Tire puncture proof tire aided by Bancroft inventors
Howe and Richardson of Bancroft claim a puncture proof tire with strong market potential. Cedar Rapids offers 50,000 for the patent, but the pair would keep majority control by selling and retaining 52 of 100 shares. They plan a factory, larger material buys, and a market price cut. They guarantee season use with no road or mileage limits. The car should ride as well as with pneumatic tires. Also notes alfalfa cutting timing and varied growth in neighboring fields. Iowa reader notes.
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Cedar Rapids
Bancroft
Ice house plunge rescue near Algona incident
A Bowles Billings Kessler employee Mr Kulp and a companion stopped at an ice house north of the Milwaukee road in Algona when their car slid into the river. The vehicle was retrieved by a block and tackle and emerged unharmed. Wm Behnke and his daughter return from Germany after leaving New York on Nov 6.
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Kulp
Bowles, Billings & Kessler
Algona
Milwaukee Road
Wm. Behnke
Germany
New York
Behnke
Algona Courier
Alfalfa hay drying debate and Clear Lake mystery
A farmer reports alfalfa drying practices and mold issues in hay a third year, preferring thorough drying before storage. Then a village tale from Clear Lake on June 29 describes a so called Human Fish sighting on the lake’s north shore, with campers and boats crisscrossing the water in search of the mysterious visitor amid local speculation of a sea monster or a solitary swimmer.
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Mystery
Oaks
Lake Beach
Moses
Mason City
Farrther
Srt
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