Dan Patch Line Emplaces 60-Ton Gas-Electric Locomotives
The Minneapolis Saint Paul Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company has commissioned three 60-ton gas electric locomotives for freight, passenger and terminal service on its 107 mile line from Minneapolis to Mankato. Built by General Electric, the engines are double ended with four 600-volt motors and a two-generator power plant using 175 hp gasoline engines. The line runs to Mankato with a branch from Northfield to Randolph and potential extensions toward Owatonna and beyond. The system aims for all gas electric operation with through trains and excursion services.
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Minneapolis, St. Paul
Rochester
General Electric Company
Seventh Street
Minneapolis
Mankato
Northfield
Randolph
Far
Orchard Gardens
St. Paul
Antlers Park
The
Traction Company
Artful Ways to Gift Money at Christmas
The article offers playful methods to give money as gifts by incorporating coins into edible cakes cookies and seasonal decor. It suggests coin shaped designs on gingerbread wax paper coin holders and decorative cones that display coins along with marshmallows and large Christmas cards embedded with coins to delight recipients.
Community notes highlight local aid and incidents
Descriptions of tax lists, a proposed 80000 dollar high school, and property sales. Charity efforts include Shells burg and New Hampton municipal trees. Local incidents report kerosene lamp burns, rabies hospital cases, a drowning, infanticide arrest, an inheritance, and a burglary arrest in Marshalltown.
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Sremer County
Wauken
Floyd County
Shellsburg
Crawford Bros
Arlington
New Hampton
Oelwein
Jones Park
Iowa Falls
L. E. Jones
James Brooks
West Auburn
Fayette County
Iowa City
Frank Schmidt
West Union
Oscar Sailer
Waverly
Ditto
Fifteen Skunks Captured Near Eldorado
Philip and Clarence Lauer sons of Henry Lauer near Eldorado netted fifteen full grown skunks after a poultry and egg loss saga. The animals were found in a nest and, sold to Dave Shuman, yielded 835.00 for the brothers.
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West Union Argo-Gazette
Philip and
Clarence Lauer
Henry Lauer
Eldorado
Lauer
Dave Shuman
Drowned While Skating at Storm Lake Couple Die
Ealward Ball of Valparaiso Indiana football coach at Buena Vista College and Fern Benedict daughter of Mr and Mrs Benedict drowned while skating on Storm Lake last week. The pair ventured onto thin ice and were unreachable by nearby skaters.
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Ealward Ball
Valparaiso, Ind
Buena Vista College
Fern Benedict
BE. E. Benedict
Storm Lake
Gifts to Nashua Honor Local Bank Leader
A drinking fountain and light standard have been donated to Nashua by Dr. S. Berman of Chicago in memory of his sister Mrs. Lipman Loser. Mrs. Loser once served as Nashua bank president, among the town’s few women in that role.
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Nashua
S. Berman
Chicago
Lipman Loser
Loser
Historical Society Organized in Allamakee County
The Allamakee County Historical and Theological Society has organized and will join the Iowa State Historical Society as a branch. Prof. Charles F. Pye serves as president with A. M. Mayvets among officers named.
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Allamakee County
Saw Mill Moves to Hart's Ranch Near Waukon Junction
Wm Heillisheim a veteran sawmill man from Richland Center Wis has shifted his plant to Hart's ranch near Waukon Junction on a 1500 acre timber trace. The site holds about 1,000,000 feet of oak lumber with nearby tracts owned by W J Hager. Guttenberg Excelsior Co is cutting 10,000 cords of excelsior wood on the Hart ranch and the mill setup is expected to make the area a regional industry hub.
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Wm. Heillisheim
Richland Center
Wis
Hart
Waukon Junction
Frightful Accident at Nupson School House
A severe accident injured Thomas Sandon on Saturday near Harmony. While sawing wood with a power circular saw at the Nupson school house three miles north of town the machine broke and a saw end struck his head, exposing the brain through a deep gash.
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Harmony News
Thomas Sandon
Nupson
Farmer given right to kill muskrats in open and closed seasons
A Mason City court ruled a farmer may kill muskrats during both open and closed seasons when evidence shows the rats are destroying corn and killing chickens. The decision followed a game warden arrest, securing pelts, and testimony that the farmer had acted beyond limits.
