Mineral Industry In Iowa Says 1912 Output Sets Record
Iowa Geological Survey and U S Geological Survey report 1912 mineral production value at 22 910 066, highest on record. Coal leads with 13 152 088, avg mine price 1 80, 16 370 miners. Clay and clay products 4 524 492, cement plants in Town reach 2 700 396, stone and lime 998 236, sand and gravel 565 409, gypsum down from 1911, other products 18 822, total 22 910 060.
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Iowa Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
Iowa
Monroe
Polk
Appanoose
Mahaska
Dallas
Towa
Webster County
Cerro Gordo County
Polk County
Woodbury County
Mississippi Power Company
Keokuk
Cherry Jam Making Tips From Old Instructions
A traditional method uses any cherries with Royal Ann favored. Pit fruit then mix with three quarters pound sugar per pound of cherries and let stand overnight. Add ten cracked pits per pound in a tied bag, boil two hours to a thick syrup, remove pits, jar hot, seal with wax, and store cool. Boiling should be gentle to preserve flavor.
Correcting a Husband in Church Gossip
A color woman visits her pastor to complain about her husband described as a low down trifling fellow. After hearing her long list of faults the minister asks if she has tried heaping coals of fire on his head. She replies she has tried hot water instead.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Ridgeway Council Seeks Elector Vote on Waterworks Plan
The Ridgeway council, by a unanimous vote, decided to submit the waterworks question to town electors at the municipal election in March 2014.
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Ridgeway
Brave Mother Stork and Lark Inspire Heroic Feats
Harper's Weekly describes the stork and skylark as devoted mothers. The stork nests on steep roofs, defends fledglings by smoke signaling, while the skylark lures intruders away with its song to protect nestlings.
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Egypt
Europe
Harper's Weekly
The Right Soil for Flowers and Plant Care Tips
Home gardeners should use a friable mix of one part loam one part well rotted manure and one part sand. Substitute turfy matter if loam is clay. Add bonemeal sparingly after plants show growth. Ensure drainage in pots over 3 inches to prevent sour soil and root disease.
Meant Well Bicycle Helps Donkey on French Hill
English cyclists traveling alone on the continent have many queer experiences. A young man bicycling in southern France helped a peasant with a donkey cart by pushing the cart from behind, aiding the donkey to reach the hilltop. The grateful peasant thanked him, saying he could not have managed without the helper.
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France
Monsieur
English Rice Soup Recipe and Piles Advertisement Ad
A cooking note describes making rice soup with mint and lemon juice, plus a drugstore ad promises relief for itching piles. The recipe uses stock, eggs, butter, and seasonings, and the ad touts a man’s ointment available at a local drug store.
County News Highlights From August 1913
Local notes report illnesses stomach troubles and a busy social scene in Postville Castalia Decorah and nearby towns. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Jimmie Kneeskern and many returning from visits in Waterloo Decorah and Chicago. Community events feature an ice cream social and a bazaar with noted addresses from Letchford Spaun and Waters families plus Bert Van Wey’s move to Columbus Junction.
Ravena Social Notes Echo Rural Life in August 1018
Ravena diary style roundup details visits and calls by Ossian Castalia Calmar Decorah and nearby towns. Residents like Kleisart Ettelorf Meyer Lansing and Schroeder are noted along with dances and Sunday outings as autos stream through Ravena reflecting community ties and names across multiple farms and households.
Northern Canoe notes August 1918 Decorah visits
The column reports social visits and activity around Decorah and Burr Oak. Will Stoskopf and Will Hilleman with wives dropped by, James Smalley Jr and wife visited his father, Dr Emmons of Burr Oak went to Hesper for a pleasure trip, Mrs Will Stoskopf stayed at Dr Dart's in Hesper, Hugo Noecker family and Stoskopfs visited John Foltz, Dr Lannin of Mabel made a professional call at the Gokee place, Burr Oak folks attended a bowery dance, the region’s grain yield is described as splendid, Gust Walters and family from Waukon visited the Gokee home, and a light rainfall refreshed the area.
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Will Stoskopf
Will Hilleman
John McMillen
Erbw
Mr. Winter
James Smalley, Jr
Father Smalley
Dr. Emmons
Burr Oak
Hugo Noecker
John Foltz
Dr. Lannin
Mabel
Gokee
Peacock Place
Bowery
Canoe Bowery
Gust Walters
Waukon
Kendallville community notes from Canton and surrounding visits
Community news lists residents visiting relatives in Canton Decorah Cresco and Orlean s planning agency meetings and social events. Frank Wallace business visitor Mary Culbert cousins from St Paul Mrs Durkee with Ellingson family Ed. Miner and daughter visit Kenmare Illnesses and family trips plus an ice cream social for S S and a lay service at Grang hall with Rev Meyers sermon on farm welfare and a Rochester Mayo consultation for Mrs Stephenson.
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm for Chamberlain Remedy
A testimonial notes rapid relief from colic diarrhea or cholera and diarrhoea with one or two doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The speaker swears it never fails and urges use when needed. Sold by Engbretson's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Engbretson
Adv
Local social notes from Cresco and nearby towns
John Matter called on business at Cresco last Tuesday. John Kraby hosted cousin Oscar Bakke from Chicago. Harold Dinger attended the rural carriers convention in Waterloo. Miss Hager Delaney of Freeport visited Ruth Dinger. Worden Rima visited his aunt in Ossian. A. L. Tyler played clarinet with the Merchants band in Decorah city park. Miss Clara Griebel visited her brother in Bowman for a few months. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Glover at Antelope Montana on August 4. Many attended the ice cream social at Clem Stortz home on Franklin Prairie. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Malli hosted about forty friends at a dancing party in Hoisington Kansas in honor of relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Dinger visited Ossian to meet their granddaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Matter and daughter Grace with Mrs. Catherine Stoskopf and others spent Sunday at Caroline Gross home. The party traveled by auto, with Anna Stoskopf visiting Minneapolis and other relatives before returning home.
