Fading Laughs and Local Real Estate Lists Collide
A humorous collage of jokes and quips opens with sharp witticisms on gender and fame, then shifts to a long real estate transfers section listing numerous warranty deeds, acreages, parties, and prices across multiple townships and dates. The piece blends light social bite with formal property records.
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W. M. Dennison
R. W. Brown
Ben Johnston
Patrick O’connell
Michael Gorman
James Remington
Frank C. Gage
Frank P. Chesire
George B. Frazier
Leonard Durst
William Hoffman
William T. Belknap
J. H. Ramsey
J. H. Willison
Exec
Cable Belknap
Pt. Gv
H. O. Sunday
Harbison Orr
Park Chamberlain
Onslow
French
N. C. Holst
John W. Hunter
Rosanna Decious
John Young
John Landis
H. P. Hanna
Maggie Mohr
J. W. Streeter
W. H. Prentice
R. E. Remington
Willie Husmann
Clifford B. Paul
H. A. Atwood
Henry Bailey
Frank S. Miller
George Burnoske
Minnie Buckner
Fletcher Emerson
Fisher
Anamosa
E. N. Wilcox
G. M. Hogeboom
Lot
Reseeding Pastures Boosts Growth in Early Spring
Iowa State College Farm Crops Department notes thinning stands can be improved by reseeding in early spring with timothy red clover and alsike. Mix may include biennial sweet clover. use about one third seed for renewals and add oats per acre if stands are thin. Topdress with manure to boost growth and weed suppression.
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Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Don’t tile land unless done by a competent person
Iowa State College extension engineer A. W. Turner lists essential tile installation don’ts for farmers this spring. Use a qualified installer, test tile soundness, choose 4 inch tiles for capacity, bury tiles three to four feet deep, limit curves, and consider upstream water and watershed to protect your land.
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A. W. Turner
Iowa State College
The Matter With America Too Many Contrasts
A Fargo forum laments social excesses and misplaced values noting indulgence in luxury over frugality and ambition over responsibility. The piece urges hard work, traditional Christianity, and genuine democracy to address growing discontent and inequality.
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America
Forum
Fargo
What a Farmer Is The Nation’s Backbone
Drover's Telegram defines the farmer as a laboring, multi talented patriot who sustains family and society yet is caricatured in media. The Kansas City Times notes New Jersey ratifies the suffrage amendment but legal effect hinges on Gov Edwards finding out Bryan's position.
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Kansas City
New Jersey
Edwards
Bryan
The Great War's Aftermath and the Call to Work
A Saturday Post essay argues postwar Europe lost the habit of work due to nervous strain from four years of conflict. It warns against rapid shifts to shorter hours and urges continued production, civic pride, and support for local institutions to sustain towns and economies.
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Saturday Evening Post
Europe
Belgium
Che
Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Sunday School Lesson Turns To Butter Price Joke
A young Sunday school teacher aims to teach thanks before meals. She asks a pupil about his father, a church deacon, what he says at table. The boy answers in a humorous way citing butter price at seventy five cents a pound and telling kids to go slow.
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William
Rich Bachelor Seeks Wife After Cure Claim
A man proclaims marriage seeks after claiming Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured his stomach and intestinal trouble. He says the simple preparation relieves catarrhal mucus and inflammation and offers a money back guarantee through W. W. Stickford and druggists.
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Mayr
W. W. Stickford
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G. BE. Shoop
Rudolph Grenenwald
Jess Martinsen
Ne& Nw
William Rice
Harm Behnken
Maude L. Reichart
John Enabait
J. J. Locher
John Ross
Henry R. Gerdes
Martin Trimble
Joseph M. Simmons
Charles
Charles #. Bates and wife to F. A. Hanken
George A. Allen
Abraham Allamand
Fred Chipman
Chas. G. Fiedler
Harry Greene
Belle Dodson
Center Junction
J. B. Cropp
Ben R. Che
Davidson
Monticello
Mary Cassidy
Mary A. Brown
J. W. Long
Mark F. Hogan
Bradstreet
Wilbert Starry
Louis J. Rohwedder
Cronkhite
Elmer
James Tracey
Geo. J. Greenwood
Henry Gerdes
William J. Cooper
O. W. Brazelton
Lena Engelbarts
George Andrews Sr
Sey
Ola
Lome
John C. Wright
Father
Country Gentleman
National Farm Weekly
United States
Henry H. Schoon
Monticello, Iowa
Charles Kaufman & Bros
J. B. Zimmerman
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