Percheron Breeding Stock From Keota Featured at Local Farm
Paul 40400 a six year old dark dapple gray Percheron stands over a ton and was imported by Keiser Bros in 1903. Squire, bay foaled 1900 and bred by C Hildred in Skirbeck England, weighs 2150 pounds when fit and has produced showy colts. Romulous 4338 jet black, nine years old and 1800 pounds, comes from Coco and Brilliant line and is a proven foal getter. All three are bred or imported by Keiser Bros Keota Iowa and have shown sweepstakes success at Jefferson County Fair.
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Paul
Keiser Bros
Keota
Iowa
Jefferson County
C. Hildred
Skirbeck
Boston
England
Keiser Brothers
Squire
Jim McDowell
Abingdon
Romulous
Coco
Brilliant
France
Romulcus
Favorite 4201 Percheron Stallion Pedigree for 1907 Sale
A dark gray stallion with bone good action and gentle disposition, bred for best results. Sire Pyrrhus 9786 and Dam Richonnette 13835 with prestigious ancestry listed. Terms: limited mare service in 1907 at Fairfield area, prices insured for colt, mares insured if owner moves out of county.
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Pyrrhus
Childbirt
Brilliant
Coco II
Vieux Chaslin
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Richonnette
Albert
Follembray
Narbonne
Desire
Mouton
Siderim
Valentin
Gringalette
M. Vallee
Breeding Prospects at Blakeley Farm 1907 Horses
Four-year-old McLeod bay with white markings stands 16% hands high and weighs 1800 pounds. Sired by Craig Colvin, dam Princess Eulalie, praised for head, neck, bone and hack joint. Charleston Jr 22122, 16.11 hands, 1250 pounds, praised as foal-getter with speed proven by record 2:12+. Charles Byron 41480 bay three years, 1100 pounds, smooth action and breeding speed. Terms ten dollars to insure colt to stand and suck, mares removal forfeits insurance.
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Deep Blood Bay
Dr. Clark
Blakeley Farm
Fairfield
Glasgow
McLeod
Craig Colvin
Prince of Curnichan
Princess Eulalie
Billy K
Legislator
Charleston Jr
D. W. C. Vaile
Rochelle
Iowa
Charleston
Bourbon Wilkes
Geo. Wilkes
Hambletonian
Arie
Capoul
Sentinel
Charles Byron
Daisy Byron
Lady Byron
Ellerslie Wilkes
Dolliver keynote at Ottumwa Elks banquet
Senator J. P. Dolliver of Ft Dodge spoke at Ottumwa lodge B P O Elks banquet marking the local lodge’s eleventh anniversary. About four hundred Elks, locals and visitors, filled the Elks home for the address and celebration.
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J. P. Dolliver
Ottumwa
Ft. Dodge
Ottumwa Lodge
Elks
Senator Dolliver
Elks Home
COM BOYS IN MIMIC BATTLE AT DES MOINES
Company M and 3,000 blue and brown armies from Des Moines to Slater will stage the largest mimic battle in U S history as Iowa National Guards and regular troops maneuver from August 5 to 9 near Des Moines. Cavalry artillery machine guns and corps units will participate with a grand march into the city and a final surrender verdict by fifteen U S government umpires.
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Des Moines
Brown
Blue Army
Slater
Iowa
United States
Iowa National Guards
War Department
Brown Army
Cummins
Iowa National Guard
Polk City
Town National Guard
United Brigades
Fort Des Moines
State Military Department
State Guard
Davenport
Muscatine
Company M
The Percheron Stallion Prospect Described in Detail
A detailed notice describes a black three year old Percheron stallion weighing 2000 pounds. The piece lists lineage and breeding strengths, noting art and prize history from 1906 including sires Brutus Passe Partout and Chanelia, with connections to M. Fromentin and M. Barre as owners or handlers.
Dan Wilkes the Road Horse of Speed and Pedigree
Dan Wilkes is described as a 15.3 hand 1250 pound road horse with a 2:40 gait and notable lineage. Sired by Garnet Wilkes 3101 from On ward 1411, with Nettie T. as dam, tracing to Grey John and Stonewall Jackson. Garnet Wilkes produced over 30 standard performers with 2:08 to 2:30 records. Kittie Wilkes is a full sister to a Dan Wilkes colt that won first prize at Jefferson County Fair in 1906. Terms include $10 to insure standing and sucking. removing mares forfeits insurance. phone contact T-492.
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Dan Wilkes
Garnet Wilkes
Onward
Harold
Pilot Jr
Nettie T
Grey John
Grey Dick
Stonewall Jackson
Old Layde
Darwin
Green
Bashaw
Kittie Wilkes
Jefferson County
No Respect for Age Tearing Down Korean Marble Pagoda
The St Louis Globe Democrate notes the removal of a thousand year old marble pagoda from Korea to Japan by a Japanese nobleman. The piece condemns the act while acknowledging the controversy and criticizes the iconoclasts who cannot afford to be overly critical.
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Korea
Japan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Royal Recorder
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Rotherham
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Cour-de-Lion IV
Hitchin Conqueror
William the Conqueror
Norna Peerless
Dunsmore Willington
Active
Farmers’ Profit
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Wizard
Prince
Mettle
Primrose
Devonshire Lad
Conqueror
Hertford
Honest Tom
C. E McPherson
My Farm
Middle Glasgow Road
COM
U. S. Cavalry
Oscar
Brutus
Kader
Passe Partout
Ilderim
Vale
Entine Y Noe
Jean
Orpheline
Sultan
Bayard Estrada
Selim
Porthos
M. Fromentin
M. Barre
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Scipion
Coquette
She
Bamboche
Philibert
Biche
Jacques
M. Epinette
Beaudole
Moutonne
M. E. Perriot
Marathon
Vieux-Chaslin
Paule
Sandi
Pauline
Vieux-Coco
Jean-le-Blanc
Sultani
Bay Sultan
Bayard
Bijou
M Bayard
Estrada
Mr Estrada
Ernest Perriot
M. Lemesse
Blough Bros
Anil
Salina Road
Mamers
Nuby Smith Farm
Stockport
Manners
Brock
Bick
Mr Insurance
Tony & Owner &P
Ort
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