Sioux City’s Rise From Frontier Town to Metropolis
The article traces Sioux City’s growth from a riverfront settlement in 1850s to a booming 19th century hub. It covers early settlers Bruguier and Perry, surveyor Cook, post office and land office boosts, rapid 1880s expansion, corn palaces, and the 1893 banking collapse that halted its surge. It notes population milestones and urges a Floyd monument visit with a teaser for next week’s Davenport entry.
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American Fur Company
Big Sioux
Paul Pacquette
Joseph Leonais
Gustave Pecaut
Louis Phillip
Leonais
Bruguier
Perry Creek
Floyd River
Missouri River
John K. Cook
Prospect Hill
Iowa
Sioux City
Bernard Henn
George
Dubuque and Pacific
Government Land Office
Sixth
Douglas Streets
Missouri
St. Louis
Frost, Todd and Company
Spirit Lake
America
D. T. Hedges
Union Stock Yards
Northwest
Winter Wardrobe Advice from Dr Elgar on Long Stockings
Nancy Page recounts a mother seeking winter warmth guidance for Joan. Dr Elgar suggests long stockings with bright wool anklets to protect exposed legs and improve comfort. The piece notes growing wool use, knitting popularity, and a Layettes leaflet offer from The Cedar Rapids Gazette in 1936.
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Joan
Nancy
Cedar Rapids
Oldest Iowa College of Dentistry Alum Attends 28th Meeting
Special to The Gazette in Iowa City reports that Dr. A. D. Barker of Grand Mound, the oldest alumnus of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, registered for the 28th annual Alumni association meeting held Friday and Saturday. Barker is 90 years old.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
A. D. Barker
Grand Mound
Open House Highlights Education Week at Ossian Public School
In observance of Education Week the Ossian public school sponsored an open house Friday evening drawing about 200 parents and friends. The program followed regular classes and featured a one act play The Study Hour by high school pupils, two part singing by upper grades The Angelic Child, Elsa Tinderholt vocal solo Kathleen Gunderson In the Morning by Marcella Winter, and performances by the glee clubs.
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Ossian
Elsa Tinderholt
Kathleen Gunderson
Just Another Guest in a Wedding Poem
Edgar A. Guest lampoons the father of the groom as a forgotten attendee at weddings. The poem ribaldly suggests guests ignore the father in suits and tails, predicting the same fate for the speaker in the near future, a humble role with no perks.
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Emily Post
City weighs transfers of funds for assessments and WPA airport work
Iowa City seeks permission to move two grants of 5000 dollars from the general fund and the paying bond fund to cover delinquent special assessments and a WPA airport improvement project. The general fund holds 74874 dollars and the paying bond fund 12486 dollars. Funds to be replaced into paying bond fund within a year.
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Iowa City
State Comptroller’s Office
Commerce Regulation Reweights Transport Planes Annually
The department of commerce requires transport aircraft to be reweighed once every year to ensure airworthiness and accurate load data. This rule applies to all commercial transport planes and is enforced through regular inspections and documentation updates.
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Department of Commerce
Frum travel praise letter extols scenic highways and drivers
A letter on file praises travel by bus noting restful comfort and a world of sights along scenic highways. It urges readers to call local bus agents for full travel information and highlights low fares and dependable service.
Being Fair To God Theme Of Dr White At First Christian Church
Dr Walter M White of Memphis preached on Being Fair to God at First Christian Church as part of a one week mission urging Christian unity. He argued cooperation among Christians is essential and blamed lack of unity for war. Evening sermons continued the theme urging harmonious thought and Christ mind. The series runs nightly 7:30 with public invited, except Saturday.
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Fair To
God
Dr. White
First Christian Church
Walter M. White
Memphis
White
Regulation of chiropody practice outlined by Dr Brady
The article explains required training for chiropodists and podiatrists. It notes must complete four years of high school, attend an approved school of chiropody or podiatry for at least eight months, pass a state license exam, and register with the county clerk. Unregistered practitioners face prosecution as a safety measure to protect the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eatry
Forty
Commonwealths
United States
Cleaning Teeth and Home Remedies in Old Queries
Readers discuss child tooth brushing and teaching toddlers to clean their teeth. A trade offer proposes sending a Brady Baby Book for a Lamour Yellow 1936 edition in exchange via stamped envelope. A family cites a Desert Skin Lotion recipe known as Dew of Sahara with emulsion instructions and use notes.
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Sahara
C. W. Ai
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Lewis and Clark
Charles Floyd
Floyd
Clark
Great Sioux River
Floyd’s
Sergeant Floyd
J. N. Nicollet
Floyd’s Hill
Theophile Bruguier
War Eagle
Willow Creek
Robert Perry
William Thompson
Floyd’s Bluff
Thompsontown
W. Jones
Cook
J. B. S. Todd
Seth W. Swiggett
Great Northwest
Davenport
Nancy Page
Florence la Ganke
Dr. Elgar
Edgar A. Guest
Clyde Freeman
Freeman
Josephine O'Neill
Angeles
Portland
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
2Nd St. SE
Interstate Transit
William Brady
The
Brown
Chaurdon
Loretta
Cariel
NEW State Theatre
Killian
Tanet Gaynor
Tussy
Winterset
Mirelle
Kleinerts
Kleinert’s Couture Nuvo
Belle-Sharmeer
Duchess
Killian Company
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