Resignations and relocations sweep Jones & Jackman market
Robert Wilson resigns as manager of the Jones & Jackman meat market and moves to Graettinger to join the John Jackman market with wife Mrs Wilson. Ed Gorman misses work due to illness while Graettinger area power upgrades are noted and many residents visit Emmetsburg. Grasshopper control measures urged as reports show continued damage from swarms.
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Emmetsburg
Robert Wilson
Jones & Jackman
Graettinger
Mrs. Wilson
Ed. Gorman
Mr. Jackman
Kindred Feeling and Household Talk at New Year Wishes
A new cook asks after a mistress’s son who left for Yale for New Year. The mistress laments his absence while sharing family pride. A guest mentions his brother’s jail stints since Thanksgiving, hinting at shared hardships.
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Yale
Record grasshoppers killed by bran mash near Traer
Thirty three grasshoppers found dead in one square foot after applying bran mash poison near Traer. An Iowa Experiment Station entomology representative, active against the hoppers for weeks, reported the result. The poison mix included 25 lbs wheat bran, 1 lb Paris green or white arsenic, 6 oranges or lemons, 2 qts molasses, and 4 gallons water.
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Traer
Iowa Experiment Station
Towa
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Shadles—Fai—Opening
New Coats
Dame Fashion
Children’s Shoes
Jersild
Estherville, Loa
THES
Mullins
Times Office
Z. F. Dickinson
Osgood
James Conway
J A. Suss
Graettinger Wariday
Mahan
F. L. Lambe
Ray
Catherine Kane
Davenport
Kane
Marengo
Richard Aylward
John Larson
Charles City
Carl Burnside
Spirit Lake
France
Chicago
Carl Christiansen
Montana
Louis Christiansen
California
Leo Corley
Timothy Murphy
Leonard of
Richard Donovan
Mary
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Iowa
Women’s Clubs
Greater Iowa
Greater Iowa Association
Women of Iowa
M. W. A. Hall
The
Ideal Orchestra
Estherville
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