Artiste the Percheron Stallion Aged Three At Stud
The Percheron Stallion Artiste a black three-year-old weighing 2000 pounds was selected from a stud of 150 horses. He has fine action and a gentle disposition and won first prize in 1906 at the Chicago International Exposition. Pedigree traces Sire Oscar through Brutus Germanicus Abd El Kader Passe Partout to Comet, and Dam Orpheline with lines to Sultan Selim and Porthos.
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Oscar
Brutus
Germanicus
Abd el Kader
Passe Partout
Comet
Ilderim
Valentine
Vieux Chassin
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Coquin French Draft Stallion Offered For Breeding Near Fairfield
A 5-year-old French Draft Stallion named Coquin 14007 weighs 1750 lbs and stands at the Blough Homestead two percent miles southeast of Fairfield for the 1907 season. Sired by Scipion with a noted lineage, he promises strong offspring and is offered with insurance options of $15 for Artiste and $10 for Coquin to stand and suck. Telephone W 488 for details.
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Scipion
Coquette
Sultam
Bamboche
Philibert
Biche
Jacques
M. Epinette
Beaudole
Moutonne
Bayard
M. E. Perriot
Marathon
Bijou
Decide
Vulcan
Voltaire
Margot
Brilliant
Coco II
Cocotte
Ragout
Favoril
Vieux-Chaslin
L’amie
Vieux-Pierre
Rosette
Mina
Jean-le-Blanc
Ernest Perriot
Rustique
M. Lemesse
Blough Homestead
Fairfield
Old Time Iowa Mystery Cleared in Eddyville
Eddyville residents recall the 1860 drowning of Jonathan Maxon in the Des Moines River near a ford east of the Rock Island depot. Dr Buck allegedly retrieved a skeletal body for a hidden motive, and decades later Charles Lutz and Tom Kale corroborated the tale that Maxon’s body was recovered and secreted.
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Eddyville
Maxon
Oskaloosa
Rock Island Depot
Jonathan Maxon
Ben Slemmons
Johnson
Slemmons
John Henry Besco
Des Moines
Charles Lutz
Dr. Buck
Buck
Tom Kale
Kale
Lutz
Charley
Charley Lutz
Thomas B. Kale
Iowa Farmer Boy Wins Way to Top
Tom Sherman of Bancroft Iowa a former Fort Dodge man rose from farmer boy to school teacher bank clerk cashier and bank president before being named assistant secretary of the Milwaukee system His new post will be based in Milwaukee with moves planned soon He has banking and land interests and has worked on Milwaukee right of way efforts in Montana
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Fort Dodge
Tom Sherman
Bancroft
Iowa
Mr. Sherman
Humboldt County
State Bank of Ringstead
State Bank of
Swea City
First National Bank of
Milwaukee
Montana
Sherman
Registered Belgian Stallion Admiral Dewey S. 1008 advertised
The Belgian stallion Admiral Dewey S. 1008 is described as a five year old dapple bay with strong action and disposition. He is offered for breeding at a farm near Glasgow, with $10 insurance to insure a colt’s standing. Terms include forfeit for removal from county and limited liability for accidents.
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Admiral Dewey
Young Bravo Sire to Begin 1907 Season at Libertyville Farm
Young Bravo plans a 1907 breeding season at my Libertyville area farm four miles northwest of town. Stud fee is 15 dollars to insure a living colt. He is described as grand inbred with notable progeny including Billie and Cricket L and notable sires such as Onslaught Bulletin and Bertrand Blackhawk in his lineage.
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Wilkes
Bravo
Billie
Onslaught
Bulletin
Cricket L
Vantage
Alice Ensign
Pleasant Starlight
Bertrand Blackhawk
To Order
Young Bravo
Libertyville
No Vices, Never Il Dies At 98
John Coakley aged 98 died suddenly after saying he felt smothered. Born in Ireland, he never smoked chewed or used tobacco and avoided glasses and canes. A steadfast Catholic and hard worker, he lived locally for many years and declined church honors.
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Perry
John Coakley
Mr. Coakley
Ireland
Farmington High School Players Arrested and Released
Robert Gichtenmueller filed a warrant against the town's high school baseball team for trespass on his farm. The nine were brought before Squire Corwin, case continued until after dinner, then County Attorney Harwood from Keosauqua dismissed it.
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Farmington
Robert Gichtenmueller
Squire Corwin
Harwood
Keo- Sauqua
Iowan Moriarity Heads Panama Road Onward
John Moriarity, longtime foreman at Iowa Central machine shops, departs Marshalltown on a Panama Road assignment dated May 6. He has served in the shop for many years and will oversee the project at its start.
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Iowan
Panama Road
Marshalltown
John Moriarity
Iowa Central Machine Shops
Panama Railroad Foreman Plan Draws Iowa Central Men
About twenty men from Iowa Central are now connected with the Panama railroad as part of a departure to take roles as foremen of the shops.
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Panama Railroad
Iowa Central
Tower Is Long a Menace in Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs Iowa city crews dismantled a tall electric light tower after finding it dangerously weakened by rust and wind stress. The discovery prompted orders to remove the remaining ten towers as the steel tubing showed extreme thinning and loss of tensile strength from crystalization.
