Enticed Girl From Home Arouses Father and Sheriff
Sheriff H A Gullickson of Northwood issues a warrant for Tom Falkenstein 24 for enticing Annie Dolan 11 from her home at Joice with reportedly help from Joice resident George Evenson 17 who borrowed a Ford to aid the two. Ole Dolan seeks arrest and reward. authorities expect swift action.
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H. A. Gullickson
Northwood
Tom Falkenstein
Annie Dolan
Ole Dolan
Joice
Falkenstein
George Evenson
Joice Boy
Sit
Iowa
Evenson
Lake Mills
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W. H. Kreger
Albany
Oregon
Antone Gantz
Wesley
Iowa
Ceorge Hansen
Titonka
Hubbard
Grain
Mason City
Ben Schurr
Bancroft
I. J. Emmong
Lakota
John A. Sloper
H. A. Adams
Buffalo Center
John H. Pink
F. R. Amesbury
Sheffield
Roy Budiong
Iowa Farm Land Prices Rise in Crawford County
Denison June 7 farm land in Crawford county recently sold for 250 326 and 400 dollars per acre. Dr L M Coon bought the Boger estate five miles southwest of Denison at 250 per acre to support his claim that Iowa land values are climbing. He is a major landowner in Canada and the United States and previously predicted Iowa land would double in price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Crawford County
L. M. Coon
Boger
Iowa
Canada
United States
Sherburn man rides auto to California and back
Charles Taylor of Sherburn recounts a frugal cross country trip to Los Angeles and return. He traveled mostly by free rides, rarely walking, and logged a longest haul of about 400 miles with one driver. He crossed via Portland Salt Lake City Denver and Omaha then back to Fox Lake.
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Pacific Coast
Charles Taylor
Sherburn
California
Mr. Taylor
Los Angeles
Taylor
Bloomer
Fox Lake
the Sentinel
Portland
Salt Lake City
Denver
Omaha
Travel by hitchhiking and cargo truck routes recounted
In Fairmont Sentinel reminiscences Mr. Taylor, a Martin county native from Lehrburn, recalls hitchhiking and riding in merchandise trucks between cities. He says return trips cost about 25 dollars, clothes were discarded instead of packed, and travel offered little amusement but practical savings and hard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Martin County
Lehrburn
Fairmont
Creameries Launch Advertising Campaigns Across Towns
Ringsted and Swea City creamery companies announce extensive six month and ongoing newspaper ad campaigns to promote co operative dairying. Editor Joe Jenks designed the ads first used by Bancroft creamery and now adapted for local use to persuade farmers and dairymen to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea City Co-Operative Creamery Company
Herald
Bancroft Creamery
Joe Jenks
Bancroft Register
Joe
The
Swea City Herald
Milford editor beaten over printing scandals in Ruthven Free Press
Wm Lyons once Ruthven editor now Milford Mail editor was assaulted after promising to print all scandal. Two Milford men Borchard and Kendall imbibed and attacked Lyons in his office. Kendall was fined $1 by the mayor. Lyons vows to continue publishing every scandal despite threats of an advertising boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baya
Ruthven Free Press
Wm, Lyons
Tha Ruthven Free Press
Milford Mail
The
Mail
Lyons
Mall
Milford
F. A. Borchard
H. Kendall
Milford Chamber of Commerce
Spencer
Kendall
William
Edi Lyons
Boettcher Purchases 80-Acre Mapleton Farm
Ghols Boettcher bought an 80acre farm near Mapleton on a Tuesday with all stock included. The property will be occupied by his son George Boettcher and his family. Leroy Boettcher also operates a nearby farm, having moved this spring.
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Minnesota
Ghols Boettcher
Mapleton
George Boettcher
Leroy Boettcher
Burt Monitor
Former Port Land Boy Married in Wisconsin
Roy Huber formerly of Plainfield Wisconsin married Daisy Scanlan on July 3 in Wisconsin. They will farm there and wish full joy and few troubles for their new life. Farewell social by Ladies Bible Glass of the Church of Christ at Mr and Mrs Winn home in Holyoke after chautauqua, with the Winns moving to Haxtun soon to take a bookkeeper post. Ice cream and cake served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Wisconsin
Roy Huber
Daisy Scanlan
Church of Christ
D. G. Winn
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
John Keil
L. C. Helfner
Dean Aid
George Larson
Titanica Aid Circle No. 2
Ray Oesterreicher
Woden News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Local notes report travelers and visitors including Mrs. W L Damerow of Dows with relatives in Britt, families from Chicago and Pennsylvania visiting, and a park visit by Mr. Tam Lamman. Farm bureau meeting at Claus Smith home, air pressure dumps installed at local elevators, plus upcoming cinema line up and a Baseball game with Forest City ending 11 to 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Valley
Britt
Ted
Gertrude Bode
C. A. Lawler
Thos. Quinn
Thos. Ormsby
Hugh Cilne
Buffalo Center
Farmers’ Elevator Co
G. A. Lawler
John Gilbert
Ralph Smith
Lawn
Mr. Smith
John von Laven
Britt Bunday
Chicago
Woden
Forest City
Berniece Quiningham
Margaret Dean
Myrtle McCall Dere
Lake Okoboji
Crystal Lake
A. Lawler
Mason City
John HoStort
Everet
Ted Wieland
Holtorrs
Wielands Buy Britt Hardware Stock for Immediate Possession
The Wielands purchased the stock and will take possession at once. Everett Wieland, with two years experience at the Britt hardware store, is acquainted with the business.
