Money in the county banks exceeds earlier estimate in Decorah
The Decorah Republican reports revised county bank deposits totaling about four and a half million dollars. Figures from W. F. Baker of the National Bank of Decorah show Winneshiek as one of the richest counties, with roughly $250 per person.
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W. F. Baker
National Bank of Decorah
Fort Atkinson
Ridgeway
Spillville
Uceeesad
Winneshiek
Waukon Republican
Allamakee County
Winneshiek County
Indict Six Iowa Bankers Over Hazelton Bank Failure
Buchanan county grand jury indicts Adam Keifer president and five relatives tied to the Savings Bank of Hazelton Iowa which failed last spring with about 300000 in losses. Indicted are John Keifer William Keifer Earl Keifer Kyle Keifer and William Smith the cashier. Most have posted bonds for November court. Earl is not yet arrested.
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Independence
Buchanan County Grand Jury
Savings Bank
Hazelton
Iowa
Adam Keifer
John Keifer
William Keifer
Earl Keifer
Kyle Keifer
William Smith
District Court
John
William
Notable Events Hit New Hampton On October 14
New Hampton hosts two events on October 14 the third civic celebration and a reunion of the thirty-eighth regiment Grand Army of the Republic. Veterans return to be welcomed. the regiment drew 400 from Fayette county 200 from Winnebago 100 each from Chickasaw Bremer Cerro Gordo and Howard counties. Only a few veterans remain.
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New Hampton
Thirty-Eighth Regiment
Grand Army of the Republic
Fayette County
Winneshiek
Chickasaw
Bremer
Cerro Gordo
Howard Counties
Clayton County Buys Road Building Outfit
The Clayton county supervisors purchased a complete road building outfit including a road roller tractor wheel scrapers dump wagons rock drills air compressor and a stone crushing plant with elevator screens and bins. It will work west of Strawberry Point to macadamize 1 1 4 miles then move to McGregor to macadamize a road to Monadn.
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Clayton County
Strawberry Point
McGregor
Monona
Tent Not Big Enough for Zion Congregation
The 8500 seat tent used by the synod district young peoples societies arrived from Calmar and will be set up here next spring for the district league convention. Plans are considered to enlarge seating capacity by fifty percent, surpassing the current 800. Verily, the borders of Zion shall be enlarged.
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Northwood Index
Synod
Calmar
District League
Zion
Woolstock Grain Report Shows Strong Year for Elevator Co
At the Woolstock Farmers' Co operative Elevator annual election the company reported 438889 bushels of grain bought and a net profit from grain coal and tile sold of 9011.91 dollars. In seven years of operation total profits amount to 42728.22 dollars, distributed to stockholders by their grain deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Company of Woolstock
Elected Vice President of Road Masters Association
Charles H. Graver, formerly of Decorah and foreman in the Decorah section of the old B C R N Ry, was elected vice president at a Chicago meeting. He has long served as road master on the Albert Lea division of the Rock Island and is regarded as one of the best in the business. Tee La We want to say to our patrons and customers, there never was a better medicine made than Barker's for Colds, Catarrh and Rheumatism, can recommend it every time. At your drug store. Ady.
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Charles H. Graver
Decorah
B.C
Barker
Ady
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Educating Young Women Through IWF C Scholarship Fund
Miss Harriet Lake chairs the IWF C scholarship and loan fund with support from the Ladies' Literary club. Since its start four years ago the fund has raised 4786.31, issued 51 loans to 36 young women, and this year placed 20 in college with loans totaling 2595. The fund has helped 16 graduates, with repayments from 3 fully, 2 partially, and 13 planning repayment from their future earnings. The program, praised by the Third district federation, is urged for broader support.
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Independence Bulletin-Journal
Harriet Lake
I. W. F. C. Scholarship and Loan Fund Committee
Bulletin-Journal
Ladies’ Literary Club
Third District
Miss Lake
State Federation
Miraculous Gas Pipe Fall at Clarksville School
Workmen removing a 40 foot two inch gas pipe from a public school building in Clarksville caused the shaft to detach and plummet through the plaster ceiling. The pipe damaged an organ keyboard in the basement after passing three floors. No one was injured as students narrowly avoided the path, including near Shakespeare busts.
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Clarksville
Wm. Shakespeare
Suit is Sequel to Wreck
Waterloo October 4 A damages suit for 5000 dollars has been filed in district court by Miss Ida Wickham a Rock Island passenger from the derailment two miles south of Maynard Iowa September 1. The wreck killed two and injured twenty five. She charges negligence alleging excessive speed and an improper roadbed.
