Grundy tax sale sets state record with eight properties
Grundy county held a very small tax sale with eight parcels sold totaling only $64 delinquent taxes. The marked reduction is blamed on two factors: taxpayers' improved finances and a notice sent by Treasurer J Pepperman reminding those behind on payments before November’s deadline. The article notes Cerro Gorda insane patients could be housed at a county farm for less than hospital costs and discusses proposed bills to shift placement duties to county authorities when relatives cannot bear expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Tas-Peyers
Scalds Claim Nashua Baby Death in Home Accident
A three year old girl died after a hot water pail toppled into a floor well when a team drove into the yard at the home of Frank Wolt between Carrville and Basnett nine miles from Nashua. The mother left briefly to greet visitors and returned to find the child in the scalding water. Home remedies were tried until a physician arrived, but the child died after about 26 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Dor
Bill for insane care bill proposed in Cerro Gordo
Mason City December 5 Special County Auditor B Duffield of Cerro Gordo county asks a legislator from the district to draft a bill for the next session to fix the data on insane patients and their maintenance payments. Under current law all patients must be cared for at the insane hospital unless relatives or guardians consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
B. Duffield
Cerro Gordo County
Miner Rescued After Pink Pills Cure Rheumatism
J G Menkel of Dubuque narrates three years of joint pain and swelling from rheumatism and his cure after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He states relief within weeks and eight years of no recurrence, praising the remedy as a blood builder and general health booster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilame
J. G. Menkel
Jackson Avenue
Dubuque
Town
Robert Yates
Klamer Manufacturing Co
Dubeque
Dr. Williams
Mr. Monke
Wiliams
Draggista
de. Williams Medicine Co
Achensctady
N.Y
Safes Recovered From Levee Fire Debris
In Dubuque December report details recovery of two large safes owned by the Diamond Jo company from a levee fire ruins. The safes and contents were raised after four days buried under heated brick. books and papers survived, though safes were melted and tumblers damaged. Water streams cooled and preserved the items for removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Diamond Jo Company
Father Worse Than Son In Inebriety Hearing
Marshalltown court delays hearing as John Bartlett the key witness and Harry Bartlett father both appear intoxicated. The son, jailed after a Friday drunkenness arrest, faces a thirty day sentence. Judge Burnham harshly criticized the elder Bartlett, postponing the case to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
John Bartlett
Harry Bartlett
Ihebrigey Seturdey
Burnham
Bartlett
Strever drainage case ends as county ditch revoked
Boone attorney Whitakker renders decree in Strewger drainage dispute near Kamrar. Board of supervisors cancels county ditch plan citing existing ditch and avoiding costly, burdensome taxes. Four injunctions and several hearings marked a long, costly battle in Harofston County. possible appeal to the supreme court remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Dec
Tudge Whitakker
Boone
Strewger
Board of Supervisors
Strever
Kamrar
Mosk
Harofston
Supreme Court
Return from Indian Land and a Te Sugul Thanksgiving
J C Berkley came back from New Mexico and attended Te Sugul tribe’s annual Thanksgiving service on the 28th. The circle ceremony ends in exhaustion before a large feast, while the Navajo blanket wanes as rubber cultivation grows in value. M N Trainor opens a solo real estate office at 621 Jefferson Street in Waterloo, handling farms in the Dakotas. A nine pound baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Ben Hesser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Berkley
New Mexico
Berkley
Indiana
Uncle Sam
Old
Mexico
M.N. Trainor
Waterloo
Linco Township
Bickley Building
Jefferson Street
Mr. Trainor
North
South Dakota
Ben Hesser
Prominent Iowa farmer VanDusen dies after linking illness
Frank VanDusen of Swanton near Waterloo died Monday night in New Hartford after a day of hauling corn. Doctors cited Bright's disease affecting the brain. He left a widow and two children. Funeral planned for Wednesday in Swanton. Also reported: Leon Lolzeaux of Benton County bought William Mitchell farm near Waterloo for 180 acres plus 54.25 acres for 20010, a deal seen as profitable though not indicative of lower land values. Purchaser may move to farm, future plans unknown.
