Colorado Vacations At Rock Island Lines Offer Low Fares
Two weeks in Colorado costs no more than usual resort vacations with rooms and board from seven dollars weekly. Travel on Rock Island's limited trains to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo aboard modern all steel equipment with superb dining car service. Agents Hal Ray assist planning and information on hotels camps and boarding places. Low fares June 1 to September 30.
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Colorado
Rock Island Lines
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Rockies
Hal
Waukon Woman Writes Home On Norway Centennial Visit
Marion May, wife of Dr Einar Onsum and Luther College alumna, reports from Christiania about Norway’s Centennial celebration. The Luther College Concert Band wowed crowds with three concerts, a big parade, and receptions for students and alumni. The King and Queen hosted events as Luther figures, led by Mr Sperati, drew strong Norwegian and American attention.
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Waukon
Norway
Luther Band
Marion May
A. M. May
Einar Onsum
Christiania
Associated Press
Luther College
Decorah
Mr. Sperati
Towa
Joctor
Einar
Prews
Mra. Stabo
Spray Potatoes: ISU Advises Seasonal Spraying Plan
Iowa State College horticultural experts urge spraying potato crops as early as eight inches high or when beetles appear. Apply Bordeaux mixture for early blight with lead arsenate, at intervals of ten to fifteen days in wet weather, and adjust frequency to conditions.
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Iowa
Iowa State College and Experiment Station
Alfalfa Prospects Highlight Bloomfield Township Report
A letter from A W Oxley praises alfalfa potential in Winneshiek county with first cutting ready and nurse crop comparisons. Samples show 20 to 40 inch growth. Boice and Tavener patches near fifth ward diverge by barley and inoculation. Marriage anniversary note recalls James A Grant and Sophia A Halsey wedding in 1889 and their Oakland life.
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Repuewican
A. W. Oxley
Bloomfield Township
Ossian
Town
RePublican
Winneshiek County
North America
100Th Meridian
Far West
Boice
John I. Tavener
Fifth Ward
Boiee
James A. Grant
Boston
Sophia A. Halsey
Decorah
John Willard
Grant
Adeline Street
Oakland
California
Isabel Kimball in Decorah memory tablet query
An item about a tablet honoring Richard C Nerrett had the sculptress named as Mabel Moore Kimball. It is corrected to Isabel Moore Kimball, known to locals from Decorah and resident of Brooklyn at 66 Quincy Street with Miss Mabel MacKinney.
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Aerepicaux
Richard C. Nerrett
Mabel Moore Kimball
Decorah
Isabel Moore Kimball
Miss Kimball
Brooklyn
Mabel MacKinney
Quincey Street
Hangendale to be name of new railroad station choice
Railway workers say a regular station at the Ause Haugen home site will be established eventually as station names are decided. The proposed name Hangendale is favored by those on the line, though no final designation has been settled.
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Ause Haugen
Milwaukee Road
Hangendale
Today in History June 18 Conflagration in Rome and notable deaths
June 18 events include a Rome fire in 64 attributed to Christians and a long list of notable deaths across centuries such as Leo III the Isaurian, Ferdinand II Grand Duke of Tuscany, Sir Thomas Picton, and Alex Herschel. The entry also cites battles, political milestones, and infrastructure beginnings like the Sandy Hook lighthouse in 1764 and Waterloo events, with Civil War actions across 1861 1866 and modernization notes through 1912.
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Calif Othman
Medina
Leo Til
Itsaurian
Alfonso Tmt
Aragon
Pascual de Andagoya
America
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Thomas Bilson
Ambrose Philips
Gerard van Swieten
Johan Andre
Arthur Murphy
Sir Thomas Picton
William Coombe
Ferdinand II
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Wm. Cobbett
Henry J. Reaymond
New York Times
George Grote
Matthew Simpson
M. FE
John M. Francis
H.8. Pingree
Michigan
Bishop F. McN. Whittle
P. EL
Frank Wheaton
J. M. Pattison
Ohio
Alex. S. Herschel
G. W. McBride
Oregon
Leo IX
Astagnum
Joan of Arc
Patay
Charles
Spain
Charles V
Fehrbellen
Berwick
Fonturabia
Kolin
Frederick
Sandy Hook
Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
Great Britain
Waterloo
Waterloo Bridge
London
Knights of Pythias Seventh District Meet at Ackley
The Seventh District convention of the Knights of Pythias was held in Ackley last week Tuesday with 172 lodge members in attendance. Festivities featured entertainment by Rose Croix lodge of Ackley and Iowa Falls led with the largest delegation, about 100 members.
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The
Knights of Pythias
Ackley
Rose Croix Lodge of
Iowa Falls
Puzzling Case At Park Hospital In Mason City
A Russian patient confined in Mason City's Park Hospital furnishes a puzzle to doctors with unusual case developments. Last Monday he ate three meals for the first time in thirty days, showing possible signs of recovery as Dr. Fitzpatrick notes.
