Spirit Tale library work begins as town notes flood in
Brief city items report work starting on the Carnegie library at Spirit Tale and a busy week of community events. Fire, marriages, and local happenings include a new barber shop foundation, lodge meetings, a late baby, a child dying, taxes, purses of illness, a residence fire near Armstrong, a Spirit Lake wedding, a Masonic move, hunting trips, and weather changes. The Delinquent tax list for Finmet county is printed as the smallest in the state.
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Carnegie Library
Spirit Tale
Master Star Lodge
Finmet County
W.T. Wilkins
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Block
Chauncy Ammon
Santa Carus
California
Our Way of Speaking and Kate’s Fate in Marriage
A fragment from a dialogue satirizes romantic choice as a man jokes about Kate being lucky to marry one man and asks how many she expected to wed, hinting at social attitudes toward marriage and polygamy.
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Kate
Assaulted On The Strant In Graattinger Spouse Conflict
Traveling man Rerf Turneaure of Graattinger and his companion Mrs Pete Cockburn were attacked on Lincoln Street near Transen's tailor shop by Mr Cockburn. Turneaure was fined ten dollars and costs for a disturbance at Orleans hotel. Cockburn paid a fifty dollar peace bond. both were later arrested and to appear before Mayor Stockdale. The wife had petitioned for divorce and had left Cockburn.
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Rerf Turneaure
Graattinger
Lincoln Streat
Pete Cockburn
Transen
Marshall Mitchell
Taitneanne
Reneue
Honda
Stockdale
Cockburn
Parneaure
Grachtinger
Orleana
Armory
Warneaure
Clear Lake
Iowa
Court Adjourns Today After Weeklong Session
The court adjourns today after a session longer than expected. Ditch cases were heard with Judge Bailie. Lemuel Irwin won a reduction in ditch tax from 722.00 to 513.60. Other ditch suits against Catherine Bradford, Simon T. Osgood, and heirs of John V. Osgood were decided for the board. Local church aids announce upcoming gatherings with menus and dates, including Ladies Aid Society events and guild meetings.
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Bailie
Lemuel Irwin
Catherine Bradford
Simon T. Osgood
John VT. Osgood
Ring in remembrance of distinguished composer’s new work
Retired pork butcher’s wife presents a ring to a famed composer who has just performed his latest piece, asking acceptance as a token of the auspicious occasion. The gesture is described with a quiet, respectful tone and hints at personal connection.
Purely Personal Visitors and Trips across Iowa
A. and Brown visited Winnebago Monday. Robert Corey was ill over Sunday. The Albert Lea Gas Company is the current road assignment. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Thompson visited Waterloo last week. O. O. Anderson of Woollineford Savings Bank traveled Estherville Monday. Attorney Sterling of Animetabore visited Estherville on court business Monday morning. Mrs. Howard Jesperson returned Thursday from Las Vegas Nevada where she visited her father and brother. Mr. Jesperson met her in Omaha and accompanied her home. C. G. Doolittle returned from Cedar Rapids Friday evening. Mrs. H. D. Skinner, visiting her mother, returned to Millworth Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson of Spirit Lake and Mrs. Silverton of Concordia Kansas were in Estherville Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. Jackson and children of Spirit Lake were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Allen. Mrs. Clarence Williams and baby went to Sioux City Saturday then Blair Nebraska where Mr. Williams works in a jewelry store. Editor and Mrs. A. J. Woodruff of Lake Park visited Hatherville Friday with Mr. Woodruff calling at the office. Mr. Johnston returned to Kellher Minnesota last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bradley and daughter of Sioux Falls were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Stanley Sunday. Mrs. Henry Jacobs and daughter of Cedar Rapids visited Mr. and Mrs. Win. Fahey and Mr. and Mrs. Marl Pahey this past week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graast left Monday for Cedar Rapids Minneapolis and Chicago for three weeks.
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Spirit Lake
Chester Cole
Ann A. Scharfenberg
Board of Supervisors
H. A. Jehu
Herb Peterson
Anna Tubbs
Casper
Wyoming
Netherville
A. &. Brown
Robert Corey
Albert Lea Gas Company
O. O. Anderson
Woallineford Savings Bank
Estherville
Traina
A.terling
Animetabore
Howard Jéspeset
Las Vepras
Nevada
Tspeset
Omaha
Doolittle
Cedar Rapids
HD. Skinner
J. M. Johnson
Spirit Hake
Silverton
Concordia
Kansas
Jackson
F. J. Allen
Clarence Williams Sard Baby
Swen City
Blair
Nebraska
Williams
A. J. Woodruff
Lake Park
Hatherville
Woodruff
Co. Johnston
Kelliher
Minnesota
A. EB. Bradley
Sioux Falls
Gurneey Stanley
Henry Jacobs
Win. Fahey
Marl Pahey
Opportunity at the Corner Sparks Four Man’s Struggle
The passage describes luck arriving when a man is down, with chance knocking at a corner and someone declaring good luck. It presents a compact, period-tinged reflection on chance and resilience without specifying people or places.
