Farley A Boom Town When Old S W Was Built
History recalls Farley’s rise with the Dubuque & Southwestern and Sioux City lines. By 1859 the Southwestern reached Farley Junction, spurring land booms, shops, and a growing population before auto traffic reduced passenger service and left freight and a single morning train. If Milwaukee abandons Farley Worthington ties, Worthington becomes the northern terminus.
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Dyersville Commercial
Milwaukee Railroad
Farley
Worthington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Dubuque & Southwestern Railroad Company
Southwest
Farley Junction
Dubuque County
Dubuque
Sioux City
Dubuque & Southwestern
Sioux City Road
Southwestern
Iowa Land Company
Joseph G. Wilson
Taylor Township
Jesse P. Farley
Dyersville
Land Company
Wilson
Hopkins
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Milwaukee
Church Services Blend Of Denominations In Jan 12 Schedule
A church notice lists services for January 12 across multiple congregations. Methodist Episcopal and St. Matthew’s Ey. Lutheran present Sunday schools at 9:30 to 10:45, with morning and evening worships, German services, and youth leagues. First Congregational awaits Rev. Cutler’s trial sermon and candidate details. Castle Grove Lutheran and Reformed share German and English sermons plus Sunday school updates. A village-wide emphasis urges attendance and notes Sunday school contests and ordinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Epworth League
St. Matthew's Ey
H. L. Adix
Luther League
Presbyterian
Leonard Duckett
Christian Endeavor
First Congregational
Alex E. Cutler
Stuart
Town
Wayne Zion
J. Willma
Castle Grove
G. Wolf
St. Peter and
St. Paul’s
Reformed
Armin H. Tendick
Tendick
Edith Winkler
Woman's Missionary Society
R. Winkler
Airplanes Used for Rice Planting and Mosquito Spraying
Airplanes have been used for planting rice in California and spraying the mosquito swamps of Haiti, marking a notable shift in agricultural and public health practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Haiti
Best Four Star Movies of 1929 Highlight Chicago List
Reviewers on the Chicago Tribune rated 1929 films with four or three stars. Four Star Movies include In Old Arizona The Desert Song The Trial of Mary Dupan Piccadilly Alibi The Cock Eyed World and others. Three Star picks feature Marriage by Contract The Rescue The Walking Fleet The Shopworn Angel The Wind and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Old Arizona
Mary Dupan
Piccadilly
Bull Dog Drummond
India
Hollywood
Rio Grande
Lena Smith
Franklin Lightning Rods Origin in Philadelphia 1852
The first lightning rod was erected by Benjamin Franklin on his Philadelphia house in the year 1852, marking the origin of lightning protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Inheritance Tax Revenue Boost From Iowa Estates
The Iowa state treasurer reports December inheritance tax revenue near 250000 dollars the largest monthly return in state history. Estates of C H McNider Mason City and A B Turner Corning Adams County contributed 95498 50 and 45894 53 respectively. Turner also paid taxes in South Dakota and Idaho totaling 529 04 and 243 60.
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C.H. McNider
Mason City
A. B. Turner
Corning
Adams County
McNider
Turner
Iowa
South Dakota
Idaho
Busses In Iowa Rail Lines Reported In Service
Iowa operates 250 buses paying 304 500 dollars in annual tax on 6 257 miles of routes. Electric lines account for 1 878 miles while steam railroads via subsidiaries cover 1 075 miles, totaling 2 953 miles of electric and steam bus operations. Major steam roads include Burlington & Quincy 2294.5 miles Milwaukee & St Paul 1726.06 miles and Chicago North Western 10 miles with Charles City Western also present. Illinois Central and Charles City Western stand apart from other steam operations.
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Iowa
Electric Lines
Steam Roads
Electric and
Steam Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul & Pacific
Chicago & North Western
Charles City Western
Ilinois Central
Pheasant Damages Sought From Iowa County
A. R. Buckwalter of Hudson requests forms to file a claim for car damages after a large pheasant struck his windshield along Highway 10 south of Marathon on a December Sunday. Buena Vista county auditor W. 4H Kaufman considers referring the matter to a game warden to pursue damages from a South Dakota tourist for pheasant caused damage.
