One Week Before Doomsday News Across Iowa
It is nearly time for judgment on Turkey as stories spread. Mississippi River navigation ends today while Waukon iron mines resume. Buchanan county fair runs a deficit of 2000. Cedar Rapids funds a sewer plant at 100000. Benton county taxes total 571322.74. Fayette sees 138 stock cars pass last Sunday. Newell land sells for 510 per acre. Cedar Rapids hosts a municipal Thanksgiving for the needy. J R Lang arrested in New Hampton for fake checks at West Branch. Clayton county reports Northeastern Iowa's largest delinquent tax sale. R R commission orders new train on Cedar Rapids Milwaukee line. B C Martz breeds a 1000-pound two-year-old Jersey hog. Mrs M F Jeru, 78, of Estherville, may be state’s oldest woman driver. Mason City court sentences Roy Telford to ten years for auto theft. A farmer Jones sells two tons honey to a Chicago firm. Orchard’s A S Thornberg, over 88, is the state’s oldest hunting license holder.
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Mississippi River
Waukon
Buchanan County Fair Society
Mason City
Benton County
Fayette
Newell
Buena Vista County
Clayton County
Iowa
R. R. Commission
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Road
B. C. Martz
Hampton
M. EF. Jeru
Esther- Ville
Roy Telford
Jones
Allamakee County
Chicago Commission
Thornberg
Orchard
Wandered Man Found Near Tracks After Night Out
John Johnson who has shown feebleness of body and mind wandered from home last Tuesday afternoon. A search by his family and neighbors traced him toward Cresco where his daughter Mrs Hanson resides. He was found next morning in an exhausted, partly unconscious state in a low place and was brought home. His memory of the exposure is blank.
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Calmar Courier
John Johnson
Hanson
Cresco
Saved His Corn near Nashua After Theft Alarm
Charles Caswell a prominent farmer seven miles east of Nashua nearly lost his shelled corn Friday evening. While attending a LO OF lodge meeting he was alerted by his daughter by phone about the theft attempt. He rushed home by auto but the thieves already fled, leaving corn scattered on the ground.
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Charles Caswell
Nashua
Wind Damage At Ossian Attacks Town And Plants
A Thursday morning windstorm damaged Ossian with a roof blown from the creamery into Peter Timp’s field and Becker’s warehouse roof lifted. Trees were uprooted, telephones damaged, and the electric light plant remained out of service at noon with repairs planned.
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Ossian Bee
Peter Timp
Becker
Nearly Fatal Explosion in Cave Injures Two Men
Jacob Meyer of St Anthony Marshall county and Harry Aexilius were badly burned when a match ignited acetylene gas in a cave where Aexilius was operating a generator supplying town lights. Meyer is feared to die as both men remain hospitalized with severe burns.
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Jacob Meyer
St. Anthony
Marshall County
Harry Aexilius
Meyer
Charles City Church Clears Debt After Burning Note
The Congregational Ladies' church group of Charles City held a meeting where they burned a 5000 dollar note from church construction, removing debt. Rev. W. L. Dibble started his fourth year as pastor last Sunday. The church has 385 members and 400 in Sunday school.
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Congregational Ladies’ Church
Celeb
Charles City
W. L. Dibble
Tornado Strikes Waucoma Damaging St Marys Church
A tornado hit Waucoma at 2 am on November 11 causing extensive damage in the city and southwest. St Marys Catholic church was demolished and losses exceed 8100000. No injuries were reported as most residents slept. The funnel likely resembled a western eyelone and the storm passed swiftly with little warning.
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Waucoma
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Automobile Registry Sees Slow 1916 Registrations
The state automobile department has registered 2 084 cars for 1916 but a cold snap slowed the rate. Officials expect business to pick up around December 1 as registration activity rebounds.
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State Automobile Department
Adv 25¢ Box Harsh Physics React Health Note
A short note warns that harsh physics reactions may weaken the bowels and cause chronic constipation. It mentions Dean's Regulats operating easily and advertises a 25 cent price per box at all stores.
