Tragic St Joe Woman Dies In Fire Accident
Mrs. Peter Erpelding of St Joe in Humboldt County died Saturday after a fire started by a stove polish explosion. Her four year old son survived as neighbors found her. she left a husband and five children aged four to sixteen. Funeral was held at St Joe church Tuesday.
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Peter Erpelding
St. Joe
Erpelding
Humboldt County
Henry Zeimer
George Shul
St. Jos
Algona Courier
Kenyon Won't Accept Republican National Committee Post
Fort Dodge Nov 10 Senator W S Kenyon refuses to be named chairman of the Republican National Committee, says he would criminalize congressmen serving on such a body. He is busy with Iowa and West Virginia matters and plans speech in Minneapolis on his tied light bill. He notes uncertainty over Mexican negotiations and asserts party lines fade when national honor is involved. He defends Secretary Bryan and comments on currency legislation and congressional work pace.
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Fort Dodge
W. S. Kenyon
Republican National Committee
Hilles
Clapp
Congress
Kenyon
United Congress
Bryan
West Virginia
Congressional Committee
Washington
Iowa
Kepyou
House
Senate
Minneapolis
Ginseng Digging Yields About a Bushel Worth $50
Profited digger reports annual ginseng haul this week totaling about 25 pounds. The rough bed held plants near harvest, with the yield reflecting a potential value around fifty dollars.
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Hatch
Koppen Sued Over Germiania Cutting Incident
Ferdinand Koppen, a Kon suth county farmer, faces a $10,000 suit from Robert Wallace. Wallace alleges Koppen, who was drunk during the Germiania cutting scrape, wounded Mayor Hamilton and later set fire to bedding in a cell, causing Wallace burns and claiming damages for pain, medical attendance, nursing, and logs.
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Ferdinand Koppen
Konsuth County
Robert Wallace
Germiania
Hamilton
Koppen
Wallace
Blizzard Wallops the East With Severe Snowfall
A major blizzard battered the eastern states from Sunday into Monday. Senator Cumming and 300 passengers were snowbound near Washington, Pennsylvania, for hours. Chicago reported property damage and two deaths from the storm. Telegraphed lines suffered thousands in losses, and lake shore surf damage ran into hundreds of thousands. Milwaukee’s breakwater, part of a harbor project, was destroyed, with shipping damage exceeding that sum. Pittsburgh saw downed trees and tangled wires, and Ohio recorded twenty inches of snow. A cold front followed a sunny Sunday, turning windy and nasty by Monday afternoon.
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Cumming
Washington
Penn
Chicago
Chicago River
Milwaukee
New Harbor
Pittsburg
Ohio
Recovery of Mrs Jennie Kumba After Auto Accident
Mrs Jennie Kumba, injured in an auto accident two months ago in Milford, recovers at home in Fostoria. The crash killed Jacob Bicklehaupt when a buggy pole drove through her body from the front just below the shoulder, requiring heavy pliers to pull the pole out from the back.
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Jennie Kumba
Jacob Bicklehaupt
Milford
Fostoria
Miss. Kumba
Sugar Beet Industry News Fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the sugar beet industry with unclear references to a conference or report and possible local or regional economic implications. Key entities are not clearly identified due to garbled text.
Accidental Death by Gun In Minnesota Family Tragedy
John McGrath, 28, son of James McGrath, formerly of four miles north of Emmetsburg, was accidentally shot and killed in Currie Minnesota days ago by his brother in law Gus Lange. They were returning from a potato field with a load of produce when Lange grabbed the gun to shoot a flying chicken. The weapon discharged as the team moved, McGrath holding the lines and standing in front of the gun, killing him instantly.
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John*McGrath
James
McGrath
Emmetsburg
Far Currie
Minesota
Gus Lange
Lange
Kepford Commended Over County Hospital in Woodbury
A E Kepford of the state tuberculosis department has received many letters from Sioux City business leaders praising his open letter to Woodbury county on the boards defiance of law. He cited tuberculosis death tolls and urged trustees be named to start building the county hospital. Efforts to compel county officials to obey the law are planned in Sioux City.
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Des Moines
A. E. Kepford
State Tuberculosis Department
Board of Contral
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Kepford
Railroad Case Against Great Northern Ruled For Company
The district court at Rock Rapids dismissed the lawsuit of George Elsen trager against Great Northern Railway for 2999 damages. Elsen trager suffered serious injuries after being struck by a JG 65 train crossing the depot at Alvord on a winter evening. Water from the engine allegedly froze on the crossing. Judge Autchison instructed the jury to verdict for the company. the decision likely will be appealed.
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George Elsentrager
Great Northern Railway
Rock
Run Over by Threshing Machine AvBad Accident
A brief report notes an avbad accident where a person was run over by a threshing machine a few miles away. The sparse text provides limited location details.
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AvBad
Death of K N Thueson an Old Settler in Spokane
The death of K N Thueson, longtime community settler, was reported from Spokane Washington where he died at his home on October 28. He first settled on a Lost Island township farm in 1883, later moving to Armstrong in 1896, then to Spokane in 1903. He leaves a wife and three children and was brother to Mrs Soren Petersen of this city.
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K. N. Thueson
Spokane
Wash
Lost Island Township
Pete Knutson
Armstrong
Soren Petersenl
Safety Pin Invention Credited to Ezra Nuckolls
A Iowa man from Eldora and jeweler in Anamosa, Ezra Nuckolls, first made the safety pin after a peddler asked for a shawl fastener. He crafted the device after hours, selling to the peddler who then marketed it. The peddler later secured a patent and vast profits, while Nuckolls earned little.
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Eldora
Ezra Nuckolls
United States
Nuckolls
Anamosa
Mr. Nuckolls
Live Stock Show Preliminaries At Chicago Exposition
The International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago ran November 29 to December 6. Entries are being tabulated and ground work laid for the best display of food animals and draft horses ever congregated in America or anywhere. Breeders report large numbers of purer bred and fat livestock compared with previous years.
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Chicago
Dee
America
1913 Internal Stock Exposition advances staged gathering
Fragmentary OCR reads as a report on the 1913 Internal Stock Exposition with notes of a gathering. The text references methods of adaptation and education for workers, with mentions of stage presentation and potential rewards for attendees.
Des Moines Fish Car Restocks Lakes and Rivers
The Des Moines fish and game commission reports restocking towns lakes and rivers after limited fish supply. Over 250000 fish were placed this fall, averaging 25000 per car load, eight to ten inches long and one half to three quarters of a pound. Carloads distributed to Okoboji Spirit Lake Cedar Towa Wapsiepinicon and Des Moines rivers. Hawkeye No 2 wagon, led by George C. Cooper, made ten trips this fall, transporting more fish than the old car did in twenty one trips. Stocking relies on seining sloughs along the Mississippi and even portions in Illinois.
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Des Moines
Fish and Game, Commission
Lake
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Cedar River
Towa River
Wapsiepinicon River
George C. Cooper
Hawkeye No. 2
Mississippi
Commission
Illinois
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Cummins
Railroad Not Responsible
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