Valparaiso Quake Effects Reported By Chilean Port City
Late estimates reduce the death toll from the Valparaiso earthquake to about 500, with extensive fortification damage and large property losses. Analyst Mr. R. J. Moreno notes Valparaiso’s harbor strength and compares quake history to San Francisco. Nearby cities Los Andes and Equiqui reportedly suffered greater losses.
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Valparaiso
Fea
Chile
R. J. Moreno
la Plata
South America
San Francisco
Mr. Moreno
Los Andes
Equin
Equiqui
Moreno
Republic of Chile
Ames veterans praise Minneapolis visit after encampment parade
Mr H Blake of Kellogg Street, a Co H Twelfth Illinois veteran, joined about fifty Ames veterans in Minneapolis for five days. He said the city treated veterans royally and noted visits to Minneapolis attractions and excellent streetcar service. Over fifteen thousand veterans marched in the parade with many more at the encampment.
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Blake
Co. H. Twelfth Illinois
Ames
Minneapolis
Minnehaha Falls
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Messrs. Oldaker
Ringgold County
Bannon
Lee County
Stanton
Dallas County
Fort Madison
A. N. Johnson
Illinois
Prof
A. Marston
C. E. Boynton
Chicago
Geo. W. Miller
Des Moines
C. M. Adams
Fairfield
Cc. G. Lee
J. O. Michaelson
Intelligencer
Story County
Cattle Ship Diary of Iowa Student in Europe Tour
Robert W. Baily, former Iowa State College student now in a special engineering course at Madison, joins a party of thirty college boys touring Europe aboard a cattle ship. He chronicles daily routines, the brutal cattle lanes, and his group’s meals and work as they water feed and care for 215 cattle before landing near Ireland after nine days at sea.
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Robert W. Baily
Iowa State College
Madison
Wisconsin
Europe
Liverpool
Bob Baily
Ames
W. H. Baily
Des Moines
Colgate University
Stagg
University of Chicago
Ellsworth
Speik
Quantreil
de Pauw University
J.O. Igiehart
R. W. Baily
Bangor
Maine
Mr. Bailey
Ireland
Threshing Season Brings Social Turmoil and Food Frenzy
Threshing time ignites farm social life with big gatherings. Women and men swap chores while conversations drift from chaff to coal and news. The Intelligencer notes the cycle of meals, gossip, and planning for winter huskings as threshers move through the countryside.
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Ames
Des Moines
Story City
Nevada
Kensington
Intelligencer
Resolutions Honor Rev W T Smith and Praise Rev A M Shea
The Ames Quarterly Conference in 1906 passes resolutions praising Rev W T Smith for six years as Presiding Elder and endorses Rev Andrew M Shea for possible appointment as Presiding Elder. Officials urge reappointment for a fourth year if compatible with Boone district needs.
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Des Moines
Boone
Story County
W. T. Smith
Andrew M. Shea
Ames
Iowa
Earl Cranston
D. C
Lil
Washington, D. DC
Ames Quarterly Conference
Andrew M Shea
Church of God
Fourth Quarterly Conference
Ames Charge
J. B. Kooser
Sec
V. W. T. Smith
P. E
Amestowa
Sec’y
Ditch bonds offered for Warren McCallsburg and Cole New Albany ditches
County auditor O B Peterson contracted for twelve thousand dollars of bonds at six percent with a twelve dollar and fifty cent premium per thousand. Cash payment option allowed before bond issuance, after which payments align with bond terms and interest for ten years. One man has paid cash so far, with more chances before bonds are issued.
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Denison
Iowa
Warren- McCallsburg
Cole- New Albany
O. B. Peterson
Rods and Honey: Early Discipline Shapes Later Distinction
A reporter surveyed thirty successful businessmen who recalled strict childhood discipline and thrashings. He contrasted them with thirty loafers, noting twenty seven were mama's darlings while three were raised by grandmothers.
Corn Crop Outlook Large If Frost Delays
Prof Holden projects a very large corn crop in Iowa potentially reaching 9,500,000 acres if the frost stays away until Sept 20. He notes worm damage in continuous corn areas and that rain is not essential for full development, with favorable conditions expected to push yield past last year’s record.
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Holden
Prost
Iowa
Professor Tho
Des Moines Weather Crop Bulletin for Week Ending August 20 1906
Des Moines Iowa reports extremely high day temperatures and warm nights with high humidity. Rainfall was variable with a 3.65 inch maximum in Des Moines on the 16th and a heavy downpour at Decorah on the 19th causing floods. Corn shows best progress of the season with stands above average and ears advancing. oats and wheat threshing and stacking progress. early apples harvested with above average yields. minor crops doing well.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Decorah
Roasting Ears Take Center Stage This Summer
A Man son Democrat notes corn on the cob dominates summer meals. It urges simple plates of boiled green corn with salt pepper butter and plenty of cold water. The piece calls for eating freely as in boyhood days.
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Iowa
Manson
The Passing of The Broncho at Stockyards Sale
A broncho sale at the stockyards Saturday drew little interest as farmers avoided the unappealing stock. The Roland Record notes buyers showed little enthusiasm for the animals.
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Roland
Minister Went Wrong in Invalid Boone County Marriage
The Boone News reports a 1906 license to marry was issued in Boone County Iowa to a 65 year old and a 63 year old couple. On August 2 in Story City the minister performed a ceremony believed valid, but Iowa law requires the ceremony to occur in the license county for legality. all parties and the minister knew the rule.
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Good Roads
Iowa Highway Commission
H. H. Harlow
Onawa
Sec
T. H. McDonald
Ames
College Farm
Indiana
West Gate
Boone Street
Gen. Lincoln
Boone County
Iowa
Story City
Boone News
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Mr. H. Blake
Kellogg Street
Mother
Good Roads School
A. M. Shea
Elder Smith
Mr. Shea
Weather Crop Bulletin
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