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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
4
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Homestead style farm nine road miles from town offers 41 acres rolling with 70 bushels corn per acre on clover soil. 40 well fenced hog pasture with woven wire. House with seven rooms, new frame barn, some orchard, windmill, water, and good roads. Snap price 65 dollars, rising to 76 in a year. Terms 3000 to 4000 by March 1 1907, easy balance terms. Journal.
Fragmentary ad text references selling on a small stage and offering phones under the name Tong List. It mentions trade referrals and customer calls, but details are unreadable.
An 120 acre tract near a town offers 90 acres cultivated with new ground and minimal stone or sand, balance in brush pasture. It includes hay land, strong water from springs, and good improvements. Price $50 per acre with about $3000 mortgage and $2000 due by March 1 2007, rest financed at 6 percent possibly 5 percent.
Property spans 260 acres three-fourths mile from a rail market with good roads and a second rail town two miles away. About 40 acres cultivated and 70 acres bluegrass pasture, balanced by fine timber. Only about 20 acres bog pasture with a stone quarry worth thousands. Good soil, springs and wells, well fenced. House with four rooms, hen house, good barn 40 by 48, big orchard, estate totaling a strong value at 41 dollars per acre. Journal Exire.
One of the county s finest stock and grain farms six miles from a town on the main railroad line. Forty rods to the school. F D at door. 160 acres of prime Iowa soil with bluegrass pastures, springs, windmill, tanks, and a monster 66 by 80 barn. Fine orchard, house, sheds, granary, and stone foundation building. Price range 3100 to 5000 with easy terms.
A 210 acre farm at $47.60 till January 1 1907 and then $60 per acre offers good soil and fencing. Four and one half miles from a fine town on Rock Island with rolling balance, new four room house, stables, hog and cattle pasture, big orchard, groves, timber, water, and sturdy grain land. Down payment $500 to $601, long time balance, journal ad.
Four twenty acres offered at 61 dollars per acre. Two miles from four towns, good roads, near wood and coal, fine grove and lumber. About 10 acres bottom land, 20 overflow, balance rolling with gentle slopes. Cattle yard, fenced and cross fenced, good six room house, granary, large barn. Not first class but cheap for grain and stock farm. Easy terms. 80 or 120 acres in exchange considered.
An odd classified note markets a farm claim with a bold promise. No. 22, 120 acres listed at 387.50 dollars, inviting buyers to consider the property as a path to marriage prospects.
A town area farm seven miles from town on good roads offers 25 cultivated acres with 60 more plowable, 26 acres timbered, three building sets and a $2400 house. A coal bank operates paying $400 yearly royalty with coal reserved for 25 years. Easy terms, will trade for cash and equivalents.
The 120 acre grant near a good town offers two and a half miles to town and a half mile to a school with a good road and phone in the house. It features five to six fields, well fenced cross fenced hog pasture, running spring water, a superior well, ten acres of timber and buildings, feed lots, tame grass, and a good four room house with stables.
No. 30, 160 acres at $50. Adjoining farms sell for $60 to $70. One mile from Dandy Town with mills and creamery on RF D. Long lays, gentle hills, ten acres tillable, balance brush and bluegrass pasture. Fenced whole quarter, rich soil, large cattle sheds, barn, hen house, new house with stone walled cellar. Suitable for investor who will work it for profit. Land nearby valued at $60-$70. Available briefly at this price. Write to Journal office.
Classified notice describes a 40 dollar purchase unit with a two year resale target of 65 or 75 dollars. A two hundred acre tract four miles from town near school is offered with 75 acres under cultivation, balance brush pasture. Describes a new four room house, outbuildings, fenced acreage, well watered, storm clause, and trade or long-term sale options with small down payment. Journal office.
A 225 acre farm offered at 61 dollars per acre twelve miles from the county seat with good roads. Includes bottom land, pasture, clover and timothy, well fenced fields, strong soil and a large house with barns and sheds. Described as a fine grain and stock farm with long time balance and ideal location at a very low price.
160 acres near town with good improvements and rolling terrain. Fine water, well fenced, well drained soil. Priced at $66 per acre, terms include a long-time palative with no payment for two to three years then $100 yearly, with first payment due March 1 1907. Journal.
17 acres at 55 dollars per acre with almost level fields and small buildings. Orchard and good water. Black walnut grove. 80 acres second peer? land mostly level. small area in northwest corner. some low land near two railroad markets. near coal and markets. Local farmer property listing with orchard, water, and timber features.
No. 145 offers 280 acres at 65 a year to buy with easy terms. One mile to school, 40 acres tame grass, 160 acres fenced and cross fenced, good grove, old neighborhood, five or six room house, new barn, double corn crib. Pay 1000 down, will trade for 160 acres.
Farm listing advertises two 200 acre parcels with partial cultivation and pasture. One includes 135 cultivated acres, three springs, two wells, windmill and fair improvements with $6000 mortgage and $5000 first mortgage due 1908. Another 200 acres lies 2.5 miles from a railroad town with strong stock farm features.
