This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Goats and Lawsuits Occupy Weekly Pages
A compilation highlights a peach dispute ended by a five minute jury verdict in favor of Echman over Antisdel with $5.55 peach value and $28 trial cost, plus planned damages for alleged improper language. Reports from Ringsted and Bancroft discuss telegram mixups, Des Moines arrests, and out of town trade impacts. A Iowa goat ranch, Spring Valley, supplies goats for medical glandular work and a Sioux City herd now valued at $70,000, while Tacky Jim at Hawkeye Theatre funds gym repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Spiritwake
Beacon
H. N. Antisdel
Milford
Peter Echman
Ringsted Dispatch
J. C. Kenned
Des Moines
Kennedy
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce
Our
Capitol City
Chamber
Bancroft Register
A. Corey
Algona
Spring Valley
Leeds
Iowa
Sioux City
America
DeHaan
Europe
West Indies
Mr. DeHaun