County Correspondence Social News Notes Illness and Visits
Mrs Murphy is seriously ill. Her sister and niece from Ottumwa visit her. Ethel Greeson and Lucile Anderson attend Chautauqua and stay with Mrs John Bell. Irene Davidson visits cousin Alice Davidson of Belknap. Mr and Mrs Albert Armstrong entertain Mrs Armstrongs mother Mrs Woolett and friends from Galesburg Illinois. Mabel Dubois hosts the Misses Bailey of Davenport during Chautauqua. Mr and Mrs Ed Neiswanger and daughters attend Chautauqua Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Ed Hamilton visit Mr and Mrs John Bell Saturday. Mary E Davidson visits daughter Mrs Louis Brown.
Local Social Notes From Libertyville Area Gatherings
A roundup of residents and guests includes Libertyville and Burlington visitors, travels to Kansas City for auto school, camping trips to Muscatine, trips to Minneapolis and Missouri, and a near-accident near a Birmingham bank. Wedding plans announced for Fry and Elsie Stewart.
Linby Local Notes on Visits and Moves
Linby and nearby areas record social visits and relocations as residents travel to Ottumwa Packwood Farson and Libertyville. Notables include Marion McVey of Wayland and Nettie Johnson moving to Packwood, plus Gambell Braden Edwards Linder and Brown families making home or business changes.
Local News Briefs from Middletown and Area
Clarence Hickenbottom attends Chautauqua in Middletown Iowa. Mrs J R Nelson returns from two weeks at H A Swanson home. Mrs Joseph Hickenbottom visits relatives in Salina. Many residents attend Mt Pleasant fair last week. Arvid Nelson of Galesburg Illinois called on friends Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hickenbottom
Middletown
Iowa
J. R. Nelson
H. A. Swanson
Joseph Hickenbottom
Salina
Mt. Pleasant Fair
Arvid Nelson
Galesburg
III
Friends
Local Abingdon Notes On Farming Visits and Community News
Abingdon hosts visitors Wm Linder and wife from Libertyville with relatives. Farmers harvest second weed crop. Vern Bradfield unveils a new hay and straw baler run by a gasoline engine. Several residents thresh in the area this week. Gala Cox of Farson visits her sister Mrs Otto Steele. Mrs H A Whittington of Comentine shops in Abingdon. John Larmore of North Stringtown will teach at Devil's Lake No 2 in September. P L Darling and family of Batavia visit with Miss Sears of Brookville. John Baker and family stay with Frank Baker in Des Moines. Less Raney and Ben Peters haul sand from Lindy. John Hofhauser visits Ottumwa. Mr and Mrs Robert Gill visit at parental home near Packwood. Glen Myers attends Chautauqua in Fairfield. Tom and Wm Clark, Ray Nelson, and Frank Mowery fish on Skunk River. Dr Bateman of Fairfield conducts business in Abingdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Linder
Libertyville
Vern Bradfield
Richardson & Hutton
Wavesvile
Peebler
Batavia
J. A. Vanney
Farson
Ryan Snider
Gala Cox
Otto Steele
H. A. Whittington
Competine
Abingdon
John Larmore
North Stringtown
Devil’s Lake School
P. L. Darling
Miss Sears
Brookville
Des Moines
Less Raney
Ben Peters
Lindy
John Hofhauser
Ottumwa
Robert Gill
Packwood
Glen Myers
Fairfield
Tom
Wm. Clark
Ray Nelson
Frank Mowery
Skunk River
Dr. Bateman
Local Notes Highlight Visitors and Visits Across Packwood
Packwood notes state Mrs. O B Myers visited friends in Hedrick and Ottumwa last week. Mrs. Shafer of Marshalltown stayed with friends. Grace Moorman and Anis Jackson visited area homes. Carl Peters is improving. Mrs. Eckley of Pekin visited with her daughter south of town. Martha Webb attended a Hedrick tent meeting and joined the Christian church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Myers
Hedrick
Ottumwa
O. F. Steiglader
Martha Webb
Christian Church
M. E
Dr. Shafer
Marshalltown
Iowa
Grace Moorman
Alice Weller
Anis Jackson
Steward Visiters
Carl Peters
Clara Eckley
Pekin
Jessie Klingerman
Local and Nearby Notables Visit and a Death in August
Mrs S A Jones travels to Weeping Water for her daughter illness. Homer Briton visits Des Moines. Grace Dunbar attends Chautauqua in Washington. Mrs Mary Chambers of Ainsworth visits relatives. Mary Pool at Fairfield for Chautauqua. Henry Moore from Old Soldiers Home visits sister Mrs Spohn. Will McIntire visits friends near Burlington. W C Isreal and wife from Des Moines visit. Maud Brinton heads to Cedar Rapids for National YW conference at Lake Geneva for ten days. Mr and Mrs Steve Woods depart for Montana for three to four weeks. Dorothy Bridwell visits Newport relatives. Elizabeth Neal dies at son John Neal’s home at 87 years 10 months 8 days. funeral Friday by Rev Pool. J A Johnson of Ft Wayne visits Mrs Mattie Johnson. they haven’t seen each other in 35 years. Mrs John Brier and Miss Goldie ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Jones
Homer Briton
Des Moines
Grace Dunbar
Washington
Mary Chambers
Ainsworth
Mary Pool
Fairfield
Henry Moore
Old Soldiers Home
Spohn
Will McIntire
Burlington
W. C. Isreal
Maud Brinton
Cedar Rapids
Y. W
Lake Geneva
Steve Woods
Montana
Dorothy Bridwell
Newport
Elizabeth Neal
John Neal
Mr. Pool
Methodist Church
J. A. Johnson
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Mattie Johnson
John Brier
Goldie
Brighton Booster Day Brings Dry Roads and Music
The community hosted its third annual Booster Day on Wednesday August 14 with renewed roads after rain the day before. A parade band provided steady music while locals visited relatives from Kansas City to Washington and Olds to Independence.