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Fred Stock
Ford Hilmer
Emma Letchford
Postville
John Lavis
Waukon
L. C. Spaun
Jim Peck
Ieo. H. van Wey
Jimmie Kneeskern
Will Dundee
Clermont
Tim Kneeskern
Charley Shattuck
Castalia
Leora Letchford
Decorah
Clarence Owens
Gene
Lydia Padden
Lucile Crabtree
Waterloo
Hart
Shattuck
Ole Samuelson
Bruce
Wis
Grant Birdsell
Amelia Schmitz
Chicago
Paul Topel
Chester Peck
Mayme McCauley
West Union
Elizabeth Ryan
Lillian Klepper
Carl Letchford
Alice Bailey
St. Paul
Ray Waters
Sam Waters
Lizzie Laughlin
C.H. Waters
J. A. Peck
Frankville
Bert van Wey
Billa Letchford
Mabel
Florence Waters
Delmanso
Carlton Peck
Draper
Levi Hubbell
Aeerh Kleisart
Ossian
Ravena
Andrew Ettellorf
Calwar
Albert Jones
Cresco
John Brown
Prairie du Chien
Song
Main Street
Vearl McMullen
Kher DeCon
Paul Griffith
Herman Lansing
Mabel Hawn
John O. Meyer
Otto Schneeberger
Julius Hoeckmann
John W. DeCou
Eber DeCou
Theo. Hovey
Hed Oak
Ole Anderson
D. Peek
Geo Thoma
John ©. Meyers
Geo, Broihier
Gene Broihier
Calmar
Chas
Hauber
Wenzel Lansing
Henry T. Kleisart
August Peck
Edith DeCoy
Herman Schroeder
Joe Becker
High Ridge
Will Lansing
Fort Atkinson
Lizzie Bush
Marie Nockels
Ben Eimers
Alfred
Elvey Meyer
John Meyer
Herb Kleisart
Katie
Regina Lansing
Peck Bros
Frances File
Peter
Lewis
Philip Barthelme
Babe
Parkston
Herman J. Bush
Lizzie
John Matter
John Kraby
Oscar Bakke
Harold Dinger
Hager Delaney
Freeport
Ruth Dinger
Worden Rima
E. Holzer
A. L. Tyler
Merchants Band
Decorah City Park
Clara Griebel
Bowman
N. C
M. R. Griebel
James Glover
Antelope
Mont
Clem Stortz
Franklin Prairie
Ian Present
Wm. Malli
Hoisington
Kas
John Dinger
Jesse Limbeck
Ed. Matter
Grace
Catherine Stoskopf
Locust
Sam Stoskopf
Canoe Township
Caroline Gross
John Stoskopf
Miss Anna
Wm. Malls
Anna
Plymouth Rock Social Roundup at Cresco and Decorah
Miss Anna Myers visits Cresco while Stella Monsen and Gladys Ellingson spend time with local families. Mrs. Julius Hanson and Mrs. Craigen visit friends, with multiple calls at Ole Monsen and Ellingson households. Nellie Pollitt heads to Minneapolis for an open stay. Agnes Henderson, Emma Ellingson, Ida Henderson, and Grace Anderson appear in local visit patterns across Decorah and Kendallville.
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Anna Myers
Cresco
A. Monsen
Julius Hanson
Stella Monsen
Monsen
Olson
Ole Monsen
Gladys Ellingson
Chas. Rhines
Grandma Ellingson
Kendallville
Agnes Henderson
Decorah
Nellie Pollitt
Minneapolis
Emma Ellingson
Arthur Anderson
Andrew Bijerke
Ida Henderson
Steen Henderson
Grace
Ole Ellingson
Craigen
Lillie
Steenson
Bluffton Social Notes from Sunday Visits and Illness
Ralph Taylor spent Sunday in Bluffton. Dad Halse visited the John Halse home. Edith Bergmann was on the sick list last Thursday. Sven Siber and daughter Devila visit Bonair. Frank Fredenburg and mother called at John Halse's Sunday afternoon. Jim Headington of Burr Oak passed through town with apples one day last.
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Dad Halse
John Halse
Edith Bergmann
Sven Siber
Devila
Bonair
Frank Fredenburg
Jim Headington
Burr Oak
Local Town Ledger Notes Community Newspaper Snippets
Edith Walters shopped in town last Wednesday and Will Cameron and wife also visited Bluffton. Several people were on the sick list or traveling, including Leigh and Raymond Halse and Andrew Johnson from Illinois to Dakota. Pool hall owner Joe Kinney opened on Wall Street, and various locals visited relatives or attended Sunday school. The piece ends with a political plug for the Republican.
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Edith Walters
Wall Taylor
Gordon Baker's
Leigh
Raymond Halse
Will Cameron
Bluffton
Elzea
Alice Jackson
John Halse
Joe Kinney
Wall Street
Joe
Claude Headington
Burr Oak
John Green
Andrew ‘Johnson
Ilinois
Dakota
Harrison Sheley
Archie Ward
Walter McCauley
Zeb Emery
Janie Halse
Martha Cameron
Candace Dinger
C. W. Brittendahl
Tom Murdock
Canton
Galusha Heath
R. Dinger
Spring Valley
Allen's Cough Promotion Endorses Duty to Self
Historical ad asserts duty to self by taking Allen's Cough for deep seated coughs or colds. Claims quick, permanent relief and safety. Promotes 25¢, 50¢ and $1.00 bottle prices at dealers. Includes a quotation attributed to Alexander Dumas about duty.
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Alexander Dumas
Allen
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