Local notices from Grzettinger area reveal small town events
Miss Josie Patton of Euimetesburg visited Saturday afternoon. Livery barn receives paint. A band gave a street concert Thursday evening. Local football team lost to scrub players. Decoration day activities. Miss Myrtle Stamp appointed assistant at the post office. A V Dopson installs cement walk in front of hotel. Miss Alice Nolan traveled to Ssbherville Saturday. Dr and Mrs Osher visited Estherville. Few attended the circus from here. Steam shovels may be placed in nearby gravel pit. Mayor Cameron conducting county business. Schools closed for summer with picnic at Meredith grove. Fred Simonson’s house near finish. Dr Osher’s house near completion. Chris Jensen and Martin Mylore add cement walks to businesses. Iver Iverson breaks leg when his horse slips Sunday.
Great Wallace Show to Visit Emmetsburg in June
The Great Wallace Show plans its first Emmetsburg visit on Thursday June 11, the circus touted as one of the road’s top acts with a large menagerie and three rings. The piece notes the town’s long absence from its itinerary and predicts strong local crowds once the Wallace parade arrives. It also mentions light corn planting, recent showers, and shared concern over regional weather and farming conditions.
Former Armstrong Man Moves to Cedar Rapids Church
Rev. J. P. Huggett, a former Armstrong schools principal and Coe College instructor, has been extended a call to the pastorate of the First Congregational Church in Cedar Rapids. He recently held a chair at the University of Iowa.
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J. PP. Huggett
Armstrong Schools
First Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Huggett
Coe College
University of Iowa
Armstrong Journal
Teachers Institutes Dates Across Iowa Statewide
The list shows institute dates for June through August across many counties including Blackhawk Delaware Floyd Greene Jackson Louisa Muscatine Pottawattamie Saylor Washington Cherokee Des Moines Barrison Henry Madison Plymouth Tama Poweshiek Sioys Wapello Bremer Kossuth Marehall Montgomery Adams Dubuque Frantlin Marion Mills Woodbury Warren Ringgold Monona Linn Jones Carroll Hancock Johnson Allamakee Palo Alto Monroe Iowa Mahaska Grundy Fremont Chickasaw Cerro Gordo Audubon Polk Shelby Story Van Buren Wayne Wright Pocahontas Appanocose Benton Buena Vista Clark Clay Dickinson Fayette Guthrie Humboldt Jasper Lucas Mitchell O'Brien Hardin Page Hamilton Burnet Clayton Adair Butler Calhoun Davis Decatur Lee Sac Union Winnebago Worth Clinton Lyon Boone August 3 August 10 August 27 August 24. The list will be found interesting to teachers, many of whom are more or less concerned about educational affairs in some of the counties mentioned. This has been the most unfavorable week of the season. The temperature was below normal, with a very large excess of cloudiness. Heavy showers occurred daily in the larger part of the state, and severe local windstorms caused damage to trees, windmills and light structures. Reports show heavy rainfall across Des Moines Jefferson Scranton Carroll Marshalltown Blairtown Iowa City Mt. Yerk Grundy Center Waterloo Logan Charles City. All stations report a very heavy excess above normal. Floods caused nearly unprecedented crop losses, with low lands abandoned and field work mostly halted. Dry warm weather is needed to repair damages and secure upland crops. cereal yields will drop from last year. The apple crop is promising.
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Blackhawk
Delaware
Floyd
Greene
Jackson
Louisa
Muscatine
Pottawattamie
Saylor
Washington
Cherokee
Des Moines
Barrison
Henry
Madison
Plymouth
Tama
Poweshiek
Sioys
Wapello
Bremer
Kossuth
Marehall
Montgomery
Adams
Dubuque
Frantlin
Marion
Mills
Woodbury
Warren
Ringgold
Monona
Linn
Jones
Carroll
Hancock
Johnson
Allamakee
Palo Alto
Monroe
Iowa
Mahaska
Grundy
Fremont
Chickasaw
Cerro Gordo
Audubon
Polk
Shelby
Story
van Buren
Wayne
Wright
Pocahontas
Appanocose
Benton
Buena Vista
Clark
Clay
Dickinson
Fayette
Guthrie
Humboldt
Jasper
Lucas
Mitchell
O'Brien
Hardin
Page
Hamilton
Buimet
Dallas
Crawford
Clayton
Adair
Butler
Calheon
Davis
Decatur
Lee
Sac
Union
Winnebago
Worth
Clinton
Lyon
Boone
Jefferson
Scranton
Marshalltown
Blairtown
Iowa City
Mt.Yer- Grundy Center
Waterloo
Logan
Charles City
Local News Briefs From Area Cyclone Reports And Social Visit
Ten tickets sold to Chamberlain by Mr Losey Saturday evening with attendees including James Gallen Vincent Bigley and Tom McCarty. Sh P McEvoy notes fourteen cyclone losses near Wallingford Thurs and Fri plus destruction around Terris and Raleigh while visiting Spirit Lake and Estherville. Mrs C W Hodgkinson and Mrs Wilhiaws of St Paul arrived to spend a month with relatives and report little rain in St Paul. The Rolfe Reveille office was damaged by a cyclone. last issue printed in Laurens Sun office. Some insured policies shifted from County Mutual to stock companies. J Foy returned from Des Moines after two weeks, attended Iowa undertakers convention. Oscar LaBarre and wife lived in flooded districts but suffered no losses. City conditions viewed as discouraging. Two railroad directors stockholders meetings planned in Des Moines to decide ownership of Ruthven line. Illinois Central once claimed control, Rock Island now believed to hold majority stock. line leased for some time.
