Death by hanging of Mary Finbratern at niece’s home
Mary Finbratern, 75, widow of Nels Finbratern of Grand Meadow, hanged herself using binder twine tied to a clothes hook in her niece Mrs. Clarence Requa’s Lincoln Street house. Neighbors note dementia. her mind had declined, with a history of threats. Police and a coroner attended. she had about $1,000 in savings.
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Mary Finbratern
Nels Finbratern
Grand Meadow
Clarence Requa
Lincoln Street
Requa
Mrs. Kinbratern
H.L. Erickson
Ones
Mr. Erickson
Olaf Olson
Galt
Lewis
Colins
Finbratern
Norway
A.O. Dahleng
Oakland Town
Relatives Note No Funeral Arrangements Yet
The text identifies all of her relatives except two nieces, with funeral plans not yet set. No further details on the survivor list or service date are provided.
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Verona
Peary Paid Record Price for North Pole Story
Commander Robert E Peary earns a 50000 dollar payment from Hamptons Magazine for his North Pole discovery tale with estimated two dollars per word. Editors note the bidding frenzy among major publishers and project foreign rights could reach one hundred thousand to one hundred fifty thousand, highlighting Pearys unique per word wealth in literary history.
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Robert E. Peary
Hampton’s
The
North Pole
Hampton
Commander Peary
Hampton’s Magazine
Ren
B. Hampton
Peary
Stokes
Sach
Roosevelt
Rudyard Kipling
Kim
Sir Arthur Conan Doye
Sherlock Holmes
Thackeray
Henry Esmond
Dickens
Hugo
Eugene Sue
Watertown to Build Packing Plant With Hormel Expert Paired
Watertown moves toward a new packing house to operate next spring after a small boost. H J Finn, ex Hormel executive from Austin Minnesota, will head the company with plans unfolding quietly over a year. Initial employment 20 to 30 rising to 75 to 100 as hogs and sales grow. plant aimed to handle up to 1000 hogs daily. Public Opinion notes strong local business union effort and South Dakota hog quality backing the venture.
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Watertown
H J.finn
Hormel
Austin
Minn
Business Men’s Union
Finn
George A.hormel Packing Company
Panama
West Indies
South Dakota
New Watertown Company
Middle North
S.D
Special Sheet Music Sale at Cressey's Music
A special sheet music sale is set for Saturday and Monday December 4 and 6 at Cressey’s Music store. Prices listed 15 cents per copy for instrumental and songs including The Psalms Calvary Jerusalem An Anchored My Old Kentucky Home One Sweetly Solemn Thought The Old Oaken Bucket and McKinley line. Late Edison record Columbia Disc machines records also sold.
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Jerusalem
Kentucky
McKinley
Edison Record
Columbia Disc Machines
Cressey’s
Grand Mask Ball by Eagles at Hirsh's Auditorium
Fraternal Order of Eagles Lookout Aerie No 703 will hold its fourth annual mask ball on January 14 1910 at Hirsh's auditorium. The committee promises the grandest event of the season with full particulars to follow.
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Order of Eagles
Hirsh’s
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
A nineteenth century style medical tip recommends Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup for children to move the bowels and drive out a cold. It claims gentle action, irritation relief, and cough stopping, with availability at all druggists.
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Kennedy
Revival Interest Grows at Baptist Church Meetings
Attendance rose over two nights as four members came forward to join the church and five more did so last night. Miss Alice Hayes and Miss Marsh led singing with praise and a solo by Miss Marsh announced for tonight. Rev J H Carstens will speak on Taking Away the Stone at 7 30 with welcoming invitation.
Telephone notice and sale of Holstein bulls
Telephone notice asks for changes to the Interstate Telephone directory by Dec 10 1909. Evergreen Farm Austin offers thoroughbred and high bred Holstein bulls for sale.
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Interstate Telephone Company
John G.golden
Mer
Gale
Evergreen Farm
Austin
Furniture and Rooms for Sale Near College
Goods for sale include complete furniture for parlor bedroom and dining rooms in mahogany maple oak and walnut plus heating stoves china ware and general household articles. Also a modern house with new barn cement walk located one block from the college.
Lady Maccabees 15c supper and apron sale event
The Lady Maccabees announce a supper and apron sale at Woodman hall on Thursday night December 7. Proceeds will support lodge activities and community projects.
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Lady Maccabees
Woodman Hall
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Mrs. Findratern
Ing
Mae Iea
Auatin
Hampton's Magazine
Watertown Paper
Tella
Baptist Church
W.R. Barl Furniture
George Hirsh
Chicago
Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Des Moines
Kansas City
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lyle
Manly
Mason City
F. I. Crane
N. W
Testa East Bridge
Chas. F Lewis
Austin National Bank
Marfield
lTearse
Duluth
Corresp
Chamber of “Commerce
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