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Council Bluffs
City Council
City Electrician
New London Women Organize For City Beautification
Forty six New London ladies met in the city hall to form a permanent group to beautify the city. An executive committee was named to draft by laws plus officers and a ways and means committee of twelve. A park committee and a Fourth of July committee were appointed. Plans to be finalized after committee reports.
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New London
Body found of kidnapped Marvin child in marsh near Dover
Dover Delaware May 6 the body of Horace Marvin disappeared March 4 from his father's farm at Kitts Hammock was found in a marsh about a half mile east of the farm toward the Delaware river. The clothes match those of the child.
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Marvin
Ollie Pleasanton
Pleasanton
Dover
Dela
Horace Marvin
Kitts Hammock
Here
Delaware River
Moline to Invite Billy Sunday for 1909 Revival
Moline leaders plan a Billy Sunday revival in January 1909 after informal talks. Sunday will consider a formal invitation from Moline churches and ministers. Local clergy expect to follow up to bring the famed evangelist to town that winter.
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Moline
Sunday
A Big Little Man
Stockport Iowa May 7 Harry Lyon is a 17 year old boy described as a miniature well formed healthy young man. He stands 41 1/2 inches tall weighs 48 pounds and has not grown since childhood. He attends school in the fourth grade and will turn seventeen on June 2.
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Stockport
Harry Lyon
Lincoln Lyon
Annual Wolf Harvest Report in Benton County
The Benton county annual wolf harvest continues with twenty six young wolves paid a total bounty of 52 dollars at 2 dollars per head and one old wolf paid 5 dollars. The season shows higher numbers than recent years with pups totaling 25 in 1903 23 in 1904 16 in 1905 and the usual average last year.
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Vinton
Benton County
Cedar River
Accident Injures Dumont Farm Laborer Eye
A 19 year old son of Henry Isentroger in Dumont is losing sight in one eye after a crowbar slipped from his hand while clearing rock on the farm. The blow struck the side of his face behind the eye with great force.
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Dumont
Henry Isentroger
Prince Goodwin 8931 at T. M. Rider Farm Fairfield
Prince Goodwin 8931 is a bay colt foaled June 11 1897 bred by Mc Lay Bros Janesville Wisconsin. State Fair and International Exposition first prize winner noted. price 12 50 to insure colt to stand and suck. Owner John H Copeland keeper invites inspection five miles northwest of Fairfield.
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Prince Goodwin
T. M. Rider
Fairfield
McLay Bros
Janesville
Wisconsin
Handsome Prince
Cedric
Prince of Wales
Handsome
Farmers’ Boy
Druid
Starlight
Pride of Glasgow
Berlin Congress
Lord Lyon
Granddam
Topsman
John H. Copeland
Mamers 13634 Draft Stallion For Sale At Mamers Farm
Mamers 13634 a dark iron gray stallion of 1680 lbs listed as a prospective sire with a colt on site. Sire Manners 10961 with lineage tracing back to Brock and Paros. Dam Flora 13581 with Occluded lines. Sold for 10 dollars to insure colt to stand and suck. mares removed from county or sale voids insurance. farm not liable for accidents.
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Nuby Smith Farm
Stockport
Glasgow
Mamers
Manners
Brock
Biche
Paros
Major
Raspail
Vigoreux
Flora
Santin
Maude
Spartan
Lefard
Brillant
Coco IT
Vieux Chaslin
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Paul 40400 Percheron: standout dark dapple gray horse
Paul 40400 is a six year old dark dapple gray Percheron head of herd imported by Keiser Bros at Keota Iowa in 1903. He’s one of the best Percherons in the state with a ton of weight and many colts nearby confirming his breeding. He has bone and style and won sweepstakes at the Jefferson County Fair, drawing great interest from prospective buyers.
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Paul
Keiser Bros
Keota
Iowa
Jefferson County
Noted Shire Stallion Skirbeck Squire
Skirbeck Squire No 5830 Vol 24 foaled 1900 bred by C Hildred Skirbeck Bog England imported by Keiser Brothers Keota Iowa November 1902 color marked face and hind foot white weight 2150 lbs when in shape renowned sire winning sweepstakes at Jeften County Fair two of his colts owned by Jim McDowell Abingdon Iowa won first premiums in fall 1905 seeking breeders for Shire horses Australia
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C. Hildred
Skirbeck
Bog
England
Keiser Brothers
Keota
Iowa
Squire
Jeften
Jim McDowell
Abingdon
Romulous 4338 Percheron Stallion Invokes Local Praise
Romulous 4338 is a jet black Percheron stallion bred from the Coco and Brilliant lines imported from France in 1809 by the Bros. of Keota Iowa. Nine years old and weighing 1800 pounds he is touted as a premier sire with size bone and style. Owners have kept him in the territory since import and he is praised for strong progeny.
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Romulous
Brilliant
France
The
Bros
Keota
Iowa
Mulous
Dr Clark 44925 Bay Stallion Described as Superior Breeding Stock
A breeder touts Dr Clark 44925 a deep blood bay horse of 1200 pounds and 160 hands high. The ad claims exceptional style and action, noting Dr Clark as a rising breeder with quality colts in demand. Prospective buyers urged to inspect and insured living colt to stand and suck for $10, with tabulated terms available.
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Dr. Clark
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