Milwaukee Railway to Rebuild Pontoon Bridge on Mississippi
The Milwaukee Railway company begins building a new pontoon bridge on the Mississippi River between North McGregor and Prairie du Chien. The 210 foot by 56 foot floater will replace the worn east draw, hinged to cement piers sixty feet below water, with an iron span filling the space. A large crew is at work driving piling as the existing two-channel crossing transitions to a single, modern span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Railway Company
Mississippi
North McGregor
Prairie du Chien
James Lawler
McGregor-Prairie du Chien
Lawler
Milwaukee Company
Milwaukee
George Washington His Prototype
A ten year old boy was bound over to the grand jury for cutting a tree in West Union. The grand jury later examined the premises and found the tree in a woodshed used as a Christmas tree. They measured the accused man’s lot and concluded the tree was not cut on his land, and the lad was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
West Union
Young
Needle in Toe Discovered After Four Day Pain
B B Stuff of Waterloo went to a physician after four days of severe left foot pain. X rays revealed a broken needle over an inch long embedded between foot bones just under the toes, entering eye first. He was taken to hospital for immediate surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Stuff
Waterloo
Mr. Stuff
Boy Suffered Severe Wagon Accident Near Lansing
Seven year old James Munson twisted a leg off and fractured an arm when he climbed onto a moving wagon his mother was driving on a country road near Lansing. He had ridden earlier but stepped down to walk for warmth and rejoined without asking to stop. Doctors say he has a chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Munson
Lansing
Democrat Elected in Butler Bremer County Race
Democrat P Hagemann of Waverly won the state senate seat to replace the late Charles Gates. He received 2872 votes, a 1184 vote plurality over Republican Benjamin Boardman of Greene who tallied 1488. Progressive candidate Byron Forey of Waverly earned 849 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fensives
Butler
Bremer
Charles Gates
P. Hagemann
Averly
Benjamin Boardman
Greene
Repub
B Forey
Waverly
Boys Steal Skates From Abandoned Church Rink
Sheriff Shores investigated 200 pairs of skates tied to unpaid rent at the Grace M. E. church in Waterloo. He found the building entered and 100 pairs missing, recovering fifty pairs from youths on the streets shortly after. The tale closes with a proverb about love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Shores
Grace M. E
Waterloo
Kenyon Pushes plan for new Republican national convention
Senator Kenyon supports calling a special national convention to revise rules and reduce southern representation, urging recognition of state primary laws by the RNC. He also advocates resigning the current national committee and allowing the party to choose a new one to restore public confidence and realign the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenyon
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Cummins
Patents Granted to Iowans for Week Ended Feb 18 1918
The Iowa patent week ending February 18 1918 lists patents granted to residents including Edward A. Eustice Newton for a wringer support Joseph Fe Haennig Masonville for an automatic pump vent Herluf Hansen Elk Horn for an automatic pen ejecting holder Otto E Hintz Belle Vue for measuring engine energy Theron E Kendall Gilmore City for a horse releaser George C Kennedy Waterloo for seed tester George G Kibbee Forest City for an electromagnetic track brake Adolph Plagman Davenport for propelling mechanism for vehicles Adolph Plagman Davenport for gearing Ernest E Sperry and C L Merritt Tama for a brake and Harry H Stebbins Oelwein for a clothes pin holder.
Electric Railway Sale Unites Davenport Assets under Chicago Firm
The United Light and Railway company of Chicago acquired the Mason City and Clear Lake interurban system plus the Mason City gas and electric interests and heating plant. W. E. Brice remains president, C. J. McNider as vice president, and Frank Hanlon as secretary. The price was not disclosed and the new company will immediately operate the properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Davenport
United Light and Reway Company of
Chicago
Mason City
Clear Lake
People’s Gas & Electric Light Company
Mason City Heating Company
W. FE. Brice
C. H. McNider
W. E. Brice
C. J. McNider
Frank Hanlon
Tragic Death at Edgewood Insect House
Thomas Connolly visiting his sister at Edgewood last week died in a vamphouse after an accidental gun discharge. Mrs Funk heard a gun report, found his lifeless body, with the shot tearing away half his head. He may have stepped in for water when the weapon fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Connolly
Edgewood
Death of Former Decorian
Henry Boekhaus traveled from Mason City to fetch his mother to Tripoli after news of his wife’s sudden illness. She underwent surgery in Mason City hospital on February 14, but the operation failed and she died in the afternoon. After the funeral he shipped his goods to Tripoli and has not yet decided his future location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Henry Bockhaus
Mason City
Tripoli
Henry
Mason City Hospital
Students Form Eager Agriculturists Club at Eddy School
The general movement for agricultural instruction in rural schools leads to the Eddy school near Cedar Falls forming the Eager Agriculturists club with twenty members. They plan to study soil, crop rotation, seed culture, and related topics.
