Infant Industry in LeGrand Shows Home Made Furniture
Article notes LeGrand’s infant industry in home made furniture led by Otis Switzer with rockers crafted from rough oak, glued and screwed, then upholstered at home. Also mentions Fourth of July events, Strickler’s Marshalltown clothing shop, postal savings bill details, Wachter’s Ice Cream parlor in Marshalltown, and Bob White soap at Arnolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand
Otis Switzer
E. L. Condon
Marshalltown
Wachter
Main
Bennett Drug Co
Main St
Photographer Stonestreet
J. M. Stonestreet
Robi. Knight
Friendswood
Texas
West Branch
Indiana
J. E. Harvey
Arnolds
Samuel Toman
Bennett Drug. Co
Main Street
Lynn Bowen
Battle On A “Mich
Harry Bowen
An Heir to Millions serial starts in issue at hand
Cherries ripe and Arnolds' ads. A new serial An Heir to Millions begins this issue. Birth announced for Elam J Hadley’s son at Grinnell on Sunday June 26. Local notes include visits, moves, church dedication July 10, and area business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elam J. Hadley
Grinnell
Man Hurt in Peculiar Donkey Engine Accident at Guarry
A serious injury struck Mr A Starnes at Guarry last Friday afternoon when two small donkey engines backed onto the house track. He was caught between the footboards and his left leg broke below the knee while his 14 year old son backed the engine. his other leg was bruised. The hot weather and local happenings fill the brief column with personal notices, shop notices, and small community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Starnes
Mr. Starnes
President Taft to Receive Million Dollar Cow
Wisconsin donor Senator Isaac Stephenson provides Pauline Wayne the Holstein dairy cow selected to become the president’s official animal. The four year old cow is said to yield over twenty pounds of butter weekly, with her grandmother Gertrude Wayne previously setting milk and fat records. Pauline Wayne will be shipped to Washington in July for the White House herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Stephenson
Wisconsin
Taft
Isaac Stephenson
Badger State
Somers
Kenosha
Mooley
White House
Stephenson
James P. Torrey
Pauline Wayne
Gertrude Wayne
Gertrude’ ‘Wayne
Washington
Macomb
Eagle
LeGrand concert band adds equipment upgrades
The LeGrand concert band expanded its gear with a 34-inch bass drum, a new snare drum, and a York slide trombone. F. L. Richards, Clayton Forbes, F. E. Van Horn, and others traded in old instruments for gold plated Conn models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand
F. L. Richards
Clayton Forbes
F. E. van Horn
New York
Glenn
Richards
Wilbur Lowry
Card of Thanks and Obituary Notes
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and deeds in grief over the death of a husband and father. Also reports the death of C H Coffin 66, Reinbeck, after an Aberdeen operation, survived by widow and six children, with a reflective benediction by David Swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Sharp
Gertrude Finton
LeGrand Roller Mills Flour Praised by Cook in Iowa
A LeGrand Iowa Quarry camp letter from Wm L Smith praises LeGrand Roller Mills flour as good as Minnesota milled flour for bread cake and pastry. The note accompanies a Chicago company address and mentions Mr Smith a 20 year cook with sixty four sacks used during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeGrand
Iowa
Hammond & Son
LeGrand Roller Mills
Banner
Crescent
Minnesota
Wm. L. Smith
Cook
J. Marstruction Co
Fulton Steel
Chicago
Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Adam Bede
Asl
State Center
Strickler’s
Strickler
Postal Savings Banks
Postal Savings Bank
Board of Trustees
Bob White
Helge Larson
Matt
Husabee
Buzz
A.‘C. Bryngelsen
Dunbar
D. H White
Whittier
Cal
Mary Sanders
Ralph Clem and Baby
Merle Perisho
Carleton
Livery Barn
College Hill
Libbie Hartley
Robert
Grand ‘Rapids
Mich
Henry Wagner
Lucile
Gilman
Henry Bryngelson
Gaza
O’brien County
Catharine Wheeler
Belle Plaine
Samuel Taman
D.W. Beechout
Lova
Neva Duncan
Davis
Amber
E H. Harrison
L. E
Elizabeth Richards
Suzetta Barton
Boone
Mary Gillispie
Eastern Star
T. H. Draper
Milwaukee
Marsh Construction Company
Tom
Simmons
W. Main. St
Guarry
A. E. Hines and
Creek
Larence Penshoffer
Clinton
Merle
Perisho
Ben
Sawyer
Frank
Narber
Summitt Hotel
E. C. Garland
Crusher
Dr. Evans
Gibson
Firry
South Dakota
Oxfords
J. M. Hockett
Linden
Hockett
Chas. Reed and
Simmons’ Book Store
Mabel Colebaugh
Winterowd
Rolfe, In
Abner Welker
Lloyd D. McCluer
Nameoka
St. Tists
Lloyd T
Chautauqua
Rae
Myron Sawyer
John
Frank Kiughel
Fred ‘van Horn
Mr. Sawyer
N.O. Keen
W. H. Bickel
Corwin
O*neal
Walter Coppock
F. Nease
Northwest
Traer Star-Clipper
Good
Jim
Hull
Standard Baking Co
Ed Barlow
Knute Strom
Kodak
Newton's
Kodaks
Lottie Totman
Miss Totman
Rhodes
Lizzie. Anderson
Friends Church
G. A. Dzsuter
S. C. EL
Christian Church
A. B. Kennan
David Swing
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