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Numerous Iowa items from county fairs to railroads
The clipping reports diverse events from A Willisea cooking winner and a Nodaway Woodmen picnic to courthouse damage by lightning, local deaths including Mrs. Higgins and Aunt Betsy Hiatt, accidents, a Leon bull attack, and plans for fair programs in Clarinda. It notes railroad stock, Tabor college opening, hay stacker invention, and local real estate ads. Several residents travel, visit, or relocate as autumn activities begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Emerson
John Higgins
Malvern
Council Bluffs
Mercy
Red Oak
W. A. Westover
Milford
Betsy Hiatt
Green Township
Fremont County
Blanche Boyd
Missouri Line
Leon
Drew Kelley
Menerva Chaplin
Princeton
Harvey
Frank
Murray
Iowa
Tabor & Northern Railroad
Atlantic Northern & Southern Railroad Co
Atlantic
Villisca
Jackson Township
Washington Township
Tabor College
Adams Hall
Lucius Baird
St. Mary’s Ave
Omaha
Conservatory
F. J. Steele
Strahan
Sarah Katherine Blair
Silver City
Peter Jacobs
Mills County
John Kilbom
Anderson Township