Fire losses report shows 1920 uptick in Iowa towns
The 1920 fire data from Tow state records indicates 452337 incidents with a total loss of 9 040357 dollars and building values around 54 358057. Insurance coverage stood at 20 9. The year saw 588 more fires than 1919 and 220522 greater losses. Webster City suffered the largest single fire on April 23 totaling about 406 100 dollars. Jackson County recorded 26 fires with 36 150 insurance carried on buildings and contents. three fires carried no insurance.
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Tow
Webster City
Jackson County
No Substitute Offered for Diarrhoea Remedy
Ninety nine out of a hundred druggists recommend Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best medicine for diarrhoea. They know from customers’ experience that it can be trusted. Sold by Broxam Hindler and Staack Luckiesh. Fact.
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Chamberlain
Broxam & Hindler
Staack & Luckiesh
Preston and Nearby Folk Share News and Visits
Local residents welcome new baby boy born August 31 to Dr. Armstrong and wife in Miles. T. E. Button and wife join relatives in Kasson before returning home. Miss Dorthea Stoll and Miss Katherine Bassett visit relatives and attend fairs. The Weasmer and Golden families travel for visits, with several relatives arriving for Labor Day. James Wick Goes hospitalized in Mercy Hospital Winston. Community members note health updates and missionary society gathering in Preston.
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Armstrong
Preston
Miles
Jon
Stork Express
Babe
T. E. Button
Kasson
Minn
Auto
Wm. Brown
Dorthea Stoll
Maquoketa
Katherine Basset
Elkhart
Indi
Bernice Ryan
T.s BM. Golden
Davenport
Chas. Kohl
Jack
Tre Marshall-Pliyers
Sophia Ehl
Andr
Ts. M. Mcoller
Marshall Kock
Harvey Bryant
Fam“Y
Mason City
Peter Jackson
Los Angeles
Calif
Preston J
Bryant
G. R
Goris
Jackson County
Lines to Be Remembered in Fathers Footsteps
The note reflects a waning literacy, with misspelled lines about following fathers and a cracked teacup motif. It evokes a fragmentary reflection on heritage and memory, suggesting a poetical reminiscence from a bygone era.
Preston Community Notes and Social Rounds
Friday from Corsica reports visits by Mrs. Franks and daughter Catherine from Lawley Iowa as well as gatherings with neighbors in Preston. The Preston schools opened with non resident teachers arriving, a benefit concert at the Congregational church drew a large crowd, and local residents attended funerals, visited relatives, or took posts including Miss Lydia Corlis as assistant in Ottumwa and Clarence Donacelski as French teacher.
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Corsica
Dek
Edward
Clara
Hum
Defi
Charles Franks
Catherine
Preston
Lawley
Helen Zest
W. A. Brigist
Dorothy
Isabel
Savanna
John Campbell
Frank Barker
Maquéketa
Yesay
KC. Smith
Center Junction
A. W. Field
Maquoketa
Ladies Missionary Society
Allan Schitiner
Believue
Dorothey Bristol
Sevanna
D. M. Farnsworth
Daughars
Alice
Lydia
Chi‘ege
Visi
John Stoll
Deborah
M. E. Church
Sarah Lee
Hattie Howard
Howard
Germ
M. E
Preston Chapter
Mia Mormte
Cedar Rapids
Asth
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S. J. Tubbs Feed Yard
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Primin
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