Big Features Planned for Winneshiek County Fair 1916
One month from now the Winneshiek County Fair opens with top attractions. Hankinson’s Auto Polo, Adelaide O Vorak, the Bernards and Raub Adams balloonists headline amid auto races harness racing and baseball. Major Fred Bennett will walk and announce. Tommy Ryan stages six round boxing exhibitions each night. Agricultural and Floral Hall features include exhibits from Iowa State College and county schools.
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Winneshiek County
Hankinson
Manila
Philippines
Middle West
Adelaide O’vorak
America
Bernards
Walter Raub
Miss Adams
Alex Sloan
Bill Endicott
George Clarke
Eddie Hearne
Fred A. Bennett
Tommy Ryan
Iowa State College
Ames
Champion Skunk Trapper of America Named in Iowa
Allamakee county resident John Haugsted has been named champion skunk trapper of North America. A St. Louis fur house informed him he won first prize, sending a $25 check and an engraved certificate after a continental trapping contest. Hundreds entered by submitting photos of catches.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
John Haugsted
North America
St. Louis
Fire devastates Newhall business district after gas stove explosion
Last Saturday in Newhall a gasoline stove explosion triggered a major fire that destroyed seventeen buildings in the village’s business area. Damage totals around 100000, leaving only the bank, Milwaukee station, livery barn, and two garages standing.
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Newhall
Cedar Rapids
Bank
Phonograph Sermon Replaces Choir At Soldier’s Funeral
Funeral services for James F. McCue, an elderly veteran found dead in Farley, used a talking machine instead of an organ and singers. An undertaker’s chapel hosted the service with a friend of the family providing suitable record selections for the occasion.
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James F. McCue
Farley
Winneshiek County Road and Bridge Expenditures Report 1915
The Iowa State Highway Commission reports Winneshiek County total road expenditures of 26891.13 dollars for the year ending December 1 1915. Of this 6470.15 funded permanent work and 16181.30 for repairs. Bridge work total 80541.31 with 58470.08 permanent, 6970.98 temporary, and 6922.77 repair. Completed projects include numerous concrete culverts and spans. bridges remain the county’s priciest asset. five and a quarter miles of bridges require upkeep.
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State Highway Commission
Winneshiek County
Winneshiek
G. A. Meyer
Iowa Potato Crop in Danger From Potent Bug Invasion
Horticultural experts at Iowa State College warn a severe second wave of potato bugs threatens potato vines tomatoes and peppers across many areas. Lead arsenate offers cheaper effective control though slower. Paris green is costlier. For sprayers mix one pound arsenate per ten gallons water. dust sprays work too. If vines are past salvage, spray with kerosene and water or arsenic to kill pests but note both harm vines. best to burn affected vines.
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Iowa State College
Hay Yields and Crop Notes from Winnebago County
Hay production in Winneshek county reached 88 922 tons on 52 17 a cres of land. Compared with 1915 yields of 67 285 tons from 51 926 acres, the 1916 crop shows a six‑tenths ton higher yield per acre. Wild hay totaled 4 074 tons and alfalfa 260 tons from 11 acres, the latter crop 105 acres more than 1915. Detailed township and municipal figures follow for Fremont, Winnebago, Lincoln, Sumner, Jackson Junction, Decorah and other townships and corporations.
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Winneshiek
Fremont Township
Wleans Township
Lincoln Township
Sumner
Springfield Township
Military Township
Highland Township
Pleasant Township
Glenwood
Frankville
Bloomfield Township
Calmar Corporation
Castalia Corporation
Ridgeway Corporation
False Fort Atkinson Corporation
Jackson Junction Corporation
Spillville Corporation
Asatiaiaber Ee
Severe July Storm Hits Allamakee County Farm and Bridges
A severe storm moved through Jefferson township in Allamakee County on Wednesday. A newly built barn on Alden Mosier’s farm burned after a lightning strike, insurance coverage was $1,200, and the barn held new hay. The farm, recently sold to Fred Renne of Ludlow, suffered a major loss. Two railroad bridges between Waukon and Waterville were washed out, delaying trains by a day.
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Waukon
Jefferson Township
Allamakee County
Alden Mosier
Fred Renne
Ludlow
Wankon
Waterville
Narrow Escape From Freight Cars
J M Prouty a North McGregor car repairer narrowly escaped death when a string of freight cars was switched onto a sidetrack. While under a car repairing a brake he was caught as the cars rolled over him but he was miraculously rolled clear to the side of the track.
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J. M. Prouty
North McGregor
Mr. Prouty
Roundhouse
Farmer Plunges Forty Feet in Farm Ravine
Matt Harm of Lafayette township slipped from a ledge while searching for an escaped cow on his farm near Lansing and fell about forty feet into a ditch. He survived with no serious injuries, the sloping earth acting as a cushion to his fall.
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Lansing
Matt Harm
Lafayette Township
Jenkins Farmer Drowned in Wapsie River
The Osage News reports the death of Mr Jensen on Sunday after he and a hired man tried to round up cattle that escaped a pasture. They were pushed into the river. Jensen climbed a tree limb but fell when it broke. Divers searched for hours before locating his body in a whirlpool.
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Osage News
Jensen
Wapsie
Injured Diver Paralyzed After Turkey River Dive
Harry Cowles suffered a serious head or spine injury while diving from the bank into the Turkey River. He is paralyzed from the chest down, with physicians giving little hope. He is at West Union hospital. Cowles, about 23, recently returned from service with a Canadian machine gun crew on the French battle line.
