Decorah Gun Club Hosts Notable Summer Trap Shoot
The Decorah Rod and Gun Club hosted a well attended trap shooting meet on the hitching grounds last Thursday with twenty seven shooters from local and visiting ranks. Wind hindered accuracy yet several sharp scores emerged from both local and visiting pros including Bills Flannigan and Riggs. After 200 shells across twelve events, and a formal banquet at the Elks home, speakers from Iowa and beyond praised game protection efforts and discussed future laws and parks to support sportsmen statewide.
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Decorah Rod and Gun Club
Bills
Chicago
Flannigan
Minneapolis
Riggs
Des Moines
Reed
Wickman
Acres
Spencer
Kinnard
Gun Club
Elks
A. W. Albert
Mississippi River
Iowa
A. B. Hinshaw
Holcomb
Empire Theater
Corbett the Express Wagon Horse Retired
Corbett, longtime symbol of the United States Express wagon, has been retired by route agent Mr. Mason of Ameri can Express. With express business quiet and repairs needed, Corbett can no longer endure paving. Sold for farm use, the old horse hopes for kind end care after years of service.
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Mason
American Express Company
Corbett
Old City
United States Express
Poultry Show Plans For County Fair
Secretary Enger met with Win neshiek County Poultry Association members to discuss a display at the upcoming fair. The group aims to exhibit at least a thousand birds of top breeds to attract larger attendance and boost the event’s profile.
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Enger
Winneshiek County Poultry Association
Child Run Over by Milk Wagon Near Lubke Home
A 16 month old boy, Wilson Raymond Lubke, was fatally crushed when a Union Springs Dairy milk wagon rolled forward near his west city home Friday between noon and 1 pm. The accident occurred as he crawled from under a porch. no witness accounts exist. The child died at home before Dr. Thomas could treat him. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church with Rev Torrison officiating. interment followed in the Norwegian cemetery.
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Henry Lubke
Wilson Raymond
Wm. Telford
Union Springs Dairy
Lubke
Ev. Lutheran Church
Torrison
Iowa Highway Mileage Leads Statewide Total
The Highway Commission reports 104,027 miles of county roads outside cities. Kossuth leads with 1,820 miles. Pottawattamie 1,670. Boone 1,068. Winneshiek 1,470. In the judicial district: Allamakee 1,052. Chickasaw 900. Clayton 1,313. Fayette 1,230. Howard 797. Winneshiek 1,470. Iowa ranks behind Missouri and Texas in country mileage.
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Highway Commission
Kossuth
Pottawattamie
Boone
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Chickasaw
Clayton
Fayette
Howard
Union
Iowa
Missouri
Texas
Burr Oak Boy Suffers Fractured Leg After Ball Mishap
Ray Feltis of Burr Oak broke his leg while playing ball on a lot last Friday. He and several other boys chased a knocked ball and collided, causing the injury. He received prompt care and is recovering as well as expected.
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Ray Feltis
Burr Oak
Ray
No Word From Iowa Couple in Romania Trip
Relatives and friends in Cresco express concern for Bert Webster and Miss Belle Helmer who left Cresco on July 7 for Poelsti Romania where Belle was to wed Elmer Webster, Bert’s brother. Since arrival in Europe no word has been received.
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Cresco
Bert Webster
Miss Belle Helmer
Poelsti
Roumania
Miss Helmer
Mr. Webster
Elmer Webster
Europe
Don’t Lie to Your Wife at the Grand Opera House
Opening the theatrical season presents Campbell Bi Casad’s song farce Don’t Lie to Your Wife at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday September 1. Amos Doppeldae, a New Yorker, battles a suffragette wife while meeting three chorus girls, getting arrested for speeding, and causing comic mayhem before a happy ending. Prices 35, 50, 75e.
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Campbell Bi. Casad
Grand Opera House
Amos Doppeldae
New Yorker
Atlantic City
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Interstate Association of America
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Fort Atkinson
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Winneshiek County Fair
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