Child Killed by CowNear Viola Station
Grace Conrad aged three was killed when a cow charged and trampled her in the yard at the Geo Calvert farm near Viola Station. The tragedy stunned her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Conrad and the grandfather, who were nearby. The calf-guarded cow, previously gentle, likely acted instinctively to protect her young. The family, already grieving a new loss of a beloved granddaughter.
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Grace Conrad
Viola
Geo. Conrad
Geo. Cal- Vert
Viola Station
Mothem
Grace
Inamosa Enreka
Cyclone Sweeps Through Plymouth Manly Area Killing Worker
A late Thursday afternoon cyclone tore a path nearly a quarter mile wide between Plymouth and Manly. Frank McCall, a Topeka bridge laborer, died instantly when struck by a car driven by County Engineer F R Lyford and hurled 50 feet. Lyford and a Mexican passenger survived with minor injuries. Mrs Art Dobel, newlywed, was severely injured when their farm home was lifted and dropped in a grove. the groom regained consciousness and aided her to a granary before help arrived. Nearby, a cyclone southwest of Manchester destroyed O A Burns farm buildings, though stock was safe and a dam was wrecked. The storm split paths, missing Manchester itself.
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Plymouth
Manly
Frank McCall
Topeka
Kansas
F. R. Lyford
Worth County
Lyford
Art Dobel
Manchester
O. A. Burns
H. Gale Buchner
Bellevue Woman Honored by State Convention
Mrs. Geo Zentner of Bellevue attended a two day State convention in Sioux City as a delegate representing her local Unit. She was named secretary of the Constitution and By Laws committee, elected secretary, and joined the State Executive Committee for the coming year. She receives congratulations from Reveille Post and the county Legion.
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Bellevue
Geo. Zentner
Sioux City
Sessio
Reveille Post
Legion of the County
Oxford Junction Triumphs Over Maquoketa 3-1 in Hard Fought Game
Oxford Junction defeated Maquoketa 3 to 1 after a tight contest. Carson and Hanson produced Maquoketa’s only offense with doubles, while Pegorek and Hunwardsen led Oxford Junction with key hits and solid defense backing pitcher Pregorek who struck out nine.
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Maquoketa
Oxford Junction
Oxford Junctions
Carson
Scott
Hanson
Oxford Ict
G. Pegorek
T. Hunwardsen
Flemmin
Alaln
E. Hunwardsen
Henak
W. Pegorek
Ooo
Hadoval
Onood
Maquoketa Hanson
Bailey
O¢Ood Cerson
Lang
Bradley
Bowman
Kiahn
G. Pregorek
Pregorek
Lange
Rutenveck
Maquoketa Echoes June 1885 Local Notes and Notices
Thirty five years ago June 3 1885 Will Norton proposes morning mail from Delmar to Maquoketa via C M St Paul train with pickup at the junction and delivery by nine a m Gallaghers Bros advertise vegetables and Try Coffee Soda at 4 C Edsons Monmouth Sentinel becomes semi weekly praise for the change Committee chairmen named for the Fourth of July celebration June 13 a bird house theft near Bil Blessing and a Main street block sale to First National Bank for 5000 dollars June 24 Birdie Potter injures arm in pony incident Deacon Furiss travels with wife to visit son Ed in Nebraska Rice Williams lists dry goods millinery and lawn prices
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Will Norton
C.M. & St Paul
Delmar
Maquoketa
Gallagher Bros
Deacon Furiss
Madison County
Nebr
Clinton and Electrocuted Death of 10 Year Old Ivan Hudson
A Clinton boy, Ivan Hudson aged ten, died after grabbing a hanging telephone wire affected by a storm. The wire crossed a live line from Clinton Gas and Electric, carrying 2,300 volts, which shocked his body. The incident occurred Thursday around 1 pm on Fifth Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth avenues.
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Ivan ‘Hudson
William and
Inez Hudson
Eigtheenth Ave
Clinton
Tri-City
Automatic Telephone Company
Fifth Street
Seventeenth
Eigtheenth Avenues
Clinton Gas and Electric Company
Prohibition Era Smuggling Through Otter Creek Road
A Lamotte News item notes covert booze smuggling along a torn up Otter Creek road. Cars travel mostly at night, with two men in front and the rear hidden under blankets, while officials along the road seemingly miss the activity during prohibition times.
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Otter Greek
Lamotte News
Escaped Inmates Break From Insane Reformatory
Two convicts Oscar Fetters and James Keller escaped from the department for the insane at the reformatory last Tuesday. They cut a ventilating shaft vent and lowered themselves down with a bed ticking rope, leaving dummies in their beds to mislead guards.
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Reformatory
Department For Insane
Oscar Fetters
James Keller
Fetters
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed in Maquoketa
Maquoketa readers learn backache relief may come from kidney support. J A Matthews testifies Doan's Kidney Pills eased lumbago and soreness, praising the remedy as best for kidney complaints. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Company of Buffalo, NY markets.
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Dean
Maquoketa
J. A. Matthews
Oliver St
Duan
Doan
Matthews
Foster-Milburm I Co. Mfrs
Buffalo
N.Y
Escape From Insane Ward Ends in Basement Breakout
Two prisoners slipped from a ward for criminal insane after removing rock, cutting iron bars, and hauling stock iron pipes from the basement. They forged passages to the yard and fled, leaving authorities to seek them. Fetters, a dangerous figure jailed for murder and proclaimed paranoiac, was awaiting release petitions. Time of escape unknown, status noted at count the next morning.
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Washington
Proud of G. F. 5 at Memorial Day parade
Maquoketa celebrates the Girls Friendly Society as they debut as a fraternal organization. The local branch, now fifty members, is self-supporting and committed to the club’s aims of purity, duty to parents, faithful work, sympathy, and bearing one another’s burdens amid ongoing trials and efforts to find a meeting place.
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Girls’ Friendly Society
America
Maquoketa
Line of march to be numbered among Maquoketa fraternal groups
A fragment notes plans to classify a route of march as part of Maquoketa's fraternal organizations, indicating formal recognition or inclusion in a local social framework.
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Maquoketa
Foley Kidney Pills Bring Sudden Relief Says Nathan Harned
A Washington man Nathan Harned writes from 621 N St NW that years of kidney trouble were relieved after taking Foley Kidney Pills. He expresses gratitude and reports being well now. The message emphasizes quick action and broad endorsement of the remedy.
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Nathan Harned
Washinon
Foley
T. Tf
Mankind's Hope to the Future in Discontent and Hope
A reflective excerpt notes that humanity gravitates toward a hopeful future, while present happiness is often forged from discontent. The quote contrasts a longing for better times with an embrace of future promise, anchored by J G Holland.
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J. G. Holland
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