Change in Road Building Program
Parkersburg outlines a shift of hard surfaced road construction from county to state control under the state highway commission with bond funding and a two cent gasoline tax. County boards will oversee secondary and township roads, as graval roads deteriorate under heavy truck traffic and require constant repair.
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Parkersburg
State Highway Commission
Boards of Supervisors
Des Moines Reports New Hard Surface Dirt Road Trial
A roadside demonstration near Ames shows a hard surface dirt highway using a Caterpillar tractor and a leaning wheel grader. Officials say the 26 foot wide road with proper drainage could replace rough dirt routes and reduce maintenance.
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Des Moines
Ames
State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
State Highway Commissions
Justice Hutchinson Trials Gambling Case in Lotts Creek Township
In northwest Iowa Justice A. Hutchinson handles a poker dispute from Lotts Creek township. Wadle Guertin is named as the chief gambler, with Art Tauck identified as the accused victim. Guertin faces grand jury action at the next term after the evidence is reviewed.
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Justiee A. Hutchinson
J. P
Iowa
Lotts Creak
Wadle Guertin
Art Tauck
Guertin
Lauek
Bancroft Man Disappears After Chicago Stock Shipment
David Gilbert, a wealthy landowner living between Bancroft and Swea City, left with several cattle cars for Chicago and has not been heard from in weeks. His family fears foul play and firms he did business with have been wired. his bankers hold the stock proceeds. Alfred Ditsworth, his brother in law, has gone to Chicago to aid the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gilbert
Bancroft
Swea City
Chicago
Alfred Ditsworth
Seven or Eight Thousand Frogs Trapped From Spirit Lake Ponds
The Webb Record reports how frog hunters at Spirit Lake used cheesecloth barricades and sunk boxes to trap seven to eight thousand frogs in a single fall. Men worked in groups to corral frogs from nearby ponds and transport them to eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Catehera
Webb
Hauck to enter sanitarium for treatment
The report states Hauck will be sent to a sanitarium for treatment as he is not mentally fit to participate in poker or manual labor. Anvanco, Mr. Gilbert Nelson Jett, travels to Des Moines Wednesday intending to buy a Ford coupe. He plans to buy Schmidt's Malta beer for farming at Titonka Cafe.
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Bond
Hauck
Anvanco
Gilbert Nelson Jett
rDes Moines
Death of Mrs. Adolph Wiese in Germania Iowa
Mrs. Adolph Wiese dies after diabetes worsened. Born Anna Mary Wolfe in Oelwein Iowa on April 8 1882 she moved to Germania around 1905 married Adolph A. Wiese on February 12 1907 and left behind six children a brother and many friends. Funeral held at the Lutheran church on Wednesday with Rev. Wernell officiating.
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Adolph Wiese
Lutheran Church
Wiese
Anna Mary Wolfe
Oelwein
Iowa
Germania
L. Sachs
Adolph A. Wiese
Wernell
Veteran Colonel to Lead Citizens Training Camp at Fort Des Moines
A veteran of the Indian Wars and World War I, Colonel H. L. T. Cavenaueh will command the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines Iowa. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross Croix de Guerre with star and palm and the French Legion of Honor among many distinctions. The camp runs August 1 to August 30 with Cavenaueh directing training for Iowa enlistees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antiago de Cuba
Muese- Argonne
France
St. Mihiel
Lys-Scheldt
Belgium
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
H. L. T. Cavenaueh
14Th Cavalry
Clavenaugh
West Point
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Duchesne
Utah
Santiago
Army School of the Line
Army Staff College
Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Cavenaugh
United States
Germany
Fort Sheridan
L1st
The
War College
Washington
Cavalry School
Fort Riley
Kansas
Des Moines
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Ringsted Creamery
Dispatch
Ringsted Dispatch
Portland Boy
Ed. Huber
Woden News
Amboy
Minn
Lve
Methodist Notes
Christ On Earth
Schmidt
Malta
Ft. Des Moines
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