Mason Farm Auction Draws Top Bids Near Wa terleg
The William Mason farm in Eagle township eight miles south of Waterleg sold at public auction with Peter Trainor bidding the successful $160 per acre on 160 acres totaling $25,600. Personal property brought nearly $7,000 before the realty sale, which opened at $150 per acre and quickly climbed to $160 by Trainor amid brisk bidding.
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William Mason
Eagle Township
Waterleg
William Holland
Peter Trainor
PL McGarvey
Magle Township
Pete Trainor
Mr. Trainor
Holland
Mason
Miss Osa Lyte Starts School at District No 3
Eagle Center reports Miss Osa Lyte of Watering began schooling in District No 3 on Monday. Aliss Edith Hesse of Cedar Falls visited her mother Mrs Herman Keage over the weekend. Mrs Adam Strubel and children were Waterlouw callers Saturday. Mrs John Heinz traveled to Lexington Neb on account of her father’s death. Mrs John Gill Jr underwent a serious operation at Pine Street Hospital in Waterloo Monday. Mr and Mrs J Seible welcomed a baby boy. Mr and Mrs J Snyder spent Sunday at Joe Tuman’s. Sam Lumbas and family visited Sunday at Wudsan.
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Eagle Center
Osa Lyte
Watering
Aliss Edith Hesse
Cedar Falla
Herman Keage
Adam Strubel
John Heinz
Lexington
Neb
John Gill, Jr
Pine Street Hospital
Waterloo
Birs. J
Local Notices and Social Updates From Allison Area
Allerton area notes report market corn movement and travels of residents. Dr Paul Burroughs visited parents in Des Moines, while Margaret Davis returned from State Teachers College with typhoid symptoms. Roy Rathbone wed Edith Flood at Waterloo on November 20. she is a former Allison teacher. Public sales by Wromer Wednesday and Frank Ve sale Friday are listed.
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Edith Flood
Waterloo
Allison High School
Butler County
Sumner
Stark & Isaacson’s
E. W
Local Notes From Mount Vernon Township
Various community items report Mrs Horace Dewey entertaining Hill Side Cemetery association on December 7. Maude Willis begins winter term in District No 9. Mrs McElroy returns from Nebraska. Dundles recovers from a wagon fall injuring neck. J B Alkey hosts relatives for dinner. Mr and Mrs Ruben Ford report from Long Beach California arriving November 24. Blanche Aikey visits relatives Orville Miller. Mr and Mrs Ernest Jordan plan Thanksgiving with B W Schuneman in Waterloo. Chas Wambaugh hosts Thanksgiving with turkey and trimming. Fred Garton hosts Briden and Garton families for Thanksgiving. Wm Whittaker goes to Nebraska for winter. F E Burkhart plans a dance December 8 at Boles hall with Moehler’s orchestra. Mrs Frank Thomas and son Lestie visit O H Thomas home. Mrs John Callahan called to Cherokee for father Sherman’s illness.
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Mount Vernon
Horace Dewey
Hillside Cemetery Association
Maude Willis
Cedar Falls
District No. 9
McElroy
Nebraska
W. Bl. Dundles
J. B. Alkey
Alkey
Ruben Ford
Long Beach
Cal
Blanche Aikey
Mrs
Orvi) Miller
Mro
Ernest Jordan
B. W. Schhuneman
Waterloo
Chas
Wambaugh
Fred Garton
Briden
Boles
Moehler
Denver
Frank Thomas
Lestie
Glyndon
Minn
O. H. Thomas
John Callahan
Sheridan
Geneseo News Briefs Prompt Thanksgiving Service Plan
Geneseo residents prepare for the traditional Thanksgiving service at 10 30 AM followed by a community dinner in the basement. Mrs L E Spencer of Clarion visited O E Merritt over Sunday. Prof Jas Muirhead of Traer tuning pianos earlier in the week. Mrs Robt Speer visited Columbia Junction to see her daughter Mrs Chas Johnston. Elizabeth Hess of Reinbeck visiting the Bragonler households. Mrs R M Gunn learns her uncle Mr Mott of Hampton died and will attend the funeral. Geo Wilmore ill and cared for at the Adair home.
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Geneseo
L. EB. Spencer
Clarion
O. E. Merritt
Jas. Muirhead
Traer Waa
Robt. Speer
Columbia Junction
Chas, Johnston
Elizabeth Hess
Reinbeck
F. H
R. J. Bragonler
R. M. Gunn
Mr. Mott
Hampton
Corn husking, theft, and local progress in Fox Township
In Fox Township on November 27 residents note abundant corn and good yields. A theft at Henry Phillips’s home followed the Nick Blqes family visit, totaling about $90 plus a wedding suit and 25 to 30 dollars in a pocket. Builders Cook brothers and B M Buechele announce new projects while jubilee railroad plans progress. Public sales remain frequent, and Cham berlaine Liniment is recommended for chest pain.
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Fox Township
Nick Blqes
Henry Phillips
George Rlves
Cook Brothers
B. M. Buechele
Feel Young With Ol ive Tablets for Gentle Bowel Aid
An old age friendly health note promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle alternative to harsh laxatives. It urges avoiding severe medicines and urges using these tablets with olive oil to restore natural bowel action. Each tablet is said to stimulate a movement with no pain or griping. Manufactured in Ohio and available in two dosages.