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Eddy Seh
Cedar Falla
Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf Herbal Tonic Ad
An old classified style advertisement touts Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a pleasant herb remedy for kidney and bladder trouble headaches back pains and fatigue. It claims to be a non drug tonic and offers a free sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
Arrow Rock Name From Indian Legend Brightens Missouri Bluff
A Missouri river bluff near Arrow Rock gets its name from a 16th century Indian legend. A braves’ arrow was shot from the east bank to strike the western rock bluff, the maiden cried “Arrow Rock,” and the name stuck, noted by explorers Lewis and Clark in 1804.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Olkahoma
Arrow Rock
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Saline County
Rock Bluff
Webster City Man Dies After Hair Tonic Drink
Jesse Stewart a Jewell bar keeper living in Dows died after drinking hair tonic when he could not buy intoxicants in Webster City. The wife and one child survive him. Stewart had recently moved to Jewell and lacked drug store permits in town. He was addicted to intoxicants and had only his hair tonic as a purchase.
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Webster City
Jesse Stewart
Jewell
Dows
Stewart
Marriage of Mrs Spotts and Rev Nickell Reported
Mason City dispatch dated February notes the marriage of Mrs Ma Spotts widow of Daniel Lot a Mason City pioneer to Rev Joh S Nickell of Los Angeles California occurred a few days earlier. The bride was 1 years old and her Canad is 75 with four prior marriages and three husbands producing children.
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Mason City
Ma Spotts
Daniel Lot
Joh S. N. Nickell
Los Angeles
Cal
Indian Freezes to Death Near Methegor
A week after a disappearance Henry Towsing, a Sioux half-breed living near Methegor, was found frozen to death in the woods several miles from town. He had been chopping wood for George Washburn and staying in a shanty on the Washburn place for seven months. The piece ends with an advertisement praising Electric Bitters as a remedy for weakness and poor health.
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Henry Towsing
Methegor
Towsing
George Washburn
Washburn Place
Governor Denies Pardon for Lan sing Liquor Sellers
Ole Paulson and Carl Johnson of Lan sing pled guilty for selling liquor at the last term of court and were denied a pardon by Governor Clarke. Paulson faces 100 fine and costs, Johnson 00 and costs, or five and three months in the county jail if fines are not paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Paulson
Carl Johnson
Lansing
Clarke
Paulson
Johnson
Palzer McCarthy Derby Odds in Paris Showdown Rumor
Billy McCarney, manager for Luther McCarthy, says McCarthy may fight Bardier Wells in New York in March and Palzer in Paris next June. A Palzer Johnson Paris bout is unlikely due to Johnson’s legal troubles. If Palzer meets McCarthy in Paris, they would share climate and rules for a decisive finish. London’s Boxing sheet accuses O Rourke of fixing bouts. he won $250 damages.
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Billy McCarney
Luther McCarthy
Chicago
McCarthy
Bombardier Wells
New York
Palzer
Paris
Johnson
California
Boxing
London
O’rourke
O'Rourke
County Fairs and Bee Inspector Funds Favored by House
The house committee on agriculture reported favorable for passage the Pickford bill granting county fairs up to 1000 dollars. It also approved a bill to appropriate 2000 dollars for the state bee inspector to combat a disease harming honey bee swarms in Iowa, sending the bill to appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Agriculture
Pickford
Committee On Agriculture
Iowa
Appropriations Committee
Dr King’s New Discovery Soothes Sore Throat
An advertisement claims Ene Dr King’s New Discovery soothes irritated throats and lungs, relieves chronic hacking cough and tickling throat, and tastes pleasant. It urges use on the first dose and promotes where to buy.
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Dr. King
Notice of Municipal Election in Decorah Iowa 1913
Notice announces municipal election in Decorah Iowa for March 31 1913 to elect mayor treasurer assessor five ward aldermen and two at large overseers three park commissioners Polling places by ward are Commercial Hotel Ingvoldstad Lumber Co office City Hall Hose House No 2 West Decorah Town hall and lists election judges clerks and registration dates and offices plus administration notice for Matilda Smith estate and appointment of William Smith as administrator with bonds and filing requirements January 27 1913.