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Park Hospital
Mason City
Fitzpatrick
Fourth of July Up Held in Old Fashioned Style at Waukon
Waukon plans a traditional Fourth of July celebration with Marve Grattan of Preston set to showcase his new horse in a dramatic horse race. If Grattan loses, the fireworks displays will begin immediately afterward.
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Waukon
Marve Grattan
Preston
Cholera, floods, and accidents hit Iowa towns in recent reports
Allamakee and Cerro Gordo counties report hog losses from cholera totaling near a million dollars. a wind and flood season claims hogs, lambs, and a silo. A Cedar Falls motor collision injures Julia Swagher. Rex Shriner drowns in Wapsie river. a Mason City aged immigrant starves untilHelp arrives. detections of burglaries in McGregor and a bank closure in Glidden highlight hardship across communities.
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Allamakee County
Marshalltown
Mississippi River
George Jones
Lima
Fayette County
Chas. Wilde
Union Township
Cerro Gordo County
Julia Swagher
Cedar Falls
Rex Shriner
Wapsie
Independence
Farmers’ Bank
Glidden
McGregor
Rowley
Mason City
Denmark
Appointed Game Warden Named for Kenmare District
Miss Lottie Johnston has been appointed game warden for the Kenmare district by Chief Game Warden FE. BL McCutcheon. The appointment reflects ongoing efforts to enforce wildlife regulations in the region and names Johnston as the district's enforcement official.
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Kenmare
N. D
Lottie Johnston
BL McCutcheon
Must Have Written Two Letters In Delaware Sheriff Bid
J. J. Pentony, Democratic candidate for Delaware county sheriff, filed his expense account with the auditor and states it cost him just 4 cents to campaign.
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J. J. Pentony
Delaware County
Notice to Contractors for Church Erection at Mabel Minnesota
Sealed proposals for the erection and completion of a concrete brick and frame Methodist church including material and labor will be received by the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church of Mabel Minn until 1 PM July 1 1914 Plans and specifications may be obtained from Rev J W Mettam pastor or at the parsonage after June 15 1914 Henry D Petersen Albert Lea Minn Box 463 S Larsen advertises children wash suits and rompers at low prices
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Mabel, Minn
J. W. Mettam
Message to Women Ready to Drop Promises Vinci Cure
Miss Lea Dumas of Malone New York writes she was rundown for weeks until two bottles of Vinci rebuilt her strength and health Vinci billed as a delicious cod liver and iron remedy with a satisfaction guarantee and money back if it fails Also promoted Saxo Salve for skin troubles by R A Engbretson, Druggist, Decorah
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Lea Dumas
Malone
N. Y
Vinci
Miss Dumas
R. A. Engbretson
Decorah
Campaign Expenses Near Silence in Nomination Effort
A courthouse visit found candidates’ spending to secure nominations minimal. None spent more than six or seven dollars, with expenses limited to newspaper announcements and a few printed cards. Authorities noted no substantial campaign outlays in the period observed.
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Court House
Vital Statistics Report Counts by County and Cause
State health board figures for March show fifteen counties with death tolls and varied causes. Winne shiek records eighteen deaths, Allamaker thirteen, Chickasaw seventeen, Clayton twenty three, Fayette thirty two, Howard seventeen. Leading causes include tuberculosis, general disease, cerebral hemorrhage, arterial disease, liver disease, peritonitis, birth malformations and premature birth, burns, respiratory disease, angina, cancer and pneumonia in multiple counts.
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State Board of Health
Winneshiek County
Allamaker
Chickasaw
Clayton
Fayette
Howard
Man entices boy to walk away from hotel then fatally hurt
George Coulter, a young Black boy from Chicago, lingers fatally injured in a Cedar Rapids hospital after being persuaded away from the Oaks hotel in Clear Lake by Roy Johnson, a discharged employee. They were bound for Chicago when Coulter was struck by a rats accident near Cedar Rapids.
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George Coulter
Cedar Rapids
Oaks
Clear Lake
Roy Johnson
Johnson
Young Coulter
the Oaks
Chicago
Cedar Ropds
Coulter
Curfew Bell Prompts Cautious Decorah Chronicle Note
The Casual Courier reports the curfew bell rings promptly at night in Decorah but notes it may not be loud enough to disturb youths roaming after curfew. The item presents a humorous yet cautious take on enforcement.
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Decorah
For Rent in Winneshiek Hotel West Store Room
Vacated by LH Conigisky the west store room at Winneshiek Hotel building. Fine store room with splendid location and reasonable rent. Inquiries to WEISER & BEAR.
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LH. Conigisky
Winneshiek
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