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Dr. Edwards
Olive Tablet Company
Portsmouth
Ohio
Columbus
F. M. Edwards
Weight and measure complaints hit Cedar Rapids council
City Weight and Measure Inspector W. J. Grunewald reports widespread short weighs in butter and nuts and exposes scale errors at many dealers. He cites coke shipments underweight by up to 1.5 tons and notes most dealers cooperate with tests while some blame en route losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Grunewald
Clarksville Social Roundup and Local Visits
Clarksville scene includes Nellie Rhoads and Freda Helwig visiting Waterloo visitors, Kate Harmer returning from Waverly, and Lloyd Patterson traveling from Wapello. Henry Nordman ill with gall stones but improving. Union Thanksgiving services at the Methodist church with Rev. Sinclair to speak. Laterre Clarksville basketball beat by Clarksville 14 to 9.
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Clarksville
Nellie Rhoads
Freda Helwig
Waterloo
Kate Harmer
Waverly
J. P. Neal
Mary
Wil Aiden
Iroquois
S. D
John Heery
Cedar
Falla
Grace Neal
Crocker
Mystery in Singer's Death at Van Cortlandt Park
New York reporters describe an inquest into Irish singer Alice Tristram's death after she drank from a bottle labeled Vermouth that actually contained disinfectant with tysol and carbolic acid. Five business men, a waiter, and a physician witnessed her collapse. their subpoenas await. The coroner weighs whether death was accidental or homicide or a prank gone wrong.
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New York
Alice Tristram
Miss Tristrans
Golf House
van Cortlandt Park
Mrs O Shaughnessy Freed in Murder Trial
Mrs Francis O Shaughnessy was acquitted of murder after a two hour jury deliberation. The defense claimed insanity and unwritten law as the basis, arguing she shot her husband to save his soul. The New York World News notes the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis O'Shaughnessy
A Real Dyspepsia Cure Diapepsin Promise
The ad touts Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion dyspepsia and stomach upset. It claims five minute relief from sour stomach bloating and belching and urges readers to buy a 50 cent case from a druggist to restore appetite and cheerful meals.
Local Arrivals and Weekend Trips Across Iowa
The report notes Mrs. Carroll Cook shopping in Cedar Rapids then visiting her son William at Mr. Vernon before returning home Friday. Lizzie Morton extends her stay in Chicago leaving Morrisonville. Mark Waigh and Paul Graham traveled to Vinton Friday to watch Clarksville facing Vinton in basketball, won by Vinton. They then went to Mt. Vernon to see Grinnell beat Cornell in football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Rock
Wm. Roberts
Carroll Cook
Cedar Rapids
William
Grinnell
Cornell
Husking Record Is a Good One from Laurel Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa November 29 One of the best corn husking records of the season is reported from Laurel in the southern part of the county. Le Roy Starnes averaged 109 bushels a day for fifteen and a half days straight, husking 426 bushels in three and a half days at 121 bushels daily. He worked eight hours daily hauling corn a quarter mile to unload. The G G Paul farm yielded sixty six bushels per acre across the entire acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Laurel
le Roy Starnes
Starnes
G. G. Paul
Cardul touted for women’s ailments in Pendergrass ad
In a local letter Mrs. Della Long of Pendergrass describes relief from years of womanly troubles after using Cardul. The ad urges readers to take Cardus when feeling weak or under the weather, promising strength, nerve tone, and regulated organs. It invites readers to ask a druggist and request the 61 page home treatment book with a plan wrapper from Sattar Broga Medicine Co. Chattanooga Tenn.
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Pendergrass
Della Long
Cardul
Cardus
N. B
Sattar Broga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dictionary and World Product Topics Index
A table of contents listing topics on language origin spelling grammar pronunciation and word forms alongside global production and wealth measures. Includes sections on agriculture coal steel cotton tobacco wheat wool and monetary standards.
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United States
Staten Coal Production
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Minitota
Sakkatchewin
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Cood
Holmes
Jackson
East Fourth Street
Bell Outfitters
C.J. Miller
West Fourth Street
American Drug & Press Association
Meritol
Jt. Henderson Drug Co
Red Cross Drug
Yori Florae, Co
Cherry, Sherbet
Waterloo Ice Cream Co
Daily Courier
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Allison
MT. Vernon
Geo. Wilmore
Adair Home
FOX
John Temple
Walker
Greene
R. Root
John Scohee
Presbyterian
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Ethel Graham
Ramona
Bristow
Hazel King
C. C. ZeWhofer
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Marion
Clarence Martin
F. M. Cheever
Martha Shannon
Independence
L. G. Pulls
Lake Preston
Bert Martin
August Hammel
Alison
Methodist Church
Sinclair
Presbyterian Church
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Bert Crosby
Faye
R. H. Waugh
Elizabeth
Larvey
Gladys Hall
Singer
Tristram
Mellin’s Food
Mellin
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Boston
Map
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy Free
Mrs. Della Long
Waterloo Evening Courier
Pieee
Wemeler
A Burger & Son
Blackstone Coffee
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
J.B. Young & CO
West Third Ave
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