Choice Farm Properties in Dodge and Mower Counties Minn
Multiple farm listings near Claremont and Austin offer 320 acres in Dodge County with 100 head stock, a nine-room house, barns and outbuildings, priced at 55 per acre with easy terms. Additional 160 acres in Mower County near a town at 50 per acre. Also a seven-room house with large barn and chicken house as a whole or subdivided. Also desirable farms and city property plus insurance and real estate services.
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Dodge Co
Minn
Claremont
Mower County
Austin
Local Railway Time Table For Midwest Routes
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul schedules show outward departures at 6 00 am 9 30 am 3 10 pm from St Paul and Minneapolis and arrivals at 12 05 pm 7 35 pm 10 10 pm. LaCrosse Calmar Mason City Jackson show similar pairs of outbound and inbound times.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Calmar
Mason City
Jackson
Disaster at Primero mine claims eighty lives
Refusing to give a probable cause, officials cite possible mine rule violations after an explosion of fire damp in the Colorado Fuel and Iron company mine on January 23, 1907 killed at least seventy nine men. Survivor Leonardo Virgen cannot fully state what occurred as rescue teams recover bodies and graves are prepared in Trinidad.
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Primero
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Leonardo Virgen
A-7
A-8
Virgen
Trinidad
Guilfoil
Train Schedule Fragments for Midwest Routes
Fragmentary listing shows departures to St Paul Minneapolis Chicago Des Moines Kansas City Fort Dodge Council Bluffs Omaha and Lyle Manly Mason City with times around 4:28 a.m. 12:25 p.m. 11:47 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. Reads like a timetable scrape with unreadable city pairs and inconsistent formatting.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
du Duque
Chicago
Des Moines
Kansas City
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lyle
Manly
Mason City
L.yie
DeWitts Little Early Risers and Salve Adverts
A vintage promotion touts DeWitts Little Early Risers liver pills as safe and pleasant. It also markets DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as the Original for cuts scrapes bruises and piles, sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
Three Die In Railway Bridge Collapse Near Alberta
A work train stood on an abandoned Canadian Pacific bridge between Lethbridge and Macleod when workmen tore down the structure causing it to collapse. Forty men plunged into the gully. three foreigners were killed and Engineer Moore Conductor McKillop and twenty others injured.
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Winnipeg
Man
Lethbridge
Macleod
Alta
Moore
McKillop
Coroner’s Inquest On Hurley Mine Explosions Adjourned
In Hurley Wisconsin the coroner’s inquest into the death of O Davin and injuries to two other miners halted again after little progress. Most witnesses are Italian and secrecy surrounds the case amid suspicions that the Black Hand may be involved.
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Hurley
Wis
O. Davin
Will Make Investigation Committee to Probe High Cost of Living
Washington February 2 The Ways and Means Committee will investigate the cost of living in the United States. Representative Payne of New York introduces a resolution to probe price increases of essential goods and profit margins. The inquiry may cover tariff effects and state law influences, with power to federally summon witnesses.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Payne
New York
Postal Savings Bank Bill Faces Senate Test
In Washington the postal savings bank bill faces a rough battle in the Senate. While passage is generally conceded, much hinges on Senator Aldrich who must lead the legislative program. Aldrich is expected to back the measure after changes align it with his views, a move administration friends hope will ensure passage.
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Washington
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Aldrich
Florida
Postal Savings Measure
Paris Flood Relief Efforts Expand Across France
Paris reports the Seine at twenty seven feet three inches with floods receding at about three quarters of an inch per hour. Premier Briand orders a full loss inventory, seeks new credits, and enacts loans and work programs for affected small proprietors. The city plans medals for rescuers and students in the Latin Quarter form a relief society for American victims.
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Paris
Point Royal
Briand
Boulogne, Sur-Seine
France
Latin
Ward county mystery ends with farmer letter
In Minot North Dakota on February 2 officials closed a September disappearance when R L Kruger a Ward county farmer sent a letter from Minnesota saying he was en route home. The case had puzzled officials since mid September as Kruger had left to buy engine repairs and was never seen again until the letter arrived.
