Ames Short Course Meets Needs of Busy Farmer
Ames Iowa December 6 The Iowa State College will run its annual short course in five stock, corn judging and related fields January 3 to 15 Thousands of farmers have used this information in past years and this year promises larger attendance The program focuses on horse and cattle care feeding management diseases corn breeding soil problems machinery poultry dairying and horticulture The event features meat demonstrations by John Gosling Kansas City MO and includes instructors from Canada and the United States plus college staff and visiting experts
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Ames
Towa State College
John Gosling
Kansas City
Canada
United States
County Farm Run at Loss in Nova Springs Proposal
County auditors report the Nova Springs county farm operates at a loss with about 14 inmates costing roughly 26 per month each. Last year’s net expense was 34,949.75 after farm income. A sale offer could net about 25,000 to buy 20 acres for a new facility with lower ongoing costs.
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Nova Springs
Rosecrans
Writ Issued for Sheriff Holdren in Contempt Case
W A Holdren Cerro Gordo county must appear before Judge Platt in Black Hawk county district court and purge himself of contempt for allegedly failing to serve an execution against D H Angel of Owne Cerro Gordo. An attachment was issued for Holdren, and Shores of this county went to Mason City to arrest him.
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Waterloo
W. A. Holdren
Cerro Gordo County
Platt
Black Hawk County
Mason City
D. H. Angel
Owne
Holdyon
Shores
Modern Steel Bridge Going Up Near Lake City
Following Calhoun county, Car roll county road officials install a modern steel bridge over a Coon river branch five miles south of Lake City. Completion likely not this year.
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Lake City
Calhoun County Board of Supervisors
Carroll County Road
Spencer Man Dies by His Own Action in Linn Grove
John Perry, a half brother of Mrs. R. O. Brown and a Linn Grove merchant, hanged himself at Linn Grove. No cause is known for the act. The incident is reported as a death by suicide.
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Spencer
John Perry
R. O. Brown
Linn Grove
Resignation Accepted at First Congregational Society
At a protracted meeting the resignation of Frank G. Sheldon the pastor was accepted to take effect January 10. Logistic resolutions were adopted. Singers win $400. Williamsburg singers who went to Albany for the Thanksgiving day festival returned with over $400 in prizes and four gold medals.
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Dubugne
First Congregational Society
Frank G. Sheldon
Williamsburg
Albla
Des Moines county forms drainage district to boost land value
The Des Moines county board of supervisors creates drainage district No 1 covering 24000 acres of swamp land to be cultivated with a pumping station. Estimated cost is 195000 dollars and land value is expected to rise by 50 percent to 750000 dollars. Current land value stands at 720000. This follows the Des Moines Louisa district and ties to Muscatine North and South railroad extension from Ellic Township to Burlington. The rail line’s extension hinges on this district approval.
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Iowa
Des Moines-Louisa County
Muscatine North and South
Elric
Unction
Burlington
Davenport Fire Incinerates A N Roberts Warehouse
Dozens of families forced from homes as a blaze swept Case street to Tremont avenue. The immense warehouse of the A N Roberts company, used by Gordon Vantine Co, stored sash doors and mouldings and burned with $100,000 loss, fully insured. Flames crossed Case street, setting ten private dwellings ablaze and forcing occupants to escape in nightwear.
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Davenport
Case Street
Tremont Avenue
A. N. Roberts Company
Gordon, Vantine & Co
Honor for Grace Clark from Corning to Montana college
Miss Grace Clark, former Corning high student, has been chosen to represent Montana Agricultural College at the National Student Volunteer meeting in Rochester New York late December. Her speech and debut talents earned her honors and she is expected to be an asset to the western college.
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Corning
Grace Clark
Corning High School
Montana Agricultural College
Bozeman
Rochester
N. Y
Clark
Western College
New Tile Factory Contract Awarded in Austin Iowa
The Southern Minnesota Brick and Tile Company will erect a plant at Austin. Nelson Construction of Mason City won the contract for 175000 dollars. The tile company, capitalized at 200000, is led by W H Gleason and includes investors from Northwood, Austin and nearby towns. The facility will produce about 2000 cars annually.
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Mason City
Southern Minnesota Brick and Tile Company
Austin
Nelson Construction Company
Tite
Northwood
W. H Gleason
Farm Land at 280 an Acre in Waterloo Sale
The old county farm was sold to B. J. Rodamar former county auditor for 280 dollars per acre. The 75 acre tract near the city was bought in 1884 for 60 dollars per acre. The board paid 110 dollars per acre for a new 20 acre farm six miles north, and the old place nearly pays for the new one.
