The Winneshiek County Fair Attendance and Weather
The Republication reports the Winneshiek County Fair drew the largest crowds since 1909 across two and a half days of good weather, despite rain that closed the event. Airship flights failed due to NE winds, but exhibits, stock sales near 1700 dollars, and busy rest rooms marked a successful fair overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek County Fair
Ronan Cornfield
Floral Hall
Ben Bear
Europe
Edw. Bear
Germany
Ossian
Calmar
Fred J. Rosenthal
Winneshiek County
Nick Richert
Preston Fair
Roy Miller
John Young
P. T. Ramloy
Gulliver Sentenced Again After Court Reversal
Osage September 16. Glenn Gulliver faces the penitentiary after the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court conviction for slugging Cashier E C Clappert of Orchard Bank and attempting to rob the bank on December 15 1911.
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Osage
Glenn Gulliver
Des Moines
Supreme Court
E. C. Clapper
Orchard Bank
Death of Lodaller Stallion After Race Accident
Lodaller the Preston owned and driven stallion broke his leg at Winona Minnesota last Friday and was shot. He was 12, sire Allerton and dam Lodina, winner of nineteen races, fifteen blue ribbons, never defeated in show ring. Breeding horse earned $2000 yearly. Grattan mourned the loss, tears at farewell.
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Lodaller
M. T. Grattan
Preston
Winona
Minn
Mr. Grattan
Body of Oscar Tweet Recovered From Mississippi Near Brownsville
The Lansing Mirror reports a man identified as Oscar Tweet of La Crosse was found in the Mississippi near Brownsville. He allegedly jumped or fell from the steamer Purchase on Sunday near Dresbach, Minnesota while part of an excursion party. Relatives sent a card offering a fifty dollar reward for the body’s recovery.
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Lansing Mirror
Mississippi
Brownsville
Oscar Tweet
la Crosse
Purchase
Dresbach
Minn
The
Mirror
Milwaukees Calmar yardmaster wins Hupmobile roadster
Matt Graff yardmaster at the Milwaukee yards in Calmar received a telegram from the Telegraph-Herald of Dubuque announcing he won an automobile in the paper’s voting contest. The prize is a Hupmobile roadster and Graff was pleasantly surprised by the news Monday morning.
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Matt Graff
Milwaukee Yards
Calmar
Telegraph-Herald of
Dubuque
Farmers Day at Calmar Planned for October 4 1913
Calmar will host its annual Farmers Day on Saturday October 4 1913 with a community celebration and activities.
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Calmar
Dog returns home after prayers reveal lost hound
The dog Spot, previously kept by Fern Clyde, is found and reunited with Judge J. F. Clyde of Osage after his habit of prayer like biding time as a companion to Fern draws attention. The dog was found at J. C. Merricks near Dougherty and brought to the judge.
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J. F. Clyde
Osage
Judge Clyde
Fern Clyde
J. C. Merricks
Dougherty
Clyde
Clam Dredging Proves Profitable for Mason City Man
A Mason City man with a small business bought dredging gear and spent evenings on creeks and rivers to dredge the Cedar as far as Nashua. He earned more from clam shells and pearls than from his local trade, with weights up to six grains noted in the display.
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Mason City
Nashua
Dentists Robbed in Iowa Gold Heists
Between 800 and 1000 dollars in gold were stolen from six Mason City dentists offices as officers pursue an alleged fake salesman. A man named Schultz is jailed in Charles City and linked to Cedar Rapids and other cities. release due to insufficient evidence.
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Mason City
Schultz
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Fatal Accident at Mason City Theater
During a play at Mason City opera house corporal Charles Harland of Town National Guard was fatally shot in the head by Frank Barlow. Officials speculate a misfire or mixed ammunition caused the tragedy with few details on the exact sequence of events.
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Mason City Opera House
Charles Harland
Company A
Town National Guard
Frank Barlow
Apple shipments from this place reach twenty cars
Over the last ten days about twenty cars of apples were shipped from this place, with an average price of 40 cents per bushel. An estimated two hundred cars will be shipped from the country.
