Local News Bits From Eagle Grove to Goldfield
Local notes report visits from relatives in Eagle Grove Humboldt and Webster City over Christmas and New Year gatherings at various homes. The Baptist church held its annual supper and watteli party. A red yearling heifer was found and owners urged to claim it. Community items include local business troubles at Ingersoll Water Co bankruptcy, the State Board of Health secretary ousted, and a heated debate over ownership of a red steer between John Kerr and Albert Helmke.
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George Campbell
Goldfield
Percy Brink
Birs
W. Frank
North Dakota
Webster City
John Kerr
Albert Helmke
Solomon
The Long Winter Prophets Predict Severe Weather
The verse notes that prophets old and young foretell a long, cold, stormy winter with fierce winds. Some signs speak of pine nuts stored and groundhog signals, while others doubt the certainty of such forecasts. The narrator ends doubting prophecies and hints at uncertain weather. Wait Mason.
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Bent J
Old
Tokona
Annie
Mason
New Peace Dollar Begin Distribution In 1922 Series
The first new Peace dollar was struck Tuesday and presented to President Harding. The design shows Liberty head on one side and a dove on a mountain with olive branch and peace beneath. The design remains for 23 years unless changed by law. About 300,000 coins are ready with dates 1921 and 1922, and 150,000,000 total silver dollars will be issued.
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Harding
Bad Check Artist Arrested in West Bend and Estherville
A man arrested after passing bad checks at a local bank and in Estherville. He led officers to West Bend to recover funds and belongings, and the case prompted calls for harsher penalties. Mayor Sebalta and Sheriff Schultz commented on the issue of habitual bad-check schemes.
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LaVerne
Sebalta
Atranger
West Bend
Estherville
Schultz
A Billion Dollars in Gold Paved as a Roadway
The passage estimates a trillion dollar value of gold to form a pillar six feet square and eight feet tall, requiring fifty eight freight cars and two engines, and a five dollar gold piece roadway twenty five feet wide and over ten miles long, equating to about forty miles of roadway for four billion dollars spent this fiscal year.
Thieves take 600-pound purebred hog near Eagle Grove
Thieves stole a pure-bred Voland China sow belonging to Peterson Lios near Eagle Grove last week. The hog weighed over 600 pounds and bore drag marks indicating it was pulled toward a waiting vehicle but could not be loaded due to its great weight.
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Eagle Grove
Eagle
Peterson Lios
Ns Whiting
Kids Spurn Small Gifts in Daily Struggles
Fragmentary reminiscence shows children snubbing pennies and small coins as they grow and seek larger means of daily need fulfillment. A mother’s offer of two cents sparks mockery among youngsters, highlighting childhood views on value and spending.
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Alckel
Jessen
Bester York
Sun
English Clergyman Prefers English Benefice
A British clergyman once sought a Welsh clerical post. When asked to renew his preference, he quipped that his wife does not speak Welsh. The bishop pressed, noting she does not preach, but the reply} "she lectures."
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Britain
Wales
Cassidy Hinges Busy Man Transcript
A garbled transcript shows dialogue with phrases like how's things and very busy. It mentions Cassidy and Casey and includes partial lines about sharing things and a Jay sure phrase. The readable text is fragmentary with unclear context or events.
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Cassidy
Out of the Ordinary North at Vans Home
A garbled local note recounts an unusual scene at Vans home tonight with references to Mrs North-Dewr and Mr Vaoginy Hh Nucaet, unclear details, and questions about what happened. The readable fragments imply a domestic incident or curiosity but lack coherent facts.
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North
Vaoginy
Novel Mileage Meter Mower Sets Odd Yard Pace
A New York Sun report describes a mower with a dial measuring in feet instead of miles. The inventor claims the device records 20,000 feet used in a summer while noting the mower’s blades resist dulling and feverish wear.
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Lord Le-Over
New York ‘Sun
Helps Business Dull Ride Leads Taxi Owners Trust Echo
In a southern Indian town near Kentucky two taxi owners chat about boosting business by keeping an old DIN Look car laytne on display. The sight attracts curious riders who hail a short ride, reflecting local commercial chatter and tourist nerves.
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Kentucky
Iodlanspolia News
Differences of Taste in a Small Town
A fragment shows a couple debating tastes among boarders. The woman remarks about SHintuer boarders thinking themselves superior in elegance and refinement. The man muses they may be more up to date, and expresses relief that they are gone so they can finally put jazz records away and listen to classical music.
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Cnn
City of Cyn Mass Declares Free Kindling and Wood Dump
The city of Cyn Mass opens a dumping ground for broken boxes and barrels, inviting citizens to help themselves to winding wood. The arrangement provides free kindling material from the waste site for local residents.
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Cyn
Mass
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