Local notes and moving updates from Spencer Iowa area
A busy Bee's Correspondent page reports on community life and travel. Mrs. Story returns from Bo S and Mrs. Y plans to move to Boyden while Chas Lewis and family prepare an eastern trip. Letters from Camp Thomas note rising sickness among soldiers and hopes for reoccupation or home return. Farmer S O Groth harvests twenty nine to thirty bushels per acre, while Mr. and Mrs. Lewis attend a golden wedding in Ohio. Legal matters include county attorney Olmstead in Rolfe and habeas corpus actions in Hull and Le Mars. A young woman Anna Girdis faces abortion allegations and Dr A H Mosher undergoes preliminary examination in Etton.
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Iari
DeMotts
e.Trana- - Mississippi Exposition
Ethel Holtt
Wn. Woodburn
Deseae
O. Groth
Chas
Lewis
Marion
Iowa
Pleasant Grove
Ohio
Aaron Babb
Olmstead
Rolfe
LeMars
Local Plea Dismissal Notes No Show by Dreier
Reported plea result shows Dreier absent and the accusation released. The article mentions fear of notoriety and a complainant who dismissed the case. Ballbach described as an elderly wealthy veteran. Also an ad notes a $100 reward for a sore neck in horses or mules treated by Silver Salve from H. H. Pember in Rock Valley Iowa.
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Ubday
Dreier
Doon
Ballbach
H. H. Pember
Rock Valley
Iowa
Doings at Doon from the Local Page
Mrs Nellie Purdey is dangerously ill at her mother's home. Jake Minton leaves the saloon business. Berger sole owner. Billy Mathews biked to Rock Valley and may move there. Mr and Mrs C B Wilt visited from Mitchell. A D Thompson Co will begin buying produce soon as prices rise. Mrs J B Milers and Hazel drove to Keck Valley. Josie Gurney with them. Threshers run, large produce daily through city scales. T H Jones paymaster for K C Elevator Company paid builders last week. D J Kennedy moved from Lester to Doon and will buy grain here. Wheat 60c, oil 19c, barley 1s 2d. Mr and Mrs Doolittle of Sioux Falls visiting Rice. A Sioux City stockman Moss loaded eight carloads feeders, sold to farmers. German Savings Bank to resume business soon. cash on hand. Many brothers went to Valley Springs SD to shell corn. over 1500 bu daily, contracted to shell 200000 bu for Hubbard Palmer. Herb Harteon writes from Chicamenga of plans.
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Nellie Purdey
Jake Minton
Josie Gurney
Keck Valley
Scales
T. H. Jones
K.C
D. J. Kennedy
Lester
Doon
Valley Springs
S.D
Hubbard & Palmer Company
Herb. Harteon
Chicamenga
Con
Sting of the Bee Poisoned by German Research
The Philadelphia Record reports Dr. Joseph Zanger's study using 25 000 bees to analyze honeybee poison. He identifies a volatile aroma component and a nonvolatile poisonous base not destroyed by heat, with effects on skin and eye and notable rabbit reactions.
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Joseph Zanger
Zanger
Philadelphia
Circumstances Alter Cases and a Louisville Outing
A Chicago Times-Herald note recalls a Louisville scene where a battery powered switchboard faltered at 10 a.m. causing a late morning chaos as managers, engineers, and staff sought the source while crowds swarmed a buffet. The episode ends with the hour and a drink break as Louisville citizens went out.
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Louisville
Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Women’s suffrage urged by Iowa speaker in favor of reform
Mrs. Elko D. Loritner of Ringgold County argues that women’s ballots in Iowa would mirror Wyoming’s gains. She cites lower crime and poverty, fewer jails, and tax savings from ending liquor costs, urging enfranchisement to improve governance and civic knowledge.
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Wyoming
Kinto
Nevada
Montana
Iowa
North
Union
M Ani
Elko D. Loritner
Ringgold Co
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