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Preston Times
Fire Prevention Day Proclaimed with Cautionary Rules
Governor Clarke sets Thursday October 9 as fire prevention day to study fire safety year round. Decorah urged to clear rubbish, while Waterloo Reporter lists rules to prevent fires such as avoiding open flames near curtains, handling gasoline safely, avoiding oily rags, inspecting chimneys, and notifying officials of hazards.
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Clarke
Republican
Citiens
Decorah
Waterloo
Fire Department
Ben Bear Store Promises High Standards and Fair Prices
A brief notice inviting customers to visit Ben Bear’s store highlighting a good, satisfying, and safe shopping experience with high standards and fair prices.
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Ben Bear
Patents Granted to Towans in Sept 16 1913 Week
The week ending September 16 1913 lists new patents issued to Towans. Names include Walter K Voorhees and J H Osbood Cedar Falls for a wire looping machine. Edward P Caldwell Waterloo for a compound rail. Carey A Cheshire Des Moines for feeding mechanism. August Freeman Newhall for halter rope clip. Frank C Youngerman Grimes Theridee V Barnard Schaller for gearing. Otto N Applequist Council Bluffs for automobile safety device. Herbert F Cook C C Hildreth Lake Mills for bowling back stop. James J Hinds M R Wright Wall Lake for disk and cutter holder. Wm H Suhr Ocelwein for tank heater. Ira B Taft Cedar Rapids for door spring and check. Herbert J Beims Riceville for fence gate.
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Towans
Walter K. Voorhees
J. H. Osbood
Cedar Falls
Edward P. Caldwell
Waterloo
Carey A. Cheshire
Des Moines
August Freeman
Newhall
Frank C. Youngerman
Grimes
Harrow
Theridee V. Barnard
Schaller
Otto N
Snakes In Post Office Create Center Town Scare
Snakes have invaded the Town City post office with fourteen killed inside over several days. A clerk found one coiled around a door knob and three more were found beneath mail sacks. How the reptiles entered remains a mystery. The building sits at town center and snakes have not been seen outdoors.
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Town City
Sam
Waterloo bloodhounds arrest man for burglary at Alburnette
Spectators watch as Water loo bloodhounds track a trail from the C. E. House general store robbery. The dogs mark a 40 year old man in the crowd and refuse to release him. The mayor orders his arrest for burglary amid prior trouble rumors.
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Waterloo
Alburnette
C. E. House
Two Killed When Boiler Explodes Near Sheyenne Farm
Friday afternoon about 11 o'clock the threshing engine belonging to Nordgaard and Laundering on the A T Sylling farm southwest of Sheyenne exploded. Nordgaard and Andrew Urdah were killed instantly, blown several feet from the engine.
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Spring Grove
Nordgaard & Laundering
A T. Sylling
Sheyenne
Nordgaard
Andrew Urdah
Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer Offer Slammed
An offer combines The Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer with The Decorah Republican at a total price of 1.85 for one year. The Inter Ocean edition is promoted as the nation’s premier westward weekly, with sections on home health, poetry, games, farm topics, and market reports from Chicago. The note warns renewal by cash and limited-time terms, with separate schedules of 1.00 and 1.50 per year for the Inter Ocean and Farmer.
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Decorah
Inter Ocean and
Farmer
Decorah Republican
Inter Ocean
Chicago
West
Soter Ocean and
Maine
Saved His Hogs From Silent Disease in Hancock County
Two weeks ago a Hancock County farmer found two sick hogs in his herd. He restricted food to grass and water, disinfected his hog residence, and used coal and ashes in feed areas. Since then no other animals have fallen ill, though some neighboring herds were wiped out.
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Hancock County
Despondency Linked to Indigestion and Constipation
Indigestion and constipation are cited as causes of despondency and a remedy is Chamberlains Tablets. Advertises Engbretsons Pharmacy as the seller. Also promotes Adv. Trunks and Valises of the better kind at lower prices from Bear’s.
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Chamberlain
Engbretson
Bear
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Iowa
A. K. Bartey & Son
Farmersburg
Callahan
Chicago White Sox
Walter Bucknell
Burr Oak
J. P. Burns
Mr. Burns
Ford
H. Engbretson and
Sellman & Co
Standard Seed Tester Co
Adams Seed Company
Smith
George A. Bieber
Fort Atkinson
Agricultural Hall
Madison
Automobile
Shipping Apples
Lsure
Bear's
Children’s Coats
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