State House Land Taxes Rise with Capital Grounds Extension
Four Iowa counties Benton Scott Washington and Webster report 1913 valuation increases 15 to 25 percent boosting total taxes despite levy changes. Benton Washington and Webster show tax rises while Scott cuts over 200000 by trimming city and county expenses. Each county bears a share of the capital grounds extension and related funds.
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Des Moines
Benton
Scott
Washington
Webster
Webster County
Scott County
Capitol
New Drain Blockage Market Promises Shorter Ditches
Fort Dodge reports a new drain system using segmented vitrified clay blocks that fit together to form drains from 38 to 108 inches in diameter. A local maker has licensed production and a mile of blocks for a forty inch drain one mile long has sold in Boone county.
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Fort Dodge
Boone County
Record In Damage Cases in Waterloo Court
Nine petitions filed in district court seek damages totaling 37 147 74 dollars the largest one day total in local court history. Claims vary from 13 000 for smallpox contraction to 150 for a buggy upset with other amounts listed among the nine petitions.
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Waterloo
Clayton County Fair Association Holds Fifty-Second Meeting
The Clayton County Fair Association met at Farmersburg for its fifty second annual gathering. eighty life members attended including John Everall a founder from 1861. A new organization was formed with Herbert Brownson succeeding Joseph Matt of National as president.
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McGregor
Clayton County Fair Association
Farmersburg
John Everall
Joseph Matt
National
Herbert Brownson
Fort Dodge Sees Major Electric System Upgrade
Fort Dodge Gas and Electric plans to buy power from Port Dodge Des Moines Southern and convert from sixty to twenty five cycle current. The change costs eighty thousand dollars and requires replacing every motor in Fort Dodge, with the utility covering all expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Gas & Electric Company
Port Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
The
Gas and Electric Company
Henry County Fair Dates Set for August 18 to 21
Secretary Tribby of the Henry County Fair association announced the 1914 Henry county fair dates as August 18 19 20 and 21 in Mt Pleasant. Tribby, recently elected to the state fair board from Henry county, aims to surpass previous fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Tribby
Henry County Fair Association
State Fair Board
Henry County
Pioneer Iowa Publisher Captain W F Smith Dies
Webster City reports the death of Capt W F Smith a pioneer newspaper man in this city and former Iowa National Guard captain He established the Clarion Monitor formerly owned part interests in the Freeman Tribune and Journal He served two terms as county auditor.
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Webster City
W. F. Smith
Iowa National Guard
Door of Box Car Becomes Bed for Family in Hard Times
A family, sleeping aboard a box car door under burlap sacks with no food and little fuel, was found here. Temporary aid provided. The man recently laid off from Northwestern work and has struggled to find steady employment.
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Logan
10-Year-Old Hunter Dies in Oskaloosa
Charles Hoover aged 10 son of Ernest Hoover accidentally shot himself with a .22 calibre rifle while hunting in Oskaloosa. The incident is reported as a self inflicted accidental death.
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Oskaloosa
Charles Hoover
Ernest Hoover
Farmers relocate to Louisiana after loss in Ringgold County
Nathan and Charles Jagger, Ringgold county farmers, moved to Louisiana then returned this week after losing several thousand dollars. They say Louisiana land is versatile enough for a team to move almost anywhere.
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Iowa
Mowat Ayr
Nathan
Charles Jagger
Ringgold County
Louisiana
Pioneer of Boone Dies at Nearly 100
Mrs. Mary Jane Pilcher, a Boone pioneer and nearly 100 years old, died after a fall suffered a few days earlier. The obituary notes her longtime status as a pioneer woman of the state.
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Boone
Mary Jane Pilcher
Madison Short Course At Winterset With 800 Farmers
Madison county hosted its first annual short course drawing over 800 attending farmers. Ames experts led sessions across grain and fruit domestic science and animal husbandry with nearly 200 in the animal course. Prizes totaling 1200 were awarded as seating expanded for the popular department.
