City for erection of state hospital and wireless time signals
A report outlines plans for a $150,000 state hospital for the deformed and crippled and a wireless receiving station to be fitted at Grinnell. Arlington time is used by the college clocks via wireless daily. Sing Lee, a Chinese laundryman, was found dead in Story City with an eight calibre revolver by his side, prompting suspicion he may not have pulled the trigger. Lee had run his business in Story City for twelve years. The theft of mail pouches in South Dakota affected J. M. Kelly of Ayrshire, brother of Father Kelly, as a loan attempt failed due to stolen letters, costing a $100 commission and forcing the client to pay one percent more.
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State Hospital
Grinnell
Arlington
Virginia
Sing Lee
Story
Story County
Register
Bancroft
Gerton Franklin
Emmetsburg
Fairville
Farmers’ Elevator
Titonka
Conway and Sullivan
Estherville
Sam
Journal
Armstrong
Thor
Humboldt County
Graettinger
France
Havelock
Pocahontas County
Okobojis
Spirit Lake
Times
Iowa
Hamm Brewing Company
Mason City
Webby Kenyon
Fenton Creamery
B. D. Weisbrod
Fenton
Applying Business Tests To Farms In Palo Alto County
A Farm Management Survey in Palo Alto County will collect data to help farmers study their farm organization and increase net labor income. Participating farmers join 1 year of farm account record-keeping. data remains confidential and won’t name individual farms. County Agent invites interested readers to enroll.
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Palo Alto
Emmetsburg
Seed corn testing urged to boost per acre yields countywide
Farmers are urged to test every ear of seed corn to maximize crops and reduce waste. A testing station has opened in Emmetsburg, with local agents noting wet fall and severe winter may have affected seed quality. The piece stresses that testing minimizes losses and is essential business practice. Other local notes mention Mrs J Haring’s trip for medical treatment and residents shipping goods or visiting family.
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Emmetsburg
Waverly Hotel
Commercial Bank
Bert L. France
Letter From Canada Alhambra Alberta 1917
Editor Times receives subscription payment and a Canada to Dakotas comparison letter from Alhambra Alberta dated February 16 1917. The writer notes brother Joe in Mo Bridge South Dakota pays 1 50 yearly while he pays 2 00 explains blizzards absent in local area remarks a cold period 52 below zero at times and local commerce lumber mining farming butter eggs beef and hog prices while sending greetings to relatives and friends.
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Joe
Mobridge
South Dakota
Dakotas
Wallingford News Highlights Local Moves and Marriage
Dr. Golden rode Friday to Ruthven on business. A Basket Social at F. C. Butler School Thursday was well attended. Mrs. Melvina Burns visited Estherville for a few days. M. G. Husby moved toward a new home near Jackson Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Refsell remain in town and Glen Young lives on their farm. Conrad Ressell and Dora Jensen wed February 21 with only relatives present. J. M. Walden returned from Des Moines after business.
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Ruthven
F. C. Butler
Melvina Burns
Estherville
M. G. Husby
Jackson
Minnesota
Glen Young
Refsell
Conrad Ressell
Dora
Jensen
Levertgon
J. M. Walden
Des Moines
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