Keosauqua Woman Dies In Coal Oil Explosion
Keosauqua August 15 Mrs. Fred Rigsby perished from severe burns after pouring coal oil from a two gallon can on a fire to start it. The can exploded, clothes caught fire, and her husband wrapped her in a blanket. Neighbors and Dr. Craig aided. she left behind a four year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keosauqua
Fred Rigsby
Craig
Rigsby
John Kerr
Bonaparte
Alleged Diamond Thief Held in Iowa
Chester Roach alias Cockney Roach, wanted for stealing a diamond worth over two thousand dollars from a Pittsburgh hotel toilet room, was detained in Washington Iowa. Extradition papers were signed by Gov. Carroll as officers prepared to return him to Pittsburgh for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburgh
Chester Roach
Cockney Roach
Roach
B. F. Carroll
Reformed Convict Resigns Over Blackmail Demands
Philadelphia editor reports Councilman William Burke resigning saying a former inmate known as Benjamin H. Tripp extorted money for silence. Burke detailed a crime career in New York and Boston, ending in Massachusetts prison before his release and return to honesty until the coercion drained his funds and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Burke
Burke
Benjamin H. Tripp
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
Stock farmers suffer losses in Iowa storms
Des Moines reports say farmers in western and southwestern Iowa endured heavy losses from severe rain wind and electrical storms this week. Lightning killed three horses on Max Lappe's Glidden area farm. many other stock losses and corn fields ruined by the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Max Lappe
Glidden
Booming for Better Roads
The piece argues good roads boost farmer profits and land values and uplift morals and education. It links road quality to market access for farmers and to the prosperity of communities, urging paving as essential for all economic groups and citizens.
Insect Pests Threaten U S Agriculture Warned at Wisconsin
Edward A. Seaton of Minot warned at the University of Wisconsin commencement that costly pests and diseases from foreign lands threaten U S agriculture. He urged strict federal quarantine to exclude diseased plants and domestic quarantine to limit spread locally, noting a 20 percent crop loss and $1,000,000,000 annual debt from pests and foreign origins. He cited San Jose scale, codlin moth, Hessian fly, and even the common house fly as examples. He contrasted U S quarantine with Turkey and Germany restricting imports of American nursery stock and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Jose
China
Edward A. Seaton
Minot
N. D
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Seaton
Mr. Seaton
Turkey
Germany
Farmers Build Road Bee In Washington County Kansas
A rural road building effort near Palmer and Linn Kansas drew 250 participants including A R Losh assistant state highway engineer from Kansas Agricultural College. The mile was graded thirty feet wide with proper drainage and slopes to prevent cave ins while 150 men toiled all day with six graders and traction engines. Leaders included W E B Wilson S H Hamilton H W Sterns Henry Meierkord J A Clark and Henry Palmer. The motor club later capped payments at 12 50 per mile halting work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Kan
Palmer
Linn
A. R. Losh
Kansas Agricultural College
Losh
W. E B. Wilson
Washington
S. H. Hamilton
Clifton
H. W. Sterns
Henry Meierkord
J. A. Clark
Henry Palmer
Kansas
Motor Club
Wart Disease of the Potato Reaches Newfoundland
A United States Agriculture Department bulletin warns that potato wart disease has not yet reached the U S but has been introduced into Newfoundland from Europe. Fungicides proved ineffective in England trials. rotation and strict eradication are advised including burning infected tubers and eight years without planting on contaminated fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Newfoundland
Europe
England
America
Farmers Face The Fate Of Specialization
Quotations reflect on how some farmers are born as specialists, others forced into niches, and some escape specialization yet suffer long term disadvantages according to a National Stockman and Farmer remark.
