Corn Gains Momentum Amid Strong Weather and Harvest Progress
Weather weekly report notes six days of ideal conditions after heavy showers on the 18th. Mean temperatures 3 to degrees above normal in much of the state. cloudless skies since the 19th. Threshing and fall plowing advance, corn acreage to shock rising in central and western districts. Statewide 85 to 90 percent of corn well matured. new mature corn at or above the 15 year state average. Some districts expect frostless balance of month. Rock Island offers low colonist rates to Pacific coast destinations with travel from major midwest cities.
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Westen
Tom Davis closing out sale in Sharon township
Tom Davis announces a closing out sale on his Sharon township farm seven miles southwest of Iowa City. The sale on October 6, 1905 includes 206 head of stock, grain hay, and a general line of farm machinery.
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Tom Davis
Sharon Township
Iowa City
Madison Township News Highlights
Wallace Musgrave was in Madison Township on business. Fred Wray is in his senior year at the university. Mr Stalach was hauling cats this week. Mrs H Beyers and children of Linn County visit her parents, Mr and Mrs Chas Roberts. Road master Chas Robert works the roads again. Mrs K Abbott visits her mother, Mrs Denter. Mrs Florence Myers has Cedar Rapids sewing for her this week.
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Madison
Fred Wray
Mr. Stalach
H. Beyers
Linn County
Chas. Roberts
Chas. Robert
K. Abbott
Denter
Florence Myers
Cedar Rapids
Thirty Days for Williams in Jail Sentence
Charney Williams released after two to three months for attempting to rob a till at Minnie Burke's restaurant. He was intoxicated and caused a disturbance, prompting police intervention and a gunfire scare. Mayor Ball ordered thirty days in jail, Williams asked to leave town but parole was denied.
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Charney Williams
Darkey
Minnie Burke
Williams
Ball
Cure a Cold in One Day Propaganda Pseudo Patent Claim
A vintage ad promising to cure a cold in one day markets LaAxaTIV2 and Bromo Quinine with a money back guarantee. The offer notes a 25 cent price and that E W. Grove signs each box, appealing to shoppers of period druggists.
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W. Grove
Annual Harvest Home Dance at the Armory Announcement
The Armory hosts the Annuel Harvest Home Dance on Wednesday September 27 1905. No open gallery at his dance. Ladies admitted free while all others pay 50 cents. Printed by Harry Smith.
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Annuel Harvest
Armory
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