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Opportunity
Paris tips and years in Boston Transcript note
In Paris, the speaker mentions paying $3 in tips while Walter assists him with enat remark. The Boston Transcript records a suggestion about living in the city for many years.
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Titephist
Paris
Walter
Enat
Boston Transcript
Flows on Forever Figg Quote from Brown’s Wife
The exchange features Figg remarking on Brown’s wife as a remarkable talker and Fogge agreeing that wonders never cease in a brief Boston dialogue.
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Figg
Brown
Fogge
Boston Transcript
Land of Thunderstorms Thunders Most Days in Gibraltar Claim
A claim that Gibraltar lies in a region of frequent storms, with thunderstorms reported on 97 days each year.
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Gibraltar
Globe
Judge weighs toy weapon claim amid clock winding scene
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a New York judge questions a stiletto as a weapon while noting dynamite as a toy and a revolver used to wind a clock, with yellow backs for a family cookbook.
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New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Municipal Reform in Georgia Bulls on Streets Probed
Lackshear Times reports a Georgia law banning street bulls has not been enforced for years but now should be, as several bulls remain at large and pose public safety concerns for residents and officials.
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Georgia
No Trust Sign Removed By Store Owner
A store proprietor explains he kept no trust sign over the counter and then decided to remove it. He feared supplier corporations might misunderstand and take offense at the warning. The exchange occurs as a customer inquires about extending credit.
Uses of Nitrate of Soda in Soil Management
The article notes that sodium nitrate is the only nitrogen salt usable in solution, while other soluble nitrogen salts quickly become unavailable in soil. It explains that released sodium can correct soil acidity or liberate calcium, potassium, or magnesium from the soil.
Ducks Learn to Call Wild Birds in Local Training
Vancouver correspondence from Portland Greenlan reports ducks trained to imitate wild birds using ropes and decoy setups. Thirty decoy ducks, guided by expert Jess Yroch, engage daily in live decoy practice to attract wild fowl as hunting season nears Wut L. Sik Weeds.
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Dark County
Jess Yroch
Ducks
Utd
Vancouver
Portland Greenlan
Deanery Banquet Toasts Spark Religious Growth Optimism
The Deanery banquet at the Episcopal church drew about eighty five guests and featured a four course meal served by Grace Church Guild. Toasts by Rev Seth Wilcox and Bishop Morrison highlighted religious progress and renewed community interest in church work. Credit given to Rev Mark Paulson and Grace Church Ladies Guild for the event.
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Episcopal Church
Grace Church Guild
Wm, Morrow
Spencer
Bred White
Seth M. Wilcox
Cheene
E. Drake
Fort Dodge
N. Morrison D. Dd
Bishop Morrison
Mark Paulson
Ladies Guild of Grace Churess
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Brief City News
Wm. Draper Barber Shop
North Star Lodge
A. F
A. M
Seward Dillon
Frank Hull
Vindicator
Republican
John A. Miller
James Miliott
Miller
Des Moines
Homce
Mr. Miller
Lucile
Tay
Asmes
Matt Miller
Rexeon
C. L. Mudge
Rock Island
Bibley
Church and Society
Ladies Aid Society
Federated Baptist Church
Hemphill
Milford Osgood
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Guild of the
James Rainey
The
Presbyterian Church
Jay Dunham
Womans’? Club
R. EB. Birney
M. J. Groves
Mra
Marl Fahey
Jaadd
South Ninth Street
Clarence Ladd
A. O. Peterson
Miscopal Guild
Babin
Riometeburg
Hernman Oransky
All Misener
Worthington
Benton
South Highth Street
Marl Wahuy
Knpinver Say
Henry Graat
Ynonday
Minneapolis
Clicago
Hugh B. Lawrence
Janet Neil Herzberg
Thomas Norwood
Freckdate
N. J
Norwood
Jonah
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
FE. D. Converse
Wapesn
Howald Ghavies Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Iowa
Kinaret
Watheeville Spath Bank
Nau Brothers
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