Voyage Aboard the Grampian to Scotland From Montreal
The Grampian sails Sunday morning August 1 with nearly 300 passengers and cargo for Glasgow via the St Lawrence and Belle Isle. The voyage spans eight days in favorable weather. passengers mainly Scots returning to homeland, with notes on Quebec, Empress of Ireland, Farther Point, icebergs, fog, and the ship’s navigation log and instruments.
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Grampian
Scotland
Montreal
Glasgow
Straits of Belle Isle
Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia
St. Lawrence
Grampain
Quebec
America
St. Law‘rence
St. Charles
Plains of Abraham
Wolf
Montcalm
Fied
New World
Ote Destinion
Iduebee
Straits of Helle Isle
Straits of
Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Labrador
Cound Banks
Gulf Stream
Swea City Tax Case Challenges Town Land Taxation
A. L. Poole petitions in district court to stop Swea City from taxing 40 acres within the town limits for municipal purposes. Lands owned by M. C. Thompson Lars Wrickson Henry Evans Col Courte and Chas. Duhieg are involved. Poole seeks retroactive taxes from 1910 onward and argues agricultural tracts over 10 acres cannot be taxed for bonds or utilities unless directly benefited. The council cites legal opinions supporting taxation.
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A. L. Poole
District Court
Algona
My. Poole
M. C. Thompson
Lars Wrickson
Henry Evans
Col. Courte
Poole
Harrington & Dickinson of
Attorney General
Robbins
Supreme Court
Jones
City of
Burlington
Herald
E. A. Morling
Emmetaburg
Swea City Herald
Lawsuit Ends With Verdict for Hurlbutt In 1911 Bank Claim
C C Hurlbutt alleged a $250 bank deposit at Conrad in 1911 went uncredited. A prior trial ended without a verdict. In a retrial last week the jury sided with Hurlbutt and awarded judgment against the bank amid ongoing legal action involving the French government.
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C. C. Hurlbutt
Conrad
Has
Remarkable corn field yields praised by Iowa farmer
G Daten grows seven acres of corn planted May twenty second after late fall breaking. Despite overplanting with unfamiliar planters, the stand reaches four to six stalks per hill. The crop now denting, roasting ears forming, expected to ripen to a strong yield. Mr. Dalen from Iowa calls it the best corn he ever raised. Two varieties present, Wells corn winning three state fair prizes and the national Charleston exhibition top prize, plus the Hinckley white dent variety.
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Daten
Mir Daten
Althe
Mr. Dalen
Iowa
Charleston
Hinckley Enterprise
Stokke shoots at four boys in Fertile melon patch
L O Stokke of Fertile Iowa fired on four visiting boys near a melon patch injuring them, with one boy Gunders sustained a back wound near the spine but survived. School enrollment at Grasuliager reached 194, up from last year, with rooms filling and teachers hopeful for a good year.
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Fertile
Iowa
L. 0
Stokke
UU. Beck
Gunderson
Gert Creult
Melvin Rholl
Elmer Berg
Grasuliager
Abovs
War Situation Report on European Conflict Late September
September reports describe a stalemated battle along the Aisne with entrenched German lines forming a siege like front. Rheims is focal as German attacks and French counterattacks continue. Berlin claims gains near Craounen and Bethany while Verdun forts face pressure. Dispatches suggest French left flank advance along the Oise and Serb reports claim Austrian forces retreat across the Drina with losses.
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the Aisne
Rheims
Paris
Berlin
Craounen
Bethany
Verdun
London Times
Nevon
Times
Lecatelet
Noyon
Rossel
Lassigny
French War Office
Oisne
Drina
Harwich
England
Great Eastern
Iarwich
North Sea
Oise
Aisne
Returned to Graetlinger pastorate amid Craetlinger growth
The Methodist congregation of Craetlinger welcomes Reverend Cuthbert back for a third year, praised as a fine speaker and diligent worker in his ministry. A long narrative continues with war dispatches from London and Paris, detailing naval losses and military movements across Verdun to Galicia, and a Belgian Masonry anecdote amid occupier reporting.
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Cuthbert
London
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