Polly Finds Hope After Uncle Toby's Death
Polly fights grief after Uncle Toby's death while Douglas and Mandy help restore life at the parsonage. Polly teaches Mandy and the village children, shares a red book of "don'ts" learned from Mr. Douglas, and prepares for the social as Hasty notes the Wakefield circus coming to town.
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Polly
Mandy
Douglas
Hasty
Miss Polly
Toby
Lawsy
Massa Joly
Poest
Willie
Ltlle Jennie
van Amberg
Wakefield
Mr. John
Massa John
Chile
Hasty Jones
Windsor street coffin unearthed during water work
In Windsor on Pitt street a workman hit a rough box and coffin buried under three feet of pavement while trenching a water connection. Police ordered burial but relic hunters removed skull fragments and bones before authorities acted. Pitt street is among Windsor’s oldest streets, possibly a settler’s grave.
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Detroit
Mich
Pitt Street
Windsor Avenue
Windsor
Fonda Drives Ahead on Good Roads and Drags
Fonda Iowa residents raise between 250 and 300 dollars to fund twenty five King road drags to be shared with nearby townships. Contracts for each mile follow rain, as improved drainage and road work promise better access in gumbo soils. C. F. Reimer & Co. of Marshalltown won the buildings contract for the institution’s new facilities with a legislature grant of 47 500 dollars.
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Fonda
H. E. Kirschner
C. F. Reimer & Co
Marshalltown
Iowa Theaters May Buck Trusts
A group of Iowa theater managers linked to the Western Theater Managers association plans an open door policy to book plays freely. Led by Chas Kindt of Davenport, the committee will approach Klaw & Erlanger, seek support from New York managers if refused, and push to back a Western stand.
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New York
Iowa
Western Theater Managers’ Association
Don M. Stuart
Association
Knickerbocker
Chas. Kindt
Davenport
Klaw & Erlaner
West
Western Association
Contracts for Iowa City tuberculosis sanitarium upgrades
Contracts totaling nearly 37000 dollars were let for improvements at the tuberculosis sanitarium north of Iowa City. The key addition is a two story brick building for employees, with other new structures planned to expand the facility.
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Iowa City
Local farmer shoots seven foot wingspan eagle near Ogden
John Trelore of a farm north of Ogden shot a large eagle after it stole chickens. The bird spans seven feet wingtip to wingtip and weighs ten pounds. It will be mounted by the Northwestern School of Waxidermy in Omaha and placed on exhibit at the Ogden State Bank.
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John Trelore
Ogden
Northwestern School of Waxidermy
Omaha
Ogden State Bank
New Iowa fishing law challenged by Mississippi fishermen
Burlington Iowa June 4 a fight looms over a new Iowa legislature license law for seining along the Mississippi border fishermen backed by large fish interests plan arrests and court challenges to strike down the license per net rule state warden Lincoln of Des Moines begins preliminary steps to push the case and defend the law aimed at protecting game fish and preventing Illinois seiners from crossing into Iowa waters
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Burlington
Iowa
Mississippi
Lowa
Missippi
Lincoln
Des Moines
Illinois
Governor Carroll Challenge To Milk Cow At Minnesota Fair
Des Moines June 5 Governor Johnson of Minnesota invites Governor Carroll to the state fair to milk a cow Carroll accepts and proposes a contest with the winner receiving 60 percent of the gate receipts It is a lighthearted exchange reflecting friendly interstate rivalry.
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Des Moines
Johnson
Minnesota
Carroll
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Niue
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Mr. and
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East Side Hardware Store
Everbody
East Side
Browndlughes
Polly OF
the Circus
Margaret Maye
Dodd, Mead and Co
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O. F. Fryefe
Speirs
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W. H. Julian
Iowa State Savings Bank
J. E. Roth
James Louden
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W. E. Bradshaw
Y Kenney
Ed. Hunt
Geo. W. Ball
E. F. Ratcliff
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Wm. C. Hawk
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Dillon Turney
C. P. Hague
M. D. Rodabaigh
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R. B. Louden
Chas
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Clarke Estate
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Maria B. Mowery
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Chicago
Hotel Court
Shalienberger
Bia
Ucing
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Bive
Drexel State Bank
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