Local Plains News Roundup From Kingsley to Cherokee
Kingsley dedicates a $28,000 church while Storm Lake voters elect A. R. Biddle mayor. Paullina plans a 30 by 36 foot church addition and Carroll approves a $15,000 city hall bond. Sioux Rapids considers forming a band as twenty prospects gather. Funds sought for a $500 soldiers’ monument in Correctionville cemetery. Cherokee holds a large fireman's ball with near $500 receipts. Marcus buys a Cherokee billiard hall. H W Krause buys a piano auto truck. W M Walters reopens a Galva hardware store. Northwest Town league may not form. LeMars hosts. Local notes from Marcus, Galva, Storm Lake, Alta, and Fonda report various business and medical updates.
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Kingsley
Storm Lake
A. R. Biddle
Paullina
Carroll
Sioux Rapids
Woman's Relief Corpa
Correctionville
Cherokee
Marcus
Fonda Times
Melvin Royer
Sioux City
Maud Adams
Galva Tribune
August Fett
Alta Advertiser
Harry Scott
Hotel Clark
Marcus News
Cement Products Company
Disappearance Shocks Storm Lake Family In Town
Ralph Miller aged about fourteen remains missing after being last seen with his grandmother Mrs Hoag in Storm Lake. Authorities suspect he may have gone to Osceola Iowa where his father Arthur Miller lives but search continues. In other news jeweler J H Bryans retires after eight years in Storm Lake with stock sold to W McArthur. Marcus hosts Hilliard and Amber Wight company in Thorns and Orange Blossoms. Alta residents C L Jones and wife plan an extended western trip visiting Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver Seattle and Portland with possible relocation.
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Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Ralph Miller
W. McArthur
Mr. Bryans
Mr. McArthur
McArthur Drug Co
Marcus News
Marcus
Opera House
Hilliard and Amber Wight Company
Orange Blossoms
Marcus and
Thompson
Alta Advertiser
C. L. Jones
Death of Glen Irwin Afton area boy after appendicitis surgery
Glen Irwin ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Wm Mummert died Sunday morning seven miles north of town after an appendicitis operation performed Saturday. He had shown illness Wednesday and the burst appendix proved fatal. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the family home and at the Methodist church in Afton with burial in the Afton cemetery.
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Glen Irwin
Wm. Mummert
Jepson
Sioux City
Glen
Afton
Kingdom of Heaven
John Early Dies in Montana Brethren Minister
The Gospel Messenger reports the death of Bro. John Early of Kalispell Montana at age over seventy nine. He began preaching near Mount Morris in 1872 and spent years in Iowa before settling in Montana where he often held services in his own house.
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John Early
Montana
Gospel Messenger
Church of the Brethren
Sharly
Bro
Kalispell
Mont
Mount Morris
Iowa
Kenyon Wins Large Personal Injury Judgment
In Fort Dodge Iowa on April 3 a jury awarded $20,000 to W L Pelton a railroad brake man against the Illinois Central Railway in a nine day trial. Senator Kenyon was among the plaintiff lawyers. Pelton was injured in November 1911 when a passenger train collided with a freight car at Logan. The railroad plans an appeal.
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Kenyon
Fort Dodge
W. L. Pelton
Illinois Central Railroad
Senator Kenyon
Pelton
Logan
Don’t Burn Old Papers Magazines Journal Line
A note from David L offers to take away old papers magazines and journals rather than burning them. The message invites removal of paper items from readers.
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David L
National Capital News Roundup on Free Trade Debates
Protests flood Senators from states west of the Ohio as free sugar and other products spark anger among farmers and small businessmen. Michigan races end in contest over MacDonald’s victory. Young keeps seat. House leadership and tariff talk shape congressional strategy with Underwood guiding Democrats and Mann guiding Republicans. President Wilson eyes a federal conference on female labor and wages amid Illinois findings.
