Pioneer Wes Brought First Dandelion Seed to Country
In the Indianola Sentinel a correspondent notes Wes, an early Des Moines settler now deceased, introduced the first dandelion seed from Pennsylvania. The plant was once a garden herb used for greens blossoms as a beverage and roots in medicine. The item recalls how the weed became a pest.
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Il Sentinel
Indianola
Wes
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Wayne County Farm Bureau Honors Local Poultry Hatchery
Mr Bar, southeast of Allerton, operates a poultry farm tied to a hatchery in Vennecton. Specializes in single comb Brown Leghorns. A 2400 egg incubator sits in the basement with concrete floor. building has a clay basement and water issues noted.
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Bar Miles
Allerton
T Barr
Barr
Mississippi Fleet visit sparks regional social notes
The column records various visits and errands across towns like Centerville, Colfax, Cambria, Des Moines, Garden Grove and Keokuk. It notes Mrs. J Fred Schnee, Mrs. Raymond Hackett, Wilma Thorn and others visiting kin, plus a riverside voyage plan and a wartime fleet sighting debated by local committees.
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