Alabaster Lamps and a Swirl of Village Schemes
In a tension filled clash of love and land, Mary and Polly maneuver through bonds with Claude, Ned, and Dabbs to secure a future. Mary secures Ned by engagement while Polly weighs a fresh start and a life with Claude as family stakes rise. The White House holds secrets and a promise to keep the peace.
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Pally
Polly
Peace Valley
Clover Hollow
Claude Dobbs
Claude
Ned
Mary
Dabbs
Mannheim
Johnston
Dorothy Selden
Dorothy
Clover Hollow Realty Company
Mr. Dabbs
O'Toole
Jed
Mrs. Mannheim
Polly Johnston
Amile
Clune
White House
Frank
Loren Rangeley
Polly c
Maury
Senalbledea
Darling
Interesting Events Of Iowa News
A Iowa digest reports on insurance policy interpretations after hail and wind damage, Gusts over schoolhouses, and a proposed combined hail and tornado policy. Iowa State College engineering staff change, Burlington abandons electric streetcars for motor buses, and regional prairie beauty near Okoboji is celebrated. Onion yields in Pleasant Valley are strong with 700 cars expected, Spaulding carriage factory sold to Eggleston for bus manufacture, with 600 jobs anticipated. A Red Oak American Legion drum corps trip to Louisville is planned, and Carroll parks see new street parking rules to aid shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Hessian
Western Adjustment and Inspection Company
Des Moines
Hessian
Pleasant Valley Onion District
Scott County
Federal Service
Pleasant Valley Onion Growers Association
H. L. Blackman
William House
Spaulding
Grinnell
Eggleston Company
West Virginia
Spauldings
Middle West
Kratzer
Shaver
T. Erickson
Red Oak American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Louisville
National American Legion
Sparrows Trapped and Drowned Affects Heath Garden
Fayette resident L L Cole reports a trapping effort on A L Heath’s property that has killed 200 English sparrows in three weeks. Elsewhere the sparrow population remains, but Heath notes a visible difference around his garden. The piece also notes extensive highway paving in the state with about 2,400 miles of concrete by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Cole
Fayette
A. L. Heath
Mr. Heath
Woodpecker Blinds Sioux City Man En Route to LeMars
Jack Dalton of Sioux City was driving to LeMars when a woodpecker flew through an open window and struck his eye. The impact caused a black eye and facial contusions with Dalton briefly unable to control the car. He suffered no other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dalton
Sioux City
LeMars
Mr. Dalton
Palmer chosen president of Cluett Peabody of Troy
Chesley R. Palmer, valedictorian of West Union high school class of 1898 and son of H. R. and Mrs. Palmer, has been named president of Cluett Peabody Co. of Troy New York, once the top maker of collars and cuffs now focused on soft shirts and underwear, capitalized around $60 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesley R. Palmer
West Union High School
Cluett Peabody Company
Troy
N. Y
Mr. Palmer
H. R Palmer
Hawkeye
Large Acreage in Sugar Beets near Belmond Iowa
The American Beet Sugar company contracts for 15000 acres of sugar beets in Wright and adjacent counties with nine factories including Belmond and Mason City. Mexican Japanese and Filipino labor is used in most fields. Will Beels of Hopkinton notes weed pulling is hard work and scarce American workers would hurt the industry without imported labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmond
Wright
American Beet Sugar Company
Iowa
Mason City
Will Beels
Hopkinton
Delaware County
America
Keokuk to Host Civil War Memorial Dedication
Gov John Hammill will speak at the October 1 unveiling of a bronze tablet marking the Estes house site a Civil War hospital in Keokuk. A second address by James W Good secretary of war may follow the dedication of the building cornerstone the next day in Keokuk national cemetery. Oley Nelson former G A R commander will also speak during the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammill
Keokuk
Estes House
James W. Good
National Cemetery
Daughters of Veterans
Oley Nelson
Slater
Story County
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Town
Growing Peas in Northeastern Town Press Dispatch
A Sibley Iowa dispatch reports D C Spears representative of the Mid West Canning Co Rochelle Illinois visited local growers in Osceola County to discuss pea production prospects and potential canning contracts for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Osceola County
D. C. Spears
Mid-West Canning Company
Rochelle
Experimental plots suggest cannery site and flavor tweaks
The company reports six spring planted plots showing strong development in tested sections with goal of locating a cannery soon. They consider adding capers or liquid pickle, lemon juice, tomatoes, or currant jelly to lamb or mutton pie filling. Iowa notes 200 percent growth in twenty years.
Konjola Cited As Remarkable Cure In Burlington Woman
Mrs. Nora Flood of Burlington Iowa credits Konjola with ending eight months of bed rest and rapid weight loss. She says stomach and kidney troubles vanished after months of treatment, restoring strength and approaching normal weight. Konjola is sold at P J Kay’s drug store in Monticello and by local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Flood
Fifteenth Street
Burlington
Iowa
Konjola
Monticello
P. J. Kay
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Practical tips for dress making and cooking. It covers bloomers for children, Lyonnaise potatoes as a crisp side dish, removing coffee stains from washable fabrics by hot water, stretching fabric over a bow, and browning flour in fat before adding liquid for lamb or mutton gravy to improve texture and flavor.
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Margaret Turnbull
Noton
Nedia
Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Henry Giese
Iowa State College
Hyde
Division of Agricultural Engineering
Bureau of Public Roads
Prairie Tract
Lake Okoboji
Iowa Prairie
Drum Corps
Canada
Oscoln County
Carroll
Alberta
Columbus Junction
Town
B. H. Shearer
Cone Lake
Milwaukee Bridge
George A. T. Hise
West Liberty
Muscatine County
George Vanatta
Ted Arment
Lewis Watson
John Guderian
Kanawha
Hancock County
Knute Fosen
Knute
Camp Kearney
California
P. B. Treistad
Kanawha Lutheran Church
Towa
Hoover
Pompeii
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