Winneshiek Gets Ames Exhibit At State Fair
At Des Moines state fair Winne shiek County Fair secured an Ames exhibit from Town State Agricultural College. The display covers coal heating values relative cost petroleum lighting values relative cost and Ames engineering department buildings in miniature. Prof Vaughn will judge stock and discuss scientific stock judging. Women's Day opens the fair with a rest tent auditorium and talks by Dr Guilford Sumner and Miss Idaho Sutherland.
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Des Moines
Enger
Winneshiek
Town State Agricultural College
Ames
Vaughn
Guilford Sumner
State Board of Health
Peanuts Feulling May Signal White Sox Move
Ossian pitcher Feulling, a standout from the Wankon Canaries era, may join the Chicago White Sox after strong showings in Garner tournament where Ossian won all four games. Billy Sullivan urged patience until hearing from Feulling next year, as word spreads of a possible big league jump. John Presho reports Feulling impressed Sox interest.
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Lansing
Wankon
Feulling
Wankon Canaries
Chicago White Sox
Ossian
Garner Ossian
Billy Sullivan
White Sox
Comiskey
John Presho
Two Arrested In Wootlegging Case Stand Innocent
Mrs. Kate Remington of Decorah and B. H. Kimball of Burr Oak appeared before A. S. Marshall Dempster at Waterloo and each maintained innocence. They were bound over to the federal court at Dubuque and gave bonds for December 2.
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Kate Remington
Decorah
B. H. Kimball
Burr Oak
A. S. Marshall Dempster
Waterloo
Federal Court
Dubuque
Mrs. L. R. Brown Injured in Trap Door Fall
The Cresco Plain Dealer reports former Orleans township resident Mrs. L. R. Brown was injured Sunday when she fell through an open trap door at her Berg addition home. She aged about 80 and suffered two broken right ribs and a broken bone near the left ankle though she is currently comfortable.
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Cresco Plain Dealer
L. R. Brown
Orleans Township
Berg Addition
Onion Harvest Underway In St Ansgar Area
Onion harvest is in full blast in St Ansgar with men women and children employed picking onions. Sixty carloads are expected to be shipped from Osage this year. Yields run up to 600 bushels per acre with better prices than last year. Principal growers include the Gilbertson company and Hume and Moeller.
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St. Ansgar
Osage
Gilbertson Company
Hume & Moeller
Pheasants Escape Ends Benton’s Game Farm Venture
William Benton, longtime breeder for the state at Cedar Falls, discontinues his pheasant operation after 500 birds escaped through a hole in the fencing. The loss runs about 92500. If unmolested, local sportsmen in Benton county may benefit from the misfortune in coming years.
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William Benton
Cedar Falls
Benton County
Benton
Dan Patch Line Wins Running Rights on Great Western
The Dan Patch Line, via Milwaukee road agents, has secured running rights on the Great Western from Northfield to Faribault Minnesota and will run cars over the iron this week. Mr Savage announced the line will likely extend to Mankato next year.
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Milwaukee Road
Great Western Railroad
Northfield
Faribault
Minn
Savage
Mankato
Remarkable Cure Cited for Bad Cold by Chamberlain Remedy
Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan of Tipton Iowa touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a complete cure after one bottle stopped her son's dreadful cough and cured his cold. For sale by Fagbretson's Pharmacy Ad.
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Sarah E. Duncan
Tipton
Iowa
Chamberlain
Fagbretson
Ady
First Japanese in America told in old issue tale
A reader from Canton, Minnesota recalls a 14 year old Japanese boy Manjiro Nakahama picked up by an American whaler in 1841. He was brought to the United States, educated in New Bedford, later returned to Japan, and founded the first English school there. Captain Whitfield aided him and was related to Canton residents B Hudson and Mrs Gee.
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Stcrn
America
Manjiro Nakahama
Hawaii
Canton
Minn
John Monjiro
Wm. Whitfield
Captain Whitfield
United States
New Bedford
Mass
Whitfield
Monjiro
Monjire
Japan
Gee. B. Hudson
A. Webster
The Girl From Mumm's Opens at Grand a Bright Farce
The Girl From Mumm's arrives at the Grand on Monday with sixteen real musical hits including There's a Reason and On The Road to Philadelphia. Olive Vail leads a strong cast with Walter Ware and Jackson Barry supported by a stylish Beauty Chorus and original costumes by Madame McGregor-Bull. The production blends catchy tunes, lively book by J A Lacy, and sparkling comedy in a high-spirited musical comedy sure to please audiences. Parker's Remedy for coughs and rheumatism is also promoted as the best medicine on earth in the same notice.
