Affordable Colorado Vacations Promote Rock Island Line Travel
Two weeks in Colorado cost no more than local resorts with rooms and board from $7 per week. Enjoy sun shine and cool air a mile above sea level. Travel on Rock Island Lines Limited trains daily to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with modern steel equipment and dining car service. Rock Island agents offer planning and hotel guidance and literature from Hal S. Ray, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Des Moines IA.
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Colorado
Rock Island Lines
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Rockies
Hal. S. Ray
Des Moines Life Building
Des Moines
Wool production in Winneshiek declines in 1913
The Republican reports Winneshiek County sheep and wool totals dropped last year. Sheep sold for slaughter fell to 6,459 from 10,619. Wool produced declined to 66,508 pounds from 75,400. Farm sheep kept dropped from 13,352 in 1912 to 1,246 last year.
Man Fatally Injured by Engine Wheel Wedge Incident
George A. Seney, 415 North Jefferson street, was fatally injured at Thornton when drawn into the drive wheels of a Great Western engine. He and his daughter Aletha hurried to catch a train. as he ran past the engine his coat hooked on the wheel, and he was pulled in. The body was found wedged between the brake beam and wheel and had to be freed by backing the locomotive.
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Mason City
George A. Seney
North
Jefferson Street
Thornton
Great Western
Zook Returns as Editor at Hart Michigan Paper
Clarence Zook, formerly Lime Springs editor, is back in the newspaper field as editor of the Qeeana Republican at Hart Michigan. He left two years ago due to ill health and moved to a fruit farm near Hart. Friends report improved health and possible return to papers, with the Repertories hoping he gains wealth as well.
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Qeeana Republican
Hart, Mich
Clarence Zook
Lime Springs
Zook
Hart
Girl Hero Saves Companion From Drowning Near Gem Theater
Dorothy Hawk and Gretchen Aurand, two young girls playing on a cement foundation behind the Gem theater in Charles City, spotted a new box drifting in the water. The box sank, Dorothy disappeared underwater but resurfaced, and Gretchen Aurand reached out to pull her to safety onto the higher cement base.
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Gem Theater
Charles City
Dorothy Hawk
Gretchen Aurand
Hawks
Miss Aurand
Drowning Amid Floods Strikes Local Counties
William Wench, 25, drowned four miles from Nora Springs while guiding a cow from an island to the mainland as flood currents pulled him under. High water washed out several bridges and undermined the Marble Rock dam and power house, leaving Marble Rock without lights. Rockford dike suffered a 30 foot undermining.
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William Wench
Nora Springs
Marble Rock
Rockford
Girls' State Home Burns at Fort Dodge Losses Estimated
The state home for unfortunate girls owned by the Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union burned to the ground in Fort Dodge. Losses range from 8000 to 810000 with fourteen inmates and eight infants rescued and no injuries reported. Cause of the fire is unknown. Mrs. Mayme Householder, matron, discovered the blaze in the rear of the two story building.
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Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Fort Dodge
Mayme Householder
Cloudburst Threatens Shell Rock Power Plant
Over 200 Shell Rock residents labored Saturday night into Sunday morning to save the hydro electric plant and dam after a cloudburst undermined the facility. Despite efforts, damage is estimated at 10,000 with possible total disruption.
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Shell Rock
Chickasaw County Bridges Washed Out by Weekend Rain
New Hampton Gazette reports Chickasaw County suffered major flood damage with an estimated 340000 needed to replace washed away bridges and culverts after last Saturday rain. Store ad promotes Slipon mincoats at 23.50. BEAWA
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New Hampton
Chickasaw County
BEAWA
Today in History June 25 events and deaths listed
Feast days for St. Maximus, St. Prosper, St. Maloc, St. Adelbert and St. William mark the day. The Fontenoy battle of 841, Runnymeade charter scene in 1215, Edward V deposed 1483, Henry VII betrothed 1503, Augsburg Confession read 1530, Perth captured 1559, St. John’s river landing 1564, and many notable deaths by 1901. Also reports on battles, treaties, political changes, and naval records through 1905 including Sandy Hook 1808, Tilsit 1807, and milestones in U.S. Civil War and 19th century Europe.
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Maximus
Turin
Prosper
Aquitain
St. Maloc
Scotland
Adelbert
William of
Monte-Vergine
Fontenoy
Lothaire
Runnymede
Edward V
England
Richard
Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry
Henry VII
Catherine of Aragon
Augsburg
Perth
St. John’s River
Fla
John Marston
Duc de Beaufort
Antoine Jean Gros
Gene Alex. Macomi
J. C. L. de Sismondi
Abdul-Mejid
Turkey
King William of
Princess Clotilde
Victor Napoleon
Joseph Cook
Clement Scott
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
John Crosby Brown
Sarah Orne Jewett
Howe
Boston
Sandy Hook
Bonaparte
Czar
Tilsit
Russia
France
Paris
Martial
Patents Granted to Iowans for the Week Ending June 1
Iowa patentees receive multiple filings including Lorin W. Barker of Davenport for Rall joint, William Berger of Winfield for Railway switch, Claus J. W. Clasen of Davenport for Underframe, Carl F P Ekman of Kaloosa for Street car fender, Bennie P Hanson of Eagle Grove for Adjustable wagon tongue, George H. Klobuchar of Rathbun for Lock, James L. Neel of Cedar Rapids for Recording devise, Cassius A. Snook of Fr. Dodge for Grain car door, Frank B R Stehin of Des Moines for Artificial stone machine, and Charles Wood of Moulton for Machine for heading grain, among others.