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Winterset
Madison County
Ames
Thomas
Switch Operator Dies From Lamp Explosion
Ogden reports Albert Bergland night operator at the interlocking tower for Northwestern and Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads died from burns after a lamp exploded above him burning his clothing. He ran from the tower down the street as bystanders aided his escape and the marshal wrapped flames with his overcoat. The tower burned to the ground.
Nine Die In Gale Off New Jersey Coast
A furious gale along the New Jersey coast on Friday killed nine men and caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Seaside and Seabright suffered wrecks as lifeboats were driven ashore and three hundred residents fled their homes. Lifesavers battled 90 mph winds and massive waves to reach a drowning crew near Forked River. none arrived in time to help.
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Seabright
N. J
New Jersey
Seaside
Drys to Publish Paper in Iowa State Issue
The Iowa Anti Saloon league will publish a weekly paper called the Iowa State Issue. It will focus on temperance in Iowa with news and editorials aimed at supporting pro temperance legislative candidates and defeating opponents in primaries.
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Drys
Des Moines
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Iowa
First Ice Forms Above Pontoon Bridge on Mississippi
The first ice has formed above the pontoon bridge spanning the Mississippi between North McGregor and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Superintendent J Doyle notes this is the latest first ice date in forty years, with the river usually freezing between November 21 and December 1 at this point.
Cedar Falls and Waterloo Poultry Show Opens
The Cedar Falls and Waterloo Poultry association launched its seventh annual show with over 1,500 pens of birds on display at the armory. The event awards three state poultry cups and more than forty other valuable prizes, marking one of northern Iowa’s largest poultry events.
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Cedar Falls
State Poultry Association
Waterloo Poultry Association
Iowa
Armory
Siegel Stores Receivers Named For Six Firms In New York Chicago
Ancillary receivers were appointed in U S district court for six Henry Siegel affiliated firms led by Siegel Stores Corp. The action aims to reorganize a $7.98 million common and $2 million preferred capital group after Christmas credit curtailment and softer business. Receivers will operate the stores while protection is arranged.
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Boston
United States District Court
Henry Siegel
New York
Siegel Stores Corporation
Financial
Fourteenth Street
Simpson-Crawford Company
Henry Siegel Company
Henry Siegel & Co
Merchants’ Express Company
Greenhut-Siegel-Cooper Company
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Chicago
Frank E. Vogel
Frank HE. Vogel
Simpson Realty Company
F. E. Vogel
Robert J. McMeekin
Max Pam
J. R. Butler
Joseph Busch
W. J. Maloney
Isaac Keim
Fire destroys block in Montreal amid water famine
Montreal reports a major blaze on December 31 burning a block of stores and homes at St. Hubert and Ontario. Water shortages hindered firefighting, 20 buildings burned before dynamite was used as crews fought flames from hydrants and chemical extinguishers.
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Montreal
St. Hubert
Ontario
Tremblay
Telegraphic Notes from Across the Nation
The round of brief items reports mill workers returning to Sharon and Farrell after Christmas shutdowns, a Civil War veteran officer’s death at Dayton, a Wisconsin woman’s self immolation, a corn induced horse die off in Carmi, and Miss Mildred Zimmerman’s subway death in New York.
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Cleveland
Sharon
Farrell
Pittsburgh
National Soldiers
Dayton
W. F. Roberts
U. S. Grant
George G. Meade
Tomah
Wis
August Hess
Clifton
Carmi
Ill
Wabash River
New York
Mildred Zimmerman
Gustav Zimmermann
Teacher Elopes With Student Near Persia
The rural Persia area school near Persia Iowa heard of the absence of teacher Miss Alta McVay when the older students reported her missing to a school director. The director’s 19 year old son Glen Seddon was also missing. The couple had traveled to Omaha where they were married.
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Council Bluffs
Persia
Alta McVay
Glen Seddon
Omaha
Fire is Taken to Water After Lumber Blaze
Perry fire department faced an unusual challenge when lumber cars near Milwaukee yards caught fire beyond hydrants reach. An engine moved the burning lumber several blocks to reach water and extinguish the blaze.
