Quaker Meal Offered At Lower Price
The Weibel Mill Co advertises Quaker Meal at 3.25 per bag as a cheaper alternative to 3.50 or more for Pig and Hog Meal. It notes stock of construction paper, Daisy Molasses Dairy Feed 39.00 per ton, and mentions remaining quota of a 60 ton contract with Quaker Oats. Also reports a close Elgin-Farmersburg basketball game with late Farmersburg lead and Elgin’s shooting near the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weibel Mit
Daisy Molasses
Quaker Oats Company
Welbel Mill Co
Elgin-Farmersburg
Elgin
Farmersburg
Local notes on marriages, banks, milk safety and town events
Polk county judges and hasty marriages are cited as a divorce factor while banks consolidate in Fredericksburg. Iowa milk inspection expands with town tests for cleanliness and tuberculin cattle checks. Wadena news records visits, medical updates, a Christmas tree, and a busy social calendar with multiple city and rural figures attending events and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Polk County
Iowa
R. G. Clark
Dairy and Food Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Marshalltown
Monarchs Perquisites Pine Trees In Colonial Navy Roasts
The British reserved certain pine trees in the American colonies as roasts for naval use. The trees were marked while standing and could only be eaten by the government, not by landowners or others.
None provided historical quip in Ohio State Journal
The note recalls a cheerful remark about Hercules cleaning the Augean stables. It suggests a humorous comparison to a chicken house, reflecting lighthearted tone from an old Ohio State Journal snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bercules
Ohio State Journal
Height of Durability Paper Promise of Weekly Pay
A quirky note from Wor a's Home Companion touts a durable paper contract promising two dollars weekly for one hundred forty four weeks, asserting reliability and longevity of the paper as a bound obligation.
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Wora
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Harold Kimball
Lillian Frieden
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Ted Hanson
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Alex Mackey
Fayette Leader
J. F. Berndt
J. M. Dickman
Fayette
Molloy
Independence Bulletin-Journal
First State Bank
First National Bank
Fredericksburg
M. V. Kiple
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Clem Schmid
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Ed Schmid
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H. E. Broughton
Fred Minger
George Jennings
J. M. Jennings
Volga
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Robert
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la Fonds
Sam Gell
Frank. Borwig
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Edith Gell
Lyle Jones
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Dave Jellings
Myrtle Greathesd
Leona Voshell
Glen Hall
Bertha Hofer
Evanston
Illinois
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Ames
Weibel Mill Co
James Conner
Rock Rapita
Clermont
Constance’ Hutchinson
Chicago
Mrs. L
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Mabel
Ruby Olson
Cheiatmas
Ole J. Olson
Margaret Young
Dame
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T. J. Capper
Fred Gehring
Chas. Gehring
Will Wilson
Havel Gehring
Frank Capper
Chas Capper
J., J. Potter
Walter Nydegger
Manly
Ini Ene
Pheonix
Ariz
Williams
Walt
Edividend Printing
Peicessewe
Elgin Opera House
Theough
Nate Pint Mony
Ing
Sheothing
Nancy Rogers Carroll
Paramount Picture
Sherlock Holmes
Black
George Bancroft
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Mnenge
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