County School News Promotes May Play Festival Schedule
Winneshiek County plans a May Play Festival on May 23 with events from 9:30 a.m. commencement to 2:30 p.m. athletic contests. Dr. Cooper of Upper Towns University will deliver the eighth grade graduation address. The program includes games, essay contests, and plans for a county and state fair essay prize. Prizes include a free trip to the Iowa State Fair.
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Dr. Cooper
Winneshiek County
Cooper
Upper Towns University
Towa
A Defense of Socialism in Decorah paper
A reader named Harry Komornik writes to the Decorah Republican defending socialism as industrial democracy. He argues Marx's claim that Christianity would disappear under capitalism is irrelevant to socialism and asserts socialists tolerate religion while majorities govern under socialism. The letter, dated March 30, from Streator, Illinois, emphasizes opposition to anti socialist charges as part of a worldwide debate.
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Streator
Decorah Republican
Sirs
Harry Komornik
Spring Signals and City Updates Across Iowa Towns
Tiny blades of air appear in soil signaling spring. West Union shows population rise since 1910. Mississippi transport opened last week. Waukon paving to start soon. Delhi Baptist church now a moving picture theater. West Union postmaster duties assumed April 1 by B A Mellree. Charles City police made 1 arrest in March, 58 vagrants. Ida Stella Dow sues Nora Springs over obstructed highway injuries. Clayton county contracts sixty one bridges for 45701 dollars. Oelwein merchants close at 6:30 pm, Saturdays excepted. K H Benton named deputy revenue collector for H A Stearns. Independence ice on Wapsie rotted away this spring. Lester Crown, brakeman, loses left foot after cart accident. Fifty six high school entrants, twelve pass. re-exams in May. Mason City uncovers opium joint. a negro and wife arrested. Decorah post office letters: John Doney, J E Hopperstad, Otto Ingvoldstad, Albert Johnson, Rev Paul Kvittrem, Miss Margaret Fitzgerald.
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Baptist
Delhi
B. A. Mellree
The
Union
West Union
Charles City
Ida Stella Dow
Nora Springs
Clayton County
Oelwein
K. H. Benton
McGregor
H. A. Stearns
Marion
Independence
Wapsie
Lester Crown
Giard Station
New Hampton
Mason City
Decorah
John Doney
J. E. Hopperstad
Otto Ingvoldstad
Albert Johnson
Paul Kvittrem
Margaret Fitzgerald
A Fighting Parson Defends Self in Fort Dodge Assault
Rev W H Spence of First Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Dodge earned the nickname the fighting parson after he punched a would be robber who stepped from Johnson Place demanding money. The minister knocked him to the ground and attempted to restrain him until police arrived but the assailant managed to break free. The robber fled without seeing if Spence had cash.
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W. H. Spence
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Fort Dodge
Johnson Place
Spence
Pickle Station Planned at Clear Lake by Mars Hall Vinegar Co
R W Doolittle of the Marshall Vinegar Co with Commercial club aid has secured sufficient acreage to establish a pickle plant at Clear Lake. The facility will be built on the Mason City and Clear Lake railway switch site, at the former sugar beet dump location, making the project a sure enterprise.
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Clear Lake
Marshall Vinegar Company
Marshalltown
R. W. Doolittle
Commercial Club
Mason City
Death of an Old Citizen at McGregor
W. B. Miller, McGregor’s oldest citizen, was found dead in bed last week at age 87. He came to McGregor in 1848 when only a hotel, a small house, and a fort Atkinson supply warehouse stood. A tinsmith by trade, he opened the first shop at landing and spent sixty three years in the hardware business.
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W. BR. Miller
McGregor
Citien
T McGregor
Fort Atkinson
Lelanding
Hazelton Banker Sentenced to Fort Madison Prison
Adam Kiefer veteran banker of Hazelton received a seven year maximum sentence in district court from Judge C W Mullan after being indicted on thirty two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. He was ordered to serve time at Fort Madison penitentiary.
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Adam Kiefer
Hazelton
C. W. Mullan
Kiefer
Fort Madison
Monticello Corn Ships to Philippines by Eastwood Leader
G W Eastwood president of Monticello Canning company shipped Monticello corn to the Philippine islands last week. An other car will be shipped this week to the same destination. The corn was bought by an eastern firm.
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G. W. Eastwood
Monticello Canning Company
Montiello
Monticello
Philippine Islands
Marble Rock Journal Sold to Local Reverend Editor
The Marble Rock Journal has been purchased by Rev. B A Davis pastor of the Marble Rock Methodist church. Davis will continue to serve his church until the close of the conference year.
