Death of Des St. Stafford at West Union home
Des St. Stafford dies Thursday afternoon at his son's home in West Union. Funeral services were held Saturday with Rev. Gammons officiating, attended by many old settlers and friends. Stafford, born in Palmyra New York in August 1709, would have been ninety seven next birthday. He married Susant A. Smith in 1998. three children survived, D.C. the only survivor. He moved to West Union in 1881, practiced his profession, and partnered with his brother David Stafford in the Stafford House later known as the West Union House. He was a good citizen, father, and neighbor, embodying pioneer endurance.
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West Union
Des St. Stafford
Gammons
Decon
J. WL. Stafford
Palmyra
New York
Susant A. Smith
D.C
Fayette County
Lestas
Cultivation Of Corn Affects Yields Varied Benefits
Farmers debate how often to cultivate corn as conditions shift season to season. Experiments show yields rise with certain frequencies but fall when overworked. In wet years frequent cultivation harms the soil while in dry years it helps retain moisture. No universal rule. local judgment needed.
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Raitgay
Prohibition and Dems Align in Town Platform Debate
Column notes a Waterloo incident where Mrs Sutherland falls with a tub of water, a reference to a local prohibition convention adopting a pac form for silver. It reports on a shared platform between Democrats and prohibitionists in Town and discusses bicycle safety and industry shifts in Chicago, including new freight-rate petitions to western lines. It mentions families in Fayatte and the McCoul lineage, and rider posture improvements lauded by Pioneer Press.
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Chicago
Western Lines
Express
Kansas City
St. Paul
Rail and convention travel fares listed for Dubuque and nationwide
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Upworth League
Town
Democrate State Convention
Dunkardy
Otten
Kansas
St. Louis
Northwestern Iowa Veteran Association
Correctionville
Iowa
Chautauqua Assembly
Waterloo
National Education
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Christian Endeaxorera
Baptist
Dunkards
Grand Army Boys
Chautaugoungy School
Alinota Central Railroad
Manchester
Iowa
J.B, Merry
AGPA
LOBR
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Italy
Mig. W. F Peek
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Charles Aldrich
Mary J. Reid
Kansan Rancliffe
J. Albert Smith
William Henry Harrison
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