Jamaica and Panama Banana Trade Reality Reflects Risk
The piece contrasts tropical banana farming with northern assumptions, noting climate limits, land scams, and rail access issues. It surveys Jamaica’s diverse crops, labor habits, and a vivid portrait of women bearing loads to markets, and describes Colon’s early canal-era enterprise and American-influenced city lighting.
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Jamaica
Costa Rica
United Fruit Company
Tropics
Caribbean
Panama
Colon
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Wen
New York
Gatum
Sudden Death and Obituary Tales in Two Cities
The article reports the sudden death of Mrs. Jeppe Skow at her home east of Graettinger from pneumonia, with details of her Danish heritage, family, church work, and funeral. It also covers Valley Center Principal Professor Carson suffering a stroke during a graduation program, his rapid collapse, and community reactions while he had led four years as principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeppe
South Walnut
Bartte Gile
Pete Petersen
Chris Henningsen
Jorgen Peterson
Hang Westergard
Lewis Paulson
Karoline Skow
Groenebeck
Nord Schlesvig
Denmark
America
Palo Alto County
Jeppe Jensen Skow
Jens
Hom
Graettinger
Anna
Chrestina
Julius
Cornelius
Alfred
Fenton
Marie Skow
Jesus Christ
Valley Center
Carson
Kansas
Wichite High School
Death of Professor J. B. Carson in Wichita
The J A Spies and Preston Fahnestock families mourn a brother in law who died in Wichita Sunday. The Wichita Beacon reports Professor J B Carson aged 65, a high school and public schooling teacher in Wichita and Sedgwick County for thirty years, was stricken with apoplexy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Spies
Preston Fahnestock
The Modern Hired Man
A farmer near town seeks to hire a man. In questions the applicant asks about the car. The farmer says he owns an Overland. The applicant replies he cannot work since he does not know how to run an Overland.
Towa's Champion Cow Sets New Butter Record
The Benson Cow Testing Association near Cedar Falls reports a record butter yield by a Holstein cow owned by Peder Pederson & Sons. In April the cow produced 2,274 pounds of milk, yielding 122.8 pounds of butter, surpassing all prior state marks. The association challenges a rival Iowa group to match the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Cow Testing Association
Cedar Falls
Towa
Tuwa
Peder Pederson & Sons
Iowa
Fittingly Observed Mothers Day Program At PTA Meeting
The Parent Teacher Association held its annual Mothers Day program at the Fahnestock home with fathers invited. Miss Hertha Spies sang, Miss Weisbrot gave a paper, and various members spoke on motherhood. The event urged honoring mothers and highlighted the day’s significance across churches in the United States. A booster train will bring Cedar Rapids representatives, including the 53rd Regiment Band, to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Fahnestock
United States
Hertha Spies
A. Spies
J. M. Downey
J. A. Spies
A. B. Cuthbert
T. D. Collins
Mr. Collin
Mesdames Vanney
Tipp
Lilian Suss
Mother
Cedar Rapids
53Rd Regiment
Cedar Rapids Commercial Club Booster Visit Set
Cedar Rapids boosters including wholesalers jobbers manufacturers bankers and other business men plan a Graellhiver gathering on Tuesday March 26 from 4 04 p m to 4 80 p m to meet city merchants and discuss lines of business The aim is to improve acquainted understanding between jobbing houses manufacturers and institutions and their customers across the state with past excursions cited as evidence of benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ceda Rapids Commercial Cink
Graellhiver
Lantern Sets Fire During Gasoline Fill Near Royal
Carl Danielson of Royal suffered severe burns to his right hand neck and ear when a lantern near a gasoline fill ignited a spill from a can he carried to a car. He dropped the can and moved toward the house but remembered his arm and pulled away as the flame followed the fuel. The car was saved and his clothing fire was extinguished before serious injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Danielson
Royal
Mr. Danielson
The Minister’s Prayer for Debtors and a Publisher
A minister asks parishioners who can pay their debts to stand and those unable to meet bills to rise. One poorly dressed man sits, revealing he publishes a newspaper and his subscribers rose, sparking a brief moment of conscience before the service ends with a prayer.
Gasoline Explosion Injures Chas Ratzler in Garage
A gasoline explosion in Chas Ratzler s garage Sunday burned his hands and face and destroyed the building. His automobile was saved but damaged with a blistered front and broken windshield. The fire s origin is unknown but likely from stepping on a match while refilling the car s reservoir from a supply tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Ratzler
Murderer Adjudged Insane in Canadian Hospital Stay
A Montana murder suspect, Jim Knowland, recently captured in Humboldt Saskatchewan, has been declared hopelessly insane. He remains confined in a provincial insane hospital. Reports say evidence had been gathered to support charges of murder and horse stealing against Ireland.
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Jim Knowland
Montana
Humboldt
Regine
Saskatchewan
Land Sale Breaks County Record At Grinnell College
Hon B F Felt of Spencerville recently closed a land sale worth 25000 dollars, transferring a farm southwest to Grinnell College on an annuity plan. The deal stands as the county’s largest land transaction this year, reflecting strong local demand and support for the college’s endowment.
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B. F. Felt
Spenc
Grinnell College
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Tropic Isles
Ant
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