Turbulent Iowa Train Wedding Sparks Short Caboose Ceremony
A belated Minneapolis to St Louis freight train witnessed the courtship and two hour marriage of Laura Patterson of Naterville and G M Vail of Fort Dodge with the conductor performing the ceremony on a bouncing caboose. The couple to reside in Fort Dodge while other local notices include postmaster changes, a centenarian death, and various county issues.
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Jonduedor
Nivets
Courts
Wien
Wedski Pravenger
A -Brikeman
Minneapolis
St. Loui
Laura Patterson
Naterville
G. M. Vail
Fort Dodge
Vail
Vallarasa
Grandson Discovered by Photo Reunion at Holland Home
Osmund Holland, longtime St Paul motorman, revealed his secret marriage and introduced his grandson by presenting a photograph to his parents. The visiting Holland family learned the boy, Osmund Holland Jr., is their grandson, as Osmund plans to bring his wife and child on next visit.
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Osmund Holland
Osmund Itolland
St. Paul
Treet Railway Company
Grandpa
Grandma Holland
Fortune Sunk in Stocks as Groeket Killed Himself
The Chariton affair centers on Frhole R. Groeket who died by suicide after losing over 4.61 million in copper and Reading railroad investments. He reportedly plowed Morera Woolien funds, Crooker estate assets, and bank cash into risky speculation. Creditors of the Clariton bank may recover between 40 and 60 percent. a receiver is expected to be named soon, with D. Copeland likely to be appointed.
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Lanker
Clariton
Frhole R. Groeket
Iis Viret National Bank of
Tint City
Crooker
Persojns
Woodine
Clatiion Bank
D. Copeland
Chariton
Preacher Arrested in Land Fraud Case
Reverend D. W. Thompson, once a LeGrand resident, moved to Truro and West Peru to lead a church. Arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Bidwell in Truro, he was taken to Des Moines and pleaded not guilty to using the mails for fraud. Victim David Inman claims loss of 1400 dollars in Thompson's land deals.
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D. W. Thompson
LeGrand
Truro
Christian Church
That Place
Peru
United States
Bidwell
United States Mall
Thompson
Des Moines
MacArthur
Mr. Thompson
TaGrand
David Inman
Victim of Accident in Des Moines and Related Local Incidents
Frank Riley Succumba, 19, died at Mercy hospital Des Moines from blood poisoning after a shotgun shoulder wound. He was a Bennett Bros. mine miner hunting rabbits when the gun discharged. Also, William Smith, a Davenport paving watchman, was fatally injured by a paving accident. Selka arrested on related charges. An old-fashioned husking bee near Lineville showed community charity with five loads of corn donated for the Methodist church society.
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Gar
W. H. Ryoning
Middag
N. O. Bisnel
Christian Everhart
Clinton
Aditi
Towa
Iowa
Sual
George A. Wella
Towa Grain Nesters' Association
Council Blille
Scott County
Democratic Club
Pat Lawyler
Rock Rapids
Wowe
Des Moines
Varry
Grapl
Craven
Wleming
Nobuly
Job
Bunger
Fort Dodge
Banger
J. G. Cain
Charles I. Morell
Johnson
Polk County
Clara Robertstadt
Mason Cuy
Xalcons
Supreme Court
William Daggerty
Olumwa
Lisife
Trof
B.D. Starbuck
Philosophy
University of Town
Lawrence Delmonft
Yea Moines
Thara
Clyde B. Akers
Oak Park
Queensbury
Elon Harper
Mason City
Elon
Jowell
Northwestern Stairwey Company
Weil
Mackawn
Websslot
George Mackawn
Todge Lea
Pnt
Mackowe
Folly
Hnghes Asker
Bank
Distriet Court
Keokuk
Onimty Truaxuree
Leiay Brewing Company
Hinois
Lessy Concern
Elnina Fy
Tewss
Frank Riley Succamba
Frank Riley
Yenra Oli
Hinself
Mercy Hospital
Tres Moines
Vey
Bennett Bros
Serio Hare
William Smith
Davenport
Peed Schock
Sven
Smith
hoxNinlandl Selecka
Smiling Express and Transfer
Anil Shot
Jy Ls Ade
Geggye Tockhall
Lineville
Old Society of the Methoulet Church
Borkhold
Praise of Earth and Harvest Words from Harper's Weekly
Poetic reminiscence on autumn's toil and divine gratitude, weaving rural scenes of reapers, maidens, orchards, and fields with prayers of thanks for knowledge, beauty, and harvest. Concludes with a meditation on Love and gratitude to the divine source.
