Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-05
Ne1Ds Briefs Of
the Northwest
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HULL, IA.-Senator Kenyon will de-
liver the Decoration day address here.
BOONE. lathe council has or
dered down all poles, and telegraph
and telephone wires must be pfacec
under ground at once.
CHARLES CITY. IA.-A1bert Meyer.
while hunting gophers three miles
northeast of here, had the misfortune
TO have three fingers blown on.
LOGAN. IA.-W. L. Stern, announced
as a candidate for congress to succeed
Walter I. Smith, was born Il Harrison
county in 1860. He is by occupation
a dealer in real estate.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Representa-
tive Haugen introduced bills i'm the
House for the dating of cans contain
ing meat products, and for public
buildings at Charles City and Oeiwein.
carrying 500, 900 each.
DAVENPORT, IA. j. Allen. for
merly publisher of the Blade at Buff
falo, Ia, but for the past six years of
the Old Mems Home In Davenport, was
found on the street seriously AID and
was taken to a hospital, where he died.
DUBUQUE, IA. p. Sandage, OF
Jewell Junction, Ia, indicted for send
ing obscene matter through n mails
to a 1~3-year-old girl, was found guilty
in the federal court and sentenced to-
one year in L~eavenworth and TO pay a
fine of $500.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, lathe quar-
antine at the Iowa school for the deaf
which has existed for almost three
months because Of a smallpox epidemic,
was raised. There were nc deaths, but
about $50 cases, some Of them OF a
virulent type.
DIES MONIES, IA.-Gov. Carroll has
been notified by the war department
that the Iowa National guard will be
allowed to send six state officers in the
third detail of national guard officers
that has been ordered to report at San
Antonio on May IL.
STORM LAKE, IA.-What is believed
to be the largest shipment in Iowa Of
foreign cancelled stamps for hobby COL
l%ectors, has been received by a whole
sale stamp firm In his city. The ship
ment consists of 16S, 600, 900 stamps and
weighs seven tons.
DIES MONIES, IA.-Mrs. b. F. Car
roll, wife of Governor Carroll, and Mrs.
Chas. Brenton, Of Dallas Center, are in
Washington attending the international
congress on child welfare. Mrs. Prouty,
wife of Representative Prouty, has
been appointed by Governor Carroll 70
represent Iowa.
MASON CITY, IA.-On or about June
/ the Rock Island, which recently came
into possession of the Des Moines &
Northern, will a train sched-
ule. The official publication of the new
tariffs a been ordered. They must
be published 80 days in advance of GO
ing into operation.
ANAMOSA, lathe count at the
Iowa state ~reformatory is the largest
that II has been since the time of Warden
Madden, when several federal prison
ers were confined in the institution.
The number held then was about $40.
The present count is GOA, 100 higher
han in the state p~enitentiary at Fort
Madison.
MASON CITY, IA.-It is now prob
able that work will commence on the
lowe State Odd Fellows home. The
contract has been let to the Trusant
Building Co, OF Des Moines, for $64,-
500. 1t is now believed that the build
Ing committee will be able to keep in
side the appropriation of $S5, 900 for a
completed building.
LAKE CITY. lathe revival meet.
ings at the Methodist church closet
here, after running a four weeks
course. They were singularly success
full. The Rev. Frank Mathis, evangel-
list, conducted the meetings, and c. C.
Carpenter and Miss Inez Whinnery, Of
Ida Grove, were the choir directors. The
meetings were participated in by al
the churches.