Decorah Gymnasium Opens After Remodeling
Decorah opened its remodeled gymnasium attracting nearly two hundred participants to a booster banquet. Mayor Gree and others spoke as Rev. Lackland praised the project, noting the main floor, balcony seating, improved heating, reading room, and locker facilities. The $12,000 original investment plus $2,000 additional improvements are praised as wise town spending.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Decorah Gymnasium
Iice
Decorah
Rev. Lackland
Cna
Decorah Boy Scout Gym Dedicated for Public Use
Osage News praises Decorah's commercial club for finishing a new gymnasium open to public uses and given as a meeting place for the Boy Scouts, arguing it supports good morals, sound principles, and sturdy bodies.
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Osage News
Decorah
Boy Scout Movement
No Delinquent Tax List Reported in Worth County
Worth county stands alone this year as Treasurer Simmons collects all real estate taxes with no delinquent list for the county. Other Iowa counties will publish delinquent lists, but Mite county reports a clean tax record for the period.
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Northwood
Worth County
Simmons
Towa
Mite
Body Stolen From Grave In Mason City Case
A newborn baby died four weeks earlier in Mason City from alleged poison given by its mother Mrs. A. B. Burgess. The infant’s body, buried northwest of the city, was stolen. More than six arrests followed and authorities believe friends of the prisoners removed the body, which was later found in a nearby clump of bushes.
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Mason City
A. B. Burgess
Friends of
Tramp Conscience Money Sent to Midwest Rail Fund
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul conscience fund note reports a man sent 14 cents with a confession to C. L. Sherwood the Cedar Rapids ticket agent. He admits stealing a ride on a blind baggage from Middleton to West Madison Wisconsin and seeks to square up.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
C. L. Sherwood
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Middleton
West Madison
Wis
Cigarettes Cost Jobs At Hart Parr Plant
A Hart Parr plant report says several young workers in Charles City lost jobs due to cigarette use. C W Hart, president of the tractor company, believes chronic smoking harms worker quality. A strict ban on whiskey remains in force where possible.
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Hart Parrory
Charles City
C. W. Hart
Great Tractor Company
Whiskey Cure for Hog Cholera Reported by Pabst
Ferdinand Pabst near Lake Park tested whiskey as a preventive and cure for hog cholera after losing forty animals with many more ill. Following his mother’s advice from a German cholera experience, no further deaths occurred in his herd. Ad promotes Burdock Bitters for blood health at $1.00.
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Ferdinand Pabst
Lake Park
Pabst
Germany
County road plan earns state inspection approval
State highway officials and local engineers inspected Winneshiek roads last Friday and Saturday. They praised the culvert work and recommended eliminating stub roads to create county throughways. A Cresco road reroute will shorten travel by several miles and reduce railroad crossings.
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A. Marston
State Highway Commission
Root
G. A. Meyer
Lee
Winneshiek County
Cresco
Ridgeway
Dolan’s
Trustees
B. E. Jewell
B. E. Jewel
Death in Sand Pit Claims 17YearOld in Mitchell County
Arthur Mauer age 17 died last Friday when a sand slide trapped him at a pit north of Meyer in Mitchell County. His father Anton Mauer had been hauling sand and searched for his son after the boy left to retrieve his coat and gloves. Neighbors helped uncover the body.
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Arthur Mauer
Meyer
Mitchell County
Anton Mauer
We and Our Neighbors News Bits
A digest of local notes from Ida Grove to Decorah. topics include hiring a woman policeman in Ida Grove, Clear Lake steam laundry fire, Northwood opera house plans, and Black Hawk county tax columns. Other items cover hog cholera expert hire in Cerro Gordo, injuries from hunting near Strawberry Point, fires destroying a Leroy livery barn with nine horses lost, a newborn weighing twenty ounces, and inventions and awards involving Waterloo and Mason City residents.
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Ida Grove
Clear Lake
Northwood
Black Hawk
Clayton County
Waterloo
Cerro Gordo County
Strawberry Point
Bert Bowers
Mason City
Oliver Bray
LeMars
Andrew Johnsson
New Hampton
Edgewood
Mading
Westerbee
West Union
Sentryssman
Alta Vista
Chickasaw County
Decorah
RB. McClantick
Elmer Thompson
H. Sampson
Elsa Johnson
Jennie Johnson
Canine Armer
Special Train of Stock Delivers Largest Cattle Consignment
Agent J E Perry of the Rock Island saw a historic shipment depart Postville on a special train. The load of 221 head of cattle, mostly steer, was bought by Col R B Davenport and Mayor D A Woodard of Roseville from Waters Brothers for 17540 dollars, paid by check.
