Thanksgiving and community life in Waukon area
Local notes recount weddings and anniversaries including Ed Hoag and Bessie Hogan wedding in Denver and John Miller’s silver anniversary. Missing relatives visit, club events at Browning club, and travel to Dubuque and Charter Oak. Local figures face health issues. deaths include Adolph Sickmeier and John H Dickson.
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Waukon
Ethel Smith
Browning Club
Robert McNeil
Wm. Schrody
J.H. Phillips
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Dubuque
Sadie Hartley
Lansing
G. P. Bellows
W. E. Albert
Agnes
E. Dillenberg
Glenwood
Iowa
J. G. Ratcliffe
Moore
Charter Oak
California
Guy Eaton
State University
Iowa City
John Miller
John H. Dickson
Luana
Glasgow
Scotland
Franklin Township
Hardin
J. C. Crawford
Competitive bid system urged in Wisconsin state funds
Wisconsin Treasurer Andrew H. Dahl urges studying a competitive bid system to fix bank depositaries for state funds citing Ohio gains and noting tax fairness. He backs ad valorem taxation for utilities, land sales on installments, timber sales after fires, and dissolution laws for trust companies. He also calls for a clerk for inheritance taxes and trimming of unused special funds to bolster the general fund.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Andrew H. Dahl
Dahl
Ohio
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Tax Commission
Canada
Commissioners of Public Lands
Grain and Warehouse Commission
Winter’s First Victim Found in Chicago Basement Fire
William Cronin, unnamed age, was found dead by a stove in a squalid West Side basement. His death marks winter’s first victim in Chicago and highlights the desperate suffering of the poor.
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Chicago
William Cronin
Winter
Cronin
Chicaoo
Only One Bromo Quinine Laxative Ad
Ad asserts distinctive Bromo Quinine laxative cure and promises one day cold relief. Mentions signature of E. W. Grove and a 25 cent price, claiming global use to cure a cold in one day.
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E. W. Grove
McGregor Social Notes Open With Visits And Moves
McGregor residents host and visit relatives from Mason City Dubuque and other towns. Olga Nichols leaves for Dubuque for a business course. Edna Winninger and Thomas Wesling wed at the bride's home. Williamson's death announced with remains moved to Elkader.
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Olga Nichols
Dubuque
Waukon
Bank of England Cuts Discount Rate To 4 1 2 Percent
London December 2 Bank of England governors lower the rate of discount from 5 to 4 1 2 percent signaling abundant funds for loans at a cheaper cost.
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London
Bank of England
Man Loses Money Prompting Claim of Expensive Family
A quip notes that when a man loses his money people often say he had an expensive family. The remark reflects social attitudes toward wealth and familial spending.
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S. D
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C. J. Hagen
Ella May Duffin
W. H. Niehaus
L. A. Howe
A. H. Dahl
Corn Products Refining Company
New York
P. O
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Mrs. Merrill
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Dr. H. H. Clark
Robert Cripps
George McLanahan
Jacobs
Nelson
Hiram Washburn
Iowa City College
Ed. Clark
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Warriet Chapin
Lulu Cathout
John Dixon
Willard
Oelwein
Elmer Brewer
Henry Flanders
Sunkist
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