Local items note sales ads and community updates
Local notes report kerosene and dry cell promotions at Keil's, a bank financial statement, social visits and dances, a school board meeting to locate a new building, and various town events. Neighbors attend tile work, property improvements proceed, and a birthday party for Otto Rippen trop marks a community gathering. A death and a birth are also recorded in family notices.
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Isu
Minnie L. Erwin
Staknes
Rogivé
Titanics Motor Coliss
Emma Schmidt
Henry
Grachtinger
Burt Nitar
Tansen Bros
I. A
T. P. Dbgamen
Edith Budlong
Clear Lake
Fends
Hudson
Geo. Kitchenreuther
Workigan
Dabi
Buffalo Town
Telephone Co
Titonka
Ady Antony
Pannkuk
Woden
Thors
Mtouka
Weed Seed Law Debate Prompts Action Advice
A letter urges stronger weed seed regulations after samples show increasing noxious seeds like Canada thistle and lance leafed plantain. Concern grows over constitutionality and enforcement as readers are urged to test meadows and report odd weed samples to Wallaces Farmer or Iowa Agricultural College for identification and control.
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Agricultural Colleges
Iowa
Wallace
Iowa Agriculinarl College
L. N. Hubbard
Meino Penning
Titonka
Henry Penning
G. Jansen
Buffalo Center Tribune
Receipt Quest Turns Comic as Debtor Demands Proof
A delinquent subscriber, an Irishman named Pat, visits the country weekly office with a 35.00 payment and demands a receipt. An argument erupts over obtaining proof, and the man jokes about St Peter at the gate asking if debts including the subscription are paid, while unable to produce a receipt.
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Kivven
Ald St. Peter
Postmaster Swallow Far from Loyal Duty in Boonville
In Boonville Iowa a postmaster named George Swallow faced federal action after investigators charged him with patching postal receipts and soliciting mail deposits to boost his commissions. The case ties his inflated pay to increased business and letter cancellations before an inspector halted the scheme.
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Boonville
Iowa
Wade
Nasby
George Swallow
Swallow
Local notes from Algona area meeting and community updates
Journal of a joint meeting in Kogauth Palo Alto and Enuvet counties with reports from attendees. Mentions roads, transport, local business figures such as H Reiners lumber king and postmaster Jake Swartz, and a stop at Donahue home. Reports on Whittemore ball team manager election, farm improvements by Wilech, and a fire loss affecting D A Inman family. Neal Smith and Charley Milley noted for farming and corn contest plans.
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Cullen
Kogauth
Palo Alto
Enuvet
Euton
Iit Saeeam
John
Fenton
H. ©. Reiners
The
Lumber King
Jake Swartz
Kaiser
Weishrod
Cullai
Donahue
My. Culten
Whittemore
Well Digging Services From Berman Kruli
An advertisement from Berman Kruli offers well digging in Iowa. The note states readiness to dig wells ranging from 42 to 15 inches in atze with any depth and invites writers to contact for terms at Woden Iowa.
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Atze
Woden
Iowa
Berman Kruli
Poison the Opil ers Gopher Control Advice
A historical agricultural note advises farmers to poison gophers in meadows during May. It details preparing poison bait from sweet potatoes and carrots dusted with strychnine and saccharine, applied in runways between fresh mounds to target pockets of gophers before their young are born.
Delegates listed for Republican nomination rivals in 1912 race
The New York Times outlines pledged delegate totals for Roosevelt Hughes and other candidates as 702 of 986, with 412 unbound delegates to shape the convention. The drift favors Roosevelt early, Hughes counter, and late preferences may shuffle as the field narrows. The piece also includes verse and regional notices about auctions and local land deals in Murfreesboro and Rolfe.
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Dune Post
New York
Theodore Roayevelt
Aledgant
Charles E. Mughes
Alblert A. Cumming
Lowa
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Charles W. Mwirbanks
Indiana
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Tinois
Hughes
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Keil's
Keil’s
Arthur Mark
Algom
United States
M. C. Eltt
Federal Reserve Tct
Elliot
National Banks Administration Board
Congress
Iowag Ing
Des Moines
Mra
Wm. Baum
Germania
Ernest Traramar Hone
Elsie
Lydia Baum
Paul Hertauke
Lupke Wirtjes
Albert Jelderis
Paul Hertske
Clark
Buffalo Center
CG. C. Rippentop
John HU
John Mousel
Nick Koppen
Chas. Soihold
Leo Trasamar
Manka
Sholdatl Bros
Earl Cughman
German Ia
Chas Seibold
Otto
Tonnie Rippentrap
Ida Isebrand
Simon
Joe Koppen
Adolph Hertske
Wim
Bloom
Wargly
Lena Christ
God
Mike Christ
Adolph Poppe
Ledyard
JL Helmer
al Meyer
Harry Hansen
John, Rippentrop
Geo
Helmer
John Isebrand
John Craig
Hilbert Walthouse
Ks Elman
John Furat
Edward Wirtsee
Lincoln
Ri¢E Smith
Simon Kophaul
Irs
John Crate
L. Imer
Wriday
Clarence Scott
Tesdah
Olthoff
Fd Smith
Chasbold
Elnora
L. Holmer
Aud Hertske
Est Trasamar Homie
Ng Ida Isebrand
C. C. Rippentrop
Eehor Olthoff
Theresa Ukena
Ger
Jennie Tippentrop
Tom Smith
Theressa Ukena
Aylice Rippentrop
Henry Hassebrok
Ladies' Aid Society
Dr. Wallace
Ladies' Aid
B. Wolfe
Dean Church
Harry
Robbins
J. M. Howdeshell
J. M. Howdeshell Subject “What Kind of A ’ Sunday School Woud Our 8. S
Bone
Marge
Peceaaeperversses
Shirley Bong
Ln J. Dickinson
Glen Reibsamen
Curtiss, Wis
Grandpa Reibsamen
T P Reibsamen
Burt
Town City
Ino
Reichsamen
Tnis
Central Anadill Silo Co
Kossuth County
Woods
Wallmwark
Weiler Pros Jewelers
Algonba
Ranny Bleich
Portland
Otto Falkoree
Jn Algona
Thuragay
Wilech
Eammons
Republican
L. A
Bert Miner
D. A. Inman
Sster
Charley Milley
Gov. Miller
Plum Creek
Oumone
Tod Jain
Algona
Mr. Jain
Jake Stewart
John Trunktrill
Rod
Join Carlson
Herman Carlson
Neal Smith
Wesley Township
Martinek
Carlson
Emmons
J. W. Harris
Harris
Mr. Smith
Fred Carlson
Smith
Aluce
Heaven
C. T. Dozier
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
Home-Journal
Geo. Short
Rolfe
A. D. Cleal
Gilmore City
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