A Trip to Storyland charms Hawkeye audience
The two act operetta by intermediate pupils of Trottinger school, staged Friday evening in the Hawkeye, drew a large crowd. Miss Ford and Miss Christopher trained the 39 characters and received praise for a polished performance. The show featured a violin solo by Gladys Johnson, a military drill, and chorus songs, all met with hearty applause.
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Hawkeye
Trottinger
Misses Ford
Christopher
Mother Hubbard
Peter Pumpkin Eater
Hope My Thumb
Jack and Jill
Jack Horner
Gladys Johnson
Allens Electrocuted in Virginia Penitentiary Executions
Floyd Allen, leader of the outlaw band in Carroll County, Virginia, was executed at the state penitentiary last Friday afternoon after a six hour delay. The aged prisoner walked to the chair at 1:20 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m. Claude Swanson Allen, son of Monyd, followed into the chamber at 1:30 p.m. and was executed at 1:35 p.m.
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Floyd Allen
Carrol County
State Penitentiary
Claude Swanson Allen
Monyd
Marshal Escorts Teen to Home Reported
A marshal accompanied a girl under fifteen home after an evening out and warned her parents she must not go downtown after dark without a parent. The writer urges stronger public authority involvement to save wayward girls and protect other children.
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Emmetsburg
Public School Privileges Debate Reignites Tense Townrow
Tribune notes the town revisits access rights for public schooling, recalling a prior episode from one or two years earlier and arguing against allowing the same privileges to recur.
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Tribune
Esther Bonstead Dead At 11 In Pequot Loss for Bonstead family
Esther Helen Bonstead died March 26 1913 at St Josephs Hospital Brainford Minnesota after appendicitis surgery failed. Born January 25 1902 in Crow Wing County she was 11 years old. Survived by parents five sisters and two brothers funeral held at Albert Thorson home and burial in Lost Island Lutheran cemetery. Reverend Sande officiated.
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Mgr
QO. C. Bonstead
St. Joseph's Hospital
Brainford
Minn
Pequot
Albert ‘Whorson
Lost Island Township
Sande
Esther Helen Bonstead
Crow Wing County
Albert Thorson
Jake Nyborg
Theo
Thorson
Athertine
Clara
C. A
A. J. Bonstead
Cities are Furnished with Electricity by NIPCo
The Northern Iowa Power Company of Blumboldt now furnishes Gilmore City Rolte and Laurens with electricity. The return of high water gives the company immense power. Only three-fifths of one of the three big dynamos is being used. The company plans to wire many Iowa cities. Towns including Pocahontas Rockwell City Eagle Grove and Thor are asking for power.
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Northern Iowa Power Company
Blumboldt
Gilmore City
Rolte
Laurens
Iowa
Pocahontas
Rockwell City
Eagle Grove
Thor
Will Kossuth Be Divided Vote Set for 1914
The house passed a bill leaving the question to Kossuth county voters to decide division. The senate is expected to concur. An election on this issue is to be held in 1914. The southern part of the county strongly opposes division.
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House
Kossuth
Senate
Death of Miss Lottia Walsh in Emmiesburg
Miss Lottia Walsh died at her home in Emmiesburg Thursday morning after falling ill in winter. Previously an instructor in music at West Bend schools she had been recalled for another year. Friends describe her as an accomplished musician and a loving, kind young lady. Funeral planned at Emmataburg Saturday.
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Lottia Walsh
Emmiesburg
West Bend
Emmataburg
Young couple wed at Ruthven Lutheran church
Charles Henningsen and Alma Hermansen united in marriage last Wednesday at the Ruthven Lutheran church. Rev Wigdahl performed the ceremony as relatives and friends attended. The couple reside on the groom’s farm after the ceremony, and well wishes pour in from their families and community.
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Ruthven
Charles Henningsen
Alma Hermansen
Wigdahl
Lis
Theo, Hermanson
Igo
Lost Island Township
Chris Henningsen
Henningsen
Ackley Tornado Skepticism Baffles Storm Maps
Reports across many papers mention Ackley as devastated in the Haster Sunday storm with 1 to 6 dead and wounded. A local map shows two storm arms meeting near the town yet breaking west and northwest, and no damage eastward, fueling belief Ackley’s topography shields it from twisters.
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Ackley
Iwo
Le Marin Defeats Westergaard In Chicago Wrestling
Le Marin won both falls against Jess Westergaard in Chicago on Tuesday. The first fall finished in 42 minutes 23 seconds with a reverse body hold. The second fall ended in 20 minutes 12 seconds as Le Marin pinned Westergaard with a body and wristlock.
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Constant le Marin
Jess Westergaard
Chicago
le Marin
Westergaard
Peter Knutson Cleared in Inst Weak's Times Case
The jury previously disagreed in the lawsuit between E Knudtson and Stevens but reached a verdict at 4:15 Friday afternoon finding Knudtson not guilty. The decision settles the case and exonerates Knudtson after a jury deliberation of about twenty two hours.
