St Paul Southern Electric Railway proposals reach Decorah
Edw. Feldhauser of St Paul and C R Snyder of Minneapolis visit Decorah to gauge interest in a St Paul to Rochester to Dubuque electric line. Plans call for stock investment with preferred and voting shares, money to be raised locally, with Canton and Burr Oak meetings already yielding subscriptions and strong local support.
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Edw. Feldhauser
St. Paul
C. R. Snyder
Minneapolis
Southern Railway
Rochester
Dan Patch
Messrs. Feldhauser
Snyder
Canton
Burr Oak
Decorah
Dubuque
Twin Cities
Messrs, Feldhauser and Snyder
False bank robbery report circulates in Waukon streets
A street rumor claimed the National Bank vaults in Waukon were blown open Saturday night with a large sum taken by yeggmen. Telephonic checks showed no truth to the report. Subscribe for the Republican Jewelers. Citizens' Bank Blog. 20ef
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Waukon
Republican” Jewelers
Citizens’ Bank
Mrs P M Jewell Injured In Burr Oak Road Incident
Dr M D Jewell his mother Mrs P M Jewell and three others were in a car when a road cart occupied by two youths broke a colt. The colt jumped onto the car causing a crash that threw Mrs Jewell eight feet down an embankment. She suffered frontal bruising, back strain, a wrist fracture, but is reported to be recovering. The youths fled after the incident.
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Mrs. Jewell
Saved Her Jewels Robbery Near Clear Lake
Four robbers attacked Dr. C. M. Broom of Greene and Miss Louise Brownell of Cedar Rapids as they drove in woods near Clear Lake. Broom’s car stalled in mud while he was forced away. Brownell hid rings in her dress and a roll of bills was left in a hollow tree.
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Dr. C. M. Broom
Greene
Louise Brownell
Cedar Rapids
Clear Lake
Dr. Broom
Mad Man at Large in Yellow River Region
Over ten days residents along the Yellow river report a barefoot hatless middle aged man roaming the countryside and living in corn fields. Sheriff Larson and deputies pursued him Monday and again Tuesday but failed to locate the suspect.
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Waukon Standard
Yellow River
Larson
Land sale caps one of Waverly’s big deals
Bremer County reports the Edward Knott 160 acre farm at Waverly’s edge sold last Saturday to the Sullivan sisters for 200 dollars per acre. Knott owned it nineteen years and paid 8 700 for it with eighty acres later sold to the Sullivans for 885 dollars.
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Waverly
Edward Knott
Sullivan Sisters
Knott
Meteor Located Near Northwood Farm
The meteor sighted in Decorah and northern Iowa has been located on a Northwood farm. Fragments were recovered and sent to a laboratory for analysis.
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Decorah
Northwood
Iowa land worth 500 dollars energy from Holstein talk
C H Nelson of Waverly spoke to the North Central Iowa Buttermakers and Dairymen association in New Hampton. He praised Iowa land as world class and urged farmers to invest in dairy cattle, creameries, schools, and homes, predicting strong profits and a bright rural future.
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North Central
Iowa
Buttermakers’ and Dairymen’s Association
New Hampton
C. H. Nelson
Waverly
Pulver Moran Bout Set for Sept 3 In New York Clash
Al Pulver and Frank Moran reach terms through promoter Jimmy Johnstone for a heavyweight title bout to be decided on Wednesday Sept 3. Moran trains in Stratford Conn while Palzer prepares at Woodlawn Inn. They previously met in Brooklyn two years ago with a closely split verdict.
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Associated Press
al Pulver
Big Town
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Dan McKerrick
Jimmy Johnstone
St. Nicholas
Moran
Stratford
Conn
Palzer
Woodlawn Inn
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Apple Picking Bee at M. Parker Orchard
Last Tuesday and Wednesday six hundred bushels of Duchess apples were hand picked by a score of rosy cheeked lasses and jolly boys. The event resembled a school picnic with lively voices, yet under careful supervision no apples were bruised and no accidents occurred among the pickers.
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Northwood
M. Parker
Faithless Friend Blamed by Injured German Youth
Henry Haevdel, a young German immigrant, blames a faithless friend for his troubles. Taken from Clark hospital at McGregor to the Clayton county poor farm last week, he previously fell and injured his right leg three weeks ago while trying to board a freight train to the Dakota wheat fields. He has little English and left a good job in Germany to come to America after encouragement from a friend.
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Henry Haevdel
Clark Hospital
McGregor
Clayton County
North McGregor
Dakota
Germany
America
Winneshiek county school notes urge strong school year effort
County education report shows 141 schools. 6741 school aged youths. 257 teachers in 1912 13. Wages rise noted. calls for county schools to prepare youth for homes and citizenship. Proposes free tuition seats at state colleges and monthly financial reporting by districts. Also mandates flag staffs on school buildings and daily flag raising. Ends with ad for Doan’s Pills and fall suits from Bear's.
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Miller
State Teachers’ College
Winneshiek County
Iowa State Teachers’ College
The Girl From Mumm's at the Grand Monday
The Parisian musical comedy The Girl From Mumm's by Sheehan Beck comes to the Grand on Monday September 8. The plot follows Cleo Marcette and Jack Hamilton amid mistaken identities and a bigamist scare as two nieces arrive and elope plans unfold. Tickets go on sale at Par mans drug store Monday morning with prices 50c 1.00 and 1.50.
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Sheehan & Beck
Mumm’s
J. A. Lacy
Fred A. Bohnhorst
Cleo Marcette
Jack Hamilton
Hamilton
Cleo
Ethel Busby
Hamilton Mansion
Mumin
James
Ainsworth
Parman
School Building Bonds For Sale In Madison Iowa
Public notice states bids for four thousand dollar School Building Bonds of Madison Township Winneshiek County Iowa. Bonds in denomination 1000 each bear five percent interest payable semi annually December first and June first. Maturities: two bonds in 1914 and two in 1915. Principal and interest payable at Winneshiek County State Bank. Bonds sold for cash at par. Signed A T Istad president C C Pilgrim secretary.
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Court House
Decorah
Iowa
Madison
Winneshiek County
Towa
Winneshiek County State Bank
A. T. Istad
C. C. Pilagrim
Unclear OCR Text Fragments From Historical Page
Fragmentary OCR sample with scattered names and items. readable specifics are limited. no coherent event or clear entities to identify for a proper summary.
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A. K. Batley & Son
P. M. Jewell
Bremer County Land
al. Palzer
County School News
Board of Directors
U. S
Nobby
Bear
Mummw’'S
Grand Opera House
Paige
Decorah High School
5Th Ward
Schrubbe's Book Store
Cyr
Jones
Elson’s Grammar School
Baker & Carpenter
Modern Music Series
Acme
Alten
Wentworth & Smith
Moore
Gilbert Harris
Scott & Buck
Montgomery
Mace
United States
Meyer
Frye
Davison
Hough and Sedgewick
Brooks & Hubbard
Halleck
Tappan
Carhart and Chute
Fuller & Brownlee
Laboratory
Exerc
Bergen
Wentworth
Remsen
Fiske
Bullock
Bacon
Vaterland
Bennett
Cicero
Virgil
Rolfe and Dennison
D’oage
Cicero Oeae
Caesar
Collar and Daniell
Kellogg & Heath
Powers & Lyon
Lyon
Milton Bradley
Webster's
Acorn
Ises
Animal Stud
Pene
Wees
Teen
Treet
Peewee Ee
Your Clothier
Water Street, Decorah
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