Local society notes span visits and departures in Graettinger
Mrs Stein returns from Graettinger to visit relatives while C M Orcott’s family travels to Plainfield Iowa. Several residents visit or travel to Des Moines Chicago and Sioux City for business, education, or events. A July 4 celebration is planned in Spencer with balloon ascent. Rhythms of town life include graduations, commencements, concerts, dances, and a dive-horse owner’s agent taking over.
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D. G. Laughran
St. Paul
O. P. Doyle
A. Scott Ormedy
Chicago
Carter
Des Moines
Liked Indian Territory trip prompts big real estate hopes
Mr and Mrs M F Steil returned from Wagoner Indian Territory where they spent nearly four months with Mr and Mrs Matt Steil. They report booming land values with 15 to 30 per acre asking prices and predict higher land values by fall. Crop prospects look strong with potatoes wheat oats and corn noted amid rains. Real estate transfers are slow but expected to pick up as settlers from Silitoa Missouri and southern Iowa arrive. The Steils plan to stay until the market improves before moving.
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M. F. Steil
Wagoner
Indian Territory
Matt Steil
Notaries
Texas
Steil
Silitoia
Missouri
Iowa
Stejl
State Fair Harness Racing Sets Big Speed Card
Racing at the Iowa State Fair runs August 28 to September 1 with a bold harness and running program. Fourteen harness and five running races offer large stakes, with 21,000 each in four events. Secretary J C Simpson of Des Moines reports 60 entries, 25 paid entries in one race, and 25 starters named in two others. Entries close Wednesday noon August 2 and blanks are available from Simpson. The fair provides seven large speed barns with free stalls for entrants. The track, rebuilt last season, is the best in history and may yield records as Dan Patch’s driver praised its condition.
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J. C. Simpson
Des Moines
Simpson
Dan Patch
Splendid Meals at Elite Cafe for Public Dances
Public notices advertises Elite cafe as the venue for all public and society dances with a fine larger room and superior accommodations. Mrs J B Morris invites patrons to try the meals, claiming they are the best in town and urging conviction by experience.
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J. B. Morris
Year By Jews Bond Payment Settles Sioux County Feud
Various small notices show local actions including a $15,000 settlement by a safety company with the Sioux County board of supervisors over a contractor’s bond. Other items note a Ger Mania graduation address by S. E. McMahon, post office moves, water mains and hydrants on Broad Way, and civil service exam notice for Lars Hidsness. Community updates from multiple towns span death, farming, and local crimes.
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Sioux County Court House
Board of Supervisors
Sheldon Mail
Old But Not Call and a 6 Year Gap in Love
Aged 30 man Mr. Busa wooed and married a 6 year old girl near La Verne with likely Humboldt county license. He claimed being alone prompted wedlock and cited his ex wife’s remark about remarriage as motive.
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Busa
la Verne
Humboldt County
Kossuth
Algona Courier
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Plainfield
W. T. Krieger
S. Schirmer
Magon City
Alex Peddie
Houston
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Whittemore
Mary Laughlin
Inez Creighton
Rose Healy
Ella McGovern
Ruthven
Blanche Meade
Cora Wilcox
Sioux City
Morningside College
Mies Carroll
Graettinger
John and
Vincent Risley
Wallingford
Len Stillman
Dolliver
State Bankers’ Convention
John C. Hanson
Clay County
Emmetsburg
E. H. Hulser
Bions City
Hulser
Leonard Moore
A. A. Wettin
Ames
Misa Mary Crowley
Cedar Falla
Town State Normal School
Spencer
Carl
Rev
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O. K. Maynard
Spirit Lake
Josie McEvoy
Mallard
E. J
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Arthur Baker
Edgewood
Carpenters
New Hampton
Frankie Giddings
Osgood
Aries Corrans
West Bend
R. Beatty
St. Thomas Parish
Coonan
Hough Smith
Algana Advance
Mr. Smith
Ayrehire Chronicle
Charles Duhigg
Ayrshire
F. Steil
Ayer
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Canyon Oty
Oregon
C. Ayerco
Towel
Mase
Alec Smitten
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S. E. McMahon
Germania
Algona Advance
Anderson
Alex Ruthven
Miss Donlon
G. D. Gleason
Appeal
North Broad Way
Lars Eidsness
Lars Hidsness
Washington, D. C
National Capitol
Graettinger High School
Graettinger Times
Eahley
F. W. Eahley
the Chronicle
Heecaya
Barrela
Ayrebire Chronicle
Frank Wright
Riverton
Mr. Wright
Spencer News
Dows
Ed Bailey
Dows Advocate
Bailey
Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
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Vows
Clacion Clipper
Emmetsburg High School
T. L. Re J P. Cc Rose
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