Move Toward Chicago Milwaukee Highway Gains Backing
A nationwide push for better highways gains momentum in the middle west with a planned Chicago to Milwaukee link. Charles T. Jeffery on behalf of the Thomas B. Jeffery company donates 3000 dollars toward a 6000 dollar road fund in Kenosha County Wisconsin. The project aims to connect Wisconsin hills and lakes to Illinois prairies and reach the Mississippi at St Louis. Jeffery says the firm supports good roads for local use and broader demand for road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Milwaukee
Whenosha County
Wis
Made From Buggy Spring Garden Hoe
A reader's Home and Farm tip describes crafting a garden hoe from an old buggy spring. By drilling out the center, shaping a shank, and riveted to a handle, the improvised blade digs deeply and cultivates effectively, urging reuse of discarded springs.
Rosalia Chamber Drives Macadam Project Into Ida County
Rosalia Washington chamber of commerce pursues road improvement by macadamizing approaches to the city. A committee including F J Witner BE BE Flood and M Meall will seek farmer cooperation along the northern stretch beyond Rosalia city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalia
Wash
Oiled Roads Begin Sprinkling Work in Port Jervis
Commissioner of Streets and Sewers Durfey starts oiling Port Jervis streets to dust away dirt. A sprinkler lays oil, then crushed stone screenings are spread. A steam road roller compacts the surface to a smooth finished appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durfey
Port Jervis
N. Y
Forcing Crops by Electricity Idea Promoted
A British immigrant to Canada proposes heating soil with underground electric wires spaced five feet apart one foot under the surface. He estimates twenty five miles of wire to cover twenty acres. The plan aims to mimic continuous sun shine within a controlled glass house system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Scientific American
Graduates Return to Farms Promise Profitable Holdings
Secretary James Wilson of the United States Department of Agriculture notes the trend of whole classes from agricultural colleges returning to farms with skills to improve profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Two Sides of the Story on Melon Market
Growers complain that shipping season woes left them turning melons over to distributors. Distributors urge proactive selling by visiting trade partners and offering melons at a reasonable price to stimulate demand.
Animal Talk on Water and Hoof Care for Livestock
The article stresses clean drinking water for sheep and regular hoof inspections for unshod colts to prevent uneven growth. It cautions beginners against feeding brood sows excessive corn, noting corn is good in moderation but harmful in large amounts.
Weather Summary for Des Moines Iowa Week Ending August 18 1912
Showery week with near normal temperatures ends warmer. Heavy rainfall across western two thirds of Iowa especially Missouri slope with 3 to 4 inches in many stations. Threshing slow, some grain damaged by wet weather. Corn fair growth, moisture adequate in west for mature crop. Potatoes promising. Telegraph reports show 4 to 5 inches in Dubuque and Waterloo areas. George M Chappel, Section Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Dubuque
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
George M. Chappel
Railroads decline reduced rates for state fair
Des Moines Iowa August 17 railroads refuse to offer two cent a mile excursion rates for the state fair this year after discussions with railroad commissioners. A. R. Corey secretary of the state board of agriculture says it is virtually certain no reduced fares will be available despite railroad talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
State Board of Agriculture
State House
Mr. Corey
Hints That Help Housewives From A Vintage Column
Handy kitchen and laundry tips for homemakers. How to soften kid gloves with a damp towel, remove linen scorch marks with onion juice, air woolens to prevent shrinking, keep glassware safe by placing hot fruit on a wet cloth, and prevent milk curdling with a pinch of soda.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clarence Linder
Floyd Frye
Kansas City
O. W. Nilander
Victor Anderson
Grant Johnson
Clifford Davis
Muscatine
W. P. Ferrell
Mt. Pleasant
W. D. Wilson
Geo. Rollett
Dorothy
Minneapolis
Harlie Thompson
Howard Ferrel
Dakota Harvest Fields
John Glotfelty
Sam Riniker
Clyde Morley
Will Raines
Frank Beattie
Table Grove
Loren Foster
Foster
Grace Weir
Gladys McCleary
Richland
Phoebe Tedrow
Eldon
Robert Hart
Blakesburg
LINBY
Marion McVey
Wayland
Lulu Brown
Harrison
Nettie Johnson
John Weber
R. Herman
Mary Brown
Hintz
C. W. Edwards
Gaither Whittington
F. R. Gambell
L. V. Brown
John Steele
Ray Nelson and
Nelson
Messrs. Hammersley
Mull
Davis
Horace Linder
Parsonsville
Brighton
Emma Bailey
Irene
Walter Brim
Gene Kisor
Kisor
Wanerns
Rose Rathmel
Eliza Whisler
Bloomfield
Jim
Walter
Noah Edwards
Nebraska
J. W. Swisher
Frank Ingham
Merdith
R. J. Armstrong
Miss Rhua
C. L. Armstrong
Oecelwein
Retta Caviness
Pleasant Plain
S. M. Brinton
Shepherd
Olds
John Porter
Independence
Wes
Kansas Farmers
Animal Talk
George W. Unkrich
East Side Square
Weather and Crop Bulletin
F. D. Kerrick & Co
F. D. Kerrick
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