Post Offices More Numerous 75 Years Ago
The Iowa Hand Book of 1857 lists Iowa post offices by county noting many counties had none and naming present offices in Jones, Dubuque, Delaware, Cedar, Linn, Jackson and others. It records rival county changes and lists long-forgotten offices in each area with names like Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Dyersville, Tipton, Maquoketa, Monticello, Lisbon, and more.
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Iowa
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Carroll
Dickinson
Franklin
Emmett
Hancock
O’brien
Osceola
Sioux
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Wright
Buncomb
Lyon County
Jones County
Anamosa
Bowen's Prairie
Castle Grove
Duane
Fairview
Madison
Monticello
Pierce
Grove Creek
Highland Grove
Johnson
Marshfield
Massilon
Rome
Scotch Grove
Colony
Delhi
Delaware Centre
Dyersville
Forrestville
Green Hill
Hopkinton
Hartwick
Mount Hope
Oakland
Orrinden
Plum Spring
Poultney
Rockville
Springbranch
Uniontown
Viola
Cedar County
Cedar
Cambridge
Gower's Ferry
Harwell
Honey Grove
Inland
Lawton
Onion Grove
Pedee
Pioneer Grove
Red Oak
Rochester
Rosetts
Springdale
Tipton
West Branch
Woodbridge
Linn County
Cottonville
Copper Creek
Emeline
Farmer’s Creek
Fulton
Garry Owen
Hickory Grove
Higgensnort
Iron Hills
Lamonte
Maquoketa
Monmouth
Newton
Ozark
Rolley
Sabula
Solon
Spring Brook
Spruce Mills
Sterling
Sullivan
Summer Hill
van Buren
Waterford
Wickliffe
Hen Lays Egg in Kitchen Trained by Manchester Man
Emil Wendling Jr of Manchester trains a white leghorn hen to enter the kitchen and lay eggs. The hen knocks on the door by flapping, nests in an old coat, and departs after laying. In two months the hen has laid 50 eggs in the coat.
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Emil Wendling, Jr
Manchester
Treasurer Reports Two Year P T A Finances
Mrs. Ralph Bone, P T A treasurer, presents a financial report covering April 8, 1929 to May 26, 1931. Cash receipts total 975.42 with 43.59 balance. major income from pre sale tickets and dues, plus expenses for printing, events, and programs. A separate note records a fatal car crash near Van Horne killing George Greenlee and injuring Vergil Alberts.
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Ralph Bone
Parent-Teachers' Association
Association
Dale Greenawald
Corporal Egan
New Statutes For State Go Into Force Saturday
Government actions cover tax changes school attendance cross border education and highway rules. Measures include 16 hour daily drive limits for commercial motor vehicles and nonresident legal service through the secretary of state.
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Secretary of State
Eleven Inning Victory for Monticello Over Manchester
Monticello won an eleven inning 6 to 3 game against Manchester on their home field after a late rally in the ninth and a decisive eleventh inning. Wilson and McKeever boosted the locals as Manchester fought back with two runs in the ninth without hits. Monticello faces Cascade on July Fourth in a non league tilt and Oxford Junction on the fifth in a league game as a rebuilding effort continues. George A. Burroughs, Civil War veteran and Hawkeye resident, dies at 89, leaving four children, thirteen grandchildren, and thirty-three great-grandchildren.
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Monticello
Manchester
Monti
Wilson
McKeever
Cascade
Oxford Junction
Meredith
Blackman
Patterson
Michaels
George A. Burroughs
Hawkeye
Watch Feed Of Horses During Summer Heat
A rural health note warns against overworking heat stressed horses and suggests shading and cooler feeding times. It highlights fly pests affecting cattle and describes simple shade and fly trap methods used in Kansas and Tama county. It also cautions about rabid dogs spreading disease and lists several Iowa counties at risk.
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Kansas
Tama
Towa
Blackhawk
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Jones
Marshall
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Cobra Worshipers Honor Deadly Reptile Across Hindu Homes
The cobra is worshiped in many Hindu households in India with daily milk offerings and morning and evening rites. In Subramangalam, cobras are common in homes and are honored during festivals, drawing crowds to temple services. dangers exist yet destroying the snake is forbidden due to sanctity. In some places images of cobras in stone adorn and people offer gifts at snake shrines each dawn.
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India
Understanding Marble Colors and Grain in Stone Quality
The text explains that real marble is valued for grain and coloring that form when fractures during consolidation draw in coloring matter. Carbonaceous material causes pluck and gray shades, manganese oxides yield red pink or reddish tones, iron oxides explain yellow brown and creamy hues, and blue tints remain unexplained.
Teeth of Wakamba Men and Animal Teeth Custom
Julian Wytey reports in Saturday Review that Wakamba men fire their teeth to sharp points and often extract their own teeth to fit animal teeth such as sheep or hartebeest into empty sockets. The practice, once doubted, is presented as fact.
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Congo
Julian Wuxtey
Saturday Review
Forest management relies on investment principles
A Journal of Forestry essay by B P Kirkland argues forest land and improvements mainly recover value through continued use as forest property. Effective management hinges on analyzing and orderly recovery of tree investment to sustain profits and property value.