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Postville
J. E. Perry
Rock Island
Col
R. B. Davenport
D. A. Woodard
Roseville, Til
Waters Brothers
George
Suit Filed Over Injury at Mason City Fair Grounds
A Netifee sues the North Town Fair Association in district court for 7500 alleging injuries as a guest at the fair grounds during the 1912 season. He was hurt when the Green Goblin Buick driven by Marion Arnold crashed into a group along the fence, sending him over an embankment and causing a fractured pelvis and internal injuries.
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A. Netifee
North Town Fair Association
Mason City
Fair Grounds
Netifee
Green Goblin
Marion Arnold
Serious kidney disease warning shown in Decorah ad
Public health note warns Decorah residents about kidney and bladder symptoms misattributed to overwork or worry. Cites Mrs J D Wells of 508 Washington St Decorah praising Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as effective. Ads for Chamberlains Tablets and local drugstore Vagbretson’s Pharmacy accompany.
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Decorah
J. D. Wells
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Adv
Stockdale
Prominent Iowa farmer Daniel McArthur dies after scaffold fall
Daniel McArthur of Mason City plummeted from a scaffold while laying brick for a new barn. He suffered a fractured skull and died at midnight. McArthur led Cerro Gordo county’s Farmer's Mutual Insurance and helped organize the North Iowa Fair Association.
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Daniel McArthur
Mason City
Town
McArthur
Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company
Cerro Gordo County
North Iowa Fair Association
Corn Shredder Accident Injures Local Boy
Andrew Kloster sustained a severe cut to his right arm while operating a corn shredder on Monday. Dr. J A Juen attended the injury and believed there was a chance to save the arm.
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Ossian Bee
Andrew Kloster
J. A Juen
Neighbors Husk Sick Man’s 60 Acre Corn Crop
Dan Halligan, a young farmer near Mitchellville, was seriously injured weeks ago and hospitalized. Neighbors organized a corn husking effort Monday, gathering 38 teams and 69 men to husk about 3,700 bushels from his 60 acre crop via a large lead system.
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Dan Halligan
Mitchellville
Oldest Shell Rock Resident Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs. Adam Miller, a longtime Shell Rock resident, died of heart failure at her home shortly after noon. She had recently done a large wash when a neighbor found her dead before the stove. A doctor arrived too late.
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Adam Miller
Shell Rock
Mork Brothers Harvest 110 Bushels Corn per Acre
Dover township farmers the Mork brothers report 110 bushels of corn per acre on a seven acre field in the Turkey river bottom. They credit good farming and favorable land.
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West Union
Decorah's Fame and a Dubuque Street Inadvertent Mention
A Times Journal legal ad notes the city of Dubuque has a street named Decora avenue and calls for an assessment for improvements. The fragment also mentions a coal man who prefers winter for business and enjoys summer otherwise.
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Times-Journal
Dubuque
Decora Avenue
Stop Thief farce at Grand Opera House promises wedding intrigue
In the farce Stop Thief at the Grand Opera House on November 18, Madge Carr faces a stolen engagement ring and a tangle of suspects led by Nell the serving maid. The culprit is Nell with Jack Coogan as her accomplice, while father Carr hides kleptomania. The wedding eventually proceeds amid comic twists and a typhoon of fun. Reserved seats available at E. J. Parman's.
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Haoe
Carr
Madge
James Clancy
Clancy
William Carr
Nell
Jack Coogan
Father Carr
Cohan & Harris
Grand Opera House
E. J. Parman
S. Adv
Patents Granted to Iowans for Week Ending November 4 1913
A list of patent grants announced for Iowa residents includes Silo reinforcement by Sivard F E Anderson of Des Moines, feeding mechanism by Casey A Cheshire of Des Moines, and a bowling alley device by Herbert F Cook and C C Hildreth. Other filings cover a Lake Mills frame joining device by Lemuel E Gibson of Des Moines, a typographical machine by Handlin D Scott assigned to Mergenthaler Linotype Co of Eldora, a Letrine Seat Shield by Samuel A Holmes of Storm Lake, a heel top lift by John D Kneedler of Sioux City, a train stop by Alfred Lendgren of Corning with Arthur R Mutton, a corn husking machine by Theodore Steichen of Alvin, a spark plug by Wm S Witter of Toledo, and a feeding device for corn husking by Isaac Woodring of Waterly.
