Gas is discovered near Ringsted in Emmet county
Emmet county residents report a large natural gas find on the Mosher and Jackson farm four and one half miles northwest of Ringsted. The strike occurred at about fifty feet, ignited, battled by a dozen men for hours, and later re burped with a four inch pipe and a temporary post to curb escape. Locals compare it to an earlier vein found eighteen years ago on a neighboring farm. The site attracts many autos and raises curiosity about the vein’s strength and permanence.
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Emmet
Mosher and Jackson
Ringsted
George Rhodes
Anderson
Ringsted Dispatch
Armstrong
Rasmus Ayndal
Sugar Beet Harvest Week Noted in Local Report
Fragmentary text references Jacob Thompson protecting sugar beet harvest work during Sugar Beet Harvest Week. Details are unclear but indicate community emphasis on agricultural activity and individual safeguarding roles.
Ames Cortcholera Serum Plant Opens at Campus
A new cholera serum plant on the Ames campus will soon be at full operation with a daily capacity of 1 006 000 cubic centimeters of vaccine. Lab equipment moved from the veterinary building last week. The plant pens will handle 1 000 hogs daily, enough to vaccinate 1 700 animals. Orders for serum run a month and a half behind. Prof. W. J. Kenneley of Iowa City state college cites hog losses of 900 to 1 000 million pounds of meat last year and Iowa losses of 150 million dollars, predicting about 20 million dollars in hog losses this year.
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Ames
Iowa
W. J. Kenneley
Iowa City State College
Mulefoot Hogs Debate Cholera Immunity In Iowa Papers
The Emmetsburg Democrat claims mulefoot hogs are cholera proof, while the Fenton Reporter says they are not. A farmer in Emmetsburg reportedly sold other hogs after a cholera outbreak, but the claim of universal immunity is disputed. Albert Voigt near Fenton reports mulefoot hogs dying, risking belief in their immunity.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Fenton Reporter
Albert Voigt
Enton
Have No Trouble Here In Local Doctors Offices
Reported whimsical note that Burt physicians struggle to keep alcohol for medical use. A thief once removed a bottle but soon collapsed, dreaming of pleasant things, while other doctors missed the bottle but the thief vanished. Local physicians, however, are said to have no trouble in this regard.
Hart-Parr Factory Chief Targets Smoking Workforce
C. H. Hart, president of the Hart-Parr factory, the largest concern in northern Iowa, signals a strict anti smoking policy. Last week he began a systematic purge of employees deemed addicted to smoking, aiming to weed out such habits from the labor force.
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C. H. Hart
Hart-Parr
Iowa
Buttermakers Gather for Palo Alto County Meeting
About thirty five attend the Palo Alto county gathering at Ruthven where Wm Matters reads on Steam Power in the Creamery and Hen ry Hanson presents on Gasoline Power Ad dress by L P Anderson highlights two week Short Course at Ames College for buttermakers H D Reynolds speaks on imported butter and market conditions Seven butter samples in the scoring contest show excellent quality and all present call the meeting very beneficial.
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Palo Alto County
Ruthven
Wm. Matters
Henry Hanson
Cylinder
H. D. Reynolds
Mason City
Hotel Changes Hands at Wind sor Hotel in White Salmon
The Wind sor Hotel has changed hands. Martin Jensvald, now in White Salmon, sold to Mr. Gloystein of Eugene for land. Gloystein's son, who has been here, will manage. His wife arrived Saturday, sister Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bigley will stay temporarily. The new proprietors have earned traveler satisfaction. best wishes for success.
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Windsor Hotel
Martin Jensvald
White Salmon
Wash
Gloystein
Eugene
Ore
Mrs. Bigley
Fis
Confessed to Stealing Money linked to Eldora boy
Fred Mortes of the Eldora Industrial School confessed to taking missing Coggswell funds after being held in solitary and subjected to the sweat box. Three ten dollar bills and silver plus a watch were recovered at Burns farm. The admission does not resolve Pearl Cook's death mystery.
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Fred” Mortes
Eldora
John Cogaswell
Hampton
Pearl Cook
Coggswell
Beet Sugar Industry Faces Collapse After Tariff
At the United States Beet Sugar Industry annual meeting in the Congress Hotel Chicago C C Hamlin secretary warned that beet sugar production in the U S may be wiped out after March 1916 due to tariff changes making the country free of beet sugar Cuba is exporting refined sugar cheaper than U S raw beet. Hamlin said the prospects are bleak for American farmers and others tied to beet sugar.
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United States
United ‘States
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Cuba
C.C. Hamlin
Association
Virgens Indicted Faces Change From Confinement
Chris Virgens, farmer near Triumph Minnesota, indicted for killing his neighbor last summer, has undergone a visible change since his preliminary examination last June. The Fairmont Sentinel notes his face has lost its outdoor tan and shows pallor from confinement, with his usual strong build now wearing away.
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Chris Virgens
Minn
Fairmont Sentinel
Ruthven Man John Andersen Dies After Stroke
Ruthven Iowa records the death of John Andersen aged 38? 1840 birth in Denmark after a Saturday stroke. He collapsed while checking a chicken house, lingered until 8 10 Sunday evening, funeral at Ruthven home and St Paul Lutheran Walnut Township. Burial in church cemetery with pallbearers J P Christensen P F Petersen Andrew Hermansan Ole Heilvig Hans Johnson and Mr Estrum. He married Cartlie Marie Nelson in Harlan in 1878 and left four children.
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John Andersen
Ruthven
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Walnut Township
Simonsén
J. P. Christensen
P. F. Petersen
Andrew
Her‘mansan
Ole
Heilvig
E’ ‘Hans Johnson
Estrum
Jail Lock Escape Story From Hamilton County
A man named Holic escaped jail by picking a lock and breaking out through a wall. He improvised a skeleton key from a chair’s wired supports to unlock the steel cage door. After loitering in the street he was recaptured. neighbors described him as simple minded with an uncanny ease at evading suspicion.
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Jai
Prise
Hialaena Thiel
Wright
Waddell
Hamilton County
Liberty
Holic
Amen to This The Advocate at Butterfield Minn
The Advocate criticizes the paper contest. mentions a past promoter who bought a high grade piano and staged a contest. urges readers to question subscription value and suggests removing sections to save money for the community readers.
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Advocate
Butterfield
Minn
An. Wamen
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Waverly Clarion Monitor
Iowa Sugar ‘Company
Jacob ‘Thompson
Palo Alto’ ‘Association
of Las
John ‘Andersen
Vile
Denmark
Raccine
Mich
Michigan
Cartlée Marie Nelsen
Harlan
Shelby County
Towa
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