Iowa farms, politics, and payments in a mixed era recap
Governor Shaw named J. P. Dolliver to the U S Senate seat to replace Gear. Lucas County Veteran Association will meet at Derby on September 13 with music and a speaker Rev Wilson Mill. A hail storm damaged Clarke county corn and fruit crops. A constitutional amendment question will appear on November ballots for a convention to revise the constitution. Iowa leads New York and Pennsylvania in butter production and more than half of butter comes from seven states. Essex sues multiple officials and a railway with $25,000 claimed for false imprisonment. A corn stalk grew 104 inches in 54 days, averaging over three inches daily during peak growth. Pe King’s streets are poorly drained and mud-filled, with a springless cart. Investigations probe who pilfered $20,000 from the C B Q money, with the Chicago bank transferring funds to Burlington and scraps of paper found. The money’s location remains unsettled.
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New York
Iowa
Union
Pennsylvania
Railroad and Express Company
Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Burlington Bank
Burington
Burlington
Chicago Bank
Adams Express Company
Express Company
Old Settlers Gatherings and Nature Notes Highlight Iowa News
Old Settlers reunions spread across Iowa with stories of log cabin life, house raising and community feasts at gatherings. insect life advice and plant notes from a local naturalist share warnings about blister beetles and poison ivy while August Flower is praised for digestive aid. public notice announces Jane C. Sydebotham estate administration in Wayne County with claims filing requested.
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Osceola
Iowa
Ottumwa Courier
District Court of
Wayne
Jane C. Sydebotham
Humeston Lawn
A. D
Jabez Sydebutham
Land of plenty sales pitch for cattle homeseekers
A pitch touts control of water to ensure crop certainty in Wayne County offering extreme yields for timothy alf alfa wheat oats potatoes and other crops. It promises low coal cost timber free cattle range ideal climate and superior water with an invitation to request more information from the advertiser.
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U. S
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Sun
Benge Drug Company
Shaw
J. P. Dolliver
United States
John H. Gear
Lucas County Veteran Association
Derby
Wilson Mill
Clarke County
Charles I. Essex
B. Manning
J. M. Harrison
J.N. Ballou
Major Wood
Ottumwa
C. B. & Q. Railway Company
Chariton
Peking
Collier’s Weekly
Prof. Houton
Irmy
Green
Humeston Drug Co
Barcains
McKibben's
F. T. McKibben
King Lumber CO
Wayne County
Harper & Harper
Newspaper
Fachlye
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