King Corn Leads All In Iowa Crop Outlook And Prizes
The piece celebrates Iowa corn production as dominant nationwide with record yields and rising prices. It describes prize programs by the Iowa Corn Growers Association, short courses at Iowa State College, and trophies from sponsors like Cook Trophy and Berg Wagon, plus county fairs and state fair incentives shaping farmers toward a bumper season.
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America
Iowa State
Berg Wagon Company
Illinois
W. C. Whiting
Whiting
Iowa
Farmers’s Club
Farmers’ Tribune
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Geo. M. Allee
Newell
J. M. Allee
Iowa State College
Story County
Story County Newslets Highlights Local Lore and Incidents
Story County notes report a broken finger for Jess Elliott during Sunday baseball at Shipley, a new Diamond press for the Roland Record, a booze raid in State Center with 19 cases seized and Henry Lee to be indicted, editor J Tom McCraney of the Huxley Argus dies suddenly at 57, plus naturalization changes, a personal injury suit against Orange Riggenberg, Story County Fair plans emphasizing domestic economy, Farmers' Grain Company audit, and Northwestern railcar orders while W C Ballou passes exams for Iowa Central conductorship.
Resolutions Honor Presiding Elder Smith at Ames Church
At the Ames M. E. Church quarterly conference on August 20 1906 resolutions unanimously praised Presiding Elder W T Smith for six year term completion and commended Rev Shea as a suitable successor. The vote expressed appreciation for Smiths leadership and wished blessings for his family with lingering memories of fellowship in Ames Iowa.
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M. E. Church of Ames
Smith
General Conference
Shea
Ames Church
Ames
Iowa
W. T. Smith
J.B. Kooser
Earl Cranston
D. D
LL. D
Washington
D. C
Ames Quarterly Conference
Andrew M. Shea
Boone
Church of God
Weather Crop Bulletin Reports Warm Week and Promising Yields
The past week featured high daytime temperatures and warm nights with humid air. Rain was variable, Des Moines recorded 3.65 inches on the 16th, and Decorah saw a heavy flood downpour on the 19th. Corn progressed well toward maturity, oats and wheat threshing moved along, fall plowing began, and early apples yielded above recent years.
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Des Moines
Decorah
Ames Pastor Earns Praise and Possible Reappointment
The Ames Quarterly Conference commends Rev. Andrew M. Shea for a three year pastorate and urges his reappointment for a fourth year if Boone district pastors fail to appoint him presiding elder. Also notes multiple rural real estate transfers and the Dunham family moving to Clark Street property.
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O. J. Dunham
Clark Street
Quarterly Conference of the Ames Charge on August 20 1906
The Ames charge held its quarterly conference on August 20 1906 with W T Surry and P EB J B Kooser serving as secretaries.
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Ames Charge
W. T. Surry
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Marshall
Crawford
Tama
Dallas
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Nevada
Cambridge
W. A. Curtis
The
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Story County Newslets
Shipley
Jess Elliott
Roland Record
State Center
Heriff S. M. Ganze
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Marshalltown
Henry Lee
J. Tom McCraney
Huxley Argus
Mr. McCraney
Story County District Court
Geo. Kline
Sheldahl
Orange Riggenberg
Polk
Farmers’ Grain Company
Story City
Times-Republican
W. C. Ballou
Iowa Central
M. E
Zearing Mut Switchboard Co
J H Norton
Zearing
W J Freed
E G Harvey
Bigelow
Ad Ames
Robt Wygle
Manning
Peter Christofferson
Frank
Lulu Stults
J N Dixon
C F Curtiss
M L King
Eva Hyde Fentel
Grace A Whiteford
Walter E Brown
Jones
Collins
Loughran & Bauer
C. Hamilton
J. S. Kirk
New York
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