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Ming
Elf
Harper's Weekly
Thanksgiving at Lonesome Hollow
Milly Bennet endures loneliness at a Colorado camp as she meets a gaunt party of eight prospectors camped near a hollow. She invites them to share Thanksgiving with her husband Jim, who is slowly recovering from overwork, and learns they came to prospect gold, staying a week or five. The encounter sparks a tentative sense of neighborly connection amid harsh frontier life.
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Mily
Pete Sprat
Milly
Jim
Colorado
Milly Bennet
Lear
du Emmy
Cate
Fortune at the Tiltin cabin ends withMil ly
Milly and Jim host a hospitable dinner at the Tiltin cabin as Blaisedale and a rugged gang mingle. Milly’s resourcefulness funds their life, while Blaisedale hints at a past tied to Milly. The night unfolds into stories of law and frontier hardship with guests urged to join a colonial history game.
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Milly
Bhp
Ag Blaisedale
Jim
Colorado
Blaisedale
Honda
Hettle Bank
Jin
Tye
Dlafeedajo
Llise
Flale
Blainedale
Milly and Jim Host Eight Hungry Strangers at Sunrise
In a rural tale readers encounter Milly and Jim preparing a grand Thanksgiving meal for eight strangers arriving via the Sunrise wagon road. They lay out turkey, pies, puddings, canned corn, and coffee, while a mysterious note hints the party planned a late night break in at the Sunrise home after their visit.
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Milly
Jim
Providence
Tie
Sigt
Blaishdale
New York Times
The Twin Wish at a Banquet Reveals Greed
In a humor piece from the Cronavaga Chronicle the guest at a feast fixates on twins as the banquet grows lavish. He pines for a twin wax, then for bread meat and desserts, finally declaring relief that he is not twins as appetite overpowers him.
Thanksgiving history quiz shares New England lore
An amusing contest at a Thanksgiving feast has each guest recount a historical person or event tied to New England colonial history. Others guess the figure or place, with a prize for the most correct answers. Names mentioned include Masassoit, Roger Williams, Miles Standish.
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King Philip
John Winthrop
Judge Sewell
Persally
Rock
New England
Massasoit
Roger Wiliams
Miles Standish
Turkeys and trouble spark odd frontier dialogue
A garbled dialogue features rustic banter about turkeys and a rough, humorous exchange. Characters named Colonel Kyintuck Itastus and Oncle Raatue joke about how they obtained a turkey as a man swore he ate one well. The dialect highlights rustic regional flavor.
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Mother Gobbler
Teutne
Beutus
Kyintuck
Itastus
Turkey
Financial Readjustment Follows Domestic Trade Trends
Dun's Review of Trade notes liquidation not exhausted yet and cautions on currency fears. Mercantile collections slow at times but country merchandising holds steady. retail clothing and house goods show heavier demand. Manufacturing shows no major shift with iron and steel sustaining employment. shoe factories boost output. fertilisers counted in Chicago district above prior weeks.
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Cate Aventhor
Chicago
Dun
New York Economic Shift Eases Strain On Markets
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes progress in adapting to altered financial conditions with reduced cash use and broader credit instruments. Wholesale trade and production curbdowns reflect stock cleanups, yet a modestly optimistic tone emerges from gold inflows and improved purchasing power.
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New York
Europe
Bradstreet
Historic midwest grain and livestock price snapshot
A dense market rundown lists regional quotes for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with per hundredweight ranges for prime and common grades. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and seeds, noting No 2 and standard grades and reflecting widespread market variation.
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Chicago
Indianapolia
Ste
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cholca
New York
Telegraphic Brevities on Boxing Shows Ban
Chief of Pollen Creecy announced an absolute general order prohibiting boxing shows to Bt touts. The terse telegraphic brief notes enforcement without exemptions and signals a broad crackdown in the area.
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Pollen Creecy
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