Hamilton Land Company excursion offer from Sigourney IA
The Hamilton Land Company of Sigourney Iowa invites readers to join a private car trip to inspect land and wheat crops. The speaker promises a $10 daily guarantee and will cover railroad and travel expenses if any misrepresentation is found.
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THE
Hamilton Land Company OF
Sigourney, IA
Porter Land CO
Saskatchewan
Canada
Sam
Porter Land Company
County Correspondence Walnut Two May Updates
May 8 notes field activity and visits in Walnut Two. John Kasowski rodded near Wilson. Anthony Dobras and Polly Crish wed at the Polish Catholic church. Susie Felix and Dominic Gelski attended services. Earl Casaday helped with fence. farmers began corn planting. Wiora returned to Chicago. Lela Lawson and Will Patrick visited. Jim Miller family members spent time in Fairfield. Oscar Bradford lost a mare. Lida Lawson and Mrs Miles Bradford visited Fairfield.
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Walnut
John Kasowsky
Wilson
Bert Montgomery
Fairfield
Anthony Dobras
Polly Crish
Louis Kona
Wisconsin
Susie Felix
Dominic Gelski
Joe Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Earl Casaday
Thos. Hawk
Lela Lawson
Will Patrick
Sarah Lawson
Jim Miller
Lela
Mr. Miller
Oscar Bradford
Lida Lawson
Miles Bradford
Packwood
Will Barngrover
Linby
M. E
Lizzie Rainey
Clive
Rex Rainey
Endeavor
The
Christian Church
I. T. Underwood
Martha Webb
Hedrick
Lizzie Killmer
Brighton
Oscar Steigleader
Grimes
Wapello
Christian Sunday School
Speilman
Ottumwa
Hospi
Pleasant Plain Notes On Local Happenings
Pleasant Plain updates include Mrs. Edna Argo improving with others noting Friday Fairfield visitation by Mrs. D. H. Mealy. Frank Hoskins and wife moved to town. Mrs. Mary Leisure and daughter Hattie visited friends this week. Farmers busy with plowing and corn planting. Dr. Bailey returned from Birmingham Wednesday evening.
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Pleasant Plain
Edna Argo
D. H. Mealy
Fairfield
Frank Hoskins
Mary Leisure
Hattie
Bailey
Birmingham
Carnegie check received for Grinnell college campaign
Grinnell Iowa May 1 16 Mr H W Somers business manager of Grinnell college received a 50000 Carnegie promised upon campaign success. An agent of the general education board who examined the campaign accounts announced all requirements met. Carnegie sent his draft immediately. a 100000 grant from the board is expected soon. Somers says loan applications at a good rate will employ the entire amount.
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Grinnell
H. W Somers
Grinnell College
Andrew Carnegie
General Education Board
Carnegie
Educational Board
Somers
Packwood Breeding Ads and Local Notices Chronicle
Packwood advertises two stable horses Carroll and Young Bravo for 1909 foal prospects with breeding prices 10.00 and 12.50 and contact at W G Allison Packwood May 10. Local notes report farmers planting corn, a Linby boy’s death, church events at Packwood and visits among residents with small updates on social calls and church Sunday school plans.
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Carroll
Young Bravo
My Barn
Libertyville
My Place
Collett Briefs: Queen Family Visit Mt. Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Queen of Mt. Pleasant visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bradford in Collett, sharing a family gathering.
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Collett
Fred Queen
Mt. Pleasant
Miles Bradford
Cigarette Smoking Leading Man Sent to Jail
Des Moines May 10 Daniel Brownie stood before Judge Stewart in police court claiming steady work and showing callouses as proof. The judge noted yellow stains between his fingers and asked if they came from cigarettes. Brownie admitted smoking.
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Dan
Des Moines
Dan Brownie
Stewart
Calloues
Pioneer heroine Mrs Margaret Stott dies in Spokane
Mrs. Margaret Angeline Stott wife of Rev Walter Stott died in Spokane at 85 recalled as a pioneer heroine in northern Iowa and New Ulm massacre memory. She sheltered refugees during Indian raids masking rifles and aiding children before moving to Northwood and later Albert Lea. Survived by a son and a daughter.
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Margaret Scott
Mason City
Iowa
New Ulm
Margaret Angeline Stott
Walter Stott
Spokane
Wash
Minnesota
Prison court flags cigarettes as sign of trouble
A Des Moines court votes five days for a young smoker as magistrates say cigarette smokers drift into crime. Brownie and Dan O Connor, travelers from Ottawa Illinois, were arrested for vagrancy. O Connor was released after promising work in Des Moines.
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Dan O’conner
Des Moines
Ottawa
O’connor
Oldest manmarried at 120 and claims youth at 80
Wm Parr England notes extraordinary lifespans and youth claims. James Wright of Spurlock Ky touts Electric Bitters after kidney trouble, saying he feels like a 16 year old. Advertisement urges readers to try the remedy, 50c at Shriner's drug store. Also reports a May 5 1909 baby birth to Prof and Mrs W W Silver and lists numerous real estate transfers in Fairfield Batavia and Libertyville with buyer seller names and property details.
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Wm. Parr
England
James Wright
Spurlock
F. S. Shriner
Farm hand inherits entire estate in Iowa case
Des Moines May 10 George Wolff a farm hand for the late Mrs. Sarah Overpeck of Hardin county is awarded her whole estate except 3000 to a Philadelphia daughter. The Iowa Supreme Court reverses Hardin county court ruling that denied the will and upheld Wolff's appeal.
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Des Moines
George Wolff
Sarah Overpeck
Hardin County
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Overpeck
Wolff
Whooping cough dangers and Chamberlain’s remedy
A historical notice warns whooping cough is more deadly than scarlet fever and often leads to pneumonia. It cites Delbert McKeig of Harlan Iowa praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after his nine month old son suffered through an illness. Sold by F W Jericho & Co. May.
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Chamberlain
Delbert McKeig
Harlan
Iowa
F. W. Jericho & Co
May
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