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BE. J. Foy
Des Moines
Undertakers of
Iowa
Oscar LaBarre
Ruthvenue Des Moines
Illinois Central Company
Rock Island
Chinese burial at Clinton cemetery noted in Reveille item
Fong Fn Pong died in the storm and received a Christian burial Monday at Clinton cemetery officiated by Rev. Enders. Sam Lee and Hong Wee of Eagle Grove attended and bought a cemetery lot, paying all burial expenses. After five to six years his remains will be moved to Hay Ping Quong Ching China for which a wife and two children await his return. He had been sending $20 to $25 weekly. Tseil wore of Chamberlain Cough Remedy is advertised with a testimonial from Jaquith Inland Michigan and D J Lyman handling sales.
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Rolfe
Reveille
Fong Fn Pong
Clinton Cemetery
Enders
Sam Lee
Hong Wee
Eagle Grove
Fong Fa Pong
St Mary academy downs West Bend club in bold away win
The St Mary academy baseball team traveled to West Bend Saturday and defeated the club by a large margin. Residents treated the visitors generously, with special praise for Landlord T. C. Grant of the Upton hotel for his hospitality and lightened expenses.
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St Mary Academy
West Bend
Iltas
the Bend
T. C. Grant
Upton Hotel
Ton
Rinehart predicts Iowa Democrats will affirm Kansas City platform
G F Rinehart Newton state chairman and organizer predicts reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform at Iowa Democratic state convention. He cites 400 district leaders opposing reorganization, notes potential anti Bryan gathering, and mentions Judge Van Wagenen as a candidate possibility. Also reports first Iowa State Marshal club meeting in Grinnell to enforce liquor laws and assigns district marshals paid from liquor revenues.
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Kansas City Platform
Iowa
Horace Boies
Black Hawk County
Heinehart
van Wagenen
Best Mineral and Pine Lands in Black Hills Stock Offering
The Interstate Gold Mining Co adds twenty claims to holdings totaling six hundred in the Black Hills. Ore grades imply value of 73.78 per ton on average. Stock at 25c, par $1, fully paid, non-assessable, to fund work and a filling plant. Directors announce rapid sale to complete financing. Contact J H Godden, E H Soper, or F S Appelman at Godden & Ballam office or 114 Ming dditional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Gold Mining Co
J. H. Godden
E. H. Soper
Pasurer
Appelman
Godden & Ballam
Explosion Kills Three at Explosives Plant Near Eliza
About 1,500 pounds of jovite detonated in the screening room of the Explosives Manufacturing plant near Eliza N. June 2. Three men died and several others were seriously injured. Hundreds of windows shattered within two miles. The plant was destroyed with losses pegged at 925,000.
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Eliza, N
Explosives Manufacturing Company
Premature Fireworks Explosion Kills One in Chicago
A deadly blast at Butler Bros wholesale house on West Randolph Street during a fireworks handling incident killed one man and injured two others. A heavy explosive-filled box toppled from a truck in the basement triggering the catastrophe, causing panic among some 300 employees.
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Chicago
Butler Bros
West
Randolph Street
Kling
John Swanson
Prosperois Farmer Shot After Jealousy Feud
In Whitehall Wisconsin on June 2 Osbakken killed John Wellen a prosperous retired farmer of Lines Trempealeau county near town three and a half miles from the center. Jealousy is cited as the motive as Osbakken was seized by passion and was apprehended by local authorities following the murder.
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Wisconsin
Whitehall
Wis
Osbakken
John Wellen
Lines
Trempeleau County
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ROYAL
Saxin Poweer
Thepe
Ross
Grzettinger
Josie Patton
Euimetesburg
Aliss Myrtle Stamp
A. V. Dobpsoo
Alice Nolan
Ssbherville
Mrs. Osher
Estherville
Mr. Cameron
Meredith Grove
Fred Simonson
Dr. Osher
Chris Jensen
Martin Mylore
H. E. John
Sumie
Iver Iverson
Emmetsburg
Wallace Circus
Wallace
Eiher
Kansas City
Topeka
Kansas
Nebraska
Armstrong
Crop and Weather Report
Chamberlain
Losey
James Gallen
Vincent Bigley
Tom McCarty
Sh. P. McEvoy
Wallingford
Spirit Lake
Terris
Raleigh
C. W. Hodgkinson
Rolfe Reveille
Laurens Sun
County Mutual
E. P. McEvoy
Tseil
Jaquith
Inland
Mich
D. J. Lyman
Ruthven
Milwaukee
Free Press
Bro
Mayne
Addrce
BSS
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. C
A. D
Pearl Notary Public
J. Cmekey & CO
Ohio
Hiaif
Gr F. Herley
A. Dickisox, Outlinder
Towa
Jane
Gieents
G. A. Herley
Main Street
Taybor
MR. Rinehart
Iowa State Marshal Club
Grinnell
J. C. Witlits
Oskalooga
E. E. Lowe
Fort Madison
E. Benson
Brooklyn
Willian Garrity
William Garrity
Jos. Usher
King
Usher
Garrity
Mre
Drake University
Drake College
Drake University of Des Moines
Iowa State University of Iowa City
Iowa College of Grinnell
Iowa College of Ames
Iowa State Normal School of
Corneil College of Mount Vernon
Des Moines College of Des Moines
Sorrentino
William E. Curtis
Herbert L. Willett
Isabel Garghin Beecher
Samuel Btranss
George G. McNutt
The
Interstate Gold Mining & Milling Company
Black Hills
Moe Elle
Miss Lillian
America
Europe
Uni
Bronson
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