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Mason City
Sudden Death of Orson Farnam Near Le Roy
Relatives and friends mourn the sudden death of Orson Farnam who collapsed while riding a gasoline car with section hands near Le Roy. The car halted promptly but he breathed only twice and died shortly after.
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Osage Press
Orson Farnam
LeRoy
Baby Born on Train During Rapid Chicago & Milwaukee Run
A woman aboard the Chicago and Milwaukee passenger train gave birth to a baby boy while speeding through Marshall County. The mother boarded the train in Omaha and traveled toward Chicago.
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Marshall County
Chicago& Milwaukee
Omaha
Chicago
National Expenses Estimate Record War Driven Rise in Outlay
The United States requests a total outlay of 1 285 857 808 dollars for a large peacetime program, up 170 853 614 from last year, driven mainly by military preparedness costs for the army and navy plus fortifications. After deducting postal receipts, the net appropriation sought is 969 492 920 dollars, up 167 853 401 from previous year.
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Army
Atheinates
Postal Service
Treasury
Congress
Stranger escapes after hotel robbery leap at Waterloo
A man charged with robbery leaped from the third floor of the Wash burn hotel at Waterloo and survived with a broken ankle and minor bruises. He refused to give his name, shared a hotel room with W. Hatfield, whose missing watch and money were found on the suspect. When police moved to arrest, the man escaped by leaping from a window.
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Washburn
Waterloo
W. Hatfield
Hatfield
Forty Foot Fall From Bridge Injures Mason City Man
George Wilson aged 60 fell from the Seventh Street bridge over a steep embankment more than forty feet onto rocks and gravel near the railroad yards. He wandered until found by bystanders and later police were notified.
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Mason City
George Wilson
Seventh Street
Wilson
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Found Dead in Bed Castle Grove Farmer Dayton Cunningham
Dayton Cunningham prominent farmer of Castle Grove township Jones county was found dead in his bed by the family. He appeared in good health when he retired after a hunting trip a few days earlier with friends and seemed perfectly well.
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Dayton Cunningham
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Cunningham
Amd
Liquor Interests Move to Block Mulet Law Repeal
Liquor interests in the state plan to seek an injunction to stop the mulet law repeal from taking effect. The action may be filed in Davenport or Clinton. A. A. Coates urged the attorney general to initiate a test case before January 1. Attorneys for the wets are preparing briefs while temperance supporters mobilize.
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Davenport
Clinton
A. A. Coates
Town Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment Association
Embezzlement Probe Uncovers $40,000 Loss at Cedar Rapids
Pinkerton detectives reveal a four year embezzlement at the Majestic vaudeville theater in Cedar Rapids. Manager Vic Hugo and Treasurer George Medhurst are implicated as receipts were held back daily from twenty to one hundred dollars.
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Pinkerton
Cedar Rapids
Vic Hugo
Majestic Vaudeville Theater
George Medhurst
Painter Ray Kahler Killed in Hunting Accident
Ray Kahler of Earlville, 32, was instantly killed by an accidental shotgun discharge while rabbit hunting with Geo Back two miles northwest of the town. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Earlville.
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Ray Kahler
Earlville
Geo. Back
Careless Hunters Claim Colt Found Dead Near Vinton
Perry Kearns a farmer near Vinton found a two year old colt dead in a pasture with a bullet wound, the result of careless hunting by others.
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Perry Kearns
Vinton
Corn Shredder Victim Chris Freiberger Near New Albia
Farmer Chris Freiberger near New Albia became the first corn shredder victim when his arm was caught in the machine. Doctors amputated the mangled limb to save his life.
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Chris Freiberger
New Albia
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George Herman
Colesbury
Myron Young
Maquoketa
New York
Philadelphia
Albert Lea. Minn
Marshalltown
Kellogg
Historical Society
Mason City Times
Hexom & Son
Europe
Fovra Liquor
Gouraud
Tneament
FERD
Hopkins & Son
Jones St
New York City
Willard
Peter Johnson & Sons
Jno. G. Schimming’s
F. J. Billow
Decorah
Waterman
Jewelry Store and Watch Hospital
Grand Opera
Evrybody
Whitman’s
Wangler’s Drug Store
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