Winneshiek County Fair ends amid rain and good crowds
The Winneshiek County Fair closed Saturday after Thursday rain dampened events. Friday drew 2,500 to 3,000 with strong horse racing and balloon drops. Saturday brought about 1,000 and featured stock parade, Calmar baseball, and a mixed Luther team game. the baby health contest winners and scores were announced, with deficits expected under $400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seebach
Luther
Winneshiek County
Walter Bucknell
Ford
Buick
T. F. Connor
Baby Dies After Swallowing Safety Pin in Fort Dodge
Eight month old Margaret Schultz died in Fort Dodge after swallowing a safety pin. The pin pierced the skin behind the collarbone and surgery to remove it failed. The infant was daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Schultz.
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Margaret Schultz
Fort Dodge
A. A Schultz
Beauties of Iowa sought for Panama Exposition film
The Iowa commission invites citizens to submit photo-worthy locations to be filmed for display in the Iowa Building at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Views around Decorah and its city park are suggested as exemplary scenery to capture for nationwide or possibly international showings.
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Frederick B. P. Reun
FP. C. Reum
Decorah
Lester Olson
Leonardson
Dale Headington
James Headington
Ray Marion Lee
Adolph Lee
George B. Sanford
R. P. Sanford
Carroll F. Goss
Frank Fielz
Donald M. Bernatz
B. P. Bernatz
Spencer Tyler
A. L. Tyler
Robert Bernatz
Frank Kernatz
Carlton P. Baker
W. F. Baker
Martin J. Olson
M. A. Olson
Royal Bisbee
R. BE. Bisbee
Dra
Amy
Thomas
Swezey
Barfoot
Woodward
Daly
Lena B. Sleetager
Clara Ambli
Anna Lane
Edilla Logsdon
Monday Club of
Banks of
Iowa
Iowa Commission
Towa
Clinton
City Park
Weeds Cited as Cause in Lansing Car Accident
A letter from E F Medary editor of the Waukon Democrat and father of George Medary claims weeds along the roadside misled the driver near Lansing, causing a car to plunge off a bank and injure two party members.
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E. F. Medary
Waukon Democrat
George Medary
Lansing
Dean's Regulats Promote Liver Bowels Relief
A brief ad notes a lazy liver causes indigestion and constipation while claiming Dean's Regulats at 25c per box act mildly on the liver and bowels. Available at all drug stores.
Those Goats Clean 118 Acres North of the City
Three local men P Rowan G F Baker and FE J Curtin face a goat driven cleanup tale as 900 goats cleared brush on 118 acres without extra cost beyond the herd. The animals fattened and ready for market, the goats would fetch more than their purchase price in Chicago bids and thus may enter retail mutton stalls.
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Messrs. P. Rowan
G. F. Baker
FE. J. Curtin
Chicago
Limburger cheese bait tale on Independence train
Dorland of Rock Island recalls a Decorah bound man who rode from Independence with six catfish about 24 inches long. He said the secret bait was limburger cheese, a remark that drew Dorland’s congratulations and a note on the unusual use of cheese as bait for any but a German.
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Ed. Dorland
Rock Island
Decorah
Independence
Tobacco Yield is Heavy at West Union Harvest
S. B. Carter completed his tobacco harvest Saturday about two weeks earlier than usual. The yield was very heavy perhaps the heaviest he ever had with one exception. His mammoth barn was filled and extra tobacco was sent to the fair ground for storage after all space on his premises was used. The harvest suffered little weather damage.
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West Union Argo-Gazette
S. B. Carter
Diarrhoea Quickly Cured by Chamberlain’s Remedy
Mrs C W Florence of Rockfield Indiana credits Chamberlain’s Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing her summer illness after one dose. The testimonial notes the remedy was recommended twelve years earlier and is available from all dealers and Ady.
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Chamberlain
C. W. Florence
Rockfield
Ind
Ady
Prohibition on Under Fifteen Driving in Iowa Laws
A northern Iowa inquiry clarifies that no child under 15 may drive on any public highway or grounds. The law allows only driving in fields or on family property and highlights conflicting references within the statute.
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Towa
Iowa
Remarkable Accident In Oxford Storm
Karl Hevern of Oxford drove into the Kelley farm yard as a storm hit. He tied his horse, sought shelter, and returned to find a large tree had fallen across his buggy, destroying it while the horse remained unharmed.
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Karl Hevern
Oxford
Kelley Farm
Hevern
Sunday Base Ball Ban Ends Plan at Greene Floyd Ball Park
County Attorney Moore and Sheriff White arrived to stop a planned Sunday game between Greene and Allison at the new ball park just north of Greene in Floyd county. The confrontation halted the match as the slop barrel remark shadows the scene.
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Greene
Allison
Ball Park
Floyd County
Moore
White
Charles City
Seiners Arrested and Fined in Iowa River
Deputy game wardens Lake and Ballou surprised four violators in the Iowa River and seized their seines. At Lime Springs Justice Van Leuven found them guilty and fined each ten dollars plus costs. The incident warns violators that fish and game laws will be enforced.
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Cresco Times
Lake and
Ballou
Iowa River
Lime Springs
Justice of the Peace van Leuven
Unusual Litters Reported by Nick Richert
Nick Richert states his aged Duroe Jersey sow farrowed sixteen pigs in one litter and eighteen in another. She had a total of thirty two piglets for the year, four more than last year. He saved ten piglets from one litter and twelve from the other. part of the larger litter was lost in storm floods two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Richert
Mr. Richert
Nick
The Under Dog slated for Grand Thursday performance
The four act drama The Under Dog by Rachael Marshall and Oliver Bailey comes to the Grand on Thursday September 24 for one performance. Tickets are selling with prices of 1.00, 0.50 and 0.35.
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Rachael Marshall
Oliver Bailey
County School Report Shows Enrollment and Expenditures
County Superintendent Miller submits annual state report delayed by local officers. The figures show 3 218 total pupils with 1909 female pupils and 132 female teachers, 13 male teachers, 26 non resident pupils, 137 school houses valued at 148 250, library holdings 8 348, and total teacher and staff pay near 874 or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Cr. Cass Ekels
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Henry Eldridge
Waukon
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Dan Patch
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Savannah
Fosse Crusher
W. C. Daggett
Victor
Ibe
Laura Graydon
Curtin
W. J
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Rattler Baby
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Hathaway
Grinna
Beulah Woods
John Logsdon
Olwin Howden
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Calmar
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Lather College
Marie Tavener
Herman Tavener
Dorothy Meyer
Jos. Meyer
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C. A. Stortz
Gertrude Winger
G. Winger
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Adolph Johnson
Robert Allen
W. M. Allen
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Julian Holkesvik
Chas. R. Rima
C. F Rima
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Cbb. Hall
Dorothy June Bullard
Winifred Helen Schrubbe
Fred Schrubbe
Dorothy Nalli
J. C Nalli
Helen Eleanor Casterton
Chas, Casterton
Helen Gene Hislop
Geo Hislop, Jr
Beatrice Schissel
F. Schissel
Fort Atkinson
Orna
Alberta French
Thos
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OUR County Schools
J. H. Gonigisky
Spriety Brand Clothes
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Corner Water and
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