Perkins of Panama Comes to Three Corners
A self styled Panama promoter arrives in Three Corners during a harsh March with claims to the Riddle estate. He distracts locals by promising canal front lots and riches while investigating alleged heirs, then departs on the train as townsfolk realize they were swindled and their Riddle kinship claims collapse.
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Three Corners
Perkins
Panama
Simon Drake
Simon
Dye
Mr. Perkins
Riddle
Adolphus Riddle
Squire Smith
Eliza Riddle
Elza Riddle
Adolphus
Canal
New York State
Two Former Citizens Dead From Clorinda
J H Hitchcock and Pat Hopkins, longtime residents, are remembered in obituaries from Clorinda Herald. Hitchcock died after severe burns from an accidental gasoline incident, leaving a widow Bertha and four sons. Hopkins praised as a friend to all and a guiding presence in the community. Funeral and church details noted.
Pat Hopkins longtime Monticello business figure dies in Omaha
Former Monticello resident and stock and grain trader Pat Hopkins died in Omaha on the last day of April after a stroke suffered upon reaching the city for an eye doctor visit. Born in Montreal and 72, he lived in Jersey City Castle Grove and California before returning to Iowa to found Hopkins & Co. in Monticello in 1868. He led a regional elevator network and shipped heavily to Sioux City. Survived by brother James Hopkins, a former Plymouth County sheriff, he never married and was mourned across LeMars and Plymouth County.
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Pat Hopkins
Monticello
Omaha
Mr. Hopkins
LeMars
Montreal
Canada
Jersey City
Castle Grove
California
Iowa
Hopkins & Co
South Dakota
Sioux City
Election Contest at Hopkinton Ends Amid Ballot Dispute
In Hopkinton last Saturday the election contest cases were dismissed after the court found the envelope holding 217 ballots contained 216. Contesters led by A G Smith S E Bartlett and J A Kirkwood challenged elections of William Porter E F Main A G Wallace and I St Tesar with Mayor Oehler and others presiding. The four cases were heard together with ballots and envelopes scrutinized amid concerns of preservation and potential tampering.
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Hopkinton
Messrs
A. G. Smith
S. E. Bartlett
J. A. Kirkwood
William Porter
E. F. Main
A. G. Wallace
A.C. Martin
I. St.Tesar
Oehler
Jacob Pratt
R. Brooka
Parody Creed Targets Theodore Roosevelt and Williams Speech
A mocked Apostles Creed taunts Theodore Roosevelt and Senator John Sharp Williams. The parody twists public figures and party politics with phrases about power, Taft, Africa, and a perpetual third term amid political satire.
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John Sharp Williams
Theodore Roosevelt
Ile
William H. Taft
Africa
Ananias Club
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
The piece uses sharp humor about marriage and money, noting how men kiss their wives like a dumb bell and how wealth is best earned by taking from the already rich. It also observes that truth often harms those who share it rather than help them.
The Southern Flood Strikes Mississippi River Areas
The Mississippi River’s high water has caused levee breaches in Louisiana. Townships are submerged and farmers flee homes and plantations. Nineteen lives are reported lost in the Louisiana flood disaster.
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Mississippi River
Louisiana
Topeka Capital Quote on Passion for Events
A Topeka Capital item notes that people often work harder for access to a four o’clock ball game or a show than for money. The column reflects on incentives and enthusiasm driving attendance.
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Topeka
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Ethan Pilsbury
Ethan
Mrs. Pilsbury
Jared Peterson
Cayexnual
Mr. Peterson
Ethan Pillsbury
Isthan
Howard Hitchcock
Clorinda
Scott
Thos. Irwin
Leonard
Hitchcock
United Presbyterian Church
W. ©. Williamson
W. M. Jackson
Beaver
Henderson and
Finley
Ethel Craig
Crosthwait
T. G. Merriam
Morrison
Colorado
Tf. G. Richardson
What Cheer
Richardson
Williamson
J.H. Hitchcock
Jones County
W. D. Ralston
Scotch Grove
Wyoming
Bertha Haleey
Lenox College
Monmouth College
Tie
Pat Hopins
Lee
Renk & Cropp
the New York Press
H.C. Walter
Cedar Rapids, Low A
NEW Spring Goods
H. C. Bohlken
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Idoogsege
Atlas
Joe Henry
Third Ward
FE. L. Himebaugh
Monticello Produce Co
Altman
Aera
Avery
Quddie
Avery Frouk
Avery Separator
KE. L. Hamebaugh
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