Winneshiek County Fair Full Program Published
The Winneshiek County Fair program is published with a strong lineup of attractions aimed to rival state fairs. Hankinson’s auto polo returns with Wild Bill Endicott and racing cars. Blanche McKenney Hunter horses and chariot events. large fireworks, balloonists Walter Raub and Miss Adams. Kalinowski acrobats. Decorah Merchants Band concerts. a midway with baseball and racing. and aviator Ruth Law, flying on the 16th and 17th, twice daily. The fair emphasizes not just entertainment but an opportunity to see remarkable feats once thought impossible at a county event.
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Winneshiek County
Winneshiek Fair
Winneshiek
Des Moines
Hankinson
Wild Bill Endicott
Blanche McKenney-Hunter
Walter Raub
Miss Adams
Kalinowski Brothers
Cornell
Decoma
Decorah Merchants Band
The
Midway
Ruth Law
Miss Law
Monster box turtle captured in Mrs Wheatman’s garden
Sunday evening Mrs Robert Wheatman and Davis Stevens captured a giant box turtle in the garden. The shell measured about a foot by eighteen inches, a remarkable size for the species which hibernates underground from November to March or April and can withdraw completely into its shell for protection.
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Robert Wheatman
Mgr. Wheatman
Davis Stevens
Wheatman
Fear Girl from Emmetsburg Seeks Hattie Evans in Chicago
Fearful relatives in Emmetsburg Iowa report Hattie Dimples Evans left home for Chicago last February to seek her fortune. She arrived in Chicago and wrote to her brother that Chi has Sioux City skinned a country block. The family fears foul play since she has not been heard from since.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Chicago
Hattie “Dimples” Evans
Chi
Sioux City
Dimples
Bad News From Montana Crops Falter Nationwide
Reports from Montana indicate widespread crop failures, especially in dry farming regions. A Winneshiek County farmer who went west last year faces ruin this season, risking loss of his land. The prospect is dire for farmers statewide amid the deteriorating agricultural outlook.
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Montana
Winneshiek County
Winneshirk County
We and Our Neighbors in the Iowa Countryside
A sprawling roundup highlights local events from Boone to Waukon. Red Cross drives in Lawler and Allamakee exceed 380 and 7,000 respectively. births in Fort Dodge and Preston, a drowning at Osage, and a runaway at Fredericksburg. Industry shifts medida with Great Western Ry division move and Milwaukee roundhouse stalls begun.
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King Corn
Glidden
Lawler
Red Cross Society
Fort Dodge
Boone County
Preston
Independence
Fords
Allamakee
Red Cross
Edgewood
Bellevue
Donald Champion
Osage
Kris Krauer
Audubon
Great Western Ry
Elma
Oelwein
NJ. C. Fenling
Cresco
Fredericksburg
Albert Fay
Miss Whittly
Kilburg
Fred Buntrock
Waukon
Paul Beckman
New Hampton
Empire Moving Picture Theater
Storm Lake
Lime Springs
Sumner Gazette
Denver Herald
Newton School Board
Ole Hakernd
Allan Mauve County
Milwaukee
Atkins
Charles City Chautauqua Association
A. J. Fisk
West Union
Ed. Hyde
Manchester
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Boy's Leg Cut Off by Mower Near Bursett
A two year old, Harry Lovejoy, wandered from his uncle's Bursett-area home and into tall grass as a mower operated nearby. The mower severed his right leg below the knee and nearly or would have cut the left leg above the ankle. Medical staff rushed to save the left limb as surgeons work on the child.
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New Tampton Pritt
Harry Lovejoy
Bursett
Winne shiek County Horticultural Society Meeting Held at Cutting Home
The Winne shiek County Horticultural Society met at Mr. and Mrs. E W Cutting's residence last Sunday afternoon despite bad weather. Speakers included C C Lomen H E Miller Miss Forde and S F Brickner with Mr Cutting delivering the welcome. The gathering featured music and social visits on the Cutting grounds and orchard, ending with unanimous thanks to the speakers and hosts.
