Months Old Heifers Sell at Averages Over One Hundred Dollars
A sale at McLaughlin's Ten Ten farm near Shelby Post Office drew a strong crowd. Twenty one females and twelve bulls sold with an average over 100 dollars for the females and similar for the bulls. notable was a 15 month old Scotch bull at 205 dollars bought by Lewis Buman of Harlan.
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W. H. Mehlin
Ten
Shelby Post Office
Shelby County
McLaughlin
Mysie Gloster
Mr. McLaughlin
Baron Kear
Duchess of Gloster
King James
Lewis Buman
Harlan
George P. Bellows
Spinsters Defeat Ordinance Amid Leap Year Tax Threat
Ft. Dodge Iowa March 27. The council faced a storm as Mayor Charles Bennett aimed to curb bachelor and spinster behavior with a strict anti marriage ordinance. A week to study was granted amid threats of riots, and an amendment tied unmarried women aged 30 to similar penalties starting after leap year.
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Ft. Dodge
Charles Bennett
Train Smashes Automobile at Sovilla Station
A Burlington northbound passenger train struck a car near the depot in Sovilla Iowa. Dr. Dye and a companion were thrown clear and avoided serious injuries while Dr. Dye's $1200 auto was wrecked. Des Moines conductor Frank Price was aboard the train.
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Sovilla
Burlington
Dr. Dye
Play With Gun Is Fatal Near Hor nick Iowa
A loaded shotgun used for play by the Diersk children discharged. John Diersk, a young child, was wounded in the side and died within half an hour as his mother lay ill in bed. The incident occurred four miles northwest of Horni ck, Iowa.
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Sioux City
William Diersk
Hornick
Iowa
John
Oscar Nylin Laid To Rest In Mt. Pleasant
Funeral held for Oscar Nylin the young tailor who died by stepping in front of a fast mail train near Mt. Pleasant. Canton Tailors Union paid burial costs. coroner Jaeger seeks relatives and found letters from Sweden. Also, Mrs Meta Anderson, driven mad by parental deaths, is escorted to Wisconsin for treatment.
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Mt. Pleasant
Oscar Nylin
Forest Home Cemetery
Jaeger
Tailors Union
Canton
Ill
Nylin
Sweden
Clinton
Meta Anderson
Weedom
Wis
Wisconsin
Veedom
Vague Illinois Police Response Highlighted
A fragment notes a young woman in Illinois and that Galesburg police have shown a surprising indifference, with nothing further heard about the matter.
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Illinois
Galesburg
Clock-Tick Threats Drive Fayette Woman to Mental Sanity Ruling
Nora Cook a 48 year old Fayette woman feared for her life believing men planned to shoot her. At West Union she was declared sane by county commissioners and sent to Independence. She lived as a domestic, had no local relatives, and supported herself from rent and work until she grew overwhelmed by perceived persecution.
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Fayette
Nora Cook
West Union
Independence
Peculiar and Tragic Death near Ellsworth Farm Wife
Mrs. Charles Caruth, wife of a prominent farmer five miles north of Ellsworth Town, died in a cistern while drawing water for washing. She fell in and drowned in three feet of water, likely striking her head and losing consciousness. The body lay undiscovered until about 9:30, having been in the water for roughly two hours.
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Charles Caruth
Ellsworth
Caruth
Bravery earns him a political office in Kansas City story
George Poell, a former fireman on the St Joseph and Rio Grande railway, saved a infant on a Powell Nebraska rail line in June 1908 but lost a leg and sustained severe injuries. He later received a medal of honor from Congress and a Carnegie hero award of 250 dollars to pay off his mortgage as he campaigned successfully for Hall County clerk.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Grand Island
Poell
Hanover
Powell
Kansas-Nebraska Line
Treating the Assessor as a Trustworthy Figure
The remark emphasizes the need to view assessors as credible and honorable officials worthy of public confidence. It advocates fairness, integrity, and prudent judgment in assessing tax or property matters.
Tornado Journey Through Iowa and Missouri Sighting
A cyclone formed near Clearmont Missouri and tracked northward crossing near Braddyville Iowa. Remarkable freaks included three cows lifted then placed unharmed in Stanton’s pasture and a mule sheltered as a barn upper structure was blown away. Read The Tribune, $1 per year.
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Iowa
Clarinda
Clearmont
Braddyville
Page County
Kelly
Stanton
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