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Minot
N. D
R.L. Kruger
Kruger
Minnesota
Man Killed Helping Driver As Log Falls Near Cedar River
In Menominee Michigan on February 2 Henry Beauties twenty four was killed while aiding another motorist to free his horses from a tricky spot along Cedar River A log toppled from the road and crushed him He leaves a young wife and child
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Menominee, Mich
Cedar River
Henry Beauties
Norwegian Poet Bjornson Critical in Paris
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, famed Norwegian writer, lies critically ill in Paris. His two sons are summoned to his bedside, one from Christiana and the other from Vienna.
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Paris
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Christania
Vienna
Ten Men Die in Kentucky Mine Disaster
Drakesboro Kentucky February 2 ten miners are dead and seventeen missing after a gas explosion at Browder mine one and a half miles from Drakesboro. Eight bodies have been recovered many mutilated one survivor badly burned.
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Drakesboro
Browder
Drakboro
Increased Cost of Living Explained by President Schurman
President J G Schurman of Cornell explained in Watertown New York that rising living costs stem from growing population and farm product demand outpacing production. He argued land exhaustion, shift from ranching to small farm herds, and inadequate farm stock raising will escalate prices as America feeds a larger population.
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President Schurman
Cornell
Watertown
N. Y
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
New York State Grange
Schurman
Gas Kills Uncle and Nephew in Minneapolis Home
In Minneapolis two men died from illuminating gas after one lit a small heater to comfort his guest. Gust Johnson aged 43 of 244 Fifteenth Avenue South and Edward Carlson aged 23 of 2817 Washington Avenue North were found dead in Johnson's room. Deputy Coroner Carl M Roan ruled the deaths accidental.
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Minneapolis
Gust Johnson
Fifteenth Avenue South
Edward Carlson
Carlson
Washington Avenue North
Johnson
Claus Freeberg
Freeberg
South Side
Sargeant
Andrew Nelson
Carl M Roan
Protests Over Forestry Bureau Highlight House Session
Washington highlights an exchange over the forestry bureau led by Mondell and Taylor. The agricultural appropriation bill remained under discussion, while the Senate devoted time to a postal savings bank bill. Davis attacked the measure as banking interest, Smith warned of possible trouble, and W E Purcell was sworn in to replace Thompson who resigned due to illness.
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Washington
Bureau of Forestry
Mondell
Wyoming
Taylor
Colorado
House
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
Davis
Smith
Michigan
Ransdell Praises Waterways Bill As Schedule Set
Washington expects the river and harbor bill to be reported early in February and praised by Rep. Joseph E. Ransdell as the most comprehensive and businesslike. The measure aims to become an annual funding plan with one-year appropriations and a fixed completion timetable for endorsed projects.
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Washington
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Joseph Ek. Ransdell
Louisana
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Engineering Corps
House
Engineer Corps
Eighteen cattle die as disease hits Monona township
In Monona Louisiana on February 2 a livestock outbreak in December killed eighteen cattle and sickened hogs and other animals. Albert Sumak lost eight hogs James Pepacek eight cattle William Brown four hogs and Thomas Williams ten cattle. Farms and all dogs in the township are quarantined.
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Monona
Albert Sumak
James Pepacek
William Brown
Thomas Williams
Insurgents and Regulars Scramble over Taft Backing
Washington reports a heated clash between regulars and insurgents in the house as they seek Taft’s support. A reform caucus appears unlikely as insurgents pledge loyalty to the administration and push for postal savings, conservation, and related bills.
Dynamite Blast Fatal for Marshalltown Man
In Marshalltown on February 2, Chris Wilking aged sixty five was fatally injured by a delayed dynamite explosion used to blast stumps. A misfired stick ignited as he tried to remove it, tearing away part of his hand and arm.
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Marshalltown
Chris Wilking
Wilking
Wisconsin Railways Taxed Higher in 1914 Values
The Wisconsin state tax commission raised railroad property assessment from 274,948,000 in 1909 to 284,066,000 for 1914. Total railroad taxes reach 3,196,661.64 versus 3,142,886.73 last year.
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Milwaukee
State
Tora Commission of
Wisconsin
Poisoning More Tragic in Washburn Fire Deaths
In Washburn Wisconsin on February 2 Mrs P Behrante and her five children were found poisoned in a burning home. The mother died at once and one child later died. Three other children survived with doubtful recoveries.
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Washburn
Wis
P. Behrante
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Register Building
Main Street
EH Smith Land & Loan CO
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Postal Savings Bank Bill
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Kentucky
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Taft
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Representative Hayes
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