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Marble Rock
B. A. Davis
Marble Rock Methodist Church
Reo
Davis
Passover and Easter Stagger Over Lunar Calendar Rules
The article explains why Passover and Easter rarely align. Jewish months follow a lunar calendar with occasional 13th months, added rather than days in leap years. Easter depends on the first Sunday after the full moon after March 21, so the two holidays drift by about a week when the calendars diverge.
A Little Farm Well Tilled
A Waverly Independent note tells of two boys running a 28 acre farm with help from their widowed mother. They milk nine cows for a local condensing factory, earn steady monthly milk checks, keep hogs and chickens, raise most feed on the place, and rely on a large silo for ensilage through winter.
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Waverly Independent
Patents Granted to Iowans Week Ending March First 1914
The Iowa list shows patents issued to Towans for March 1 1914 including Hayfork Fred H Barr Ventura device Geo A Bishton Cedar wet grain shocker Guy Campbell Gravety for grain elevator John V Cizek Clutter gear hobbing machine Faye Farwell Dubuque horse collar John P Hoffman Dubuque gas burner Walter W Ogden Maquoketa hanger for screens and sash Martin C Palmer Benton county fly trap C F Terrie Clinton vaporizer C P Underwood Des Moines friction clutch apparatus Walter F Williams Sioux City Itching bleeding protruding or blind piles yielded to Deans Ointment 50e at all stores Ady
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Towans
Hayfork
Fred H. Barr
Ventura
Geo. A. Bishton
Guy E. Campbell
Gravety
John V. Cizek
Faye
Farwell
Dubuque
John P. Hoffman
Walter W. Ogden
Maquoketa
Martin C. Palmer
Benton County
C.F. Terrie
Clinton
C. P. Underwood
Des Moines
Walter F. Williams
Sioux City
Meaning of the Resurrection by Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons argues the resurrection of Christ is the keystone of faith and the brightest symbol among Christian festivals. He cites a tale of Leberaux seeking a new religion and Talleyrand’s condition that one must suffer, be scourged, crucified, and rise on the third day to succeed, concluding Christ alone fulfilled this and has no rival.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Leberaux
Talleyrand
Christ
Dog Causes wreck on Milwaukee line near Bouton
A dog derailed a gasoline speeder on the Milwaukee line near Bouton, injuring three men and causing the death of the dog. Foreman D Boss suffered a dislocated hip, a fractured finger, and cuts, while Inspector Plum and Foreman Bayliss were badly bruised and cut. Boss was hospitalized.
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Milwaukee
Bouton
D. Boss
Copper Wire
Inspector Plum
Milwaukee Railway
Foreman Bayliss
Union Switch & Signal Company
Boss
Rural Carrier Examination Set for May 9
An examination for Rural Carriers will be held at the Decorah post office on May 1h. Applications and particulars may be secured from E. J. Powers, local secretary of the civil service board.
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Decorah
E. J. Powers
The
Civil Service Board
Within the Law at Grand Opera House in April
Bayard Veiller’s new mystery drama Within the Law comes to the Grand Opera House on Wednesday evening April 15 presented by the American Play Co. The piece, praised by New York critics as a drama of the minute, features modern devices enhancing the plot’s suspense and a strong cast as it enters its second year in New York with hopes of a long run.
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Bayard Veiller
Law
American Play Co
Grand Opera House
New York
The
Easter moral awakening and the risen Christ said to inspire world faith
A religious reflection on Easter declares Christ's resurrection as a supreme historical fact and moral motive. The piece notes apostles witnessed the event and that joy replaced grief as the gospel spread through centuries, shaping humanity's destiny. In Mason City a Parker building remodel uncovered 750 dead rats believed poisoned in its walls, drawing crowds curious at a rat cemetery revelation.
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Christ
Peter
Dean Farrar
Sixth and Main
Mason City
Man Thought Insane After Assault on Widow at Strawberry Point
Willie Moser of Strawberry Point recently released from the penitentiary assaulted a widow Tuesday evening, chasing her through her house and knocking her down. His father swore out a warrant the next day charging him with insanity.
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Willie Moser
Strawberry Point
Rev N Pye A Mental Wreck In Northern Iowa Church Leader
Rev Nathaniel Pye a well known Methodist minister from Northern Iowa was taken to Cherokee hospital for treatment after years of poor health. It is believed this illness has undermined his mentality.
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Nathaniel Pye
Northern
Iowa
Cherokee Hospital
Barker's Antiseptic and Dean's Regulars Ad
Say readers, odor from sore feet is treated by Barker's Antiseptic available at drug stores. Also advertised are Dean's Regulars praised for easy use without griping or after effects as The American Tract Society seeks to raise 500000 to expand its work.
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Barker
Adv
The
American Tract Society of New York
Dean
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