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Sivard FE
Anderson
Des Moines
Casey A
Cheshire
Herbert F. Cook
C. C. Hildreth
Lake Mills
Lemuel E. Gibson
Handlin D. Scott
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
Eldora
Samuel A. Holmes
Storm Lake
John D. Kneedler
Sioux City
Alfred Lendgren
Corning
Arthur R. Mutton
O. P. Higdon
Waterloo
Theodore Steichen
Alton
Witter
Toledo
Isaac Woodring
Rural misadventure prompts odd roadside scene
A Nashville motor party pauses on a Cumberland Mountains curve to view scenery. A mountain boy asks a passing traveler if anyone has seen a cow named Crump. The page also contains several local ads for Barker's Antiseptic and Barker's Remedy.
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Nashville
Cumberland Mountains
Crump
Causes of Insomnia Linked to Stomach Disorders
An advertisement claims insomnia stems from stomach disorders and constipation. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to correct the disorders and aid sleep, then notes sale through Engbretson's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Engbretson's
Fair Managers Plan Joint Iowa Event With State Convention
The Iowa Association of County and District fair managers will meet with the state agricultural convention on December 9 and 10. A R Corey secretary of the state fair arranged the interlocking of the programs with county leaders John P Mullin and A G Rigley. Discussions on county fair management will be featured and reels from the 1912 Town fair will be shown.
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Iowa Association of
A. R. Corey
John P. Mullin
Fonda
A. G. Rigley
Independence
Fair Association
State Treasurer Consultant Warns on Court Ruling Impact
Deputy State Treasurer Willis told Curator Harlan last week that if the Supreme Court upholds the Hunter and Applegate opinions in the state house grounds extension suits, many state institutions would be affected and the state might have to halt spending for a year or two until funds accumulate in the treasury.
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Willis
Harlan
Supreme Court
Hunter
Agricultural egg crop valued at a round billion dollars
The agricultural department places the egg harvest at about one billion dollars. A Cedar Rapids Republican note mocks a roaming chicken rights ruling, implying residents must fence them out to avoid molestation by fowl.
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Agricultural Department
Supreme Court of Town
Cedar Rapids
Grocery store for rent or sale near Decorah river bridge
Classified ad offers a small frame grocery near Decorah's river bridge with four good windows, glass door, cement walk, watering pump, all fixtures, living rooms above, and a low price. Contact Dr H H Thomas Decorah Iowa for details.
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River Bridge
Decorah
H. H. Thomas
Towa
Northwestern Hide & Fur Co. Ad Offers High Prices
Hides and furs sought with top cash payments for HIDES FURS PELTS. Prompt returns for each shipment. Trappers supplies sold cheap. Free circular shipping tags illustrated trap-book catalog. Minneapolis Minnesota ad from established firm 1890.
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Northwestern Hide & Fur CO
Minneapolis
Mian
Purity Sootless Promoted By Decorah Family
A Decorah household extols Purity Sootless coal for winter use praising its cleaning power and stove performance. The wife notes it leaves little ash and keeps the kitchen range red hot, with husband calling it boss of the cook stove.
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Decorah
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A. K. Bartley & Son
Bayville
Tramp
Burdock Mt Bitters
Sues Fair Association
Vagbretson’s
St. Paul
Dr. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayre
Hautton
Gowraud
Ford. T. Hopkins & Son
Great Jones
John
Barker
American Can Company
Chicago
Iowa Association
Ahe
Besucas County
Frank Cheney
A. W._GLEASON
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Citizens Savings Bank
E. J. Curtin
Casterton
V. Pres
B.J. McKay
Cash
F. E. Cratsenberg
R. E. Bucknell
Clean City Club
Ingvoldstad & Company
Ingvoldstad & CO
Mrs. Booster
B. A. Stockdale
Winneshirk Hotel
Utica
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