236 Acre Farm Sale Tops Benna Vista County Prices
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune reports L. W. Steck sold 236 acres of his 280 acre North Roads Stock Farm near the city to A. V. Geislinger of Sioux Rapids at 100 dollars per acre, said to be the highest price for a Benna Vista county farm. Emmetsburg News notes the city's sewerage needs and suggests forming a drainage district to fund a sewer system via special tax and mortgaging the district’s bond against the sewer plant. The city council is urged to act before the upcoming annual city erection.
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Storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune
L. W. Steck
Emmetsburg
Mad Dog Scare Reaches Northwood Amid Treatment Hopes
Northwood faces a mad dog scare as a child shipped to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago for treatment, with expectations of a good outcome. Towns nationwide see excess dogs, but no effective method yet to reduce the risk amid owner and pen-ownership concerns.
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Northwood
Bitte
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Handiest little tools aid electricians in Spirit Lake notes
Milford Mail and Spirit Lake figures announce letters patent for a compact hand tool. It combines insulation stripping and wire cutting for electricians and mechanics. A Sibley Tribune item recalls Ira Patterson’s narrow escape when a stock train struck his buggy at a railroad crossing, killing both horses and badly shaking him.
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Milford Mail
E. G. Henderson
Okoboji
J. B. Thompson
Spirit Lake
iIt
Sibley Tribune
Ira Patterson
Frank Mackinnon
Hull Index Strawberry Shortcake Mention in November
Mrs Leuty hosted a Sunday dinner with strawberry shortcake in Iowa. Allan English from Valley Junction visited with his wife and boys and brought berries. A Polk county farmer delivered enough berries to fill several boxes as he prepared to cover his strawberry bed for winter.
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Allan Jong
Iowa
Local items note tobacco haul and petty thefts across towns
Reports describe Carter’s eleven acres of tobacco selling about ten cents per pound to a Wisconsin jobber, and Frank W. Nichol of Kingsley arrested at the Palace livery barn after causing a disturbance while carrying bank certificates exceeding $8000. Sheldon Mail covers a robbery near Litter where Lavy was held up for seven dollars, a watch, and fifteen dollars. a coat tied to a depot thief is traced to Nick Geyer.
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West Union Argo
Carter
Wisconsin
Sioux City Journal
Frank W. Nichol
Kingsley
Palace Livery Barn
Leake
Sheldon Mail
Lavy
Lacey
Alari
Grand Premium Offer Promises Piano and Cash Prizes
OEHRLEIN & WERLING advertise a grand premium contest offering a $350 piano plus $150 cash, totaling $300 for first prize and an equal prize for a lady. The program lists many smaller prizes, urges early entry, and credits The Pariners Union as sponsor with judges including state treasurer G. S. Gilbertson and Des Moines mayor J. M. Brentan.
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Pariners
Iibiune
West
Parwers
Hoa
G. S. Gilbertean
Iowa
Hou
J. M. Brentan
Des Moines
Measure of a County Drainage Project Progress
The board of supervisors of Kusut County plans a large ditch and drainage system. The main canal is about three miles long with several side drains along it. The overall network may extend seven miles when connected with auxiliary channels. Construction aims to reduce flood risk despite difficult conditions. Further details continue on page 16.
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U. M
Legal notice from Bunnet county district court
Fragmentary legal notice from Bunnet county district court details estate matters and debts. Mentions Jola Moduis estate, sworn statements, clerk reference, and a call for payment or claims with dates and costs. Includes an unrelated local hardware store expansion notice and a misread Chicago Daily publication line.
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Couru
Bunnet
Iuwa
Jola
Batheeville
Novuuber Ald, Inc
Birteishaccum
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Axminster
Velvet
H. C. Brees
Ingrain
Estherville
Intearest
Henna Vista County
Nickinsom County Inventors
Chistmas
Lion
Bemis Bros
Hull
Polk County
Holden
Oehrlein & Werling
City Meat Market
ODD Fellows’ Block
BH. Kuppenheimer & Co
America
Satie
Smupher Sg
Brdbchs
Cumtlancd
Baccuturs
Motherville Hardware & Fuiplewiest Co
Chivago
Urivate
Nk Vindivaton
Ublican
Parker
W.P. Hutchison, Prop
Liste Uuou
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