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Storm Lake
South Dakota
Iowa
Mayor Lyons Bans Blindfolded Car Display in Sigourney
Sigourney, county seat of Keokuk County, faced a proposed holiday street spectacle where a blindfolded man would drive a certain car through crowded shops. Mayor Lyons issued an edict prohibiting the stunt, arguing it endangers pedestrians and is a risky skin game if the driver can or cannot see.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Lyons
Bernice Snider Wins Big in Window Decorating Contest
Miss Bernice Snider of Mahaska County earned a national prize of 2500 dollars and a 100 dollar state honor for window decorations in a Chicago competition using brand toothbrushes and toothpaste from the same firm. Also guidance urges rejecting leaky or bulged cans and discarding compromised foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Chicago
Bernice Snider
Oskaloosa
Sanford Holsteins Lead For December
The December comparison shows a 3.6 pound per cow increase in butterfat with 413 cows averaging 588.3 pounds milk and 20.8 pounds butterfat. Total feed cost was 3409.66 dollars. The second month leaders include R D Sanford's nine milking grade Holsteins at 1159.4 pounds milk and 41.9 pounds butterfat. Public dairy feeding schools will be held in Jones county January 21 at Monticello and January 22 at Anamosa Men’s Reformatory barn, starting 10 a.m., supervised by Ted Besh of extension service, free to attendees.
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R. D. Sanford
Association
Henry Wehling
J. E. Johnson
Hank Siebels
Men’s Reformatory
Guernsey
J. M. Byerly
Harmers
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello
Anamosa
Ted Besh
Fatal auto crash in Dubuque city kills man on curb
Clarence Walke, 25, dies at Mercy hospital after a car driven by Albert B. Koch, 38, crashes into a tree outside George Michael’s residence on Broadway extension. Koch near death, skull fracture and chest injuries. Walke dies Monday morning. Witnesses place speed at 40 mph plus. car demolished. both men ejected through windshield. Residents warn about another unrelated health notice and local social notes follow.
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Clarence Walke
Windsor Avenue
Albert B. Koch
Lincoln Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
George Michael
Walke
Koch
Short Items Of News Of Interest To Farmers
Daily Noestock reports broadcast to South America and Porto Rico from Station KDKA Pittsburgh include markets in Pittsburgh Jersey City Lancaster Chicago St Louis and Kansas City plus the Boston wool market. Before incubator use clean disinfect interior trays and nursery drawers with a cresol solution. Plan dairy feed needs for next year noting pasture and silage requirements for cows yearlings and bred sows. A recommended mineral mix for hogs includes bone meal limestone acid phosphate and salt with optional wood ashes. Skim milk serves as a valuable feed for calves pigs poultry and laying hens and has comparable feeding value to other feeds.
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Noestock
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
South America
Porto Rico
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Jersey City
Lancaster
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Boston
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Inside Information for the Busy Housewife
A vintage homemaking column advises on food storage and preservation including bread, milk, and pork curing. It outlines container choices for bread and dairy, cautions on cooling milk, and provides a damp proofing method using paraffin and gasoline with ventilation and flame risk notes.
For Sale Fixtures and Equipment Included
For sale items include a National cash register with detail strip a Stimp son coffee mill ball bearing a 260 account file and a Dayton cheese box and cutter plus numerous other fixtures A W Steiner 17-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cash Register
Dayton
A. W. Steiner
Stimpson Coffee
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.B
S.W
Emngee
Egypt
Iowa News
J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Sanford’s
Holsteins
Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration
England
William Rufus
William the Conqueror
Gottlob Schneider
Franch Schneider
Cresco
Langworthy
Fred Kellum
Charles E. Smith
Rhode Island
Herman H. Herren
Scotch Grove
Ed Jones
H. Burkert
Mammoth
Fay Collins
Viola
Brown
Chas Izer
Victor P. Collins
South Cedar Street
H. Wilcox
W. Burkert
W. A. Mirick
Lovell State Bank
Bernhard Harms
Fred Shover
Express Office
A. F. Walker
Dimension Lumber
Adolph Schoon
Amber
Lovell Bank
Katherine Kasper
District Court
Jones County
State of
Harriet Sweet
A. D
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello State Bank
John Lynch
Warren Rees
Jones Co
H. F. Marceau
Will Keating
P.m. Jones County
John Bodenhofer
B. E. Reed
OC. R. Stott
Paving
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade, Town
William Burkert
mThe
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Castle Grove Township
W. F. Hintz
James Kehoe
S. M. Hosford
George Albery
Total Resources
Rnumine Fund
Oren Buebbue
State OF Iowa
S. We
H. M. Carpenter
Wm. Stuhler
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
WM. Stahler
Wm. Stubler
Ervin E. Reed
Geo. Ambuehl
J. J. Locher
E. E. Hoag
R. A. Cartano
J. H. J. Stutt
John Turnis
F. E. Stimson
Lowell State Bank
Jones
Total
J. W. Doxsee
L. W. Lovell
H.W. Wilkinson
F. A. Hanken
R. H. Rickless
T. M. Redmond
R. J. Bone
Onslow Savings Bank
Onslow
Towa
M. Spencer
N. C. Holst
Geo. H. Paulsen
O. O. Lightfoot
C. M. Holst
Paul Paulsen
Howard Willison
P. H. Paulsen
G. A. Turner
Post Office Bldg
Anamona, Iowa
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