Rural Route Revisions and Local Notices in Maquoketa
Detailed list of rearranged Rural Routes Nos 2 and 3 with mileages and turnings through Maquoketa including sections, townships, church and cemetery markers, and city limits. Also notes an insurance plan by Mutual Guaranty Association and a patron notice from StoryR the jeweler announcing recovery and return to watch, clock and jewelry bench services.
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Everett B. Burtion
P. O
City Limite
Apostolic Church
Highland
Probert Corner
Bu Eat
Duff Corner
Tion
Yearous Corner
Mackellar
Kaudtsen Corner
Apostolic Cemetery Corner
Sédtion
City Limita
Videe
Elgin Post Office
Maquoketa
Mutual Guaranty Association
Storyr
The Land Price and the Home Market in Iowa
Discussion explains land value rising with the railroad and home market growth. It argues farmers and merchants must cooperate to strengthen communities, keep spending local, and resist buying from catalogue houses to protect roads, schools, and local prosperity. It cites Iowa towns losing value when trade moves away and calls for collective effort.
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McGregor
Iowa
Elgin
Grand Old State
Winter of 25 Years Ago Paralyzed Iowa Towns
The 1880 Iowa winter began in October with a heavy storm on the 14th and snow through spring. Corn rotted, fields packed with feedless stock, trains blocked, fuel and goods scarce, stores closed many days, and farmers lost markets. A final April windup delayed mail for 11 days. the season ended with a late harvest and a booming following summer. Comparisons note 1868 69 as similar. administrator notices and local ads appear amid the fragment.
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Manson Journal
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Manson
Sale Dates Proclaimed by James B Boyle
James B Boyle announces sale dates on Wednesday November 29. The message weighs a Victorian mood, invoking Shakespeare to warn that many so called friends vanish in misfortune, leaving the speaker to face loss alone as the woodbine withers.
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James B. Boyle
Shakespeare
William
Woodbine
Six Year Old Dummermoth Girl Fatally Burned
The six year old Emma Dummermoth of a farm west of the city died from severe burns after her clothes caught fire while she tried to light a cook stove. Her two young brothers witnessed the incident, and family members rushed to aid, but the child could not be saved.
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Chris Dummermoth
Emma
Chris Dummermuth
Death of John Patterson in Wagner township funeral set
John Patterson a highly respected citizen died Wednesday November 22 1905 at 11 am at his daughter Mrs Chan Feller home in Wagner township. Funeral services are planned for Friday at 2 pm at the Patterson homestead. Rev J E Wagner delivers sermons at the M E church this week and revival services continue to attract interest. Mrs Elizabeth Nicklaus and Miss Tena Nelson returned from Freeport Illinois visiting relatives. Miss Nelson also visited Beloit Wisconsin.
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John Patterson
Chan, Feller
Wagner Township
Patterson
Patterson Homestead
The
Echo
J. E. Wagner
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Miles
Sec
Ric City Limited
Gor
Hoyer Corner
Brause Corner
Bishop Cor
Stirks Corner
Hans Rolf Corner
Crandall Corner
Arnold Bauman
Valley Stock Farm
Bell Creek
Hunsberger Ex
Berg
Mar
Bchiider
Clayton County
Wenger
F. W. Hughes
Curtis Publishing Company
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies’ Home Journal
Auac
Howser
C. L. Freiburghaus
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