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Mumm
Philadelphia
Cleo
Mumim
F. A. Bohnhorst
Muaman
J. A. Lacy
Olive Vail
America
Walter Ware
Jackson Barry
John EB. Frank
Francis McKenn
Nellie Watters
Erin Lacy
Marjie Dow
Hazel Regan
Shipment of frames and convex glass for rare items
A local vendor reports a new large shipment of oval frames and convex glass for rare items and promises savings of at least one half. Buyers are urged to wait for the seller’s line before purchasing frames with pictures to avoid waste.
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East
We and Our Neighbors News Briefs
Local notes from Iowa and Minnesota report heat and frost, road spending, and community events. Highlights include a Monsignor honor in Independence, a Nashua burglary sentence, a skunk farm in New Albia, a near lightning strike in Lansing, farm building fires near Floyd, and a Charles City bootlegging arrest.
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John C. Garland
Independence
Mason City
Nashua
Jack Sweely
Eldora
Minneapolis
John Kroack
New Albia
Lansing
Wim
Murphy
I. P. Bullus
Floyd
Russians Enter United States Supposedly Illegally
Inspector 8. L. Whitfield of the United States immigration service landed in Mason City after a search for a party of six Russians who escaped surveillance or in some way managed to slip into the United States in violation of the laws which surround the entry of an alien upon federal soil. The six apprehended crossed the border into the United States from Canada and arrived in Mason City on July 20. They immediately made their home with relatives.
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L. Whitfield
United States Immigration Service
Mason City
United States
Canada
Peanut in Lung Fatal for St Ansgar Girl
Mildred Larsen was eating peanuts when a kernel lodged in her throat. A coughing fit pushed it deeper into the airway. She was rushed to a Mason City hospital where doctors attempted removal. An operation punctured the lung and freed the peanut but she died hours later.
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Mildred Larsen
St. Ansgar
Mason City
A Wee Bestricken Man
The piece follows Cowhide Bill Whicker in the city last week showing a downcast mood and tearful troubles. It notes Waterloo baseball at the bottom of the list yet the Reporter kept prints in black letters and jokes about how an umpire like Whicker would have changed things.
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Bill Whicker
Waterloo
Bill
How Tall Is It at the Court House Flagstaff Query
Residents at Winnebago and Main sought the height of the courthouse flag staff. Estimates varied from 125 to 225 feet, with several guesses recorded. The question remained unsettled as no official measurement was provided.
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Winnebago
Court House
Wedded Sixty One Years Honor at Reynolds Anniversary
Nearly one hundred people including G A R comrades and ladies of the W R C joined comrade John Reynolds and his wife to celebrate their sixty first wedding anniversary on Monday afternoon and evening August 25.
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Waukon Democrat
John Reynolds
Widows Pension Petitions Filed in District Court
Three widows Pat Flynn Clara Drinkwater and Daisy Hulbert filed petitions under the new state law in district court. Flynn and Drinkwater live in Mason City while Hulbert is from Clear Lake. The petitions are likely to be granted.
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District Court
Pat Flynn
Clara Drinkwater
Daisy Hulbert
Mason City
Clear Lake
Notice of Administration for Martin A. Blegen Estate
Notice is given that 35 Mather Relegen has been appointed administratrix of Martin A. Blegen, deceased, of Pleasant township Winneshiek Iowa. She has taken the trust with bond as required. Creditors must present claims and debtors pay the estate. Decorah Iowa August 20 1913. J A Nelson Attorney.
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Martin A. Blegen
Pleasant Township
Winneshiek
Lowa
Mather Relegen
Decorah
Iowa
J. A. Nelson
Iowa State Fair 1913 Closes With Record Attendance and Profit
The 1913 Iowa State Fair concluded last Friday with new records for total attendance paid admissions and receipts and a profit exceeding 37000. Expenses are estimated at 150000, considered high. Admissions rose by 7500 from last year and receipts surpassed prior totals by 36000 with paid admissions up by over 12 percent.
Barker's Antiseptic Foot Remedy Ad
An old-time drug store advertises Barker's Antiseptic for foot care. The copy urges buyers to treat feet to stop odor and improve family living once the product is used, though it reads as a humorous, paternal pitch.
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Jim
Barker
Adv
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Parker
R. J. Relf
W. A. van Vleit
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Prosper
Hampton
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DR. C. Hoeg
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