Iowa Live Stock Exhibit Officials Worry Over Foot and Mouth
Iowa state fair officials fear foot and mouth disease may bar interstate livestock shipments, threatening dairy and cattle displays. Secretary A R M Corey warns prolonged outbreaks in Wisconsin and Illinois could force the loss of outside exhibits, potentially shrinking rival fairs’ showcases while Iowa might still present a robust own stock display.
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Tes Moines
A. R M. Corey
Iowa
Wisconsin
Corey
Illinois
Milestone Obituary for Mrs Friederike Lehmann of Burlington
Mrs Friederike Lehmann, mother of the city editor, died in Weser Duchy of Brunswick Germany. Born May 27 1819 she would have reached her sixty sixth anniversary. She came to the United States in 1865 settling in Burlington. She died four years ago and is survived by 73 descendants including a daughter two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Neered Sgth
Burlington
Friederike Leh- Jmann
Lehmann
Weser
Duchy of Brunswick
Germany
Coun
Hustind
Erect Fine Court House in Primghar Iowa
Primghar will build the finest courthouse in northwestern Iowa this summer. The structure will use Bedford stone and be modeled after Des Moines’s state historical building.
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Primghar
Iowa
Primsghar
Des Moines
Iowa Land Values Increase Across Counties
Iowa land prices rose with several sales reported. Gladbrook near Berlin saw the Crist Hazen place sell for 225 dollars per acre to J Purgesen, while owner Hans Boege bought a quarter section nearby for 230 dollars per acre. Near Reinbeck John Sourer paid 219 dollars per acre for the Henry Leulbye farm, totaling 21000 dollars for 100 acres. Des Moines County mourns as Joseph Warren Latty, oldest native son, dies at Latts Station. Born in 1833, Latty lived in the town long noted as his father’s namesake.
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Iowa
Gladbrook
Crist Hazen Place
Berlin
J. Purgesen
Hans Boege
Reinbeck
Wilton
John Sourer
Henry Leulbye
Turiington
Joseph Warren Latty
Des Moines
Latts Station
Mr. Tatty
Horn
Sioux City Opens Playground Social Center
Sioux City shows a new playground and social center proving a big success as citizens contributed 12400 dollars last spring with support from the Commercial club aiding the movement.
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Sioux City
Lioux City
Vote on Missouri Valley High School Bond Issue
The $36,900 bond would fund a new high school building in Missouri Valley. Three hundred fifty-three women voted for the issuance while seventy-eight opposed.
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Carrie
Missouri Valley
Vinton Revival Ends With 25 Additions
Vinton Christian church completed a two week evangelistic campaign led by Rev. J.T. Warren, closing with 25 new members. Des Moines retirements shift personnel as James Steele leaves deputy internal revenue post here, replaced by Michael Kennedy who has served in Dubuque.
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Des Moines
James Steele
Clearfield
Internal Revenue Collector
Michael Kennedy
Dubuque
Vinton
Vinton Christian Church
JT. M. Warren
Merchants Club Sets Banquet Plan for Storm Lake
At a recent Storm Lake commercial club banquet members decided to establish club rooms in the city and authorize spending 21200 on equipment and furniture for the new facilities.
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Storm Lake
Death From Pills On West Side Tragedy
Amanda Brookson two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Brookson ate medicine left within reach by climbing a chair and was poisoned. She died within a few hours in a grim home accident shown in early reports.
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West Side
Amanda Brookson
Gus Broekson
New Bank for Ireton to Open About 15th Month
A new bank named Security Savings Bank will open in Ireton around the 15th of this month. F. C. Danforth of Parker South Dakota serves as president of the institution.
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New Bank For
Ireton
A. Nes Bank
That Security Savings Bank
F. C. Danforth
Parker, South Dakota
Jefferson Greene county to issue bonds for new court house
Jefferson County supervisors unanimously adopt a resolution to submit a proposition to voters to issue $150,000 in bonds for a new court house. The existing 1871 building is unsafe and undersized, with vaults deemed inadequate and unsafe by a recent grand jury.
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Jefferson
Greene County
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Finch Brothers Move Stables to Iowa near Mason City
Charles A. Finch of Finch Brothers announces relocation of his stables to a farm near Mason City, Iowa. Finch, an importer, expects horse breeding to revive only several years after the European war ends.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Charles A. Finch
Finch Brothers
Sinais
Eair
Mason City
Finch
Drainage Proposition for Latimer Area Planned
A major drainage project in this region covers about twelve thousand acres with an estimated cost of $178,000. The plan includes a seven mile run with two miles of open ditch and five miles of tile drainage. Tile sizes range from forty two inches to six inches and the drainage will pass through Latimer.
