Auction Sale Dates Across Iowa Nests Livestock and More
A list of upcoming sale dates across Iowa items include 42 head Duroc sows at Holbrook on February 10 9 miles northeast Fairfield sale with 6 horses and mules 24 cattle 18 sheep 45 hogs 15 dozen chickens grain hay machinery and more February 13 Milo Reno and Glen Bowles near Agency 15 mules and horses 20 milk cows 18 pigs hay grain furniture etc February 14 Carlson sale near Birmingham Fairfield area 98 head livestock 8 horses 89 cattle 51 hogs implements etc February 15 Peebler near Libertyville 4 horses 10 dead cattle farm implements etc February 15 Witkoski near Fairfield 8 horses 36 cattle 3 hogs implements grain household goods etc February 15 Holgate near Batavia 4 horses 4 cattle 21 ewes 3 dozen chickens implements etc February 16 Root Beckwith 5 horses 7 cattle 6 sheep corn hay oats implements farm of 86 acres private sale February 16 Ehrhardt Fairfield area 25 Poland China sows and gifts See ad February 17 Jefferson County Spotted Poland China Breeders Assn 45 head Fairfield 1 30 pm February 18 Gearhart & Son Libertyville 50 Shropshire ewes February 22 Dalmer Lockridge 30 Aberdeen Angus cattle See ad Ladies Auxiliary For American Legion organized in city meeting next Wednesday for membership information and call contacts"}
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Courtney & Hootman
Fairfield
Milo Reno
Glen Bowles
Agency
R. L
H. H. Carlson
Birmingham
Roman T. Witkoski
Raymond Holgate
Batavia
Poland
China
D. M. Root
Early Union District School History and Pioneer Life
The article recounts the Union district’s early schooling and community life. It notes William Coop as the county’s first white child born in 1836, David Coop’s death in 1837, and Colonel Coop’s burial ground. It details multiple teachers, schools, and incidents, plus Indian neighbors shaping pioneer culture.
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Rasepar
John Heaton
Tower Net Mall
Wiliam Coop
David Coop
William
Colonel Coop
David
Bollinger
Frederic Lyons
Jefferson County
Frank Erickson
Miles
Glasgow
Williams Taylor
Chester Hickenbottom
Lockridge
Adaline Hickenbottom
Parsonsville
Charles
Elijah
Ellis
John Ellis
Salina
Almira Green Steele
Riverside
George Heaton
Second Iowa Infantry
Peter Rizer
Old Settlers Park
J. W. Hayden
Edward Heaton
Co. G, Thirtieth Infantry
Edwin Kerr
Heaton
Fanny Green Daviness
Brunson Cox
Wayne County
Kerr
Hiram Heaton
George White
Montana
Hays White
Congress
Ira White
Kansas
James Green
Jane Hudgell
Fairfield
John McNamara
Samantha McCormick Clapp
William Coop
Eli Kirk
J. R. Parsons
Rodham Bonnifield
Virginia
Parsons
Thomas Clover
Andersonville
Michael Dam
Tea consumption tops 100 million pounds yearly in U S
The United States consumes more than 100 million pounds of tea annually, reflecting strong demand across households and markets. Tea sales support major producers, retailers, and distributors nationwide, underscoring the beverage’s integral role in American daily life.
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United States
Tax plan for soldier bonus eyed by Ways and Means
Washington a tentative $350 million yearly special tax base was outlined by the house ways and means committee to fund the cash feature of the proposed soldier bonus over two and a half years starting January 1 1923. A Fordney led subcommittee will study sources and potential tax designs while options vary among 1 cent per gallon gasoline or stock and bond transfers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Fordney
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Green
Iowa
Missionary work in Cameroun and New stations planned
Mrs Myrtle K McCleary describes the closing of a mission season in Cameroun with 40 adults and 11 children housed in five cottages. A five‑acre hospital grant near a waterfall is funded, plus a new Yuanda station site. Officials include Allegra of Paris Missionary Society and Cameroun’s colonial governor.
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Allegra
Paris Missionary Society
Cameroun
M. D
Efulan
Halsey Memorial
Yuanda
Spanish Guinea
Benito
America
Early cemetery planning and community lore from Union district
Hiram Heaton led ground allotments with a grapevine width and lot lengths, creating a planned cemetery with numbered plots and shrubbery. he charged for plants and upheld beautification despite local opposition. The Union schoolhouse hosted Methodist and Baptist meetings before Parsonville church built in 1874.
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Hiram Heaton
Heaton
Citizens Find Gruesome Notes On Front Doors
Four Fairfield residents were targeted with red ink notes reading mend your evil ways. Sparrows impaled on nails through doors accompanied the messages. Recipients included three local lawyers R. Smith W. S. Allen and R. C. Leggett. Chas F Ball also listed. Police consider it a prank by youths and probe the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
R. Smith
W. S. Allen
R. C. Leggett
Chas. F. Ball
State University to Celebrate Diamond Jubilee
State University marks its seventy fifth anniversary with a Feb 25 celebration at the campus. Classes will be dismissed for a mass meeting and pageant led by Prof. Mabie. A national speaker will deliver the keynote, with dinners and reunions planned. The event recalls the 1847 founding and early history of the Iowa state university.