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House of Representatives
Ohio River
New York
Seaboard
Michigan
Calumet
Houghton
H. Clin Young
William J. MacDonald
Young
Chicago
MacDonald
Congress
White House
House
Sr. Underwood
Mr. Mann
Illinois
Murdock
Kansas
Mann
Clark
Thepublicans
Funeral of Betsy Elizabeth Long Noted in Aurelia
Betsy Elizabeth Long born December 10 1830 in Pennsylvania died April 1 1913 at her home in Aurelia. She married Nelson W Crippen in 1849 in Harrison County Pennsylvania. Survived by five children including Del E Crippen and Dudley G Crippen, three brothers and three sisters and many relatives. Funeral Friday at the Congregational Church with Rev Hoon of the M E church officiating and burial beside her husband in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Betsy Elizabeth Long
Pennsylvania
Aurelia
Nelson W. Crippen
Muay
Harrison County
Union
del E. Crippen
Dudley G. Crippen
Fulda
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Cherokee County
Church of
Hoon
M. E. Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Thanks for support during illness and death of mother
The Crippen family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help during the illness and death of their mother and for the beautiful flowers. D. E. Crippen and Family. D. G. Crippen and Family.
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D. E. Crippen
D. G. Crippen
Runaway Tramp Returns to Opera House Friday
A Return engagement of The Runaway Tramp drew a fair audience despite rain. The company will perform Friday evening a three act comedy drama titled The Troubles of a Bachelor or A Bushel of Babies and is expected to attract a full house.
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The
Runaway Tramp Co
Bijou
Advice on Clothes and First Impressions
The piece argues that subconscious attraction or repulsion starts at first sight through clothes. Neat attire and polished shoes foster cheer while unkempt dress signals grouchiness, prompting readers to form habits of cleanliness. It promotes a panitorium service for cleaning and pressing, noting extra charges for thorough brushing.
New Creamery Opens in Paullina with Plans for Ice Cream
The Paullina Creamery began operations this week with Chas. Trossem making the first cream collection on Tuesday. The former Union creamery was moved to town and a new company will operate it under manager Wm. Gehria Jr. A future plan includes adding an ice cream factory if enough business men fund machinery.
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Paullina
Paullina Creamery
Chas. Trossem
Union Creamery
Wm. Gehria Jr
Germantown
Record Land Deal Near Cherokee County Farm Sale
The largest local land deal closed Saturday as John Scott brokered the sale of the Oliver Johnson farm, 559 acres, to A. 10 Bushlow for a sum just over $50,000. Bushlow has proved successful in Cherokee county soil and remains optimistic about its prospects.
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John Scott
Oliver Johnson
Bushlow
Cherokee County
Cherokee Democrat
Stock shipments from here over weekend and sale update
Saturday night shippers included F. G. Scott one car of cattle L. H. Daniels two cars of cattle and two hogs O. D. Waddell three cattle and two hogs Chas Waddell one car of cattle Monday night L. H. Daniels shipped one more car of cattle Ten of twelve cars were sold through the commission firm with Sandy Daniels as a member The note also mentions baseball supplies available from J C Nelson batt.
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F. G. Scott
L. H. Daniels
O. D. Waddell
Chas. Waddell
Commission
Sandy Daniels
Iowa State to Offer 12 Short Courses in Extension Plan
Ames Iowa April 6 Special Iowa State college will expand its extension short courses to more than 200 communities next season. The program adds seven new lines including dairy fruit growing poultry truck gardening and potato growing with courses of six or three days and aims to reach a short course within six to seven miles of every farm at least once every three years.
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Ames
Iowa State College
W. J. Kennedy
Iowa
Music class in Aurelia violin and orchestra work
Vernon Shea announces weekly music instruction sessions at B. A. Colby store in Aurelia every Saturday starting April 12. He invites all interested musicians and notes his base at Cherokee with Highland Park college background in Des Moines.
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Aurelia
B. A. Colby Music Store
Cherokee
Vernon Shea
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Iowa
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Jordan Garage
G. B. Scott
John McCarthy
Ingersoll
Clark Block
H. W. Krause
W. M. Walters
Galva
Main Street
LeMars
M. B. Mathew
Larrabee
Samaritan Hospital
Kelley Brothers
Republican Party
Congressman Clayton
Wilson
Harrison
Clayton
Washington
Representative Pickett
Cummins
Hilles
N. W. Crippen
Stub Hill
J.C. Nelson
Batt
Institute
Bijou Theatre
James Corbett
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