Seasonable Notes From Iowa Weather Bureau
J i Sage of the Iowa Weather Bureau at Homestead says next winter corn fodder will rival hay in feeding value. Prof Cleveland Abbe disputes lunar influence on cold waves. The piece notes farming, harvest gear, surplus crops, and a shift in labor, with women increasingly in agriculture. It cites rainfall, soil conditions, chinch bugs, and Osborn on inoculation as control.
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J. i. Sage
Iowa Weather Bureau
Homestead
Cleveland Abbe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Osborn
Iowa Agricultural College
Insect Control and Food Shortages Highlight Farm News
The passage urges fall and spring work to destroy refuse where insects lodge, stresses vigilance, and notes a paper shortage of binding twine. It argues such shortages are serious but not as troubling as breadstuffs gaps, suggesting farmers bind grain with old methods as a fallback, and cites heavy straw for bands on large sheaves.
Story County Fair Dates Set in September
The Story county fair is scheduled for September 18 19 and 20. The note recalls last year’s heat wind that nearly ruined the 1894 corn crop, marking a significant weather event in local farming history.
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Story County
Dubuque Clerk Inherits $450000 After Aunt’s Death
A pive clerk at Dubuque is named heir to a $450,000 estate following the death of an aunt in England. The will and settlement details are being reviewed by local authorities and heirs.
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Dubuque
England
Threshing Season Brings Record Oats Yields
Reports indicate immense oat yields as threshing progresses and tax corn crops crack. Prospects for a world beating harvest grow more flattering daily.
Census tally for Des Moines shows 62 600 residents
The census report lists Des Moines population at 62 600, short of the 80 000 previously claimed.
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Des Moines
Bank deposits rise in latest Union National statement
The Times notes an increased balance at the Union National Bank of the city in the latest report. Opinion grows that liquor sale legality may extend to manufacturing, while Hazlett aims to secure McKinley or Tom Reed for fall Story county speeches to aid his coroner candidacy.
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Union National Bank
Iowa
Hazlett
McKinley
Tom Reed
Story County
Mason City voter rejects Markley in governor race
Apistatcu from Mason City says Mr Markley will not accept the democratic nomination for governor. He adds Markley does not wish to lead in a wild goose chase. Jerry Simpson from Kansas threatens disaster by soon starting a lecturing tour.
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Apistatcu
Mason City
Markley
Jerry Simpson
Seckless Statesman
Kansas
Democratic County Convention Adopts Silver Coinage Favor
Delegates at the Wichita Kansas Democratic county convention last week approved resolutions backing free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, and toasted with buttermilk as part of the gathering.
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Cuarley Monger
Democratic Anamosa Journal
Wichita
Kansas
Damphool Edict From Grand Master Sovereign
The Cedar Rapids Republican calls out Grand Master Sovereign of the Knights of Labor for opposing payment in national bank notes. It also reports Car. Raben, a Cedar Rapids traveling man, dying in an Omaha saloon while waiting for a drink and hints at murder charges against the bartender for the wait.
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Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Car. Raben
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Graveyard Vandalism at Marshalltown Army Home Sparks Reward
An unknown person toppled and damaged over forty tomb stones at the soldiers home graveyard in Marshalltown. A reward was offered for the arrest, with calls for the culprit to face the full penalties of the law for the vandalism.
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Marshalltown
Soper's Neckwear Sale Ends With Bargain Combos
Advert reads deep discounts on neckwear with former prices and sale prices from 20 to 75 cents and monthly deals. The note mentions taking the Times a year for a dollar and a half price option.
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Soper’s
Cure for Headache and Rheumatism Pain Balm Ad
Cure for headache Electric Bitters praised as a permanent remedy for all headaches and constipation. Large bottles fifty cents at L M Bosworth's Drug Store. Chamberlain's Pain Balm recommended by Mrs Emily Thorne of Toledo Washington for rheumatism and lame back. sold by all druggists.
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L. M. Bosworth
Chamberlain
Emily Thorne
Toledo
Wash
J. HW. Watts
Humboldt, Neb
Dr. Miles Heart Cure
Itatéi
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Dr. Miles
Heart Cure
Stephens Medicine CO
S. 4Th St
ST. Louis
Democratic County Convention in Story County Iowa Held in Nevada
Democrats in Story County Iowa convene at the Nevada Court House on Saturday August 3 at 1 a m to choose delegates for state and senatorial conventions and possibly nominate a county ticket. Delegates are allocated by township and precinct, with wards listed and caucuses set for the Saturday evening before the convention under Chairman Wa Lockridge.
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Story County
Iowa
Court House
Nevada
Lockridge, Chm. Co. Com
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