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Eagle Grove
Towa
George H. Klobuchar
Rathbun Town
James L. Neel
J. P. Winn
Cedar Rapids
Rdle
BL Price
Crescent
Cassius A. Snook
Fr. Dodge
Frank BR. Stehin
Enamel Concrete & Machinery Co
Des Moines
Charles Wood
Moulton
Iowa
Arrival of Bees in America Through the Centuries
The text recounts 1638 as the first introduction of honeybees to the country, describing them as black or brown, called German bees. It notes uninterrupted spread for 200 years until Italians arrived in 1859, followed by other races. Today most bees are Italians or Italian blends, with few pure blacks.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad in Toledo Chronicle
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney Co. promises one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured. Notary A. W. Gleason witnessed December 6. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Frank J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Bold by all druggists. take Hall's Family Pills for constipation not related.
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State of Ohio
City of
Toledo
Fas
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J
A. W._GLEASON
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Fort Dodge temple project starts amid Iowa notes
A $50 000 Masonic temple work began at Fort Dodge while Ackley plans a sauerkraut day on August 27. Other items include an orthodox Greek church in Mason City, a fatal Osage auto crash, high water at Waverly drowning cattle, a Fort Dodge resident dying in a garden, and numerous local events from Mitchell to Allamakee counties.
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Ft. Dodge
Ackley
Mason City
Elma Armstrong
Osage
Waverly
Henry Ohlendorf
W. Thomas
Fort Dodge
Mitchell County
John H. Dixon
Town Falls
Bert McKnight
Mississippi River
Wankon Junction
Rock Island
Oelwein
Allamakee
Electric Power Advances Show Bright Urban Uses
London streets use electric vehicles for sprinkling and sweeping. The Panama Canal glows with electric lights for lighthouses and buoys. New York sees a shift from horses to electric trucks with high potential value. Jersey City opens a white way of 67 arc lamps on April 1. The Canadian Pacific plans an electrified Selkirk tunnel. New York debuts the first fully electric powered Chinese newspaper. New electric heaters target radiator cooling systems for gasoline cars.
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London
Panama Canal
New York City
Jersey City
Canadian Pacific
Five Mile
Selkirk Mountains
Rogers Pass
B.C
Hopkins the Witch Finder
The piece recalls witch finders once common in England and Scotland. It notes 1649 Newcastle magistrates paying 20 shillings per head for convicted witches and executions following their tests. It mentions Hopkins, famed as a notorious witch finder, later executed as a wizard.
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Newcastle
Scotland
Hopkins
City free from flies Prague residents report few pests
A Prague resident replies to fly paper makers that Bohemia has too few flies to justify extending the trade. Restaurants see few flies, screen doors are rare, buildings are brick and stone, granite sidewalks exist, no wooden structures, decayed matter is not exposed, and streets are cleaned daily.
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Prague
Bohemia
Notice to Contractors for Mabel Methodist Church
Sealed proposals for erecting a concrete brick and frame church including material and labor will be received by the Methodist Episcopal church board of Mabel Minnesota until 1 July 1914. Plans and specs may be obtained from Rev. J W Mettam or at the parsonage after 15 June 1914.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Mabel, Minn
J. W. Mettam
Health and home remedy ads from an old paper
A collage of 19th century classically styled advertisements for Chamberlain's Liniment Dean's Ointment Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil and Willie cures. Mentions Engbertson's Pharmacy and general remedies for rheumatism itching skin croup and minor injuries. Ends with a quip on charity.
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Chamberlain's
Engbertson’s
Baby
Willie
Grandma
Thomas
Decorah Resident Endorses Doan's Kidney Pills
Decorah Iowa resident L Stoskopf 414 Washington St reports two years of kidney pain backache and frequent painful secretions. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he found relief and continues to use them when needed. He has recommended them to others with good results. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Don’t ask for a kidney remedy just Doan's Kidney Pills Buffalo New York.
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Decorah
Dean
L. Stoskopf
Washington St
Iowa
Doan
Mr. Stoskopf
Foster Milburn
Buffalo
N. Y
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Albany Sweet
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A. K. Battey & Son
Winneshiek County Wool
Burr Oak
Heavlland
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Blufften
Canoe
Pleasant
Madison
Glenwood
Sumner
Calmar
Wee
Springfield
Frankville
Jackson
Washington
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Bloomfield
Castalia Corp
Jackson Junction
Ridgeway Corp
Iene
Harness
Girl
Little Companion
Pennsylvania
Prince Albert
Prince Consort
Chickahominy
Richmond
Farragut
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Lee
Potomac
Harpers’ Ferry
Liberty Gap
Tenn
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Pillow
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Lord Dufferin
Canada
Chicago
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
Prince of Aosta
Helene of Orleans
M2. S
Paulding
China
Philadelphia
Kessel of
Cresco
American College of Surgeons
Guthrie Center
Edward Cornish
Jackson Park
Beater Kenyon
Dr. King
O. H. Brown
Muscatine
Ala
Oregon
Lawn Seed
N. H. Adams
Decorah Gas Company
Your
Decorah State Bank
Winneshiek Hotel
Harris Oils and Greases
Dixon's Graphite
United States
Kelly Racine Tires
Decorah Motor
Paige, Maxwell, Chalmers and
Velie Cars
Ingvoldstad & CO
Tirio Veicio Ieio D
Mor
Avon
Lige
Goodyear
Walter H. Bucknell
Decorah, Iowa
Ford
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