A parcel described as 60 acres near a school and church, gently rolling and well fenced, with a five or six room house, stables, sheds, and pasture. It sits one mile from the school and church, near a store, shop, and a large creamery four miles away, in a good neighborhood with an orchard and grove. Call at Journal oMes.
Property listing offers 120 acres at 359 per acre with 40 acres rough pasture and prime arable land, deep well, wind mill, new barn, hog house, sheds, fruit, a five to six room stone house with cellar. Describes location 2 miles from town, complete improvements, and very cheap terms FL000,00 by March 1, 1907. Substantial buyers may arrange immediate terms with good business intent.
Forty acres located 214 miles from town with rolling terrain, a fine grove, spring water, good orchard, six room house, barn and outbuildings. Priced at $65 with easy terms. Journal
A large farm of anl acres near a town on the Milwaukee main line is offered for sale with 40 acres of well watered, fenced land, a four room house, new barn, cow shed, corn crib, and buggy shed. Features include hog pasture, fruit such as raspberries and strawberries, rolling land, and a good well. A $200 mortgage due in two years at six percent is noted. Call at the Journal office for details.
A description of ninety five acres with tilled fields, pasture, and timber. Land lies level except for five acres, has eight miles to school and R F D, fenced with woven wire, barn, granary, sheds, and a five room house worth 500.00. Post and timber value noted with potential returns including $110 per acre from posts and wood and various crops and pastures.
Listing for 160 acre farm near town offered March 1, 1907 with 4 miles to town. Describes a modern 7-room two story dwelling, near-new barn, deep well and windmill, tanks and outbuildings, good road, school, and phone in house. A lengthy value note touts a good well painted home and long-term prospects.
100 acres offered at 52.50 per acre with good soil and rolling terrain. Three miles from county seat, four roads, half mile to school, fenced and well watered, orchard, fall four room house, outbuildings. $250 down, $500 March tol, balance 2.50 per acre yearly at five percent. Storm clause allows deferment if crops destroyed. Journal.
120 acres near two towns on Rock Island line 3 miles from town 1 mile to school. 100 acres cultivable, rest pasture, all good soil and fenced with woven wire. One and a half story house, barn, shed, outbuildings, cistern and wind mill. Easy terms. Value about $60.09 per acre.
Gouvernor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa proclaims a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of each lynching participant in the murder of James Cullen at Charles City Floyd county. The Des Moines proclamation cites Jan. 9, 1907, as the killing after Cullen was taken from jail by unknowns. Conviction alone as to the offenders is uncertain, but the reward aims to secure apprehension.
Joh Hulloran filed for Polk county supervisors asking to modify or vacate the 1907 jury panel order. The petition argues the Civic league lacked legal standing and that the order would halt jury business for the year, causing financial and prisoner-transport costs and prejudicing county interests.
The county grand jury was thrown out by Judge Howell in Marengo over an assault case. Objections from Attorneys Popham and Hanley claim the juror list was assembled too late, risking the petit jury's legality. More legal action may prompt legislative remedial bills.
Des Moines reports the state suit against Lafe Young over overcharges exceeding 4000 dollars has been reversed by the supreme court after a long pending bindery overcharge case. The decision ends the litigation and clarifies liability for the disputed sums.
John B. Hollenhors former road master of the Chicago Great Western Railroad was indicted by the Black Hawk county grand jury on forgery uttering forged instruments and two counts of cheating by false pretenses. He was arrested in Waterloo from a Great Western train and bonds set at 4000 dollars.
William L Fever and Martin Griffith were discharged by Judge Landes on motion of their attorneys after being accused in the Vic Monical killing. The two boys, who had been out hunting with Monical, claimed the gun discharged by accident and fled. Reaction to the ruling mixed with relief and stern sentiment over the youths’ ages and actions.
A Muscatine County farmer, John Nan chez of Columbus Junction, died instantly after losing balance on stairs at a party hosted by Frank Morse. He fell from the upper landing to the floor below, breaking his neck and dying within minutes as guests reacted.
Keokuk coroner holds Matt Griffith and Wille Lafevere for careless discharge of a gun that wounded Eddie Monicle and caused his death. The accidental shot tore his arm and pierced his abdomen as he ascended a flight of steps in West Keokuk.
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Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. Oring Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restores the nature action of the bowels. Oring Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes, Nick Doffing.
Carlos Romero rose from railroad helper earning $20 a month to a mining magnate worth over $4,000,000 in three years. He bought the Mololoa and Tamara mines in Jalisco, netted over $1,000,000 in the first year, and plans a grand palace, rivaling Parral’s famed wealth.
Reports on 52 torpedo destroyers and 89 ships detail hits per round and per gun. At ranges of 700 to 1,000 yards, hit rates rose from 21.6 percent in 1905 to 34.5 percent in 1906, with rapid-fire guns showing strong gains. Three ships used Vickers three-pounders with telescope sights achieving over eight hits per minute.
Winsted resident W J Bradford, a stove store employee, rigs a device that drops coal into the furnace when an alarm clock triggers it. Aiming for warmth at waking, the mechanism uses a hinged clock box and a released alarm key to start the fire. Bradford plans to seek a patent.
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