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Perry
Milwaukee
Water Works Plant Contract Awarded for Mount Ayr
Des Moines Bridge and Iron Works secured the contract to build Mount Ayr’s water works plant. A firm representative visited this week and plans to start construction soon with the initial material arriving at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Ayr
Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works
Logan-Charles Scaupero Faces Concealed Weapon Charge
Logan-Charles Scaupero was arrested at California Junction and brought before John L. Skeleton of Missouri Valley to answer to the January grand jury on charges of carrying a concealed weapon.
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Logan
Charles Scaupero
California Junction
John L. Skeleton
Missouri Valley
Alleged Bell Thief Caught at Logan
Deputy Sheriff M D Myers went to Adel to fetch Jack Crawford who is wanted in Missouri Valley on a charge of aiding the disposal of the county fair bell. The bell was taken from Missouri Valley and sold to junk dealers in Omaha.
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Logan
M. D. Myers
Adel
Jack Crawford
Missouri Valley
Omaha
Forger Pleads Guilty in Anamosa Reformatory Case
Newton Frank Dickerson pleaded guilty to uttering a forged instrument and was sentenced to serve not to exceed fifteen years at hard labor in the Anamosa reformatory.
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Newton
Frank Dickerson
Anamosa Reformatory
Feet Severed By Train Wheels In Bancroft Incident
In Algona reporting Raymond Wilhelm of Bancroft lost both feet when he tried to board a moving freight train while loading baled hay. He fell under the car and was severely injured but expected to live.
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Algona
Raymond Wilhelm
Bancroft
Two Brothers Die In Day Dubune
Bernard Lagen aged 75 and Jorn Lagen aged 74, two brothers prominent in local business, died within twenty four hours of each other. The funeral services were held Sunday.
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Dubune
Bernard Lagen
Jorn Lagen
Wilson Orders Lind to U S with Envoy to Mexico
President Wilson ordered the navy to send the Chester fast scout cruiser to Gulfport with John Lind, the president's special envoy to Mexico. The ship is due in Gulfport within 72 hours, signaling a new crisis in Mexican affairs. Farther west, Ojinaga remains in federal hands after a day of heavy bombardment.
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Washington
Wilson
Navy Department
Chester
Gulfport
John Lind
Mexico
Lind
Presidio
Tex
Ojinaga
Steel Workers Receive Large Yearly Bonus
New York January reports United States Steel corporation will soon distribute its annual bonus totaling about two million dollars. This compares with one point six million in 1912 and one point four five million in 1911.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
South American Beef Shipment Reaches New York Port
The Histree Grance arrived from Buenos Aires and Montevideo carrying 1 750 tons of chilled and frozen Argentine beef the largest frozen beef import to date.
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New York
Histree Grance
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Man Leaps 18 Floors to Death in Masonic Temple
Joseph Kelter a broom marker at the Masonic temple in Chicago leaped from the eighteenth story on Sunday. He believed his act a sacrifice for humanity.
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Chicago
Joseph Kelter
Masonic Temple
Train Robber to Be Hanged on Montague Murder
John Bostick was sentenced to hang for murdering H E Montague passenger agent during a hold up on a Southern Pacific express train at El Monte California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John Bostick
H. EH. Montague
Bostick
Southern Pacific
el Monte
Federals Routed in Fight at Ojinaga Oppose Villa
Federal troops retreating from Chihuahua to Ojinaga suffer demoralization as 4,000 troops flee across the border before 42,000 rebels sent by Gen. Francisco Villa. Wounded and dead litter the hills as the federal side collapses after their first clash with the rebels.
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Presidio
Tex
United States
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Francisco Villa
Frisco Road Suit Seeks Profits From Syndicate Built Feeders
United States Circuit Judge W N Sanborn authorized filing of suits against Frisco railroad officials to recover profits earned by officials who as syndicate members built and sold Feeders lines to the Frisco system.
