official announcement ends Belgian press debate and signals Albert a modern liberal ruler, 30 years old, widely traveled including a stay in the United States with James J Hill and Western tours.
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Brugeele
Belgium
Prince Albert
Leopold
Congo Free State
Albert
Free State
Hohenzollern
Countess of
Flanders
Willian
United States
West
St.Paul
James J. Hill
Sunlit Pithy Musings Prompt Readers to Write
A chatty column invites readers to craft two hundred word pieces every two weeks for Maxey and Ex Department at Journal, Texas, urging concise, polished sentences. It weaves quips and snippets about society, travel, and everyday humor, pairing playful self deprecating lines with sample exchanges and harmless jokes.
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Maxey
Maxey and Ex Department
Journal
Txira, Towa
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