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Shell Rock
Dec
Frank VanDusen
Butler County
Swanton
Here
New Hartford
Vandused
VanDusen
Oliver Crugman
Bmgs
Myatla Toller Hell
Modern Brotherhood of America
Leon Lolzeaux
Renton County
Towa
Willam Mitchell
Edward Brown
Portage la Praivig
Manitoba
Wiliam Mitchel
Lnmite
Waterloo
Pogliton
Waterlow
Blackhawk County
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Divorces and Court Motions Jam Waterloo Case Ledger
Ten year old Supreme Court reversal in Cotter v Cotter case prompts new hearing in W Chamberlain v Wolf matter tied to land trade and horse Delaware law. Mary E Cotter seeks divorce from Charles B Cotter alleging years of abuse. property and injunction requested. Bankruptcy of M J Til Cedar Falls triggers creditor meeting. Waterloo Restaurant directors to meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fudge F.C. Platt
W. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Wolf
Supreme Court
Mary E. Cotter
Edwards & Longley
Charles B. Cotter
Waterloo
Plaintin
Lane & Fowler
Malntif
Ict'four
Hardy & Virden
East
M. J. ‘Til
Cedar Falls
W. P. Hoxle
Postofice
Sycamore Street
Ths
Waterloo Restaurant Company
Warnestay
Reynolds Brothers Injured in Barclay Street Runaway
The Reynolds trio Mike, Chas, and Marcus were hurt Monday on Barclay street when a horse ran away. Mike Reynolds slipped from the vehicle, injured his nose and foot. Marcus suffered cuts to the left cheek and eye. Chas Reynolds, while driving, was thrown but clung to the wagon and sustained a bruised face and blackened eyes.
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Reynolds
Mike
Chas
Marcs
Barclay Street
Mike Reynolds
Marcus
Chas. Reynolds
Bet
Maes
Girl Dies After Fall On Ice At Waterloo Home
The young daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Holley died at 6:00 a m Tuesday at the family residence 21 Franklin street from injuries suffered when she fell on ice while visiting relatives in Dewar last Thursday. Born Monroe January 1 1890 she had resided in Waterloo only a short time. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Brey
J. A. Holley
Franklin Street
Dewar
Monroe
Waterloo
Injunction Filed Over Farm Equipment Sale
M B Philleo of Cedar Malta petitions for a 150.35 injunction against L C Carpenter’s property. Philleo, an agricultural implement dealer, says he sold a six foot binder, one gallon of oil, 160 pounds of twine, an old wagon and repairs, and that Carpenter has moved from the state and is trying to dispose of property without first satisfying the lien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B.philfeo
Cedar Malta
L. ©. Carpanter
Philleo
Platin
Waterloo Business College enrolls 126 students
Waterloo and nearby towns report new student registrations at the Business College. Grace Webster Cedar Falls Arthur Robertson La Porte City Lee Isenhart Tripoli Amos J W DeBuhr Aplington C 1 Austin Jonnie Schaulis Anna Ludtke and others bring total enrollment to 126, up from 93 last year. Faculty notes include Mamie Hennessy acting as supply stenographer and Earl Odell as temporary stenographer in the Murtagh office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Grace Webster
Cedar Falls
Arthur Robertson
Laporte City
Lee Isenhart
Tripoli
Amos
Jang W. DeBuhr
Aplington
C. 1
Mamie Hennessy
Waterloo. & Cedar Fells Electric Tight and Gas Co
Earl Odell
J. C. Murtagh
Sarahager
Waverly
John Ferguson
Ebenburg
Pennsylvania
Dakota
Ming Alta McGhane
H. H. McChane
Arthur Aldrich
Clutt Service Commission
St. , Paul
Wncle
ALBP
Harvey
Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a blood purifying remedy
Local applications cannot reach the disease, so Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. It supposedly acts on mucous surfaces to cure catarrh, a claim backed by testimonials and a physician's prescription. The ad asserts a perfect combination of active ingredients and blood purifiers and lists F J Cheney & Co as manufacturers.