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St. Louis
United States
W. N. Sanborn
Frisco Railroad
Frisco
Mayor Perkins’ Dinner Cost With War Secretaries Revealed
Denver reports Mayor Perkins spent 3.50 to entertain the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy. The expense appears in the mayoral ledger submitted to the city council on December 31.
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Army
Navy
Denver
Colo
Perkins
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Editor kills worker in Clinton shops clash
Decatur Illinois January 2 Carl Person editor of the Illinois Central Strike Bulletin shot and killed Tony Musser a union workman in the Central shops at Clinton after a fist fight in the Clinton interurban station.
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Wirds
Decatur
Ill
Carl Person
Illinois Central Strike Bulletin
Tony Musser
Central
Clinton
Quit Bathing Twenty Years Ago
William Knaus of Chicago aged sixty six says he stopped bathing twenty years ago after quitting work and is jailed bathing out a one hundred dollar fine imposed by Magistrate Underwood in Belleville Illinois.
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Belleville
William Knaus
Chicago
Underwood
Von Klein Sentenced to One to Four Years in Oregon Jail
Edmund C. Von Klein of Chicago received a jail term ranging from one to four years after conviction for polygamous living with Miss Ethel Newcomb of San Francisco in Portland.
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von Klein
Portland
Ore
Edmund 3. C. von Klein
Chicago
Ethel Newcomb
San Francisco
President Wilson Receives Vast Flood of Messages
President Wilson, age fifty seven, on December 30 in Pass Christian Mississippi, is inundated with letters and telegrams of commendation from many strangers and new well wishers.
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Wilson
Schmidt Jury Discharged After Deadlock in Murder Trial
New York Jan 2 The jury that held Hans Schmidt charged with murdering Anna Aumuller was discharged after over thirty two hours of deliberation. Foreman Lawrence Ottinger told Judge Foster the 12 jurors failed to agree. Ten jurors favored first degree murder at discharge.
Air Boat Line Opens Between Tampa and St. Petersburg
Air boat transportation begins on a commercial scale between Tampa and St. Petersburg starting January 1. A private corporation will operate three hydroplanes serving the route.
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Air Boat Line
Tampa
Fla
St. Petersburg
Widow sues over life insurance after husband's suicide
Menominee Michigan December 30 Mrs W Belongy widow of an advertising manager who killed himself filed suit against the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Equitable Fraternal Union for policy proceeds claiming entitlement due to death by his own action.
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Menominee, Mich
W. Belongy
Modern Brotherhood of America
Equitable Fraternal Union
Milwaukee Store Declares Bankruptcy in Brief
Lefly's Department Store of Milwaukee filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. The business has operated six months with assets about 226,016 and liabilities estimated at 200,980.
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Milwaukee
Lefly’s Department Store Company
Record Washington crop values show big output profits
A 1913 report from Washington notes 6 million American farms produced crops worth ten billion dollars with cash income at about 5.85 billion, despite droughts. It finds prices rose 14 major crops about 20 percent from last year and analyzes marketing to lower consumer costs while expanding farm income through better organization. Exports reached 1.123 billion dollars in fiscal year 1913.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Alliance Men Are Absolved In Italian Hall Panic Probe
In Calumet Michigan witnesses including Annie Clemens deny a Citizens' alliance member shouted fire and deputies beat back evacuees at the Italian hall panic killing 72. Other notes report Charles H. Moyer in Chicago receiving protection after a Hancock attack. a steel jacketed bullet was removed, doctors say he is out of danger.
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Calumet
Mich
Copper Country
Annie Clemens
Western Federation of Miners
Citizens’ Alliance
Chicago
Charles H. Moyer
Hancock
Moyer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dr. Hargha
Prison Fire Sparks Troop Rush Near Santa Fe
Fire at the state penitentiary one mile from Santa Fe prompts Governor McDonald to rush troops to the scene fearing an inmate uprising. No escape attempt was reported and about 800 prisoners were in the facility.
