Pig feast at K P Castl hall draws crowd in Blockton
A pig feast at K P Castle hall drew about two hundred attendees with socializing and a large Chester White pig, too big to boil, being carved the next day into smaller portions for distribution to local families. The piece notes local chatter, the event’s success, and a separate discussion of Iowa timber and orchard tax law affecting land assessments and potential county tax loss.
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K. P
Castlé. Hall
Blockton News
Iowa
Taylor County
Congo Free State inquiry urged by Senate
Washington December 11 Senate Lodge introduced a resolution urging international inquiry into Congo Free State abuses. It backs cooperation with Berlin signatories to ameliorate conditions and redress evils, with presidential support for corrective steps. King Leopold denial interview bristles with self defense claims and charges of cruelty sparking sharp European and American rhetoric.
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Congre Free State
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Audi & Nature
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Belgium
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Public Sale at Frank Lewis Farm Near Bedford
Public notice announces a December 17 public sale at Frank Lewis farm one mile north of Bedford on Bedford Gravity road. livestock and farm items include 65 head of stock horses 27 head of cattle 32 brood sows 1500 bushels corn hay millet fodder and chickens with 6 percent interest notes for sums over ten and cash terms for ten and under. Mrs N A Bristow and Dol Hanshaw Cayton Auds E C Dowlin Clerk conducted lunch on the ground Deadly Serpent Bites mention Electric Bitters as a remedy for digestive ailments in India and other places.
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Frank Lewis
Bedfore
Bedford
Norman
Sound
Jim Hanshaw
N. A Bristow. Dol, Hanshaw.& Cayton
E. C. Dowlin
Remains of Huxley Barb well Shipped After Death
The remains of Huxley Barbwell who died at his Illinois home were shipped to Lenox arriving on yesterday's early train. His father lives north of Knox and the deceased is the brother of Mrs Granger. Funeral is this afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment in Fairview cemetery. A daughter and son accompanied the remains. He was past fifty years old.
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Huxley Barbwell
Illinois
Lenox
Knox
Braddyville Miner Finds 30-Inch Coal Vein
Chit Tuttle uncovered a thirty inch coal vein along the riverbank at Braddyville last week. He dug a test hole out of curiosity and surprised himself with the discovery. A company is likely to be formed to develop the new find, signaling Braddyville’s own coal production.
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Chit Tuttle
Braddyville
New Market Herald
Farmers Institute to be held in Gravity this winter
The Taylor county Farmers Institute officers met in Bedford last Saturday and planned to stage the event in Gravity in late December or early January. Gravity will spare no pains to make the institute one of the best ever held in the county. The exact date will be announced later.
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Taylor County Farmers Institute
Bedford
Farmers Institute
Gravity
Gravity Independent
Pfander Sells South Farm to Cozad for 68 Per Acre
J W Pfander reports selling his farm located south of town to Warren Cozad of Clarinda for sixty eight dollars per acre. He plans to purchase a farm in Page county.
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J. W. Pfander
Warren Cozad
Clarinda
Mr. Pfander
Page County
Gravity Independent
A Fatal Hog Disease Reported Across Counties
A dangerous hog disease is spreading in several states with debate over whether it is hog cholera. W B Allen and Son, top hog raisers in Clayton township, report a loss of 200 head in the last month, about 3000 dollars. The symptoms resemble pneumonia more than cholera, affecting the lungs and throat and not causing scour. Other farmers report heavy losses and urge swift action to identify the disease and a cure.
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W. B. Allen & Son
Clayton Township
Pardon Plea for Foster Sparks County Sentiment
The county darkens with strong opinion against M B Foster's pardon in the Emmet Reed murder case. Reed, brother of the slain man, has written to the executive office seeking details and plans to oppose Foster’s pardon when hearings are set by legislative committees.
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M. B. Foster
Emmet Reed
Des Moines Register and Leader
B. F. Reed
Algona
Foster
Reed
Detroit sugar dealers fined for rebates in federal court
C. Goodloe Edgar and Edwin Earl, sugar dealers of Detroit, pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting rebates on sugar shipments and were fined six thousand dollars each.
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New York
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