Mother’s Death Shocks Emmetsburg Family
Mrs Emily Hughes of Emmetsburg passed away Friday at one o’clock after a long illness dating to May. Born 1846 in Brock Ontario, she married Henry Dayton, later B I Hughes. Survived by five daughters, four brothers, and many friends. Funeral conducted at home then Meth odist church with interment at New Hampton.
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Emily Hughes
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Reyds Clegg
Methodistrch and Brereton
Rebecca
Hughes
Leyi Taylor
W. J. Brown
George Baks
George Wright
P. H. Stedipan
W. H. Gaylord
Foy and Wilcox
New Hampton
Emily Christa Moore
Brock
Ontario
Canada
Henry Dayton
Wisconsin
Fox Lake
Dodge County
Randolph
Iowa
Chickasaw County
Stapleton Township
Dayton
B. I. Hughes
Ida Stiles
Minneapolis
Minn
W. G. Henick
L. J. Stark
Guthrie, Ola
L. R. Williamson
Claremont
B. Merriman
Des Moines man nets profit on Iowa farm sale
C D Doolittle of Des Moines, once a Webster City resident, cleared 11500 from an Estherville area land deal. Six months earlier he bought a 229 acre farm near Estherville for 18600 and yesterday sold it for 30000, netting a substantial profit.
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C. D. Doolittle
Des Moines
Webster
Estherville
Wcintee City Journal
Texans Buying Iowa Pork Marks Heavy Texas Market Load
Ten carloads of hogs were purchased by a Fort Worth packer, slaughtered, and sold in Texas. Forty-four of the animals weighed 400 pounds each, the heaviest swine marketed in Texas in years. The hogs were raised in Iowa and shipped to Texas for trade.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Iowa
Letters of Travel On sea voyage to Scotland and war fears
The narrator describes daily ship inspections and stewards’ eagerness to avoid fault, then details sea sickness, remedies, and a fierce Atlantic storm between Ireland and Scotland. Passengers cope with rolling decks, whale-like waves, and a looming war news as Germany declares war on Russia.
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Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic Daily
Ireland
Scotland
Jane
Eye
Wip
Yondey
Britain
Across the Ocean A German Letter From 1914 War Time
Miss Agnes Spies shares a translated letter from her German aunt in Bayreuth describing the 1914 outbreak of World War I. It notes rapid mobilization, heavy sacrifices, a death of cousin Frederick Hausleiter, atrocities by enemy forces, and the emotional toll on families as soldiers depart, with Red Cross aid and general national resolve highlighted. It preserves names and places while conveying war’s impact on civilians and the speaker’s perspective.
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Agnes Spies
Germany
Jacob Spies
J. A. Spies
Graettinger
Agnes
Fatherland
Fredrick Hausleiter
Hero
Red Cross
Lightuius
Servia
Austria
Russia
France
Czar
Ludwig
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Emily C. Hughes
Prof
Steece
the Times
Oveun
Bayreuth
Kaiser
Alsace
Lorraine
Belgium
Landwehr
Landsturm