Lachman-Young to feature twelve attractions at Estherville base ball tourney
A week long base ball tournament and street carnival runs July 29 to August 3 at Estherville with Lachman-Young Carnival twelve acts. Monday July 29 Fairmont battles Jackson for 75 dollars, Emmetsburg vs Estherville for 76 dollars, then Tuesday winners meet for 100 dollars, and Wednesday the two Tuesday winners duel for 800 dollars. carnival features a bear act, lions, snakes, a live electrical girl, and a Shetland pony.
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Arrangeman
Carnival Company
Fairmont
Jackson
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Tuesaday
Lachman-Young Carnival Company
Sioux Falls
Daily Press
Chicago
William Weat
Waat Cafe
Jesse James
Russia
Dixie
Tit
Dot
Wildlife protection effort advances in Alaska and beyond
Arrangements were completed in this city to launch a broad campaign to protect Alaska birds game and fur bearing animals with $5000 already subscribed. The effort includes school bird study with free literature guarded protection and prosecutions of poachers. An agent will sail from Seattle to report on conditions and further action. Separate note mentions a canal lock between Spirit Lake and East Okeboji and possible dredging if state aid is available.
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New ‘York
Alaska
Northwest Canada
Lfe
America
T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
United States Bureau of Education
Association
Seattle
Spirit Lake
East Okeboji
Iowa
Emmetsburg
Democrat
Chautauqua Next Year Likely Despite Bad Weather
Rain on Friday and Saturday dampened Chautauqua enthusiasm in 1915, but attendance Saturday afternoon was strong. Organizers sought seven hundred season tickets at two dollars each, pledges from five hundred individuals, and business men covering the remaining two hundred. The 1912 program largely continued, except Senator Dris tow’s absence and Gov. Schallenberger’s Nebraska speech. Thayfu’s band drew large crowds Thursday, while Friday events moved to the armory due to rain.
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Dristow
Roosevelt aid advocates organize at county court house
Adherents of Rodsevelt aid advocates of a third party met at the court house Saturday afternoon and effected an organization. J. B. Bowser was elected chairman, W. J. Mellveen secretary and W. H. Waterman campaigner for the county. The following delegates were elected to attend the state convention at Des Moines on the 24th: Regular W. H. Waterman, J. B. Bowser, F. B. Wheelock, A. Ventrum and W. J. McIlveen. Alternates: Wmn. Foshier, F. L. Holmes, W. K. Ryan, A. D. Van Valkenburg and Chas. Carpenter.
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Rodsevelt Aid
Court House
J. B. Bowser
W. J. Mellveen
W. H. Waterman
Des Moines
Wheelock
A. Ventrum
W. J. McIlveen
Wmn. Foshier
F. L. Holmes
W. K. Ryan
A. D. van Valkenburg
Chas. Carpenter
Railway Wages Here And Abroad
A bureau study compares wages of railway workers in the United States and England. Engineers in England earn about 11.67 dollars weekly while locomotive men earn 6.67. In the U S skilled rail labor faces higher pay, while the unskilled mill worker earns far less than a railway worker in England. The piece argues American railway workers are better paid relative to living costs, highlighting the wage gap between unskilled labor in protected industries and high skilled railway labor in a free trade country.
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England
Bureau of Railway Economies
English Board of Trade
Phil Bureau
London
United States
Pittsburg
Birmingham
Wilson
Fragmented Notice of Transfers and Marital Property
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple names and spouses with transfers to various individuals. The text mentions Jill Davis and wife, Jas Law and wife to J Johinston, Blo Loushy, J Dr Junkin and wife, Haiti Lel, Jay Wooworth, J M Jackson, Sunny Mack Groves, Hackett, Dows, M Gurpidt, J H Mitchel, G Wabter Brbyd, and others, with unclear dates and monetary amounts.
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Jill. Davib
Jas
Law
Johinston
Lo Loushy
Junkin Gad
Haiti
Jay Wooworth
Wily
J. MM. Jackson
Sunny Mack J. Groves
Dows Add
B. Suber
M. Gurpidt
JH. Mitchelband
G. Wabter
Brbyd
Estherville Hosts County Officials Conventions Next July
The Rooster Club notes Estherville will host conventions of county clerks recorders and sheriffs in July next year though it sits near the state line. Algona suggests bidding for the next state convention of the bull muses in a playful aside.
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Corson
Sampson
Union County
Amooth Dock Burr Dock
Estherville
Algona
Spirit Lake Man Struggles to Start Boat at Orleans Landing
L Heffelfinger battled a stubborn motor on Spirit Lake during a trip from temporary Park with his daughter Vera. After half the lake, an attempted tow failed and repeated crank attempts, fuel checks, and odd fixes failed to start the engine, leaving him exhausted but finally reaching a dock with help from Mr Hartman to prevent beaching.
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L. Heffelfinger
Spirit Lake
Orleans Landing
Templar Park
Vera
Temperate Living and a Curious Mechanical Mishap
A boatman tows and inspects a bulky boat revealing a duffusion issue in a carbonator that caused excess gasoline flow. The engine then runs as if labor and heat were for naught after the faulty part was fixed. The piece then shifts to wholesome living and Louis Cornaro, Venice nobleman, who lived temperately, eating modestly yet enjoying meals in old age and admonishing restraint within differing personal tolerances.
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Louis Cornaro
Cornaro
Venice
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Great Carnival Company
Lachman-Young Company
Weads
Balbriggen
Garmenta
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