For Sale Sam Offering 1 Fall and 17 Spring Boats
For sale Sam offers 18 boats sired by Triple Wonder Mo Model Top Jr E 0 Wonder and Prince Albert. All vaccinated with double treatment and immune. Timer Olsen S 1T Graettinger Iowa. Also a note that horse blankets missing from a buggy Labor Day night should be returned with no questions. Lost meat book and a check book between Graettinger and my place. Louie Thorson 134-2.
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Sam
Triple Wonder
Model Top Jr
Prince Albert
Timer Olsen
Graettinger
Iowa
G. C. Coolidge
Louie Thorson
Wiegman Family Restructures Confectionery Unit
Fritz Wiegman has bought out his father’s interest in the confectionery part of the Wiegman restaurant and will run it here. Mr. and Mrs. Wiegman will continue to operate the eating department.
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Fritz Wiegman
Wiegman
Mrs. Wiegman
Confirmation Service for Forty Five Children
Notice to the public that Right Rev. P. J. Garrigan bishop of Sioux City will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to a class of forty five children Monday September 28 commencing at ten o'clock. All are cordially invited to be present.
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P. J. Garrigan
D. D
Sioux City
Prisoner of War tale from Cylinder family
Mrs Wardle of Cylinder, wife of Rev Wardle, reports two brothers in the English army. In a recent French battle one was captured. The correspondent notes he is likely safer as a prisoner than in active service with the British Army.
Armstrong Journal notes new building firm formed
Nels Sevold and J R Jamison form Jamison Sevold Contractors a new contracting and building firm in Armstrong. The partnership was formed at the start of the month and the two men bring experience and ability to the venture.
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Jamison & Sevold
Armstrong
J. R. Jamison
Nels Sevold
Armstrong Journal
Eye Specialist to Visit Gramtinger in September Visit
Dr Staggs an eye specialist from Estherville will make his next regular visit to Gramtinger on Monday Sept 28 1911 at Dr Nanes office to examine eyes for glasses.
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Staggs
Estherville
Gramtinger
War Account Details A Mason Rescues Louvain Group
A continuing war report describes a German officer sparing a group after recognizing a brother Mason among them. He ordered a Louvain Free Mason to exit the ranks but the citizen refused, asserting his fellow citizens shared culpability. The officer then ordered the party released.
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Mason
Unusual Water Spout Appears at Galt Farm
At A B Collins farm three miles west of Galt a water geyser erupted Friday afternoon as a well was drilled. Sand and gravel followed by a column of water shot fifty feet into the air, visible for almost two miles. By Sunday the喷flow had ceased. air pressure drove the fountain, and a good well is thought possible there.
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A. B. Collins
Galt
Mr. Collins
Prize Baby Actor Dies After Street Runover
John Baby, son of Bettendorf resident J. E. Brownless, was struck and killed by Dr. W. C. Vollstedt's automobile while crossing the street to buy peanuts. Vollstedt, a veterinarian, was arrested. bond set at $1,000. The child had won a baby show prize at the Des Moines state fair two years earlier.
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Davenport
John Baby
J. E. Brownless
Bettendorf
W. C. Vollstedt
Des Moines
Looses a Good Horse Annie Allendale at Curlew
Annie Allendale a two year old trotting mare owned by Melvin Fisk of Curlew collapsed near the wire after finishing third in the second heat of the 2:20 trot. Officials suspect ruptured blood vessel or heart failure as the cause. The horse showed breathing difficulty before the final drive.
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Annie Allendale
Melvin Fisk
Curlew
Marshaltown
Bash Act Oscar Fetters Attacks Washington Area Family
Bash Act Oscar Fetters, a farmer southwest of Washington, attempted to kill the Dougal family after a yearlong rejection. He forced entry at Hugh Dougal’s home and shot Miss Mary Dougal in the arm, wounding Hugh Dougal in the chest and endangering the rest of the family. Mary and the mother escaped as Fetters wrestled with them, and he surrendered at the jail door. Fetters previously attempted suicide in Des Moines after a separate love affair.
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Oscar Fetters
Washington
Hugh Dougal
Miss Mary Dougal
Sarah
Mary
Fetters
Des Moines
Fort Dodge man jailed for sneaking into fair a misdemeanor
A Fort Dodge youth spent money for whiskey and crawled through a hole in the fair fence to enter the grounds during fair time. He was detected, arrested, fined $10 and costs, and jailed for default. Reports say eight others attempted the same trick, highlighting weak self restraint at the event.
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Fort Dodge
Algonx
Courier
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China
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Lewis Lippold
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Wauwatosa
Wis
THE
First National Bank
M. J. Brown
Pres
C.S. George
Total Resources
D.C. Pi
Vice Pres
Lowa
Sruppina
Ross Tron
Ross
J. H. Gammon
Graet
T. D. Collins
Sherwin-Williams
Grabttinger
Nels Sevold Contractor
M. O. Grodland
A. H. Shaver
Prop
Graettinzer
F. A. Barber
Fisk
Spies Bros
John Bi
Sen, Mgr
Larmers’ Grain Co
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