Henry Miller Heads Miller Wagon Company In Calmar
After fifty years as a leading wagon maker Henry Miller becomes president of the Miller Wagon Company. The new board includes Hon H P Nicholson Jr, W B Miller, Miss Bertha Miller, and others with a $150 000 capital. Plans call for a fireproof building and modern machinery to expand trade across Iowa and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Henry Miller
Miller Wagon Company
Miller
H. P. Nicholson, Jr
W. B. Miller
Bertha Miller
O. P. Oole
O. A. Tenold
A. TH. Knutson
Albert Sindelar
Mr. Miller
Iowa
South Dakota
Town and County Join in Road Making
Algona with 4000 residents through its commercial club organized two days of graveling to improve Kossuth county roads. Farmers and business people mobilized nearly 600 loads of gravel, creating almost a mile of new road amid brisk activity and shared meals.
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Algona
Kossuth County
Fifty Years Ago in Decorah and Nearby
Uncle Sam faces major lawsuits over rebel debts in Europe while Missouri Governor Fletcher calls out the militia. Decorah ships thousands of quail. Teamsters haul wood to Conover for ten dollars per load. Barker & Bro. plan a Decorah cigar factory. Whalehan the horse killer is convicted and fined. Calmar wood find, Waukon counterfeit arrests, and Dickerman sells out dry goods at cost before retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Shand
Europe
Gov. Fletcher
Missouri
Decorah
Conover
Barker & Bro
Whalehan
Fayette County
McGregor News
Calmar
Waukon
C. FE. Dickerman
Freak Football Accident Injures Iowa Cadet Captain
Capt. Morton C. Mumma of the Iowa university cadets suffered a scalp wound and later a nasal blood clot after a 1916 Iowa Nebraska game collision. Surgeons relieved by surgery, no dangerous developments anticipated.
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Morton C. Mumma
Iowa University Cadets
West Point
Mumma
Revelry of Santa Claus Spreads Across Nations
A festive note proclaims eighteen days until Santa Claus revelry. The season reaches everywhere from local streets to distant war trenches in Europe.
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Santa Claus
Europe
Iowa Towns Report Taxes Fires Falls and Fatalities
Fayette pays 2161 for sewer contract Elkader levies 116.9 mills for next year Manchester church burns at a loss of 35000 New Hampton opera house near ready Marshalltown population 16582 Mason City to give municipal Christmas tree Waukon to follow Miss Eva St John 59 of Waukon dies from blood poisoning from fish bone scratch Mrs William Alberhanky skull fracture after auto collision Mason City judge sentences Geo Shores to a year in Anamosa reform school Lightning damages New Hampton roof no injuries Deputy wardens seize 128 muskrat and two mink skins Buffalo fish catch 30000 pounds by Robinson Bros Harpers Ferry Five year old son of W R Rodjman Greene dies kicked by horse Waterloo Engine exports over 150 tractors monthly to England and Europe Henry H Buckman dies age 76 after fall in McGregor Allamakee county residence catches fire from overheated furnace
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Fayette
Elkader
Congregational
Manchester
Mason City
Waukon
Eva St. John
William Alberhanky
Town City
Clark
Geo. Shores
Anamosa
Stacyville
Robinson Bros
Harpers Ferry
Lansing
W. R. Rodjman
Greene
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
England
Europe
Henry H. Buckman
McGregor
H. 8. Cooper
Jefferson Township
Allamakee County
Memorial Library at Coe College for Titanic Victim
A library building at Coe College Cedar Rapids will be built as a memorial to Walter Douglas of Minneapolis who drowned when the Titanic sank. Mrs. Mahala Douglas of Linn County widow donates fifty thousand dollars for the project.
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Walter Douglas
Minneapolis
Mahala Douglas
Linn County
Poultry Show At Independence Showed Strong Local Entries
Local exhibitors sent birds to the Independence poultry show last week and posted solid results. White rocks saw Wm Aders win first on cock and second on hen, with R Schwarz taking first on hen and second on cock. Reds saw Martin Christopher place second and third on pullets, fourth on cockerel, and third on pen amid strong state competition.