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Inst Weak
E Knudtson
Stevens
Knudtson
Ouras
Ossified Man Frank Worden Seeks Cure for Rigidity
Frank Worden of Colfax, an ossified man, offers 1000 to any physician who can enable him to bend his back without breaking it. He cannot laugh or smile, eats by liquid through a small jaw gap, and has a stiff neck since eighteen years. Doctors in Iowa and specialists in Omaha have not helped. He is wealth and sits unable to move, body hardened to stone except elbows, with no regular blood circulation observed.
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Frank Worden
Colfax
Iowa
Omaha
Worden
Spoiled Their Game by Night Raid on Armory
Marshall Brennan had watched several boys up late at the Armory. He warned Capitan Nolan and listed names. Tuesday night just before midnight Brennan surprised the group. they fled in fear as authorities recorded names and potential consequences. Some boys showed visible nerves next day.
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Marshall Brennan
Capitan Nolan
Marshall Brenan
Advertising Fueled H. L. Edwards Success in Sedan
In Sedan Kansas population 2200, merchant H L Edwards built a grand store modern home and farm while spending about 5000 annually on local newspaper advertising. He credits his success to advertising, noting his early move to Sedan with little capital.
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Sedan
Kansas
H. L. Edwards
Pioneer Lady Dies After Nine Weeks of Illness
Mrs Lars Duhn of South Walnut township died Monday night at eleven after a nine week confinement to bed. Dropsy caused the death. Funeral today at the Danish Lutheran church with Rev Simonsen. Interment in church cemetery. Born Oct 15 1842 in Denmark she came to America in 1868. Married Lars Peter Duhn Aug 4 1870 at Lemhersburg. They lived on the Duhn farm. seven children born, six living Peter Edward Henry Lars Rasmussen Mrs M Andersen and Mrs Ben Espland survived. One brother Otto Peter Christensen lives west of town. Interment in Walnut cemetery. The Times extends sympathy to the bereaved.
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Lars Duhn
South Walnut
Walnut Township
Simonsen
Maren Christenen
Denmark
America
Fort Dodge
Lars Peter Duhn
Lemmersburg
Duhn
Lars
Peter
Edward
Henry
Lars Rasmussen
5. M. Andersen
Ben Espland
Otto Peter Christensen
Easter Snowstorm Buries North Dakota Region
Easter Sunday brought the worst winter storms to Lettinger area with heavy snowfall and gnawing winds. Snow fell thick and fast, drifting into every nook creating unusually large blockades, yet farmers welcomed the moisture for upcoming spring crops.
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Lettinger
N.D
Woman Killed by Ax in Chris holm Minnesota
Mrs. John Fontana of Chris holm Minnesota was murdered with an ax Tuesday night at her home. There were no witnesses and her husband has disappeared. A small baby cried on a cot nearby. An ax was found on the foot and a wound in the back of the head indicated the death. Fontana had been arrested previously for beating his wife and promised to reform.
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John Fontana
Chrisholm
Minn
Anax
Fontana
Humboldt Wrestler Frank Goteh Dominates Kansas City Match
Frank Goteh of Humboldt won easily against Lu rich in Kansas City Tuesday night. The first fall came in eighteen minutes and the second in five minutes. Reports say Goteh was never in danger throughout the bout.
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Frank Goteh
Humboldt
Lurich
Kansas City
Goteh
Daring Duck Hunter Rescued From Icy Lake at Emmetsburg
In Emmetsburg Wednesday afternoon Sheriff Cullen led a rapid rescue scene after I T Carter sank into ten feet of water through an air hole while duck hunting. He clung to ice until a boat reached him and pulled him to safety. Passersby alerted Central, and the crowd gathered at the lake as salt of the rescue played out.
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Emmetsburg
Cullen
Central
I. T. Carter
W.J. McCarty
Farm Auction Near Mason City Sells and Clears
A farm auction near Mason City grossed 37966 dollars, including land at 224 dollars per acre. The owner paid 114 dollars per acre three years earlier. A cow sold for 95 dollars and the herd averaged 88 dollars. The sale was described as a brilliant success due to wide advertising in neighboring papers.
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Mason City
Setiaker
No More Booze Passes Lower House
The lower house approved the Brockway bill by 65 to 31 to bar druggists from handling liquor except for alcohol dispensed only on physician prescription. If the senate and governor approve, the law would take effect after July 4, 1913, with amendments failing to impose bonds on liquor dispensers.
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Brockway
Senate
Pli Liquor
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Allens
Esther Bonstead
Lottie
Peter Knutson
Lara Petyr Duhn
North Dakota
Chisholm
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