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Winneshiek County Horticultural Society
E. W. Cutting
Cutting
Mr. Cutting
C. C. Lomen
H. E. Miller
Forde
F E. Brickner
Horticultural Society
Lomen
Brickner
Harter
Murphy Views Easy Times Stir Citizens Duty
Hon D D Murphy of Elkader weighs in on Red Cross picnic plans and urges using opportunities to impress youths with American ideals. He cites hard times in wartime and warns that life has been made easy, risking softness and loss of civic duty, while praising small towns for listening attentively to calls for responsibilities.
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Red Cross
D. D. Murphy
Elkader
Murphy
Bear
Winneshiek
Prowlers Threaten North Ninth Street Residence
Saturday evening prowlers loitered near Guy C. Toye's home on North Ninth Street. Toye pursued with a revolver in hand but could not catch them. Residents note prior disturbances and warn future suspicious movements by unknown individuals.
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Northwood Archor
Guy C. Toye
North Ninth Street
Mr. Toye
Timothy crop yields by township in Winneshiek
By reference to the figures below the timothy seed raised last year is valued at over a half million dollars. Frankville leads while Madison is lowest among townships and several others are listed with exact figures for each: Fremont Orleans Lincoln Sumner Jackson Burr Oak Bluffton Calmar Washington Hesper Canoe Decorah ees Military Highland Pleasant Glenwood Frankville Bloomfield Jackson Junction Ridgeway Castalia Spillville Calmar Fort Atkinson Castalia total.
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Frankville
Madison
Fremont Township
Orleans
Lincoln
Sumner
Jackson Township
Burr Oak
Bluffton
Almar
Washington Township
Hesper
Canoe Township
Fort Atkinson Corporation
Narrow Escape From Electric Shock At Northeastern Town Power Co.
Edgewood Journal reports Harry Wilfong, Edgewood city electrician, almost died last Saturday while installing lightning arresters at the Northeastern Town Power Co. transformer. He leaned back to view overhead wires and touched live conductors carrying over 7,000 volts, knocking him to the floor. George Holtz nearby was briefly stunned.
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Edgewood Journal
Harry Wilfong
Edgewood
City Electrician
Northeastern Town Power Co
Ile
George Holtz
Harding to Speak at California Picnic and Chautauqua
Governor W L Harding will depart August 4 for a ten day California tour. He will address the Town association of California at Long Beach on August 11 and speak in Los Angeles on August 8 and 9 at a chautauqua. He will visit other California points and attend receptions and dinners hosted by former Towans now in the state. The Iowa picnic at Bixby Park attracts thousands of former Iowans. Long Beach Judge Frank R Willis will preside. the executive committee includes Fred H Taft Curtis D Wilbur Ed W Hopkins C H Parsons and J G Spielman, all former Iowans.
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W. L. Harding
California
Town Association of California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Bixby Park
Frank R. Willis
Fred H. Taft
Curtis D. Wilbur
Ed. W. Hopkins
C. H. Parsons
J. G. Spielman
Freaks of Lightning Across Iowa Farms
A bolt struck a Cole livery barn, the fireless hay loft sparing the hay yet killing a horse below. In Ames a lightning split a tall tree, while near Maxwell a steer and two hogs were electrocuted by lightning discharges. No other damage reported.
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Cole
Ames
Maxwell
Railway collision fatally injures baggage man R. T. Cheever
Baggage man R T Cheever died after the head on crash of passenger trains Nos 631 and 16 near Cherokee on Wednesday. Several others were injured in the collision and the wreck caused a wider disruption to the rail service.
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R. TR Cheever
Cherokee
Cheever
Deliberate act blamed for Milwaukee road derailment near Ridley
Reports revised the last week's Milwaukee road accident at Ridley east of Postville as a deliberate wrecking attempt. The engineer saw the man leave the switch before the derailment. Unclear whether the act was the work of the I W W or an individual. Train for a position at Valdez College Decorah Iowa combined bookkeeping and shorthand course prepares a student for one of many open offices.
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Milwaukee Road
Ridley
Postville
Valdez College
Decorah
Iowa
Boy dies from hay fork injury in Osage field
Marvin West aged 13 died at Osage from a peculiar accident on his father’s farm. A harness tug snapped, sending the whiffle tree striking his abdomen. He endured thirty six hours of suffering before death.
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Marvin West
Osage
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