IRAP Farmers Institute Opens With Noted Speakers
Spencer hosts the Farmers Institute on January 26 to 28 1911 with sessions at the Opera House. Officers include Kilpatrick as President and Kilmar as Secretary. Lectures by E C Dunne and Judge Quarintson address dairying soil fertility banking and farm relations. Priced admission 25 cents for evening programs.
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Spl
Spencer
Paka
Reathery
Opera House
Oan C. M. Kilpatrick Mu
Artheg W. Ib. F. Kilmar i
Wm. Torbert
C. C. Clapper
G. W. Franklin
Eee
Atat
Ikrm
State Register and Farmer
Ezal
Miss Mitchell
C’.Dunne
Mason City
Quarnizeton
J. H. McCord
Making His Way Kirk Raynor Returns to Spencer
Kirk Raynor, a former Spencer boy now at Yale, visited Friday and met many alumni. He plans a full course including law, having started with minimal schooling but determined to become a man through persistent study.
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Kirk Raynor
Spencer
Kirk
Yale
The Water Mill Proverb Advice From D C McCatnum
A reflective poem urges readers to value present time and kindness before it passes like water that cannot be ground again. It links a water mill’s stoppage to life’s fleeting moments and the need to act, love, and do good today. The author cites the proverb and exhorts spirit, faith, and action before death.
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Catnum
Death of L P Knight at Spencer remembered as model citizen
L P Knight of West Fourth Street Spencer died after a long illness on December 24. The Congregational church and Odd Fellows conducted funeral services with many relatives and friends in attendance. Born January 31 in Vermont, he was nearly 85 and left a large family including eleven children. He moved from New York to Illinois, then to Spencer in 1883, where he became a respected, cheerful figure active in church and lodge. He and his wife Betty Place had lived harmoniously for 56 years and raised a devoted family.
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L. P. Knight
West Fourth Street
Riverside Cemetery
Ife
St Lawrence County
New York
Betty Place
Gee. D. McDonald
Glen Rock
Wyoming
California
Knight
Rockford
Illinois
Spencer
Sheriff Rice Returns From Primghar on Noted Case
Sheriff Rice came back Wednesday from Primghar where he witnessed local justice during a grand jury probe. A theft occurred near town as a team vanished and a barn burned. Pursuit failed, horses later returned with only halters, and a suspect with stolen loot including harness was jailed.
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Rice
Primghar
Piano Tuning and Voicing Services Offered
A careful, experienced workman provides piano tuning voicing and regulating. Call or visit R. W. Coaris at 692 Rast 3a Street for service details.
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R. W. Coaris
Spencer Building and Loan stockholders meeting notice
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Spencer Building and Loan Association will be held at the Secretary's office in Spencer Iowa Monday January 2 1911 at 7 p.m. TA Grant Secretary Geo Andrews is wintering in Biloxi Mississippi.
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The
Spencer Building and Loan Association
Spencer
Iowa
TA Grant
News Roundup From New York and Abroad
A New York Manhattan gas explosion at the power house killed ten and injured about 125 with $2 to $3 million in damage. Debates over stronger national arms loom after holidays. Edwin Grandemier of Storm Lake drowned skating on thin ice. A swindling scheme involved silk hose and a fake $20 bill. Evangelist Sunday’s tabernacle meeting in Waterloo netted $8,400. Boone ministers limit Sunday funerals. A mine disaster in England entombed nearly 300. fatalities uncertain. Cuba unrest rumors hint at possible U.S. troop involvement. Kansas City horses enjoyed Christmas dinners. President Taft sent Christmas turkeys to White House staff. 102 birds. Milwaukee reports about 20 Christmas weddings. Rockefeller gave Chicago University $10,000,900 as a final gift. Chicago fire at Morris and Co packing plant killed 30 and caused over a million dollars in losses. Dr Cook arrived in New York aboard the George Washington. he will publish his account. Aviator Cecil Grace, flying to win a prize, is missing after crossing the Channel.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Congress
Edwin Grandemier
Storm Lake
Marshalltown
Evangelist Sunday
Waterloo
Sunday
Boone
England
Cuba
U.S
Kansas City
The
Humane Society
Taft
White House
Philadelphia
Chicago
Morris and Co
Horan
Cook
George Washington
High School Notes and Holiday Schedule
The High School dismisses at 3 PM Friday. A declamatory contest for oratorical skills is set for Wednesday January 14 with a local contest January 20 to select a representative to the out of town contest. The program includes three class recitations and four musical numbers by the chorus. Five teachers will travel for Christmas vacation. Wallis travels to Linden Wisconsin McBride to Mansfield Ohio Crabb to Greeley Iowa Florine to Delphis Ohio and Grose to Kinley Ohio. Others remain in Spencer. Former students visiting this week include those now at colleges. School resumes Monday January 9 1911.
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Wallis
Linden
Wisconsin
McBride
Mansfield
Ohio
Crabb
Greeley
Fire hits Doughty & Son Furniture in Spencer
A Sunday noon blaze at Doughty & Son Furniture Store, Spencer, caused extensive damage to the building owned by IT. W. Smith and the stock on both floors. The rear fire origin, possibly from embalming agents or spontaneous ignition, was checked by a prompt Spencer fire department led by Chief R. L. Koch. The loss is heavy with limited insurance, but community sympathy and support are urged.
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Ebhared
Doughty & Son
Spencer
WW. Smith
Milwaukee
Spencer Heralds
Main Street
R. L. Koch
Real Estate Transfers Show Multiple Property Reassignments
A chaotic list of real estate transfers records numerous parties including Nellie Brown and J J Merwin, Coleman F J, August A Schoelerman, Evans Wm E, Oma Margaret Stoelting, Jacob Sawyer, and others. It notes lots, blocks, and parcels across several developments with prices ranging from $125 to $7500 and mentions liens and subs as applicable.
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Brown Nellie & Bus
Merwin
Geterson
Coleman
Elerman
R&s
Everly
Evans
Oma Marqvaret Stoelting
Eteerson and
Part
Nwyr
Ney
Evans Joseph
Audm
Jacob Sawyer
Nif Swyr
Jenkins Ega
Wetherby
Lot
Kirchoer Wm
Ir UsLee
Christian Piep
Oma Margaren & Has
John Warle Evans
Peterson
Owir
Neyr
Leins
Walters G L & W
Lewis Jones
Langdon
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E. G. Dunn
Aptusker
Wm Reardon
T. M. Hanna
Eeene Toru
Geo. S. Brown
Ruby Kilpatrick
Peter Johnson
G. W.ftanklin
Macye
Ely
Spencer Milling
Norge
Guild Hall
Lincoln
Prof
Odle
J. O. Thrush
His
Sheriff Rice
Stockholders Meeting
Geo. Andrews
Biloxi
Miss
George
Rockefeller
Chicago University
Cecil Grace
English Channel
Santa Claus
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