Angus Cattle Farm Purchase Near Lansins
H M Kevan of Clarion closed a contract last week to buy a large tract north of Lansins including the Wm Bakewell homestead. The land features farm, pasture and timber, a fine spring, a sheltered valley, and access to the Milwaukee railroad and state highway. It will be developed into a pure bred Angus stock farm.
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Lansins
H. M. Kevan
Clarion
Wm. Bakewell
Milwaukee Railroad
Rattlesnake hunter Smashed Leg in Bluff Accident
Oscar Parrington of Waukon Junction is hospitalized at Home hospital in Waukon with a crushed leg after stepping on a boulder on the high bluffs. Doctors have not yet decided on amputation.
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Oscar Parrington
Waukon Junction
Waukon
Missing Man In New Hampton Found After Prayer Vigil
Charles Gioimo disappeared after Monday evening prayers at about seven. His wife waited through the night and sent their son Martini to the shoe shop to check if he was there as investigators began to probe his absence.
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New Hampton
Charles Gioimo
Martini
Post Office Robbery in Bancroft Iowa
Thieves robbed the Bancroft post office in Kossuth County taking $400 in cash and some stamps. They blew open the safe door and altered the building to avoid capture by opening both front and rear doors. The front door lock was picked and a bar inside the back door was broken in two.
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Bancroft
Kossuth County
Iowa
Yeggs
Rail upgrade planned in McGregor yards
Ninety pound rails to replace sixty five pound rails on the main track in the railroad yards. Rails arrived last week and were installed under Foreman Shadel’s direction.
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McGregor Times
Shadel
Greek leaders seek help after threatening letters in Mason City
Will Papas and Nick Vasil, prominent Greek figures in Mason City, requested police and federal help to locate the author of threatening letters warning that their lives were in danger amid a feud dating back to their European origins.
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Europe
Will Papas
Nick Vasil
Mason City
Prominent Farmer William Graney Severely Injured in Accident
William Graney of near Mason City was accidentally shot while rat hunting with a group. His shotgun discharged into his face, tearing the left side and leaving him likely to die.
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William Graney
Mason City
Best Cows are From Iowa in World Milk Records
H E Colby notes world records come from Iowa bred cows. Duchess Skylard Orms by, owned in Minneapolis but raised by Buffalo Center, produced 27 761 pounds of milk and 1205 pounds of butterfat in a year, worth $1 388. Tilly Alcarta, now in California, produced 30451 pounds of milk with 951 23 pounds butterfat, a Holstein lasso contrast.
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H. E. Colby
Kimball
Dairy Farmer
Iowa
John JB. Irwin
Minneapolis
R. B. Young
Buffalo Center
Tilly Alcarta
California
McCay Bros
Black Hawk County
Skylark Ormsby
Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil ad promotes emergency use
An old advertisement urges keeping Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for emergencies with two sizes priced 25 cents and a higher price. It claims the product prevents accidents and is sold at all stores.
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Dr. Thomas
Youthful Detective Finds Suitcase With Whiskey Stash
Stanley Rule, 11, of Hampton, discovers a suitcase containing eleven pints of whiskey wrapped in a laprobe. His friends confiscate it, he alerts police, who dismiss the matter. Later two men arrive to claim the suitcase and are arrested.
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Stanley Rule
Hampton
Stanley
Memorial Plate Placed Over Door of Little Brown Church
Mrs Irving Fisher of Allison presents a memorial plate for the doorstep of the Little Brown Church in the Vale Bradford. Fisher is among Bradford’s last old academy pupils and active in church work when Dr. William Pitts authored the song and Rev Nutting served as pastor.
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Irving Fisher
Allison
Little Brown
the Vale
Bradford
Miller's Promise of Trade Attraction
Miller's advert invites customers to trade sooner, promising better value and selection. The note frames shopping at Miller's as a smart early choice for savings and satisfaction.
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Miller’s
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West Branch
Ossian
Charles City Church
Automobile Registry
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