Local Guests and Weather Disaster Halt Decorah Race Meet
Will Walther and Will Miller visited from Elkader with friends. Lewis Stolbaum and wife of Elkader joined John Falk’s Sunday gathering. A storm wrecked the amphitheater and track forcing the June Decorah race meet to be canceled. Leonard W Haley, former editor of the Anamosa Reformatory Press, loses his job after a life sentence for murder. transferred to Fort Madison for the remainder of his life unless pardoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Stolbaum
Elkader
John Falk
Decorah
Leonard W. Haley
Anamosa Reformatory Press
Haley
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Local notices and town items from Elgin
A long chronicle of letters and happenings from Elgin includes visitors to the Stanton family in Flagstead, moves and moves west by Pierce Moser, farm notes on hay and weather, household tips, and small community anecdotes. Also noted are medical ads, bank tour, and a tale on a red headed woodpecker pestering utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Renta
Éack
Tae
Joe
Muehlenthaler Bros
Hutchinson
Spillville
Joe Snyder
Rock Valley
Pierce Moser
Nunda
South Dakota
Mr. Moser
Pierce
West
Immense Idaho land deal nets 40000 acre Humboldt ranch
Noah Williams buys the Humboldt Cattle company ranch in Nevada containing 40,000 acres, one of the world’s largest ranches. The sale marks a major transfer of land from Iowa to a prominent owner, with wide regional impact and implications for local industry and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Grove
Noah Williams
Iowa
Humboldt Cattle Company
Nevada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weibel Bros
Jewel
Detroit
Elgin Public
Eredg, Gehring
Elgin, Iowa
Stora Near Depot
Northwestern
Kratzer
Rock Island
Perry and
Banner
Call and
Texamine
Frank
C. Lehman & Son
T. J. Capron
Will Walther
Will Miller
THE
Elgin Echo
North Weetern Town
Ww. Hughes
Saman & Son
Capper's
Finke’s Drug Store
Panis Green
Lehman & Son
W. Rubger
Libbie Hunsberger
Highland
Laura Webb
Shellrock
M. G. Webb
Fred Gehring
Capper
DaWitt
Mar
Nathaler Bros
Alfred Holzer
Mabel
Bertha Weibel
Fairbank
Gus L. Stoehr
Iowa City
R. Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Wim. Cooley
Anna McElroy
Johnson County
Leslie Lehman
Lew Christ
Remsen
Kuster
Minnesota Lakes
Gruver
Clermont State Bank
Clermont
District Court
Des Moines
C. L. Tennant
Grace M. E
Burlington
Byers
Citizens’ State Bank
C.F. Becker
Benj. Schori
PaGaLelt
Halstenson’s
C. Leaman & Son
Miss Lee Smith
Pleasant Valley
Geo. L. Miller
C. J. Harrington
Melchr Luchsinger
John Brackin
John Baumann
Charles City
T. J. Capper
Turkey River
Greenley Bros
Blanche Smith
West Union
Weda
West Unig
Lea
Newpatt Washington
Kansas City
Denver
Colorado
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