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Latimer
Le Mars Woman Attempts Suicide By Mercury Tablets
Ida Tullis of Le Mars attempted death by her own action by swallowing tablets containing mercuric chloride. Prompt stomach pumping saved her. Despondency is blamed as the cause. Her husband and child died in a fire three years ago.
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le Mars
Ida Tullis
River Front Work at Keokuk
Keokuk reports actual work begun on re guiding the river front with plans approved and street crews starting at Alling for a new level. Pioneer Society to Meet. Rockwell news notes the 26th annual meeting of the Rockwell Farmers Cooperative Association. It was the first cooperative in Iowa, giving rise to 367 companies and $46,000,000 in business.
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Keokuk
Pioneer Society
Rockwell
Rockwell Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Iowa
West Liberty Paving Contract Awarded
West Liberty awards the first street paving project, to cover 40 000 square yards of brick and asphalt filler in the business district at 1 81 dollars per yard.
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West Liberty
Small Pox Epidemic Alarms Down River City
Dubique Davenport faces a growing small pox outbreak with 75 cases reported to the health department in the last thirty days and the tally rising, causing widespread concern across the city.
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Dubique
Davenport
Down River
Health Department
Farm Sale In Crawford County Sets Record Price Per Acre
Care of the largest tract in Crawford county real estate was completed when Herman Korner of near Schleswig sold his 200 acre farm to Charles T. Hansen of Spokane for 45000 dollars, about 232 dollars per acre.
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Crawford County
Denison
Herman Korner
Schleswig
Charles T. Hansen
Spokane
Struth Companion With Cue in Pool Room Incident
In Clear Lake Herry Richards struck Bennett Slayes with a billiard cue in a pool room row. Slayes is in precarious condition. Richards is under arrest awaiting developments. In Burlington L E Smith was arrested in the post office on blackmail charges. Smith was rushed to Ottumwa to face trial in Avery Iowa. A young woman was his victim.
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Struth
Clear Lake
Herry Richards
Strink Bennett
Hayes
Richards
Buriington
L. E. Smith
Ofice
Smith
Ottumwa
Avery
Iowa
Young Wome
Plan to vote on prohibition in South Sioux City
Designates Oats Center. Clinton The oats center of the United States is about forty miles from Clinton, according to Anderson Pace, industrial commissioner of the Chicago Association of Commerce. Plan More Dry Territory. Sioux City A campaign has been started to give South Sioux City citizens an opportunity to vote on the prohibition question at the spring election, April 4th.
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Clinton
United States
Anderson Pace
Chicago Association of Commerce
Sioux City
Bad Indian Nabbed in Tama Uprising
George Mitchell held in county jail after fugitive pursuit since last November. Mitchell described as instigator of the uprising among the red men at Tama reservation, allegedly aiding by furnishing liquor.
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Cedar Rapids
George Mitchell
Mitchell
Tama Reservation
Land values rise as Dell Gates farm sells near Sheldon
The eighty acres known as the Dell Gates farm two miles southwest of Sheldon sold last week to Theodore DeHeog for 215 dollars per acre totaling 17200 dollars.
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Sheldon
Dell Gates
Theodore DeHeog
Western Canada offers rich farming with modest capital
A literary piece extols Western Canada for farm development citing successful settlers like Carl Dickan from Russian Poland who moved to Alberta in 1903 with $900. It describes Buck Lake area west of Wetaskiwin as ideal for homesteading with easy land clearing, good soil for wheat, ample water, abundant fishing and plentiful game, and notes many settlers come from the United States and Canada.
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Western
Canada
Carl Dickan
Poland
Pittsburgh
Alberta
Wetaskiwin
Buck Lake
Pigeon Lake
United States
Just What He Needed Doctor Advice Breaks Reluctant Silence
The physician weighs the case and suggests rest for the husband. The wife argues she must persuade him, and the doctor nods that any progress is progress even if she cannot yet win his consent.
Flush kidneys with water and Jad Salts drink
Urine becomes cloudy and bladder irritated when kidneys overwork from uric acid in meat. Drink water and take four ounces of Jad Salts daily in breakfast water to stimulate kidneys, neutralize acids, and end bladder weakness, a common remedy advertised by pharmacists.
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