Down on the Kansas Farm: Memories of a Century Family Home
The narrator recalls visits to a Kansas farm that served as family headquarters for almost a century. Great Uncles, a grandmother, and a great aunt inhabited the old house with hand hewn timbers, a tin roof rain sound, and a half story. Daily routines included biscuits, Greek Bible readings, shade trees and hammock, small chores like gathering eggs, fresh strawberries and blackberries, and a mail run to town. The house still stands though the farm changed hands, and occasional drives by the place revive memories.
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Kansas
Batchelor
Uncle Ben
Jim
Ben
Panora Anti-Profanity Club and Early Guthrie Fire Stories
In 1970s Guthrie County the Panora Anti-Profanity Association banned expressions such as By God and Jumping Jehosaphat with fines used to publish a pamphlet. Lew Apple resigned for a dollar to tell off a hotel rival. Early town Extra suffered a major 1887 fire on Main Street, rebuilt with brick within a year. A traveler notes a backward country is one where children still obey parents. Don’t drive you drink.
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Guthrie County
Panora
God
George
Godfrey
Lew Apple
Apple
Extra
Audubon County
Main Street
Quotes From Iowa Columnists
A collage of pithy sayings and quips from Iowa columnists and editors. It features lines on newspapers value, civic life, humor, and social observations from Decorah Public Opinion to Clarinda Herald Journal, reflecting midwestern wit andcommunity spirit.
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Clarinda Herald Journal
Golden Wedding Anniversary Reveals Secret Family Budget
An elderly couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary tells a reporter a curious tale about seven children and a weekly income. The old man hushes the claim, insisting he told his wife a lower figure of six dollars and fifty cents per week.
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Belinda
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Association
Gillin Gas
Skelgas
Atlantic
Iowa
Decorah
Breda News
Lake City
Walnut Bureau
Neola
Decorah’ Journal
Congress
Sac
Tommy
Davis County
Bayard News
The
Decorah Journal
Sioux Rapids
Adalt News
Port
Colorado
Gregersen Drug
EAS
IEST
Atlantic, Iowa
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