State Sells Forgotten 15.5 Acre Hast Omahaa Tract
Des Moines reports after 24 years a state sale is ordered for 15.5 acre Hast Omahaa land in Council Bluffs. Squatters Mack Hanson and others claim possession with Hanson asserting 24 years of occupancy. The Gunderson ice house sits on the parcel as a sale approaches under first purchase rights at 200 dollars per acre.
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Island
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Iowa
Jacob. Hanson
J. Clausen
J. Jacobson
Gunderson
Hanson
Hast
Omaha Land Company
Mtg. notes report sudden death after race
An Iowa sports update notes a meeting ended abruptly as a runner died suddenly after completing a race. Local officials are reviewing the incident and cause details are not yet released.
Primary Day Reminder and Bradgate Local Notes
June 1 marks primary day. Mrs. Hoveland, recently ill, may be out again. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood welcome a new son. Mumps affect Mrs. Lvan Dayton and children. Miss Joula Logan visits home for vacation after a successful school year near Ottosen. Various locals attend visits, orders for silos placed, and community events noted including a soda fountain addition and a 1914 Bradgate high school class photo outing.
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N. S. Chamberlain
Mrs. Chamberlain
Miss Wills
Miss Oleson
Bradgate
Miss Groth
Thor
Ivan Godden
Randall Melson
H. P. Schoonover & Co
Mélson
Schoonover
George Lovrien
Bob Johnston
Humboldt
Nick Tofting
Fort Dodge
Walter Turley Jr
Bode
J. H. Moyer
Harold Lees
Racine Minard
Ottosen
Jerome Tilton
W. C. Smith
Hopkins
Missouri
Floyd McCreary
Rolfe
Kenneth Siefert
Stella Benge
Woodman Park Bridge
Memphis
Siefert
Alex, Hansen
Gilmore City
Bart
Pagh
Fort
Dodge
Hessian fly damage appears in southwestern Iowa fields
The Hessian fly has reappeared in southwestern Iowa wheat fields for the first time in years. Page county farmers submitted samples to Prof. H. E. Summers who confirmed the pest. Iowa State College and the extension service will aid with control as Dorchester and Webster prepare to visit the infested area for several weeks to advise farmers.
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Wester
Union News Service
Ames
Iowa
Page
H. E. Summers
Iowa State College
Department of Agricultural Extension
R.L. Webster
Dorchester
Page County
Impression of Canadian land dispute crops up in court notes
Details recount McManus defense over print errors by Grand Trunk Land company and a sold parcel to a Neolacit zen party. The case touches on responsibility for misprinted land deeds and associated claims.
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McManus
Grand Trunk Land Company
Seattle
Train Strikes 85-Year-Old Crossing Bridge
John Myers aged 85 was struck by a passenger train while crossing a railroad bridge near town and was thrown into the creek. He was pulled from the water alive but unconscious with scalp wounds and internal injuries. doctors hold hope for recovery.
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Maurice
John Myers
Baptists Plan New Church in Storm Lake
The Baptist congregation announces construction of a new house of worship in Storm Lake on a prominent city corner. Pastor is Rev. J. W. Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Baptist
J. W. Stone
Porter Widow Dies After Surgical Operation
Following the death of her husband six weeks earlier Mrs. C O Porter, a well known Storm Lake woman, died after a surgical operation. She leaves two daughters Mrs William Miller and Mrs Baward Dahl, both of this city.
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Storm Lake
Porter
Mra
Willian
Miller
Baward
Dahl
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D. M. Clow
Bradgate, Iowa
Hughs McCreary
State Automobile Department
Mtg
Areca
Cee Ae
Trousseau
Anderson
John Anderson
ANCE
General News of
Woodmen
Rock Island
Soclary
Toledo
Milnois
Dunlap
George A. Hittesman
Wratterman
Mafysite
Wits
Dubuque
Sacred Toort Parish
Dubuqua
Mondamin
Ruth Noyes
Baptists
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