Interesting Events Of Iowa News
A compiled Iowa column notes that wives influence on clothing is waning as men mostly pick their outfits, while salesmen sway choices. Farm prices trend up with a $1.00 corn bid and a mare sale. Mesquakie Indians face a poor hunting season due to dry water sources. A Webster City game warden fines pheasant poachers at $570. A Buena Vista bridge hand achievement and two sheriff candidates share votes then split deputy duties. A Sac City hog drowns in buttermilk after escaping into a barrel.
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Jesse A. Corbin
Burlington
Iowa State College At
Ames
Iowa
Tama County
George Young Bear
L. F. Kiner
Kiner
Indiana
Webster City
Hamilton County
Solomon
Marion County
Ross Graham
Kyle Merryman
Graham
Merryman
Clerks Dress in Pilgrim and Indian Attire At Knoxville Store
In Knoxville Marion county clerks in the grocery department wore Pilgrim hats and white collars while the meat department featured a butcher in a feathered war bonnet. The festive costumes were worn for several days before Thanksgiving and drew much comment from customers.
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Knoxville
Marion County
Train Reverses En Route to Chicago Shocks Creston Fans
An eastbound train from Creston, nine miles away at Afton, unexpectedly reversed direction returning to Creston after the conductor was left behind. Passengers were startled as the brake man explained the mishap and wondered why a train operates without a conductor. A separate tale notes Chariton acquires a horse that wandered during a snowstorm and ended up detained by authorities for not being penned.
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Chicago
Creston
Union County
Afton
Extra-Editor Gets a Ride After Election Bet
J A Steinkoenig editor of the Schaller Herald rode in a wheelbarrow after winning an election bet with his chaffeur Fred M Jarvis, joking about clutch trouble as he toured Schaller. Also Red Oak post office staff alerted by a well dressed man found snoozing in a car with newspapers over the windshield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. AL. Steinkoenig
Schaller Herald
Schaller
Sac County
Fred M. Jarvis
Steinkoenig
Red Oak
Montgomery County
Farmer taps limestone pit to grow alfalfa fertilizer
Orville Vigars near Eldora in Hardin County discovered that crushed limestone from a pit on his farm makes a superior alfalfa fertilizer. He installed a crusher, now producing fertilizer in large quantities for his own use and nearby farmers. In Auburn Sac County, 110 residents from the federal shelter camp enjoyed a Thanksgiving turkey dinner hosted by local business leaders and farmers, sponsored by the Auburn Presbyterian church.
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Orville Vigars
Eldora
Hardin County
Vigars
Auburn
Sac County
Auburn Presbyterian Church
More Letters For Santa Claus Arrive This Week
Town records list a flood of Christmas requests from Iowa children including Monticello and Anamosa families. Young writers plead for dolls, trains, toy cars, blocks, sleds, candy, and a piano while others mention sauerkraut profits and Robberies in Iowa communities.
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Santa Claus
Monticello
Iowa
Nike
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Eden
Balster
Janice
Carol Anne
Dean Musgrove
Ford Anamosa
Berry
North Main Street
Betty Lou Brokaw
Santa Clas
Marcus
Bobby
Junior Leonard
Damaging Public Property Reported in Local Board Case
The board said the men had been offered jobs but had refused to work. This note appears in an incident report detailing noncompliant workers and property damage encountered by the agency.
Children’s Christmas Wishes From Monticello Iowa Letters to Santa
A collection of childhood Santa letters from Monticello and Cascade Iowa dated December 1934 recounts young writers asking for toys such as dolls trains wagons drums and a Har monica. Several children specify ages grades and family names while expressing Merry Christmas wishes.
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Monticello
Iowa
Santa Claus
Playville
Irma Tendick
Richard Bading
Edwin Bud
Cascade
Santa
Allen
Tommy Strang
Christmas Mailing Schedule From Post Office
Postmaster Mark F Hogan releases a packing and mailing timetable for Christmas packages and letters. Mail should start December 15 to reach Pacific coast states by December 24 morning delivery. Western states vary December 15 to 19. Nearby western southern and eastern states cover December 16 to 19 plus additional regions.
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Mark F. Hogan
Pacific Coast States
Post Office Department
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mis
Regional Holiday Travel Dates Mentioned Across States
The text lists numerous states including Sissippi Alabama Georgia Florida Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina New York Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey Delaware and the New England states with dates December 17 to 20. It also cites neighboring states Minnesota Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Ohio and Kentucky with December 18 to 20 and December 20 and 21 for Towr-Deec.
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Sissippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
New England
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
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Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
William Lintz
Richmond
Washington County
Alta
Buena Vista County
Hess Sense
Fred Roseke
Sac City
Roseke
Marshal
Horse
Chariton
Lucas County
Jim Wright
Isaack Webber
Webber
Tom Plows
Wright
George Schubert
Little Rock
Lyon County
August
Fred Carroll
Story County
Carroll Yard
Carrolls
Beats Up Bandit
Floyd Hills
Blairsburg
Ed Brower
Brower
Hills
Donald Frankle
Barney Frankle
Irvington
Kossuth County
Tom Purcell
Hampton
Franklin County
Ida Grove
Ida County
Lake View
Purcell
Lad Frank
Dennis Franks
Howard Franks
Ruthven
Palo Alto County
CDC
Mapleton
Monona County
Murl Golden
Charles Kueny
County Relief Board
Onawa
Claire
Annie Rooneys
Clare Shannon
Montiello
Clark
Clark Shannon
Janyce Musgrove
Anamosa
Carol Anne Musgrove
Ford Street
Anamosa, Ta
Sand Springs
Donald King
Mary Lou King
Donald
Lois Tobiason
Agnes Schlimmer
Ronald John Boland
Charles Arthur Kreed
Monticello, Iowa
America
Louise
Louis Otto Bader
American Flyer
South Bend
Elinor Bartels
Orphan Annie
Lucille Bartels
Santa Claws
Jean
Alice
Doris Brady
Nies
Junior
Elains
Lorraine
LaVerne
Scotch Grove
Jean Meadow
Denar Santa
Phillys
Jane Ann Strang
Max
Richard Meadow
Bracks
Zion
Stahler’s Grocery
Stuhlers
Grocery Department
Joe Fisher
His
Concertina Orchestra
Whity Woelk
Kentucky Mountaineers
Auditorium
Michigan Avenue
Loop
Auditorium Hotel
Kayser
Scranton
Toyland
Beer Y’'S
Star Thanp
Star Brand
Star Brana
D'Orsay
Stan Baam
Oppre O
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