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Waterloo
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Ida Wickham
Rock Island
Maynard
Iowa
Aha Atiin
Apple Harvest In Leroy Independent Cannon Orchard
Leroy Independent Porter and Young picked 850 bushels of apples from the Cannon orchard and sent two carloads totaling about 600 bushels with extra fruit. Farmers brought loads by wagon with Schultz farm weighing a ton and a half earning $22.50 at 75 cents per hundredweight. The harvest also yielded about 500 gallons of cider.
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Leroy Independent, Porter & Young
Cannon
Schultz
Barn Raising Accident Injures Two Near McGregor
At a Frank Burckhart farm barn raising six miles west of McGregor seventy five farmers helped. A heavy timber frame swerved and crushed Richard Reilly's right leg, injuring him seriously. Later Henry Danceller fell twenty feet from a cross beam.
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McGregor, Qet
Frank Burckhart
McGregor
Richard Reilly
Henry Danceller
Guttenberg
Woman Fatally Burned in Gasoline Stove Explosion
Mrs Freeman Ragby a respected 70 year old of Vinton and wife of a G A R veteran, was badly burned when a gasoline stove exploded while she prepared breakfast. Her clothing was burned away and recovery seems unlikely. The report notes no new umpire names, a humorous aside.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offers $100 Reward
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy effective for catarrh through internal action. It claims use of blood and mucous surfaces, promises a $100 payout for an uncured case, and urges sending testimonials to Tadrens Fr. 3. CHEN CO. Toledo Ohio, with mentions of Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
L'St
Tadrens
Chen CO
Toledo
Ohio
Cold Storage Prospects for Iowa Grown Apples
Four years of Iowa apple handling tests at the Ames Towa experiment station show major varieties can be profitably stored. Laurence Greene announces a new bulletin on cold storage and notes thawing practices and risks for apples frozen on trees or in storage.
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Towa
Laurence Greene
Iowa
Ames
Pleasant purgative tablets advertised by Engbretson’s Pharmacy
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a pleasant purgative that improves both body and mind, claiming a joyful feeling. It notes availability for sale at Engbretson's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Engbretson’s
Adv
Committee named to arrange 1915 Synod meeting plans
O T Lee of this city and Prof Sigurd Reque of Luther Academy Albert Lea have been named to a committee for the San Francisco Synod meeting during exposition year 1915. They will arrange transportation for ministers and lay members, meeting places private accommodations and other essential details for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
O. T. Lee
Sigurd Reque
Luther Academy
Albert Lea
San Francisco
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits Offered With Guaranteed Value
Bear's promotes Hart Schaffner and Marx late model suits with a $25 price and guaranteed value, claiming customers get more value than they pay. They invite customers to view the range and note other cheaper suits are available with guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Bear
Boy Killed in Strange Farm Accident Near Gran ger
Ed Wolf age 14 son of Mr and Mrs Will Wolf of Slawson farm one mile south of Gran ger was killed Wednesday forenoon around 10 30. He and his brother Carl while their father was away attached an iron pipe to a grindstone and tried to grind an axe. The grindstone swung and shattered, a fragment striking Ed just below the heart and another in the face with the heart injury proving fatal.
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Cresco Plain Dealer
Wolf
Will Wolf
Slawson Farm
Granger
Carl
New Ben Bear Velour Hats At Bear’s One Dollar
Farmers mechanics and laborers rely on Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil for cuts burns and bruises. Keep it in every home for 25 and 50 cents. The new Ben Bear velour velvet hats cost 1.00 and are described as the nicest looking hats ever sold at Bear's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Ben Bear
Bear's
Water loo company asks compensation for mail service
Four years of mail handling by Water loo Cedar Falls and Northern Interurban Railway employees happened without management knowledge. Workers believed it part of duty, but the company now demands payment and expresses indignation at the unapproved service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Interurban Railway Company
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Claims Gentle Relief
A testimonial from Hugh Tall of San Antonio praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best laxative for constipation. The pills are described as painless and priced 25 cents, available at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. The notice also mentions New York City spring cleaning costing $28 000 but offered as dirt cheap.
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New York
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A. K. Bailey & Son
Woolstock Grain Report
Federated Clubs
Suit
Wreck
Apple Harvest
Hart
I. H. Conigisky
Optometrist
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