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Newspaper
Centenary Papers
Location
Centenary, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1973
Page
4
A March 1 entry recalls a mule drag team starting up the street to the amusement of boys who shouted Get there Eli. The year is not specified but the note captures local street life and humor.
The Buena Vista creamery will start operations on the first day of April, promising new spending money for many residents. A week earlier a new cream tester arrived at the depot, and a ditching machine powered by fourteen cattle is at work west of Storm Lake. Brick blocks by Lemon Brubacher will be ready in thirty days, and a note on temperance saloons in Storm Lake ends the year.
A compact Iowa diary notes corn at 20 cents and wheat at 50 cents. Weather freezes claim a mail carrier died in cold January days. Rumors of a steam boat on the lake, Chautauqua meetings move to the court room, a Wall Lake visitor scouts steamer prospects, public highway cow picketing questioned, bookkeeping classes at Hawkeye Business College in Storm Lake, opera house renovation praised.
October 6 Agent Smith logs sale of 144 round trip tickets to the corn palace. November 17 apparatus for the Normal and Business college arrives and faculty claim readiness to demonstrate. December 1 Normal school exceeds fifty pupils and growing. December 29 First National Bank welcomes callers with apples and wishes a Merry Christmas.
A series of brief notes records local progress with electric lighting from January to November, including store installations by W. A. Jones, public use in homes, and the Presbyterian church adopting electric lamps. The items mention cattle movement from Chicago, opera house room changes for the Normal school, and community events tied to the new lighting era.
Storm Lake residents joined the July fourth events with a parade, picnics, and foot races as the town marked Independence Day in festive fashion.
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