Fayete County Mutual Insurance Ad and Court Tale
A Prosperous Mutual Company notice details the Fayette County Farmers Mutual in Iowa with 1806–1807 figures, agents listed, and claims of savings. A separate local tale recounts a theft case where a man accused of stealing a rig was jailed and later tied to a larger criminal pattern, with pending grand jury action in March.
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Prosperous Mutual Company
Argos
Payette
Nxt
Farmers’ Mutual
Iowa
Anyang
Fayette Co. Mutual
H. B Blickman
West Union
W. Willue
Hawkeye
W. A. Stang
Wauecoma
C. Miller
J. Prenstschy
Elgin
Underwood
Clermont
FP. G. Borg
W. Wlateford
Ransdating
W. B. Linn
Sumner
Burglary at Spillville Store Leads to Arrests
Last Wednesday night J H Hung's Spillville store was burglarized with about 144 dollars worth of jewelry knives razors bonnets neckwear taken. Two suspects watched by J G Mushek after lights broke from front windows. Sheriff notified and three men Philllson Barth and Styppolds arrested. two bound over to grand jury in 1000 dollars each. Styppolds fled to Chicago and was later arrested. confessed to involvement and returned 50 dollars of goods. Hearing set for Wednesday. suspects are strangers to Spillville.
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Decorah Journal
J. H. Hung
Spillville
J. G. Mushek
Frigade
Sherif Christen
Priday Henry Phillipson
Rube Barth
Johnson
Mashek
Frank Styypolds
Ceeseo
Treward County
Decorah
Chiriatea
Teynalds
Bpillville
Phillipson
Tear Prativin
Reynolds
Lurth
The Cat Came Back from Oelwein Register
A man named A W Barton arrived in Oelwein in 1805 claiming to sell a patent kitchen utensil. He canvassed the town, hired a horse and buggy from Wo Irving, and planned to tour Bremer County for a week or more.
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Oelwin
A. W. Barton
Oelwein
Irving
Jack
Bremer Ca
Three drunk and disorderly men jailed in county prison
From Oelwein Register last Tuesday evening three men, highly intoxicated, were fined by the sheriff for drunk and disorderly conduct. They were jailed until morning and brought before the Justice of the Peace where they received thirty days in Ge county jail. The notice criticizes legal cost cuts and editorial practices, questioning fees and motives in local journalism.
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Oelwein
Shariff Hockingly
Calaboose
Justice of the Peace
Jai
Running a Town An Exchange Hug and Town Reform
A call to unity and action to run and prosper a town. Encourages decisive leadership, discourages freeloaders, and urges residents to work together to build a thriving community, wake up, roll up sleeves, and avoid fear while pursuing common prosperity.
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Las Genuine
Kingas farm yields compare withKanenas land values
An 18th century field note estimates that one ten year unit of fardom yields more value than an acre of Kanenas land. It notes land producing 2 bushels of corn worth ten dollars, while beans yield 10 dozen eggs valued at a dollar fifty. Production costs are cited at about two dollars fifty cents, with a stray misread in the text.
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Kingas
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California
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Climax Plug Tobacco
tSe
Saxony
Per Skein
Bly Inter Cab
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S. Schappy
George
Heller’s
Milwaukee
Post Offic
Nies
Les BeRan
Thains
Hong North
Prasenser Prelygbe
Dirly
Bundy
W.l.grusit
Attorney At Law
North Eastern
Lows
L. B. Mattoon Igin
Lowa
Maynard
Hin
Crook
Billy
Hinger
Welcent
Marridl
Nashan Ruparter
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