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Hall
Seni
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Comb Fire Burns Baby at Home on Sycamore Street
A 17 month old boy suffered burns when a gas stove ignited a celluloid comb his mother left near the flame. Mrs. Merrill Peterson tended the blaze until it was out, as the child’s head and arms were burned before firefighters arrived.
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Merrill Peterson
Sycamore Street
Eighty Five Tax Titles Sold At Tax Sale
The county treasurer's tax sale Monday yielded $776.30 from eighty-five parcels of real and personal property, many in Laporte and Water-Tea. Most buyers were farmers who neglected the advertised list, and bidding was sparse despite tax vigilance by Treasurer Wilhgsworth. Stewart Cement Block Machine Co. sues W F Kint and W A Minemaker for $400, alleging purchase on April 4, 1904, and overdue payment. defendants reside in Fayattea and Linn counties, machines delivered at Oelwein, Iowa.
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Laporte
Wilhgsworth
Stewart Cement Block Machine Company
W. F. Kint
W. A. Minemaker
W. A. Kint
Fayatta County
Linn County
Oelwoin
Iowa
Dunkerton News Delivers Community Notes and Local Rumors
In Dunkerton, Mrs Joe Meter visits Freeport Minnesota as the Woodmen hold a gathering. The auditor reports on county finances for 1904. McWilliams rumor sparks Catholic blame debate, sparing the Catholic church from collective guilt. Agnew Grain Co ships ten carloads of corn and stores 11,000 bushels. G H Dunkerton returns from three months on the Pacific coast. Weddings, visits, and church events are noted along Crane Creek ice and local schooling progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Meter
Bennington
Freeport
Mnos
McWilliams
Agnew Grain Co
G. H. Dunkerton
Pacific Coast
D. Perry
Gelweth
Maud
Jay Smith
Lizzie Meter Fa
Precport
Ill
Barclay
University At
Washington, D. S
M. Wellner
Crane Creek
Christmas church gathering duties noted in Dakota letter
A Belington family column from Bennington December recalls a funeral attendance for John Sassman with Hoff family members from War flora and Alchester. A sister in Indiana hosts visiting Wetzlich, Thanksgiving cold records, and a Dakota farming note mentions crops, land prices, and Christmas church committee duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sassman
Hig
H. Sassman
War Flora
Benton County
H. Hartman
Alchester
Wetzlich Ig
Indiana
School Board Seeks Special Meeting Under Code Section 2791
Members of the school board are asked to read Section 2791 of the code ahead of a forthcoming special meeting. The case before the board concerns Emil Hertzberg of Perry Township seeking attachment to Bar on account of school attendance. The meeting, anticipated after John Ortner’s return from Dubuque, will address this matter after a year of work.
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Board of
Emil Hertzbe
Perry Townsht Bickan
Panty
Bar
John” Ortner
Teturos
Dubuque
Wiebe
Emil Hertzberg Heen
Cade
Board of Supervisors Debate Adorning Courthouse
Blackhawk county supervisors in session weighing court house decorum and choosing statuary to symbolize law justice and peace on the entrance left and agricultural manufacturing and commerce on the right. They consider moving the old bell to the new court house and possibly adding a clock. Harriet King returns home from a western tour via Portland Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles and El Paso.
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Blackhawk County
Court House
Lea
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Board of Supervisors
Carl Munger
Harriet, King
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
el Paso
Texas
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Red Man of the
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Druggista
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Hingfaynton
de Kilmer
Binghamton
Frank van Busen
Leon Lohzeaux
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Prica
Acre
Cotter
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J. A. Holley Hurt
Business College Chat
Gatarrh
Alta Hankner Haw
Dunkerton
Mien
John Max H. Passe
Frank Heln
Altchester
Rev. P. Bredow
John Kurtt, Jr
Powey
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