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The
State University
Edward C. Mabie
Iowa State University
General Assembly
Congress of the United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Iowa
Iowa City
Amos Dean
Albany Law School
Lusitania Medal in Possession of Young Iowa Lady
A rare Lusitania medal, one of a German series celebrating the ship’s sinking, is likely the only such piece shown in eastern Iowa. It is owned by Miss Lillian Lingwood of London, a guest in a Cedar Rapids home. One side depicts Death as a ticket agent and the other shows the wrecked liner. the sinking date is stamped on the medal.
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Iowa
Lillian Lingwood
London
Cedar Rapids
United States
Union County Farm Bureau Calls For Tax Relief
Union County Farm Bureau leaders condemn federal and state road spending and urge the county board to halt work, cut expenses, and reduce taxes which they call confiscatory. They accuse officials of ignoring taxpayers who fund road construction for cross state traffic.
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Union County Farm Bureau
State Highway Commission
Farm Bureau
Two Mt. Pleasant Concerns Enter Bankruptcy Court
The Mt. Pleasant Canning company and Loveland Stock Farms are in bankruptcy court now. Liabilities run about $500000 with creditors potentially recovering around forty percent as suits increase.
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Mt. Pleasant Canning Company
Loveland Stock Farms
Decatur County Taxpayers League Forms in Leon Meeting
At a well attended taxpayers meeting in Leon Iowa on February 8 a resolution by U S McCaul formed a Decatur County Taxpayers league. A permanent committee was named to investigate conditions, approach county officials and report back at league meetings.
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Leon
U. S. McCaul
Decatur County Taxpayers League
League
Iowa Net Federal Road Aid Returns Three Fifty Per Dollar
Iowa paid 804 422 into the federal aid fund for road building in the year ending July 1 1920 and received 2 881 328 back for use on state roads. The report from the state highway commission states for every one dollar of Iowa’s money put in the federal fund the state got 3 50 in return.
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Iowa
Federal Aid Fund
State Highway Commission
Web Iowa Senate Race Heats Up With New Candidates
Des Moines reports a tangle of supporters as Senator D C Chase of Webster City enters to succeed Senator Kenny. Labor groups back Chase while farmer organizations line up for E H Cunningham. Governor Kendall weighs Dickinson and Pickett options amid a flood of visitors to the governor’s office.
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Des Moines
D. C. Chase
Webster City
Kenyon
Chase
Farm Bureau
E. H. Cunningham
Kendall
Cunningham
Dickinson
Iowa
J. H. Allen
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Pickett
Charles E. Pickett
Waterloo
State House
Labor Organization No. 177
Gay
J. C. Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
Hammill
Lewis
Hamilton County
W. S. Weston
G. D. Thompson
F. J. Lund
Rube McFerren
J. M. Blake
E. P. Prince
J. D. Burnsted
A. J. Peterson
W. J. Zitterell
Sidney Cottington
Stanhope
Farmers Grain Dealers’ Associations
Farmers Union
Sec
Houses for Sale Fairfield West Part Four Rooms
New house with two lots in Fairfield west part offering four rooms at $2,000. Modern four block square house priced at $4,000. Options include $100 down with balance like rent or a building loan plan.
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Fairfield
Iowa Defeats Colorado as Honey Story Persists
The article praises Iowa honey production noting the Arkansas Valley Colorado sample praised as best. It discusses how climate affects plants for honey with alfalfa failing east of the Missouri River while clover from Iowa is hailed as superior. It emphasizes Iowa's clover honey prominence.
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Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Missouri River
South
Iowa
Iowa Picnic At Les Announcements Set For February Day
An annual Iowa picnic in Los Les California is planned in Lincoln Park on Wednesday February 22 with rain forecast. National commander of the American Legion Herbert Hoows ver and former Iowans have been invited to attend on February 25.
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Iowa
Losles
Cal
Lincoln Park
Ford
MacNider
National Comander
American Legion
Herbert Hoowsver
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Charles F. Smith
Reed
C. D
Care Tribune
Frank E. Lyons
Libertyville
Beckwith
Root Bros
Frank Gardner
Richland
John H. Coffin
Ohio
Levi Rittenhouse
East Low Phone
Will Farrow
M. B. Humphrey
Lick Creek Coal
J. W. Tweedy
J. G. Maasdam
Col
al Reid
F. A. Bower
J.G Donohoe
W. J. Hanson
Holbrook
Duroc
Ellis H. Peebler
W. C. Ehrhardt
Gilbert’s
W. W. Gearhart & Son
F. S. Dalmer
Aberdeen Angus
Legion
W. C. Smith
L. D. James
George Young
Fairfield m
Myrtle K. McCleary
Sua
Saverie E. McCleary
Union County
MT. Pleasant
Decatur County
Federal Road Fund
Labor
D. G Chase
Allen
Kenyon Toga
Russell Smith
John Auckland the
Honey Man
E. Adams St
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