Spencer Turkey Day Toss Brings Citywide Turkeys
Spencer held a Turkey Day with a Commercial club drive distributing gift birds from rooftops. Birds landed across town including the Citizens National Bank as crowds chased prizes and a live roaster even landed in The News-Herald editor's arms. Later slips in envelopes replaced live birds to avoid cruelty.
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Priday
Omerald
Spencer
Commercial Club
Citizens National Bank
News-Herald
Kid Davis
Fort Dodge Private Weds at Brownsville
Fort Dodge private Wm H Wruck of a Fort Dodge company married Miss Marie Gonzales of Brownsville Texas. Judging from her name she is a Spaniard or a Sleshan. Jake Knoer buys 200 acre farm in Fern Valley township section 8.
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Wm. H. Wruck
Fort Dodge
Marie Gonzales
Brownsville
Texas
Jake Knoer
Section 8
Fern Valley Township
Rolfe Wan Chase Leads Arrest Of Wild Horse Swindle
A Nebraska based scheme selling wild horses to investors collapsed after Rolfe Wan and investigator George Bassett exposed a mail fraud. About 19 000 horses were claimed but only 400 existed, costing victims over 750 000 dollars. Trials proceed in Omaha with estimated costs between 10 000 and 15 000.
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Everett
Rolfe
Omaha
Des Moines
Nebraska
George Bassett
United States Live Stock Company
Kansas
Playstaff
Arizona
Groettinger Woodmen Open Their New Hall
Graettinger Woodmen Lodge celebrates reopening of their remodeled hall with a ceremony led by Hon. F R Korns national Woodmen officer. Rev A R Cuthbert provides welcome along with D G McCarty, plus musical items and an oyster supper.
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Woodman
Graettinger
F.R. Korns
A. R. Cuthbert
D. G. McCarty
Grachtinger
State plans two new buildings for convict labor exhibits
Iowa state board seeks $6,000 from the Thirty seventh General Assembly to build two permanent 60 by 120 foot exhibition buildings at the state fair grounds. Convict labor will supply the labor and hollow tile from state institutions will be used with stucco exteriors. The project aims to better display work of state wards and boost cooperation for care of unfortunates.
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Des Moines
rThe State Board of Control
Gentral Assembly
State Fairgrounds
H. F. Liebbe
Board of Control
J. C. Sanders
Fort Madison
W. L. Kuser
Industrial School For Boys
Eldora
George Mogridge
Glenwood
Fair Board
Fort Madison Penitentiary
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Rolfe Wan
Omata
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Gilette
Ivory
Thermos
Kodak
Emmetsburg Town
Bert Hughes
Rexal
ROK
State Board of Control
Iowa
Charley Hughes
Charles W. Fairbanks
Bes Moines
State House
Clarke
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Bernard Murphy
Wintop
Ralph Pringle
Red Oak
Davia F. Palmer
Elmer ©. Johnson
Johnson County
Indianola
Charles Emerson
Creston
Ben A. Wood
Atlantic
William K. Ferguson
Algona
Joseph Mattes
Odebolt
Vinton
Des Méines
Enteriis
Towa
Funston
Ns Democra
Amd
George Wo Clarke
Sever Seneral Agsemitv
State Free Employment Bureau
Delaware County
A. B. Holbert
A. R. Corey
Slite Agricultural Society
A. M. Peterson
Opera House
Chicago
la Salle St
Trude
J. Dunigan
Emmetsbure
Emmetsburg
Medlin Lave
H. S$. Faln
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