Dan Wilkes trotting horse and racing ties to notable stock
Dan Wilkes a road horse standing 15.3 hands and weighing 1250 pounds shows a 2:40 gait with strong trotting bloodlines through Garnet Wilkes on both sides. Kittie Wilkes is a full sister at 2:13 in her second year. a 1906 Jefferson County Fair column notes a colt from Dan Wilkes winning first premium. Insurance terms and phone contact T-492 accompany the notice. Florence Todd discusses truancy and gymnasiums. Florence Nightingale receives the Order of Merit from King Edward, the highest honor for a woman, highlighting nursing and suffrage support.
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Z. W
Ganzoo
Gambetta Wilkes
Ilion
Herod
Maude
Firefly
South Third Street
A.C. Wisecarver
Dan Wilkes
Kittie Wilkes
Jefferson County
Florence Todd
Florence Nightengale
Florence Nightingale
Miss Nightingale
Jumbo Nos 16925 27767 Pedigree Notice
Recorded in New Percheron and French Draft books. Pedigree on application.
Pioneer Rail Anchor Company Incorporation in Fairfield Iowa
Notice states The Pioneer Rail Anchor Company is incorporated with principal office in Fairfield Iowa. It will manufacture and sell rail anchors and related devices and may buy own mortgage or sell property while capital stock is 10000 dollars. Directors of four stockholders elected annually. Indebtedness capped at 6666.66 dollars. Signatories include William Louden E A Howard R B Louden and D T Kilfoy.
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Pioneer Rail Anchor Company
Fairfield
Iowa
Board of Directors
City to seek $100,000 for Perry Creek flood work
Creek, Sioux City, Iow a May 30. Following west side flood the city council will likely schedule a special election to approve an appropriation for straightening Perry creek. Plans call for a conduit along Center street from 18th to the Missouri river to replace five or six downtown pile bridges.
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Creek
Sioux City
Iowa
Perry Creek
Center Street
Eighteenth Street
Missouri River
The Pace and the Temptation of Wealth
A reflection on the relentless race to meet a wife’s tastes, warning that the speed required to keep up may destroy a man’s wellbeing and moral balance. The piece links consumer pressure to personal strain and social expectations.
Moonlit Moonlight Marriage Orbits Two Lovers
In a moonlit court Norrette defies a rival suitor as Jack abducts her to a silver moon wedding. The rival signals peril, but Jack breaks the spell and pursues a daring escape toward love with Norrette who finally accepts him with Aunt Mary approving and offering fruit on the roof.
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Norrette
Jack
Mary
Norette
Silver Moon
Norvette
Pointers for the Farmers on Practical Stock and Soil Care
Advice on alfalfa and clover, manure management, feeding efficiency, and farm machinery. Encourages fences, forage quality, dairy emphasis, publication reads, and timely farm planning to improve productivity and profits. Emphasizes open winter barns, stock monitoring, and prudent budgeting for feeds.
Man Killed by Lightning Near New Hampton
During a severe electrical storm near New Hampton Iowa Pat Brannon of a few miles west of town was struck by lightning and killed instantly as he touched a fence while repairing a broken harness. He leaves a wife and six brothers and no children.
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New Hampton
Pat Brannon
Brannon
Credit Rebound Strains A Man In Graze Incident
A credit related incident leaves a man injured after a rebound impact. Medical crews respond as authorities investigate the sequence of events surrounding the collision.
Dr A W Chase Kerve Pills Health Claim Ad
Supply ingredients for nervous energy and nervous disease cure. 50 cents a box from Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Testimonial from Miss T Martin of Troy Ohio cites recovery from nervous prostration after using Kerve Pills. Also sold at Thoma's Pharmacy Fairfield Iowa.
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Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
T. Martin
Sherman Avenue
Troy
Ohio
A. W. Chase
Thoma
Fairfield
Iowa
Salt as first aid for sudden lung hemorrhage
Tips advise taking dry salt at once before a doctor arrives to curb bleeding. A teaspoon may be taken gradually to avoid choking, while the patient remains quiet and avoids excitement in a cool room.
