Amana meteor lights Iowa sky in 1876 spectacle
The Amana meteor dazzled southeastern Iowa on February 12 1876 as a bright fireball with a pear shape and greenish tint. A roaring shock shook the area, pieces fell near Marengo and Humeston, with later fragments found near High Amana. By spring and two years later over eight hundred pounds of meteorite were recovered and sent to museums and collectors including the State University of Iowa.
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Iowa
Marengo
Omaha
Chicago
St. Paul
St. Louis
Sarah Sherlock
Homestead
High Amana
Amana, Society
State University of Iowa
Ben Hurrilson
State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City
Information For The Busy Housewife Cooking Guide
Practical kitchen tips cover frying sausage cakes and pineapple layers with salted meat juices, broiling steaks, salting roasts, and using gelatin solutions for silk fabrics. It also advises on wrapping fruit cakes, home sewing trends, sewing machine attachments, and safe cooking of pork to prevent trichinosis.
Local Action on Town Credits Sparks Debate
Fragmentary notes show Winterset Madisonian and Bow Land referencing town counties and loans of credit to a political body. The text implies a dispute over borrowing and fiscal strategy with limited readable context.
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Bow Land
Winterset
Madisonian
Control of Scarlet Fever Antitoxin Advocated for Early Treatment
Dr. H B R Sugg of Clinton, a state health board member, asserts rapid fever subsidence with early scarlet fever antitoxin. He warns benefits are highest within 12 to 48 hours, notes potential serum sickness, and urges treating all cases while carefully handling contacts to maintain immunity and prevent spread.
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H. BR. Sugg
Clinton
State Board of Health
Sugg
Humorous Snippets Echo Mischief at Wedding and Daily Life
A collage of jokes and cartoons from Wallace’s Farmer and other sources. A newlywed couple exchange secrets about a glass eye and diamonds, an Irish driver and granite dogs amuse a passerby, a trap for a wife yields a mouse, a doctor jokes about patient reading, hotel soup misdirections, and light puns about islands and waters.
Father Iku to make son worthy of his name
A mother or father laments over raising a son who should be worthy of his father’s name and love. The text pleads for a boy who is pure in heart and speech, brave, temperate, wise, and honest, and asks God to guide the parent in teaching him decency.
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Jong
Rabbit Pie Recipe Promises Frugal Yet Tasty Fare
The piece suggests corn husking ends bring time for hunting then offers a rabbit pie recipe approved by Iowa State College home economists. It lists rabbit 14 percent fat, potatoes, carrots, soda, pepper, salt, bacon, onion, flour, milk, fat and step by step preparation including crust and baking.
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Iowa State College
Ode To A Junked Motor Car Declares End Of A Long Ride
A nostalgic poem bids farewell to a worn out motor car once a faithful companion on endless journeys. The speaker laments selling the vehicle to a junkman while praising its years of service as moving van medicine and baby carriage, noting the enduring spirit of the auto beyond its parts.
Manson Journal Critiques Senator Brookhart Backing
The Manson Journal accuses Senator Brookhart of inconsistency and unreliability as backers of the senator learn he refuses to support farm bill proposals with broad backing or real chances of enactment. The piece emphasizes opposition to Brookhart.
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Manson Journal
Senator Brookhart
Brookhart
Booze as stimulant and warning to undertaker rules
Robert Quillen notes booze acts as a stimulant but its effects are uncertain for the drinker or the undertaker. The column advises clearing weeds three feet around young fruit tree trunks to prevent field mice from girdling trees during winter.
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Robert Quillen
Undertaker
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Fin
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Wallaces’ Farmer
Dublin
New York State
Lion
London
Charles
Denison
Tawney Kat
Western Hemisphere
Poland
China
Helgens Bros
Monticello
Rouse
North Park Ave
Lincoln Park
North Park
Ralph J. Grimsley
Lowell
Walter Carr
Eby’s Mill
Ailail Livestock
T. B
Bradley
Oxford
McCormick
Ancher-Holtz
Lee Rathbun
Monticello State Bank
L. P. Waddick, Auctioneer
Mark
J. KE. Bateman
Wollenberger
Wollenberger & CO. Investment Bankers
la Salle Street
John A. Liddy
Monticello, Towa
Shover & Orcutt
Ube
Standard Oil Company
Monticello, Iowa
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