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B. P. Kirkland
Journal of Forestry
Name Erie Meaning Ever Royal From Teutonic Roots
The piece explains Erie as derived from Teutonic elements el ever and rlk a king or ruler. It traces the name to royal Nordic usage and notes feminine form Erica. It links Erie to royal North families and cites Richard as a familiar form meaning stern king with connections to English monarchs. It includes quotations on criminals and safety from Portland Express and Montreal Herald.
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Erie
Brief Note on Peach Tree Growth
A short item reports the cipest peach highese on the tree, noting growth or yield conditions. The fragment emphasizes fruit development and local orchard context without specific figures.
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Ty Highese
Lawe and Custome Laws Subservient to Custom
A Plautus quote notes that law and custom are subordinate to custom. The remark emphasizes the primacy of established practice over formal legal rules in ancient comedy.
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Plautus
Poe death shrouded in mystery as life spirals to end
The article reviews Edgar Allan Poe final years and unclear death in 1849. It outlines his decline after his wife’s death, rumors of intoxication and drugging to influence voting, and contested causes of death while noting his enduring misunderstood genius and private sorrow.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Mra. Poe
Richmond
Poe
North
Baltimore
Havre de Grace
Washington University Hospital
America
Explosion of Moon Rocket Hurts Three
A large rocket designed by Dr. Darwin Lyon to reach the moon exploded atop Mt. Hedor ta Bear Miton Italy. The blast injured a mechanic seriously and lightly hurt two others. Lyon was described as a Milanobserver.
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Vienna
Mt. Hedorta
Bear Miton
Italy
Darwin Lyon
Milan
New Star Route Carriers Take Post July First
Three Monticello star routes began new service July 1 with changes in carriers. Ernest Perachong of Dubuque leads the Dubuque to Monticello route. Allen E. Reyner of Cascade now contracts the Monticello to Oxford Junction run and carries the mail himself. The Monticello to Cedar Rapids leg shifts from Charles Kay to Allen E. Reyner of Cascade.
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Monticello
Dubuque
Ernest Perachong
Oxford Junction
Allen E. Reyner
Cascade
Charles M. Rolls
Cedar Rapids
Charles Kay
Warts on Cattle Cut Hide Value by Quarter
Common warts on cattle can reduce hide values by up to 25 percent. A lighted match can destroy a million trees, contrasting with a million matches per tree. Ducks banded in Cheyenne Bottoms Kansas have been recovered in 19 states 4 Canadian provinces Alaska and Mexico. one Ontario blue wing duck found on Trinidad. The first night artificial light game in major league baseball was Giants versus White Sox in Houston March 21 1931. Agnes Scott College president J R McCain notes youths’ spending decline and fewer opportunities for reckless desires.
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Cheyenne
Kansas
Canadian
Alaska
Mexico
Ontario
Trinidad
New York Giants
Chicago White Sox
Houston
Texas
For Sale: Hereford Bulls and Garden Plants
Multiple classified notices list livestock and plants for sale. Registered Hereford bulls of serviceable age offered by J. L. Weber & Sons in Cascade Town. Also Holstein bull age 14 months at Monticello by Reuben Dress. Tomato and late cabbage plants available. contact Mrs. Newton Parrott by phone 151W.
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Monticello
Reuben Dress
Newton Parrott
J. L. Weber É Sons
Cascade, Town
Ett
Fred Shover
Flealand Oasis Found in African Province Prieska
A plague prevention survey in Africa identified Prieska and its surrounding area as completely flea free. Investigators paused for explanation of the unusual finding after locating no fleas on dogs or other animals in the town near the Karoo prairies. Some residents credit nitrates in the barren lands as a natural disinfectant.
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Africa
Prieska
Karroo
Cape of Good Hope
Pig Returns Home After Long Cartage Across Towns
In Gatesville North Carolina T B Croce sells a big black pig that is carried to Murfreesboro by a steamboat captain. A week later the pig returns muddy and dirty from a town forty miles away. Cross refunds the captain the payment for the homing pig.
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America
Gatesville
N. C
T. B. Croce
Cross
Murfreesboro
Waste first became popular in Europe in early 1800s
The waste gained popularity in France and Germany at the start of the nineteenth century and was introduced in England in 1812.
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France
Germany
England
Notice of Probate of Will in Town District Court
Papers purporting to be the last will and codicil of Ellen Carpenter Innes were filed June 28 1931 in Jones county District Court. The July 27 1931 final proof and probate hearing at 9 am will be held at the May term, with interested parties invited to appear and contest admission to probate. Warren Rees Clerk. by Lura E Hanna Deputy. J J Locher attorney.
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Jones County
Ellen Carpenter Innes
Warren Rees
Jones
Lura FE
Hanna
J. i Locher
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Lee County
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Secretary of Agriculture
Public Utilities
State Board of Assessment and Review
Fish and Game
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Portland Express
Uncle Sam
J. R. McCain
Agnes Scott College
Helen Johnson
Palmer'’s Drug Store
Palmer's Drug Store
Majestic
Philco
Locher's
Fred Kellum
Adolph Schoon
Amber
City Park
Reed Clark
N. Cedar Street
Tom J. White
Monticello State Bank
E. A. Hubbard
Palmer’s Drug Store
North Cedar Street
Will Scheele
Norm Smith
Harvey Harford
Farmers Grain Company
Center Junction
W. G. Echoon
Cascade, Iowa
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Oxford Hay L’ders
H.C. Hay Loader
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