St Paul Southern Electric Seeks Investor Guarantee
A Decorah committee met Rochester managers to discuss an interurban link from St Paul to southern Minnesota. The Interurban Construction Co outlines a financing plan, offering stock and bonds to investors and asking Decorah leaders to join as directors and supporters to push the project forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Rochester
Minn
St. Paul Southern Electric Company
H. H. Sonntag
Baker
Commercial Club
Wm, Baker
Towa
St. Paul
Minnesota
Interurban Construction Company
St. Paul Southern
Railway Co
South St. Paul
Hastings
Zumbrota
Construction Co
Chatfield
Preston
Harmony
Canton
Burr Oak
Interurban Construction
Anti Booze Injunction Cases in Fort Dodge Courts
District court in Fort Dodge will decide if railroads and express companies may deliver liquor in town. Judge R. M. Wright issued temporary injunctions against Wells Fargo Express, Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, Dubuque and Sioux City, and M. & St. L. hearings to determine permanency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
R. M. Wright
Wells Fargo Express Company
Chicago Great Western Railway
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Sioux City
Child Hero of the Norwegian Storm Rescue
A sixteen year old islander John Knutson braves a night gale at Beacon’s Point to light a fire and guide a stormbound ship to safety. He endures fever and cold to save the vessel and its crew, later revealed as his long absent brother who returns to repay the debt.
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Olaf Nelson
College
Norway
Bergen
John Knutson
John
Beacon's Point
Ohn
Beacon’s Point
Beaecon's Point
Mother
Christmas Spirit and Local Happenings Lead Holiday News
Reports note ice harvest on Clear Lake starting January first. Edgewood milk dealers set 8 cents per quart. Elgin Savings Bank raises capital to 30000 and Oelwein Bank becomes State Bank of Oelwein. New Hampton opens opera house. Newell Johnson dies shoveling snow in Westpenel. Burglars loot Union Department Store at Lake Mills. Rockwell City Outlook Club funds three skating rinks. Rossville Cheese orders a ton for Texas. Louis Spiro sells pelts for 2159.70. Judge Wade sentences perjury in whiskey case. Fort Dodge seeks 75000 for county roads. Nick Keel earns 51 for seven chickens at Harmony show. Vinton raises toys for poor children. A stranger passes worthless checks in Algona. Boone Country Club burglarized then looted.
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Oelwein Bank
State Bank of
Texas
Louis Spiro
Bellevue
Wade
Wm. Clarke
Marshalltown
Fort Dodge
Nick Keel
Harmony
Vinton
Algona
Tte
Boone Country Club
Looks Like Murder in Preston Area
Constable Gilbert Jacobson delivers John Peterson to Sheriff Blexrnd for detention while investigation continues into a potential murder charge. Early Monday, Bartol Quammen, a farmer near Peterson, vanished. A search found Quammen unconscious in a Peterson barber shop upstairs, battered and bleeding.
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Preston Times
Gilbert Jacobson
Peterson
Blexrnd
John Peterson
Baatol Quammen
Quammen
Railroad expansion planned at North McGregor yards
North McGregor will gain a twenty two stall roundhouse a ninety foot turntable a 1240 ton coaling station and multiple shops and pits. Work is underway on the roundhouse and turntable with yards to grow to fifteen tracks and capacity more than doubling. Three 240 foot bridges plus large and small culverts will be built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North McGregor
Pair Die in Train Collision Near Eagle Grove
Carl Keith a jeweler and Miss Kate Ballard a local store cashier were instantly killed Monday when their car, obscured by side curtains, was struck by an oncoming train near Eagle Grove. The vehicle was dragged over a quarter of a mile by the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Keith
Kate Ballard
Eagle Grove
Keith
Miss Ballard
Stove Polish Box Explosion Injures Miss Lois Standley
Miss Lois Standley daughter of Mr and Mrs Willie Standley of Rideport suffered facial burns when a box of stove polish exploded. Medical aid was summoned and her condition is satisfactory. She is staying at the Boone home of her sister Mrs Barry Marston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Standley
Willie Standley
Rideport
Barry Marston
Boone
Farmer sells cow hide recalls higher past price
A farmer near Ashton sold a cow hide for $19 in town. He recalls a time when a cow hide fetched about $16, down from $19, and claims the current hide was as large as the earlier sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton
Tie
Constipation relief with Chamberlain's Tablets praised
Advertises Chamberlain's Tablets as excellent for constipation and mild to gentle in effect. Mentions attribution to BR, A, Bughartson. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Bughartson
Ady
Nearly Drowns in a Boiler at Work
Albert Francis crawled into a boiler through a small manhole to caulk the flues while it was full of water. A flue leaked and he barely escaped drowning, the incident described as hair-raising by onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Francis
Francis
Fatal Collision Derailed Trains Near Minerva Junction
A head-on crash between through freight trains near Minerva Junction northwest of Marshalltown derailed four corn laden box cars and damaged two locomotives. Robert Dwyer a 40 year old I W W worker killed in the wreck. Traffic delayed for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dwyer
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Minerva Junction
Marshalltown
Soules Wins 1120 in Guessing Game at Iowa Park
Peanut Louie Soules a peddler of refreshments at Western league baseball parks placed $1 in a cigar store slot at Cherokee and correctly guessed the plurality for W. L. Harding the Republican nominee for Iowa governor. He won the pot of 1120 then bought a silk hat and declared he was through hustling peanuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peanut Louie Soules
Cherokee
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Louis
Denison to Illuminate Christmas Tree District
Denison will be lit up for Christmas as business firms sign to place trees in front of their shops. The city agrees to provide electricity to illuminate the trees each night during the holiday season.
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Denison
Best Baby Beef Feeder Crowned in Mitchell County
Stuart Angell a 14 year old Osage boy won the title for best baby beef feeder in Mitchell county. He fed a calf from 305 pounds to 1172 pounds in 344 days gaining 827 pounds at a rate of 1.34 pounds daily and costing 6.00 dollars per 100 pounds of gain. His score was 75.2 percent.
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Stuart Angell
Osage
Mitchell County
Junk Dealer Buys Railroad for Seventy Thousand Dollars
A Kansas City junk dealer has purchased the Can railroad the Chicago, Anamosa & Northern for 70000. It is unclear if he plans to junk the line. he may operate it if he chooses not to sell. The item ends with a speculative social analogy about a woman responder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Can” Railroad
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern
Lamps of the Sea and jellyfish phosphorescence appeal
The article describes jellyfish as phosphorescent at night earning the name lamps of the sea. It notes daytime beauty with striped and melon shaped forms, fringed tentacles, and graceful waving movements. It highlights the Portugese man of war as the best known and attractive member of the family.
Why Steam Casts a Shadow
The Chicago Herald explains that pure water at rest has uniform density, allowing light to pass with minimal refraction. Steam, a mix of vapor densities and air, causes uneven refraction and interference of light, producing shadows as counter waves cancel others and create a smooth effect.
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Chicago Herald
Ossian Votes Bonds for Water Works Extension
In a special Ossian election last week, residents approved an $8,000 water works bond by 185 to 15. More than fifty women cast ballots in the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Sawed-off Sermon Sparks Neighborly Silence
A clipped note from the Indianapolis Star quotes a wry remark about girls with music and the neighbors’ repeated regrets when any of it escapes, reflecting a humorous social aside.
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Indianapolis Star
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ST. Paul Southern Electric
Stropprer
Clear Lake
Edgewood
Elgin Savings Bank
M. J. Soukup
Winer & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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