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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
8
State Fair Finances 1906 Report and desertion legislation push
Secretary Simpson presents the state fair finances for 1906 with receipts and expenses totaling about 110,930. An emphasis on legislative action seeks to end family desertion, urging stricter stallion and aid policies, increased farmer institute subsidies, and new bulletins. Clare Lanbeck and county attorneys are cited as pushing for a law to punish desertion, with questions on misdemeanor or felony status and local examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Barry
Sucee
Light and Power
T Bale
Concessiona
Fair Grounds
Agricultural Department
Department of Agriculture
House
Senate
Clare Lanbeck
Board of Control
Costly Mausoleum Planned by Iowa Falls Millionaire
Charles B Patterson of Iowa Falls wins a contract to build an $8000 mausoleum for W F Johnson a Tama county millionaire. The Grecian Doric design features heavy Corinthian pillars granite exterior and pure white marble interior. In Des Moines the Pure Food Law faces repeal or major amendment amid claims it compels retailers to source goods from Iowa wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Charles B. Patterson
W. F. Johnson
Tama County
Iowa
Damages Sought Over Feathering of Neighbor in Court
Wright county farmer John Dreser seeks $5,000 from each neighbor involved after a sensational procedure to humiliate him with a coat of feathers. The suit claims damage to reputation and livelihood from the incident and the neighbors’ actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
John Dreser
Wright County
Judge Scott to Retire from Sixteen District Bench
MONTEZUMA At the close of the present term of court Hon. John F. Scott of Brooklyn will retire from the bench in the Sixteen district. He had resigned in order to enter private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Scott
Montezuma
John F.scott
Brooklyn
Epidemic among hogs reported and town fires and crimes
The county reports an hog disease outbreak and the News at Lake Park destroyed by fire. Jailbreaks in Creston led to looting. A Mercy Sisters home planned in Cornell Bluffs. Mrs Edward Smith of Fort Dodge attempted suicide. George and Mrs Bates arrested in Cedar Falls for blackmail. Grand jury indicts three in bank case at Thornton. Various injuries and deaths reported including Miss Cora Allen and Amos Friederichsen. First Sioux City to Dakota City railroad test run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News
Lake Park
Creston
Cornell Bluffs
Sisters of Mercy
Edward Smith
Fort Dodge
George Bates
Cedar Falls
Bank of Thornton
Hardy
George “Thomas
Sioux City
Josephine Tolle
Ottumws
Cora Allen
Bartlett
Burr Oak
O. O. Tolerton
Amos Friederichsen
Clinton and
Vicinity
Sioux City, Crystal Lake
Homer
Dakota City
Los Angeles
Cal
Tama
Henry Fee
Iasoline
Clarinda
Free
Tama County
Jack Keegan
Waterloo
Galters
Allerton
Claude Conklin
Igs
Onawa Commercial Club
Maple Valley Fireman's Tournament Association
Onawa
Tyne
Mount Pleasant
Jerry Shepherd
Union
Afton
Trinidad
Tex
Walnut
Equitable Insurance Company
Town
Hubbell
Folk
Missouri
Cummins
Sheri Humphrey
Harry Grove
Conway
Kansas City
Small House Plans and Reader Advice by William A Radford
William A Radford offers free building advice to readers, with plans for a compact six room house 28 by 32 feet featuring a built in sideboard and three chimney flues. He explains pricing estimates around 1400 to 1700 dollars, emphasizes kitchen layout, cement wainscoting, and efficient cellar access, and notes porch opinions and construction follow ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
Fifth Ave
Chicago
He Had the Countersign at Peekskill Camp
Lieut. Col. Fhurston, guarding at the New York camp in Peekskill, challenged three German sentries who did not reply. The officer asked about the countersign and learned one guard said a fellow in the guard tent had given it to him, claiming he had it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vick
Pueblo
Fhurston
New York
Peekskill
Coronel
Feathered Royalty Lesson Turns to Duchess Joke
A classroom English exercise on masculine and feminine forms stalled at the word duck. A small group suggested duchess, prompting a lighthearted protest and a quipably flourished reply captured in a Harper's Weekly-inspired tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Newsboys Banquet Brightens Thorn ton's House
Thornton hosts a surprise high noon dinner for a dozen newsboys, Katharine Winthrop, and Mrs. Winthrop. The guests, led by a genial Hulton and the outspoken Reddy OConnor, share laughs, stories, and a gift of blacking as the host proclaims his rich friendship with the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Mrs. Winthrop
Katherine
Eve
Hulton
Houlton
Mr. Hulton
Miss Winthrop
Hutton
Reddy
Bouillon
Feltera
Mr. Thornton
Katherine Winthrop
Lever
Steven
Reddy O'Connor
Algy
Boot Black
Kid
Mr. Whornton
Tim
Croesus
Atrah
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Fair Finances
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Manilla
William Larabee
Clermont
Des Moines
AJ Radford
Newsboys
Marjorie Benton Cooke
Joseph BE. Bowles
Tole
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