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Independence
White Rocks
Aders
R. Schwarz
Martin Christopher
Wind Mill Accident Hurts McGregor Area Worker
Robert Ormsby on a farm near McGregor was oiling a wind mill when a gear grabbed his arm. The injury fractured two places and tore a thumb. Neighbors aided him. Mr. Ellenholt freed him from the gear atop the mill. Medical help arrived from Monona.
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Robert Ormsby
McGregor
Mr. Ellenholt
Monona
Auto Door Kill Pedestrian In Northwood
Information filed in district court alleges Carl A. Becker drove down and killed W. L. Thomson a twenty year district court clerk. Coroner Hurd said witnesses testified a car door swung open as Becker turned the corner striking Thomson and killing him almost instantly.
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Northwood
Carl A. Becker
W. L. Thomson
Hurd
Becker
Thomson
Sneak Thieves Loot Church Basement Clothes
Thieves entered the Methodist church basement in Clarksville and ransacked the Woman's Club boxes and barrels of clothing gathered for weeks to ship to Waterloo for distribution to the needy during the winter months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Woman's Club
Waterloo
Pigs Bring Satisfactory Return for Milk and Feed Use
Warren township resident W F Schukar bought nine shoats on April 10 for 3 dollars each. He kept them in pasture with rape and oats and fed them soft corn. He sold the 3000 pounds at 9.15 dollars per hundred, deeming milk, pasture and care well repaid.
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Waverly
W. F. Schukar
Warren Township
Schukar
Marshal Moore Captures Two Burglars at Post Office
DeWitt marshal Moore stopped two burglars single handed in the post office after a citizen notified him just before midnight. He pursued and captured them, ending the attempted burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Moore
DeWitt
Accidental shooting death shocks Boone residents
George Clapsaddle, a well known Boone figure, was killed when neighbor Anton Benson twirled a revolver on his finger and it discharged. The coroner ruled the shooting accidental and Benson will not be arrested. Clapsaddle died instantly.
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Geo. Clapsaddle
Boone
Anton Benson
Benson
Clapsaddle
Youthful Bandits Arrested for Attempted Highway Robbery
Jesse Gray and George Huggins two 17 year olds were arrested on a charge of attempted highway robbery Saturday night Nov 4 at Bell creek crossing beyond Cline bridge. Ed Tharp and Louis Chapman employed by McNeil Bros identified the attackers by voice and clothing after a shot pierced the buggy top as the victims fled with a spirited horse under bright moonlight.
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Strawberry Point Press
Jesse Gray
George Huggins
Ed. Tharp
Louis Chapman
McNeil Bros
Bell Creek
Cline Bridge
Fifteen I W W Leaders Jailed After North McGregor Incident
A group of fifteen I W W members descended on North McGregor last Thursday aimed to run the town. They ferried across to an island saloon but were refused, then burned the river bank ferry shanty. Officials jailed the leaders who were ordered to thirty days hard labor on the county stone pile. A second wave arrived Friday but left after learning of the boarding provisions.
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North McGregor
Notice of dissolution and continuation of Reynolds Photo Studio
Having purchased the interest of J. H. Coughlin in the Reynolds Photo Studio I will continue the business and assume all obligations of collecting all accounts B J Reynolds Decorah December 4 1916.
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J. H. Coughlin
Reynolds Photo Studio
B. J. Reynolds
Decorah
Manicure Sets Featured in Holiday Displays
An advertisement highlights an unusually fine line of manicure goods including files buffers scissors cuticle knives nail enamel and orange wood sticks. Custom sets with any number of pieces are available for holiday shoppers.
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Henry Miller Wagon Works
Republican
Osin
New Hampton
Ameras
Huyler’s
Brunswick Phonographs
Whiting
Hermos
Santa
Conklin’s
Waterman's
Brunswick
Phonograph
Brunswick Phonograph
E. J. Parman
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