Mystery of Hawarden Murder Near Ireton Unfolding
From Hawarden Independent investigators say the murder victim, Samuel Crofton a blind preacher, was placed in a corn field on August 2. The motive appeared to be robbery as he carried a sum of money. Detectives I N Goin and W Thompson of Tiretua aided the inquiry with Roy Kenny and others seen along the road between Hawarden and Treton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireton
Samuel Crofton
Hawarden
W.ef
Roy Kenny
Keypoln
Treton
Muacher
Reysos
Goin
Wihompson
Tiretua
Conx
Min
Aligor Kenoy
Roy
Swax Falls
Rocky Mountain Tea Mate Promised by Madison Medicine Co
Wm. Winch of Hull visited town today and Charley Bergman attended the shoot at Matlock Tuesday. The note mentions thousand things done better than most and advertises Rocky Mountain Tea Mate by Madison Medicine Co priced at 35 cents with a druggist suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Midison Medicine Co
Charley Bergman
Matlock
P T A Meeting Highlights Governor Speeches and Teacher Talks
The Orange City P T A met last Friday and Saturday with a strong program. Governor Shaw spoke on utilitarian aids to elocution, winning praise from a large audience and eliciting eager handshakes. Professors Herr, Nicholson, and Beardshear delivered thoughtful papers and addresses on sympathy, individuality, and the duties of good teachers, inspiring lively discussion and high regard for educational work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange City
Shaw
Herr
Nicholson
Sioux Center
Sioux County
Beardshear
Real Estate Transfers for the Week Ending November 23 1901
Property transfers listed by A W Lohr show actions in Hawarden Chatsworth Calliope and nearby areas. Names include Gaar Scott & Co, Dyk, Ward G E, Prestage, Dick, Ames, Wooster, Reitsma, and Dickerson among others with various parcels and sums noted. The document records multiple parcels in districts such as Hawarden and Stickles ad Calioms along with additions in Chatsworth and Calliope, reflecting transactions in real estate transfers.
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Gaar Scott & Cotos
Dyk
Hawarden
Lake
Same
Schaler E
Shylock
Sbolt
Rock Valley
Addn Chatsworth
Croza
Dick DS
Saunders
Dick M Leame
Ames
Wooster
Calliope
Toj Smith
Transactions of land transfers and deeds across multiple towns
A series of property transfers listed with buyer and seller names such as Gerritsen, Van Ormans, Chatterton, and Schoey Gil, detailing allotments and blocks in communities including Maurice, Calliope, Sioux Center, Moodys Subd, Hawarden, Alton, and Alton with values like 300, 4000, and 1350. The entries cover a range of dates and parcels, showing ownership changes and parcel descriptions in a compiled record.
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Wtlco
Montgomery
Ireton
Word
LD Hall
Bk van Ormans
Gerritsen
N. J. Harroun
Milne A
Tod H
Moodys
Hawarden
Mieras J
Murphy
Alton
Rocky Mountain Tea Promises to Transform Unlovable Girls
An advertisement claims Rocky Mountain Tea will enhance attractiveness in 'listless, unlovable' women, asserting it can make them handsome or appealing. The copy urges readers to ask their druggist for the product.
Electric Bitters touted by Belleville druggist as top seller
Abraham Hare of Belleville U. praises Electric Bitters as the best selling bitters in years. He cites stomach and liver disorders as root causes and says the tonic tones the stomach, kidneys, and bowels, purifies the blood, and strengthens nerves, restoring vigor. Price 50 cents. Sold by M. Briak druggist.
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Abraham Hare
Belleville U
M. Briak
Rev Irl R Hicks Not Dead Sees Record Almanac 1902
Rumor of his death dismissed as he finishes a large Almanac for 1902 and his Word and Works journal. As people's astronomer and weather forecaster he touts forecasts that guided planting and saved wheat crops. The Word and Works Pub Co invites readers to subscribe at 25 cents for the Almanac and one dollar for the journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irl R. Hicks
Hicks
Word and Works Pub. Co
Locust St
St. Lous, Mo
Rock Valley Items from The Orange City Herald
Cashier Fink of the State Bank and N P McLean were absent last week in North Dakota seeking land and each bought a half section. The Indies of the Happy Hour Club held a Thanksgiving bazaar in the post office building and realized a neat sum. John Shannon of Shannon Bros is excavating for the foundation of a new residence east of the old Handy Hotel, to be ready by March 1. Painters have finished work on the depot and it looks as nobby.
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Fink
State Bank
N. P. McLean
Midnight Sun
North Dakota
Happy Hour Club
John Shannon
Shannon Bros
Handy Hotel
Rock Valley News Highlights Wooley Attends Services and Local Events
Local notes report Rock Valley residents in church, social and civic life. Rev Er v er of Tarkio Mo joins U P church as guest preacher, H H Pember travels to Chicago for holiday goods, and Uncle Tom's Cabin play tours the opera house. Voters urged to support county seat bonds stressing courthouse needs.
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Opera House
The British Tourist Encounters Train Station Generosity
A British tourist on an American train receives free fruit chocolate cigars and a comic, then hints at writing on travel before joking about train robberies. The piece ends with hometown wisdom on neighborly acts during hard times and prosperity in the corn belt.
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Urar
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Miles
Pan
W. D. Kreamer
Arkansas City
Kan
Judge Johnson
Chicago
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Wm. Winch of
Hull
P. T. A. Meeting
Charley
Ransfers
A W Lohr
Rock‘Valley
Orange City Herald
Herr von Spitt
Spencer
Canton
Milwaukee
U. P
Hevter
Tarkio, Mo
H. H. Pember
H. C. Marshall
Sioux City
Juke Heidelsheim
Bill Dugan
Juke
Dodds
C. W. Jacob
Sioux
Arion Ladies’ Quartette
C. W. Kent
Des Moines
Rock Valley Lodge
The
Yeomen of America
Peter Sullivan
Marshall, Minn
Polla
Banner County
Iowa
W. E. Murphy
Orchard, Nebr
United Brethren
Carrie Smith
Spms
Ste
the British Tourist
Poland
China
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