Old Manti village site purchased for summer home
Henry Meld buys the five acre Hickory Hill tract near Shenandoah, Iowa, at $150 an acre. The former Mormon village of Manti, settled circa 1847, declined after the railroad arrival and land sales shifted to nearby Shenandoah. The report also covers local notable marriages, fires, school bond debates, pensions, road projects, and regional agricultural notes.
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Shenandoah
Henry Meld
Field
Hickory Hill
Iown
Alpheus Cutler
Thomas Scott
Perry
Red Oak
Eliza A. Olney
Knoxville
Ontario County
New Jersey
Iowa
William Olney
Jefferson County
Marion County
LaCrosse
New Hampton
Traer
Tama
Grinnell
Malcom
Oskaloosa
Albia
Kansas City
la Crosse
Arthur
Anamosa Reformatory
A. W. Orria & Sons
Woodland
Cal
California
Ay Brothers
Waterloo
Bailey
Iowa Farmers Urged to Aid Wool Industry Boom
Des Moines reports strong W wool demand and rising prices as U S sheep numbers fall nationwide. Iowa gains in sheep since 1893, now 1.27 million head valued at $5.03 million, with state fairs expanding wool exhibits and contests. Also notes library book censorship, nomination filings, and state finance moves.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Department of Agriculture
United States
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
State Department of Agriculture
Washington
Practical Principles at Building Industry Taught at Ames
A new Ames Iowa program at Iowa State College offers practical two year training for aspiring builders. It covers building construction specifications drawing heating plumbing and cost estimation plus wood shop and cement lab work. Open to men 17 with eighth grade education, the course aims to prepare students for rapid advancement in contracting drafting or supervisory roles.
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Iowa
Harsham
Earlham
Madison
Dallas
Board of Supervisors
Crawford County
Clay County Improvement Association
Clay County
Ames
Iowa State College
Grinnell College Finances Show Strong Growth
Grinnell College reports assets near 2 million dollars in the latest financial statement. The college cites 1.9189 million in assets and 1.3259 million in productive funds, with new dormitories and Alumni Hall boosting value beyond 500 thousand dollars. Building plans over the next five years include a men's dormitory gymnasium music school and biology hall. The library holds about 60 000 volumes with ongoing acquisitions.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Mississippi Flood Forces Mass Evacuations in Dubuque
The Mississippi River swelled to 19.3 feet and kept rising, flooding homes and forcing scores of families to evacuate. Factories shut down and many businesses moved stock from basements to higher ground as water encroached on industrial areas.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Big Price For Cattle at Waterloo Sale
At a Holstein Ariesian cattle sale in Waterloo eighty eight high grade stock were sold for 17255 dollars. The top price of 450 dollars was paid for an animal owned by Dairy Commissioner Harney.
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Waterloo
Harney
Bootleggers Given Heavy Fines in Clinton District Court
County Attorney George Claussen began bootlegging cleanup in Clinton with two men fined $100 each at arraignment before Judge Letts in District Court.
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Clinton
George Claussen
Letts
Mystery Man to Be Released From Hospital
Ketherville W Leopard, once an ex press agent at Gridley, faces discharge after recovering from a mysterious condition and theft charges involving Glamonds valued at 3700. He is to leave the state naval hospital at Cherokee as authorities await his release.
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State Board of Parole
Anamosa Reformatory
Ketherville—W. Leopard
Gridley
Cherokee
Leopard
Inside Bathing With Phosphate Water Note Advise
An old health ad recommends drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush poisons from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this internal bath cleanses purifies and refreshes the digestive system and cures bilious headaches and constipation.
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Adv
Keep a Moving Along
A concise meditation on humanity’s restless impulse to travel. The passage argues moving minds outpace fixed railways and time, favoring motor cars and flying machines over traditional transport to satisfy desire for speed and novelty.
Interviewing a Humorist on the Carpet Today
In a humorous exchange, Bingleton asks Wagge what is on the carpet and Wagge replies dust shoes date everybody. The scene ends as Frivol Wagee is pushed into a coalhole, in a New York Times snippet.
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Wagge
Bingleton
Wagee
New York Times
Wrong Diagnosis Scene Shifter Joke
A doctor tells a patient his condition is very serious and a complete change of scene is needed. The patient, puzzled, learns the doctor wants a change of scene to cure him and asks the doctor's odd question about the patient’s occupation. The reply reveals the patient is a scene shifter, delivering a pun.
Postum Tames Coffee Troubles in Testimony Form
An everyday user describes how switching from coffee to Postum eased nervousness stomach issues and insomnia in weeks. The testimonial from a Battle Creek Michigan family claims Postum strengthened health and improved appetite and sleep despite skepticism.
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Fennman
Foam Co
Battle Ocresk
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