Iowa's State Parks Offer Scenic Day Outings Across Des Moines to Cedar Rapids
Iowa hosts 65 parks and preserves attracting over five million visitors yearly from all states and Canada. Highlights include Bellevue State Park with Mississippi River views, Pine Creek with artificial lakes, Gull Point near West Okoboji, Waubonsie loess hills and river views, and Palisades Kepler on the Cedar River with cabins and lodge.
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Iowa
Union
Canada
Bellevue
Jackson County
Mississippi’ River
Pine Creek State Park
Eldora
Hardin County
Gull Point
Dickinson County
West Okoboji Lake
Waubonsie State Park
Fremont County
Missouri River
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Linn County
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Palisades
Mississippi
McGregor
We Drink Much Water In A Year
A historical note states that the average adult drinks about one ton of water annually. It highlights daily consumption patterns and the amount totaling roughly 2000 pounds over twelve months.
Goose Domestication Across Europe Through Antiquity
The goose has deep roots in Europe predating many peoples as a food and feather source. Ancient Egypt valued geese, Romans fattened them for delicacy, and the bird’s alarm saved Rome from Gaul attack. Celts popularized the species and taught feather use for cushions and bedding.
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Europe
Egypt
Luxor
Pliny
France
Belgium
Italy
Messalinus Cotta
Messala
Plow pioneer James Oliver and the singing soil plow
James Oliver, starting in 1853, pursued a plow that would turn soil with a singing sound. His experiments produced hardening methods for the plow nose and cutting edge, yielding cast iron designs that could scour in sticky soils of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.
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James Oliver
Oliver
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Mississippi
Ohio
Pulled Plows Through Centuries Of Progress
A study traces plow evolution from crooked branches pulled by men to iron designs. Early farmers linked iron plows to soil poisoning and weed growth, with 1631 draft animal practices long persisted. Sir Robert Peel later introduced iron plows in 1860 amid persistent wooden plow use.
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Tailu
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
United States
Robert Peel
Foolscap paper and the place of fighting Mombasa
Foolscap paper got its name from watermarked sheets showing a fool’s cap and bells. One tale says Cromwell era Parliament ordered the mark in derision of royal arms. Mombasa in Kenya, called M vita meaning the place of fighting, has long been battled over by Portuguese Arabs natives and pirates amid the slave trade era.
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Mombasa
Britain
Kenya
Ethiopia
Hail Columbia author Joseph Hopkinson and origins
Joseph Hopkinson, son of a Declaration signer, wrote Hail Columbia in 1798 in Philadelphia where he was born in 1770 and died in 1842. He crafted many ballads and borrowed music from The President's March by New York composer Teyles for actor Fox.
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Columbia
Joseph Hopkinson
Francis
Philadelphia
Fox
New York
Teyles
Origin of the term Welsher Traced to Racing Jounals
The word welsher Provokes debate with Oxford placing an obscure origin as swelsher meaning absconding swindler. Other authorities credit a swindler named Welsher or Welsh bad faith as in taunt Zaffy was a Welsh man Taffy was a Thief. The term appears in 1800s English racing journals.
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Zaffy
Taffy
Knudsons Host Cousins as Rosedale Returns Home
From Our Special Correspondent Mr and Mrs L Knudson entertained cousins during the weekend Alvin Rosedale came home after a year at the State University in Town City Marvin Burns Mrs Loegaard and daughter of Omaha visited the Kenneth Graham home Thursday Miss Maxine Hoover returned from Cedar Falls where she completed a successful year at State Teachers College
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Alvin Rosedale
State University
Town City
Marvin Burns
Loegaard
Omaha
Perisha
Kenneth Graham
Maxine Hoover
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Next Door Neighbors and Sunday Guests in Area
Special correspondent notes Miss Gretchen Hines of Nevada spent Sunday with her parents. Eugene and Lou Gibson hosted Mr and Mrs Roy Bailey and families. Charles Coffin and Louie Holmes hosted guests near Montour. Hartman Coffin’s accident call brought home Mrs Coffin from Irving Kansas. Happy Hour club at Garwin hosted by Mrs Albert Rohner with ten attendees and a bountiful noon dinner.
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Gretchen Hines
Nevada
Eugene Gibson
Harry Gibson
L. C. Blodgett
Roy Bailey
Charles Coffin
Louie Holmes
Montour
George Coffin
Irving
Kan
Hartman
Albert Rohner
Happy Hour Club
Garwin
Henry Rohner
Irma
Family reunion gathers forty three relatives in Gilman and Toledo
Sunday a large Gilman and Toledo gathering at Mr and Mrs Harry Ferneau home included their daughter and husband Leon Seinen of Sibley and sister in law Mrs Henry Fagen of Marshalltown. Dinner was cafeteria style and all had a most enjoyable time. A separate note adds a Saturday reunion at Mr and Mrs C D Harvey with many out of town guests.
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Gilman
Toledo
Harry Ferneau
Leon Seinen
Sibley
Ferneau
Henry Fagen
Marshalltown
C. D. Harvey
John Davis
Frank Sabotka
Norfolk
Nebr
Charles Davis
Everett Emmett
Grinnell
Ella Shepherd
Scarsboro
G. C. Johnson
LeGrand
Love Them and Leave Them: Protect Iowa Parks Wild Flowers
The 1986 Iowa state park message urged visitors not to pick wild flowers. Digging and trampling destroy plants and degrade beauty. Parks exist to protect these species, a Federation of Women’s Clubs and Garden Clubs initiative promotes leaving woods as found.
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Iowa
Federated Women’s Clubs
Garden Clubs
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Thompson's Store
Swan
Vernon WN. Thompson
Kaisand’s
Harry Kaisand
Arthur
Brisbane
Washington
William Bruckart
Bruckart
Ann Alxz
LeGrand Reporter
Corwin O'Neal
LeGrand Post Office
Polar Star Lodge No
Wic
A.F
A.M
J. F. Rylander
D. Harvey
Bran
Holland & Holland
Champlon Gas & Oilson
Mrs. L. ©. Knudson
Marshalltown, la
W. A. Kauffman
Towa
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