Shoestring Bag and Kitchen Tips for Cooks
A newspaper column offers a simple shoestring bag craft using a wooden frame and woven strings, then lined with silk. It also advises thorough washing of fruits and vegetables, especially spinach to remove worm larvae, plus tips to make maid quarters more pleasant and practical, and a method to keep children's shoe laces tied by dampening ends before tying.
English Breakfast Traditions and Serving Practices
The Fretish serve a tempting English breakfast with silver toast racks, hot muffins, and crisply cooked bacon. Steaks and chops are rare, and cold meat often appears. Eggs are a constant feature, boiled at the table using an alcohol lamp and served in individual egg cups.
Keeping Filberts Moist
A housekeeper preserves filberts by salting them in fall to keep kernels soft and full through spring, preventing dryness after cracking. Her method ensures nuts remain moist as the supply lasts into late spring.
Salad Dressing Instructions From Historic Recipe
A traditional dressing recipe combines three well beaten eggs with salt sugar and mustard then smooths in cornstarch dissolved in milk. Vinegar and butter are added and the mixture is thickened in a double boiler. It yields a large quantity and stores well in jars.
Lamb neck stew with tomatoes and corn
Parboil lamb neck or breast and cut in pieces. Simmer in cold water with onion, bacon, pepper and salt. Cook until bones release. Add canned tomatoes and corn with butter. Stir in stale bread crumbs before serving in a tureen.
Indict Real Estate Man in Sioux City
The federal grand jury returned indictments against five people. Publicly named is W. C. Smith of Sioux City head of Globe Realty charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. other cases allege postal law violations, including an indictment against a northwestern Iowa postmaster.
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Sioux City
Federal Grand Jury
W. C. Smith
Globe Realty Company
Towa
Mules Drawn Wedding Party Through Altoona Streets
Newly married couple from Altoona Pa prepared to depart for their honeymoon when friends unhitched their carriage and replaced it with a pair of mules. The sight drew crowds as the mule team hauled the couple toward the station.
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Altoona
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My Farm
Salina Road
Garnet Wilkes
Onward
Harold
Pilot Jr
Nettie T
Grey John
Grey Dick
Stonewall Jackson
Ola Layde
Darwin
Green
Bashaw
Fair Grounds
J. H. Richards
Libertyville
al. Lamme
Richards
McPherson Fairfield
McPherson Farm
William Louden
E. A. Howard
R. B. Louden
D. T. Kilfoy
Virginia M. Walker
Henry B. Lesher
John Stephenson
George Stephenson
Fred Loos
F. L. Lamansky
Tascageer
Boas
Mary Prevost
E. R. Smith
Walter Dealey
T. B. Newman
Rock Almira Gilbert
Mary Roth
Lawrence Noble
C. C. DeMarsh
Henn-Williams
Roti Ois
Lee
J. E. Roth
R. H. Stever
Parsons College
Eosehone
Hea
St Ance
Emley McCulley
M. J. Burns
Altha L. Burns
Centennial Addition
Solon Wilder
Harry P. Thorne
Henry Achenbach
East Lockridge
Geo. W. Phelps
Cora E. Phelps
Old Pag PaHel
Island Addition
W. C. Hildebrand
Chas. C
Centennial
Old Plat
United States
DR. Swallenbergh
Parify
Inis
Hay
Shaliente
Riis Hospital
Bright
Busines
W. E. Shallenberger
Oakwood Blvd
Chicago
VIA
Colorado
America
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Glenwood Springs
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Victory
Vancouver
Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Spring
Michigan
Canada
Lawrence River
Adirondack Mts
New England
New York CY
Boston
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hot Springs
S. D
St. Paul
Minneapol
Big Horn Basin
Clem Deaver
Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Big Horn Base
Wyo
Yellowstone Valley
Mont
P. E. Hefli
Agent C
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