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West Union Argo-Gazette
Harry Cowles
Turkey River
West Union Hospital
Mr. Cowles
France
Harvest prospects brighten as Calmar plans Chautauqua
A large Iowa region report notes Calmar schedules a Chautauqua for August 5 to 9 while other items mention a one day Waukea flood halt, Mitchell county taxes totaling 3 943 246 dollars, Waukon school census 479 students, Parke Taylor of Greeley’s accidental suicide, a cave-in at Lawler endangering Oscar Scheutz, and a failed bond vote in Charles City for sewer expansion.
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Calmar
Waukea
Mitchell County
Waukon
Parke Taylor
Greeley
Strawberry Point
Oscar Scheutz
Lawler
J. Felderman
Bellevue
Charles City
Fred Boreh
Adonis Howard
Elma
N. Schilling
New Hampton
Austin-Flint
Cedar Valley Medical Society
Eva Johns
D. W. Elgar
Ames
Iowa State College
How One Woman's Protest Stopped an Indecent Film
A Los Angeles woman recounts protesting a vulgar slap-stick film in a local theatre. She called the police, an officer viewed the movie, and it was removed from the program. The theatre also dropped that company's productions after her action.
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Woman's Home Companion
Loss Angeles
Chief of Police
Runaway Wagon Injures Verhota Couple Near McGregor
Mr and Mrs Jacob Verhota residents of a farm seven miles south of town were thrown from a wagon when frightened horses collapsed onto a stony hillside. Mrs Verhota suffered bad bruises while Mr Verhota dislocated his right shoulder and may have fractures. Neighbors carried them to M Faber’s home for aid.
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McGregor
Jacob Verhota
M. Faber
Verbota
Death from scratch causes death of railroad agent
Edgar W. Anderson aged 55, an agent for the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway at Laurel in Marshall county, died in a local hospital after a week from a slight scratch received on a tin can. Blood poisoning and uremia led to his death after many years of service to the company.
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Edgar W. Anderson
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Laurel
Marshall County
Anderson
Waukon Hospital to Close for Summer Stay
The Waukon Home Hospital, a private facility and the town's only hospital, will close for the remainder of the summer due to extreme heat. Patients will be transported to Decorah hospital or cared for at home during the heat period.
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Waukon Home Hospital
Waukon
Decorah Hospital
New York
Decorah
Be Stings Fatal at Davis Place Farm Near Strawberry Point
Report from Arlington notes a strange incident on the Davis place southwest of Strawberry Point. A young man on the farm and his widow mother were in an orchard when three bee stands were overturned. The bees attacked and killed the two horses, and the young man’s recovery is doubtful.
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Arlington News
Davis Place
Strawberry Point
Crippled for Life: Young Haymaker Severely Injured
Peter Deviney aged 22 suffered a serious accident near Lansing while haying. He stood on a wagon and pulled the rope on a hay fork when it broke. He fell striking his back and broke a small bone in the spine, risking life impact.
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Peter Deviney
Lansing
Net in Terms of Endearment
Professor Pate remarks that people describe neighbors much as they describe the dangerous dandelion, noting a philosophical parallel. The Kansas City Star presents the observation as a quiet reflection on language and neighborly relations.
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Net
Pate
Kansas City Star
Mrs. Maulsey Dies in Sioux City of Tuberculosis
Mrs Wm Maulsey died Thursday at Sioux City from tuberculosis. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Meyer, Ossian pioneers now deceased, and is survived by her husband and two sons.
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Sioux City
Wm. Maulsey
Charles Meyer
Ossian
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
An advertisement urges readers to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer illness, claiming high value and reliability. It notes availability through R A Engbretson and promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as a household pain burn or bruise remedy sold in two sizes.
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Chamberlain
R. A. Engbretson
Ady
Thomas
Doctor Headed to Mexican Border for Army Service
Dr F H Pillenworth who bought Dr J W Lynch’s Ossian practice this spring sold it back to Lynch on Thursday. Lynch, now in the drug business, will go to Town City Friday and then to the Mexican border to serve as a surgeon in the United States army.
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F. H. Pillenworth
J. W. Lynch
Ossian
Lynch
Mexican Border
United States Army
New York
United States
Impure Blood Prompts Burdock Mood Bitters Ad
Can't look well eat well or feel well with impure blood. Keep the blood pure with Burdock Mood Bitters. Eat sim lory, take exercise, keep clean, and good health is pretty sure to follow. $1.00 a bottle. Adv.
Effect of Military Training on Character
A woman argues that mandatory military training would elevate boys into disciplined, educated men. She contrasts American youth with warring nations and claims enforced training from ages sixteen to twenty would deter juvenile crime and prepare youths for war or life.
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Woman's Home Companion
Baby cough relief ad for Foley's Honey and Tar
A Pottsville reader reports her baby with a bad cough was relieved after the first dose of Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad promotes the medicine as a safe family cough remedy with no opiates, from Engbertson's Pharmacy.
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Foley
Wm. Leonard
Pottsville
Engbertson
Adv
Marshmallow Mint Sauce Recipe and Skin Ointment Ad
Marshmallow Mint Sauce recipe instructs boiling sugar and water, adding marshmallows and egg white, then flavoring with peppermint oil. Also an advertisement for Dean's Ointment claiming relief from hives eczema and itchy skin priced 50 cents a box.
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Wooman
Dean
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