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Decorah
Commercial Hotel
Ingvoldstad Lumber Co
City Hall
Hose House
West Decorah Town
Frank Helwig
Notice of Appointment and Estate Proceedings in Iowa
Notice of the appointment of an executor for the estate of Peter O. Lund, late of Highland township Winneshiek County. The executor, A. E. Thune, has taken the trust with bonds as required. Creditors and those indebted are to present claims or make payments at Decorah Iowa dated February 14, 1913. Also original notice in district court Winneshiek County Iowa involving Andrew W. Barfoot et al versus Isaac Kuhn et al and others seeking judgment on ownership and claims to described parcels in Winneshiek County. Parties named include Barfoot, Kuhn, Crawford, Modson, Crawford Jr., Coney and others. Plaintiffs seek guardian ad litem for some defendants and adjudication of ownership of multiple parcels in Madison Township, under Section 19 and surrounding quarters, with strict deadlines to appear by the April 1913 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Smith
Matilda Smith
Bluffton Township
Winneshick
Iowa
William Smith
Decorah
KE. W. Cutting
Peter O. Lund
Highland Township
Winneshiek
A. E. Thune
N. Willett
Winneshirk County
Andrew W. Barfoot
John Scott Barfoot
Louisa J. Barfoot
Cyrus F. Barfoot
Enos ¥. Barfoot
Albert *F. Barfoot
Mary Annetta Barfoot
Ae Kuhn
Isaac Kuhn
David McAlpin
W. L. Easton
Emaline
Mary E
Telos Gravary
E. Crawford
Ford
Fred
Harry Coney
Andrew Coney
Anna Cone
Charlotte Coney
Margaret Modson
Modson
John Modson
Adeline Modson
William Modson
Abigail Modson
John Crawford Jr
Lucinda Crawford
Henry T. Crawford
Henry Crawford
Mary Jane Jones
George Jones
John A. Crawford
Addie Graf
Miles Graf
Emma Button
Philip Button
Mary McIntosh
William McIntosh
Johnston McIntosh
Jenette McIntosh
John Crawford
Percy Crawford
Irwin Crawford
N. N. Bergan
Emaline Easton
Margaret Ann Crawford
Susan Coney
Coney
James H. Crawford
Winneshiek County
District Court
State of
Said
Enos F. Barfoot
Albert F. Barfoot
Mary Annetta
Madison Founship
Township Ninety-Eight
St. P. M
Benjamin T. Barfoot
W. L. Faston
Margaret
Ann Crawford
Nels C. Norgaard
Springfield Township
Gulbran Norgaard
Gullick Kittelson
Leander Kittelson
Town
J. A. Nelson
Gunil Haugen
Winneshisk
Marie Haugen
Adolph Solton
Fremont Township
Cora Dell &E
STOW
J. A, Cutping
Complex Winneshiek County land suit seeks quiet title decisions
David Crawford petitions in equity to establish ownership of the South half of the Southwest quarter of Section 29 and other parcels in Madison Township Winneshiek County Iowa. He seeks judgment that he owns free and clear of claimed adverse interests by numerous named defendants and unknown heirs. A guardian ad litem is requested for minor defendants and the court is asked to adjudge mortgage paid and barred by statute and to award costs and equitable relief. The case names many Crawford relations and others as alleged adverse claimants with proceedings set for Decorah Court House on April 21, 1913.
Notice in Probate for Jorend Vik Will Admittance
Public probate notice for the estate of Jorend Vik of Decorah Iowa. Court in Winneshiek County sets April 21 1913 at 1 30 PM to determine probate of the last will. Executor Gulbrand Norgaard and deputy clerk notice appeals and claims must be filed with the court.
Appointments in Winneshiek County Estates
Notice records the appointment of administrators and executrices for multiple estates in Decorah area towns. It names Gullick Kittelson of Hesper township and Leander Kittelson as administrator, Marie Haugen as executrix of Gunil Haugen, and Cor a Dell Stow as administratrix of Adolph Soltow. Dated February 1913, with attorneys J A Nelson and J A Cutp ing noted.
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The
Milwaukee Railroad
George Washington
Boy
Cummins and Kenyon
Electric Railway
Mary Ann
Palzer and McCarthy
Joe Clerks
John O'Neil
John Bernatt
BR. F. Headington
W. L. Tobiason
P. C. Bloomfield
W. F. Baker Ren Olson
J. M. Lennon
Ray Hutchinson
K. T. Neste
R. Bucknell
J. A. McCusker
Peter Jensen
D. B. Tuttle
J. W. Protheroe
Pourth
L. L. Cadwell
EB. Berg
H. Engbretson
F. S. Putnam
B. FE
Bucknell Fifth Ward
W. T. Symonds
Second Ward
Ingvoldstad
Mrs. Riley
Third Ward
McCusker
Hose House No
Baker's Lumber Yard
West Decorah Town Hall
Olson
Biret
H. F. Barthell
Chas McMasters
T. HU. Connor
W. H. Curtin
Chauncey Freeman
F. P. Adams
Peter Whalen
John " Ves. Firth
Chas. Trecinski
BE. V. Farrington
HW. J. Green
F. M. Hughes
Monier
Mwa
David Crawford
Hiram D. Noble
James Kelly
Harry Crawford
Jane Monk
Elizabeth Simington
Charlotte McIntosh
Alex. McIntosh
Sarah McIntosh
Susan Cmnya Coney
Jane Coney
Minnie Coed
Mary Coney
Warryney
Andrew Co
Anna Coney
Charlotte Ey
Tion Twenty-Nine
Sth P. M
District Court of
State of Iowa
Percy Craword
Hiram Dpd. Noble
William McIintosh
Towa
Jorend Vik
Olat Kallevang
J. Moore
Nels
Norgaard
Adolph Soltow
M. J. Soukup
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