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Waterloo
B. J. Rodamar
Move for City Ownership in Marshalltown
Ex Mayor F G Pierce leads a drive likely to trigger a special election on municipal ownership of the gas works and electric light plant. He opposed the Darling franchises, defeated at the last special election, and urges public ownership as the solution.
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Marshalltown
F. G. Pierce
Pierce
Darling
Burlington plans loop route to Riverton and Carson
Local railroad men report Burlington intends to extend tracks from here to Riverton and from Griswold to Carson to form a loop among Red Oak Riverton Carson and Griswold branches. An exclusive passenger train would operate over this route.
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Plana
Sidney
Burlington
Riverton
Griswold
Carson
Red Oak
Carson-Sidney
Red Oak- Griswold
Deer Run Afoul in Lake City Skirmish Ends in Venison
Two stags from F. P. Sifford’s deer herd fought recently. One stag was fatally injured and euthanized, then the other was wounded. The incident allows venison to appear on the market for the first time in years.
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Lake City
F. P. Sifford
Special Election Advised on Court House Plan in Logan
The board of supervisors used a postal card election to gauge public sentiment on a $100,000 courthouse. A large majority of boards urged submitting the measure to the voters for a decision on building the courthouse.
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Logan
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Hubbard and Gladbrook Seek College Town Rivalry
Falls reports a spirited contest between Hubbard and Gladbrook over hosting a state college planned by the German Evangelical church. Mrs A Vander Linden dies suddenly in Pella after learning by cablegram that her daughter, a missionary, arrived in China.
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Hubbard
Gladbrook
Pella
A. Vander Linden
China
Warden Sanders Elevates Iowa Penitentiary School System
A reform inmate author portrays Warden J C Sanders as a dynamic educator who overhauled the prison school at Fort Madison. He replaced the old program with a wide ranging curriculum, expanded staffing, and a five night ten month schedule, boosting enrollment and transforming inmates into engaged learners guided by a strict moral framework. The prison library, with 8000 volumes, complements the program, serving eager readers from fiction to philosophy and current periodicals.
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Fort Madison
Iowa Penitentiary
J. C. Sanders
Penitentiary School
Sanders
Hmit
Aladdin
Iowa
Penitenliary
Major Byers War Hero and Poet of Iowa
Major H. M. Byers of Des Moines, famed for Sherman's March to the Sea, is described as a long serving diplomat and author. The article highlights his Civil War service with the Fifth Iowa, Libby Prison capture, later posts as consul general in Europe, and his cultural gifts to colleges. Born 1838 in Pulaski Pennsylvania, he resides at St. Helens in Des Moines with an art-filled estate. Superintendent S. A. Potts of Colfax schools is named president of the Iowa High School Declamatory Association.
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Sher- Man
America
All America
Iowa
St. Helen's
Des Moines
Major
H. M. Byers
Byers
Switzerland
Boston
Paris
Europe
Beyers
Fifth
Missionary Ridge
Libby Prison
South
Columbia
D. C
Sherman
Mr. Byers
Grant
Lincoln
Carolinas
Zurich
Arthur
Italy
Rome
Cleveland
Harrison
St. Gail
Major Byers
Washington
Oskaloosa
Mahaska
Glenwood's Apple Harvest Sets Shipping Records This Season
Glenwood claims recognition as a shipping point as the harvest breaks records with over 500 carloads. Apple shipments used diverse car types, including refrigeration for long trips, reaching New Orleans Shreveport St Paul and Minneapolis where fruit was made into elder and vinegar. Wages for pickers were high but shortages risked wasting a portion of fruit. total output reaches about 80 000 barrels valued in the thousands for growers.
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Glenwood
New Orleans
Shreveport
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Iowa Apples Fetch Ten Dollar Barrels at Exposition
At the national horticultural exposition in Council Bluffs a Hamburg fruit grower named Mr. Minter received a $10 offer for a barrel of Iowa apples on display. The Hamburg exhibit highlighted Iowa as a top fruit growing region in this part of the country.
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Council Bluffs
Minter
Hamburg
Iowa
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Fort Madison Penitentiary
S. A. Potts
Colfax Schools
Glenwood’s Apple Harvest
Chas, A. Grubb
4Th and
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
T. B. Swan
J.B. Rockafellow
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
Ben U. Wood
G. W. Savery
Sixth
Chestnut Sts
Atlantic, Lowa
D. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
Max Emmert
I. D
Massongit
Masson 236
Bell
C. G. Clark
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
R. A. Gamble
Opera House
Chas. D. Finley
Chestnut Street
C. L. Campbell
Omee
Gillaaple Building
Musson
A. S. Mullins
W.C. Heers
Smiley
Music Store
Iows
G. R. Miller
Gillespie Building
J. A. Giffen
Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Chestnut St
Butler
M. H. Butler
Dres
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