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Santa Fe
N. M
State Penitentiary
McDonald
Glover Manning Shot While Aiming to Arrest Suspects in Hortense Case
In Jesep Ga on December 31 Glover Manning a 22 year old bridgekeeper was killed when he was shot during pursuit of two African American men suspected in an assault on an elderly woman at Hortense Ga The incident underscores early 20th century rural crime tensions and policing risks.
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Jesep
Glover Manning
Hortense
Mineral Output in California Reaches 95 Million in 1913
Sacramento report by state mineralogist F McNutt Hamilton states California mineral output for 1913 totals 95 million dollars, up 14 million from 1912. The figures reflect a strong year for mining across the state.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
F. McNutt Hamilton
Federal Reserve Act Sent to 7500 Banks
Washington December 31 copies of the federal reserve act and the resolution for banks wishing to join the system were mailed to every national bank. There are 7500 banks in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Democratic Surge Prompts Early Iowa Primary Preparations
Des Moines reports that progressive entrants split the field as Democratic hopes rise after 1912 victory and Wilson’s election. Attention centers on the Iowa senatorial contest with a likely whirlwind campaign as candidates line up months before the biennial primary.
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Des Moines
Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Iowa
Woodrow Wilson
Northwestern cuts in service on fast mail train
Northwestern abolishes westbound passenger service on the fast mail train effective Sunday. The Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs coaches will no longer be carried shortening Iowa crossing time. Traveling men will lose several hours waiting in hotel lobbies in Cedar Rapids and other towns along the Northwestern.
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Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Northwestern
Council Bluffs
Judge Platt Leaves Bench After Sixteen Years in Waterloo
Judge Franklin C. Platt will not seek reelection after sixteen years presiding in the Tenth district. Fred S. Merrian, a bankruptcy referee, has been urged to run for the vacated seat. Judges C. W. Mullan and G. W. Dunham, appointed as third and additional judges, will run for reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Franklin C. Platt
Tenth
Fred S. Merrian
Platt
C. W. Mullan
G. W Dunham
Manchester
Ransier
Marshall Buys Interest in Cedar Rapids Gazette
Harry L. Marshall longtime Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette composing room superintendent becomes major stockholder in the paper. His son Verne Marshall, previously with Sioux City Journal, will join from the Minneapolis Tribune to work with him.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry L. Marshall
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette
Faulkes
Two Shoplifters Caught in Davenport
Davenport reports Anna Pattee and Mrs. John Burk two women shoplifters who stole a large quantity of furs and dresses from local department stores. Each was fined 100 dollars and costs. A large stash of stolen goods was found in their homes.
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Davenport
Anna Pattee
John Burk
Salesmen Convene at Shenandoah Stock Powder Meeting
Three to four hundred salesmen gathered in Shenandoah for the annual convention of the stock powder men. The assemblage closed with banquets.
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Shenandoah
Campaign Nets Many Members at Woodward Church
A church campaign at Woodward rapidly expanded membership. The M. E. church young men class grew from twelve to one hundred fifty seven members in three weeks, marking one of the town’s most successful efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Woodward
M. E. Church
Webster City Church Celebrates First Anniversary
The Methodist congregation in Webster City marked the one year since the dedication of its new 40000 dollar church. The Rev. G W Southwell delivered the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
G. W. Southwell
Farmer Otterville Amos Cameron Kills Himself
Amos Cameron a farmer near Otterville used a shotgun set in a vice tied to a trigger string and pulled the string to blow his head off, in a self inflicted act. Police reported the incident as a suicide at the farm.
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Otterville
Amos Cameron
Here
Rink Closed by Mayor After Trial in Mount Ayr
By order of Mayor H. M. Miller the skating rink in Mount Ayr, once run by Robert Halet, was closed following the trial of those accused of causing disturbance at the venue.
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Mount Ayr
H. M. Miller
Robert Halet
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