Live Stock Report Shows Cattle Prices And Heavy Receipts
Heavy cattle receipts again this week with buyers active. Prices listed for 600 to 1000 lb feeders at 6.50, 700 lb at 6.25, 600 lb at 5.76, and various other weights and breeds with dehorned and horned stock, cows and pigs priced across a wide range. Note on rail rate adjustments contrasts with rapid wheat market changes.
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Boston
Helfora
Clyaio
Ford
Feedi Lambe
Cholea Idahos
Neyvadna
Notes Of The Farm By Ralph B. Hardy
Ralph B. Hardy surveys farms near Hoover Fallowfield and Ayres. Chas Hoover farms 145 acres owned by his sister Lillian, with 75 acres corn and 37 oats yielding 1475 bushels, plus three milk cows and 309 hatched chickens. Fallowfield farms 160 acres, 120 owned, 40 rented, 45 acres corn, 77 oats with one field at 70 bushels per acre totaling 3453 bushels, milking 7 cows and delivering cream. Mrs. Fallowfield hatched 509 chickens. Ayres farms 160 acres owned by A D Davis and Geo Edwards, 50 corn, 35 oats over 80 bushels per acre totaling about 1000 bushels, 29 acres hay, remaining pasture. five cows milked, 17 spring pigs, 4 sows, Mrs Ayres rearing 300 chickens mainly Buff Orpingtons.
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Chas, Hoover
Lillian Hoover
Burr Ayres
A. D. Davis
Geo. Edwards
Hubbard Delayed Visit Changes and Alumni News
Hubbard items list visits by A Pringle family Hinsdale and other locals visiting Radcliffe Hampton and Ackley groups. Families from Eldora Gifford and Sioux City shared meals and gatherings. Tracy Thompson, formerly of Hubbard, takes superintendent role at Hillsdale College Business Administration Department.
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A. Pringle
Hinsdale
Ill
Chicago
Thompson
Our
W Merly
Miss Wilhelmina Otte leaves for Oskaloosa post
Word from former local teacher Miss Wilhelmina Otte says she has gone to Oskaloosa as supervisor of Home Economics in the public schools there and she has two graduate teachers under her. Various locals visit kin, attend events, and send regards as community notes reflect a week of social and school-related activity.
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Wilhelmina Otte
Oskaloosa
Chas
Beck
Ruth
Mer. Beck
Boony
Eimer
T. H. Kahlman
Eldera Hospital
Clarence Mohler
Memer Minn
John Prabbenhoe
S. M. Hines
Charles
Stillwater
Oklahoma
J. Hines
H. J. Guenther
Dorothy
Davenport
T. P. Guenther
Dave Deddin
Janesvile, Minn
John Papbenhoe
R. D. Mowry
Miner
Boulder
Colorado
Harley
Des Moines
Wilhelmina Becker
Holguin
Cuba
H. E. Hilker
Iowa City
DeVee Frederick
Conrad
Anna Ziemke
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Leonard Hendrickson
Minnesota
Bogardus
Marshalltown
Pleasant Hill Social Roundup and Local Happenings
Pleasant Hill community notes recount visits from Herb Swaggart family and others, church social at Earl Gaunt home, and several Sunday calls. Obituary notice: John Fleener near Maxwell. Students missed school Monday due to storm preventing Miss Marsh from returning home.
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Rhodes
J. L. Welch
Herb Swaggart
John Fleener
Maxwell
Art Chambness
Roy Hawks
Miss Marsh
Dorothy Walters
A. B. Rash
Charley Walters
Eldora
Mr. Bantz
Booster S. 8
Earl Gaunt
Tom Reece
Anderson Williams
Bud Yorman
E. A. Rhodes
Harley
Herb Swaggert
Tal Brown
Guy Reed
Reid
Herb Swagwart
Radcliffe Social Roundup and Neighbor Visits
Radcliffe residents and relatives exchange visits and news from Des Moines to Minneapolis. Local families host, travel, and attend events including weddings, birthdays, and church circles. notables include the Santee, Drake, and Rorem circles with regional trips to Eldora, Boone, and Iowa Falls.
New Orleans Woman Locksmith Finds Fame and Fortune
Mrs Josephine Duble Miller, widowed at 21 in 1908, rose from poverty to renowned locksmithing. She learned the trade in New Orleans, canvassed docks, and won shipboard contracts. By mid 1910s she led a growing shop, employing helpers with profits near seven thousand dollars yearly.
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Josephine Duble Miller
New Orleans
Mr. Miller
Mia
Comhaul
Swaten Bed
Pestana O
Rail expansion per capita in 1900 and 1920
In 1900 the nation had one mile of railroad for every 880 people while by 1920 the ratio moved to one mile per 400 people, reflecting a substantial growth in rail infrastructure relative to population.
Scottied Superstition About Shoes in Scotland
A Scottish belief holds that a girl who wears unfitted shoes before breaking them in will invite trouble. To ward off this fate some burn or bury the shoes rather than wear them for even a moment. The practice reflects folk customs tied to luck and footwear.
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Scotland
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