This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1934
Page
4
Multiple residents including Pearl Nelson Nelle Thomas Vernon R Smith and C. E Gaines announce campaigns for Taylor County Iowa offices. Candidacies listed for Clerk of District Court County Recorder County Attorney Representative Treasurer and Board of Supervisors with primary election in June 1934 under Democrat Republican lines.
Two notices from Republican supporters announcing candidacies for Taylor county board of supervisors and county treasurer. Co. BE Longfellow of Bedford seeks the supervisor seat with a January 1 1936 term, contingent on June primary results. R Henderson of Clearfield seeks the county treasurer nomination in the June primary, pledging courteous economical and efficient service if elected.
A. S. Willson of Benton announces his candidacy for the nomination as Auditor of Taylor County, subject to Republican primary voters. Primary date June 4. Support requested from party members.
County Auditor I announces candidacy for Auditor Taylor county subject to June primary. Sheriff candidate T V Jacy seeks Democrat voters support in June primaries. Leonard L Moore runs for Representative from Taylor county in June Republican primary. George Warin seeks nomination for member of Board of Supervisors subject to Democrat primary.
A lama candidate seeks the county board of Supervisors seat in Taylor County term starting January 1, 1936 and vows to run in the June primary under the Democratic party. Jas H Daugherty also announces his candidacy for County Auditor to be decided in the June primary. John S Reece is mentioned in the notice.
The notice urges parishioners to attend Sunday worship at Oak Hill and at the Methodist Church under Pastor R. Felt. Services feature Church School at 10 or 11 am, Worship at 11 am or 10 am, Epworth League at 7 15 pm, and Evening Service at 8 pm.
Notice is hereby given that on April 25 1984 the Clerk of the District Court of Taylor County Iowa appointed H P Jaqua administrator of the estate of William H Price deceased. Persons indebted or having claims against the estate must present them with proper authentication for allowance.
Word arrived Friday that their brother-in-law had died in Ottumwa. Burial took place at Webster City.
The article notes that long before the arrival of Europeans, agricultural communities occupied Ontario’s fertile lowlands between the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence. It cites Indigenous groups who learned cultivation, then spread maize, beans, squash, and sunflowers into southeastern Ontario and the St Lawrence valley. Diamond Jenness in Indians in Canada is quoted describing primitive farming methods, including burning clearings, stone axes, digging sticks, shell-blade hoes, hand-harvested corn, and lack of crop rotation or soil fertilization. As plots exhausted after ten to twelve years, communities moved to new land, a practice observed in Montreal Herald.
A Washington Star writer warns that wild yeast in many plants endangers sweetened condensed milk by entering condensing equipment. The yeast can thrive on sugar and residual air, producing gas and swelling milk, risking near total loss unless killed by heat treatment.
The geoduck is a popular edible clam found from the Gulf of Georgia to the Gulf of California and in Puget Sound. Locals and tourists dive for these clams for immediate consumption or home canning, usually at about four years old. Growth may continue to the fifteenth or sixteenth year, with individuals weighing up to twelve pounds. Meats are tender with a fine flavor. a cleaned meat yield fits a pint jar.
The article catalogs globe manufacturing inputs sourced globally with many items linked to distant regions and nations. It notes North Carolina as a major origin for china clay and other minerals while listing suppliers from Siberia China Indo China East Indies Greenland and more.
The Didache, a Greek Christian text, outlines church organization and rites. It discusses baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and the duties of leaders, and cites the two ways of life and death as moral instruction for converts.
A look at child prodigies in music, noting how many attain early acclaim yet fade as adults. Highlights include Mozart and Heifetz as famed examples, and mentions Holst as another noted prodigy whose early promise lingered.
Special program by the Home Guards replaces the morning sermon at the Methodist church this Sunday in connection with their mite box opening. Congregation is invited to attend.
Mrs B F Richardson celebrated her 84th birthday on Monday May 14 as friends and relatives called on her throughout the day.
Miss Pauline Anderson of Orth Missouri visited this week with her friend Miss Pauline Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar White of near Corning visited Sunday with Mrs. White's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rila Richardson.
Dean Beemer the young son of Mr and Mrs Hadson Beemer has recovered from pneumonia and shows improvement after a period of illness.
Supt. T. R. Hefley and son Arlo and Mrs. J. 5S. Francis drove to St. Joseph Missouri Sunday to bring home Mr. Francis who had been in the Methodist hospital for twelve days. Mr. Francis is getting along as well as possible but will not be able to be at his office for some time.
Fragmentary text discusses an appointment involving John F. Taylor and James A. Farley. References real estate, a postmaster position, and expected filing by June. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Mrs Tom Roberts tends to her mother Mrs Rile Richardson who has been quite ill, receiving family support and caregiving in the home setting.
Unable to determine a coherent article from the provided text. The readable fragments mention Hoovers and Mr. Mosver but lack clear events, dates, or identities to summarize into a factual item with a headline.
The article recounts a scene where Gladstone disputes capital punishment commutation amid Arabi Pasha’s Egyptian revolt. O Dunne seizes an opening after reading Wolseley’s Sol-berg Pocketbook to question whether British officers should employ Arabi’s tactics.
Fragmentary report alleges that Tammany Hall leaders, while in power in New York, drained city finances by vast sums. The reference mentions Lincoln and annual losses, with implied critique of governance and corruption.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.