Historic LeRoy Denny barn linked to old stage route
The LeRoy Denny farm near Bloomfield houses a landmark barn moved from Soap Creek about 50 years ago. Once a stagecoach stop on Col Pete Bollingall's Bloomfield Ottumwa route, it served as a mid point for horse changes. Bricks from a nearby Denison fire brickyard era fetch higher prices today as cleanup begins for a new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Denny
Bloomfield
Davis County
Soap Creek
Pete Bollingall
Ottumwa
Sheep Witnesses Enter Iowa Courthouse in Bizarre Hearing
In Allamakee county Waukon a flock of 18 sheep appeared in court as evidence for a dispute over ownership. The flock was herded up the courthouse stairs and past the jury box, though none were asked to take an oath.
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Iowa
Waukon
Allamakee County
Young Boy Opens Broom Factory In Keokuk County
Kenneth Fry of Webster in Keokuk County at age 14 proves enterprising by growing broom corn and turning a patch into 72 brooms. The fully booked endeavor attracts neighbor orders as Fry manages schoolwork and production.
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Kenneth Fry
Webster
Keokuk County
Kenneth
Young Fry
Fry
Woman Finds Raw Gold Nugget Near Correctionville Home
Mrs. W. B. Heritage of Correctionville in Woodbury County reports finding a raw gold nugget in a chicken gizzard. She initially dismissed it as a lost dental filling, but dentists confirmed it is natural gold rather than dental material.
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W. B. Heritage
Correctionville
Woodbury County
Spencer man dies after bridge fall on new job
Bill King of Spencer in Clay county was assigned to a Rock Island railroad bridge near Rossie. Hours after starting work he slipped 30 feet, striking crossbeams and suffering a fractured skull leg and arm. He died in Spencer hospital. another worker replaced him on the job.
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Bill King
Spencer
Clay County
King
Rock Island Railroad
Rossie
Gentlemanly Reply to Dog Tax Seeks Gentle Laugh
In Estherville Emmet county a local man received a tax bill demanding $1.05 for dog tax with a 5 cent penalty. His witty reply says he has not owned a dog for three years and will keep shaved and hair cut to avoid future charges.
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Estherville
Emmet County
First transpacific lei reaches Fort Dodge in 48 hours
Miss Mary Sullivan of Fort Dodge Webster County wore a Hawaiian flower lei that traveled from Honolulu on the Pan American clipper to Iowa. The 3500 mile mail flight arrived in exactly 48 hours, the first package to reach Fort Dodge by transpacific air service.
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Iowa
Mary Sullivan
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Honolulu
Transpacific Air Service
Farmer Finds Beans Left by Mules In Soybean Hay
Allen Lang of near Brooklyn Po weshiek county feeds soybean hay to his mules and discovers they leave the beans. He collects the beans, grinds them for protein, and mixes them into the ration for his dairy cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Lang
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Lang
Denison Man Walks 2 1 8 Mile Morning Route 18 Years
In Denison Crawford county the early risers know C L Ducander as a familiar figure. He walks a fixed 2 1 8 mile route each morning rain or shine, a habit begun 18 years ago after his heart ailment diagnosis.
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Denison
Crawford County
C. L. Ducander
Ducander
By comparison his automobiles usually think of tractors as
The fragment reads oddly about comparing vehicles and labeling tractors. It hints at a writer noting tractors as distinct from automobiles in a reflective or descriptive passage. The lack of clear subjects limits a definite event or outcome.
Tractor Crash Fatality in Carroll County
Virgil Renshaw, 26, was driving a tractor down a hill in Coon Rapids Carroll County when control failed. The tractor struck a cement bridge, crushing his chest against the wheel and throwing him 12 feet over a fence. He died from his injuries and the tractor was demolished.
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Virgil Renshaw
Coon Rapids
Carroll County
Renshaw
Iowa man invents legging to stop cow kicking
Ernest Vernia of near Odebolt Sac county devised a metal legging strapped to a cow leg. The device keeps the leg straight and prevents kicking without disturbing the animal, aiming to avoid milking disruption after a prior injury to a hired man.
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Ernest Vernia
Odebolt
Sac County
Vernia
Alaska Life From Pillar Bay A Northbound Iowa Tale
An Iowa girl Mary Anderson who lives with her husband on a small Alaska coastal island writes home about a mild Alaskan winter. She notes the coldest temperature last winter was six below zero and describes life with the fish hatchery custodian as neighborly and remote. Radio is their only outside contact and mail arrives monthly as the mainland is thirteen hours away.
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Alaska
Iowa
Mary Anderson
Pillar Bay
Estherville Man Invited On Coast-To-Coast Radio
Paul Stachwick of Estherville Emmet county drawn into a national radio program to dramatize his 1931 shipwreck and six months adrift on Cocos Island off the west coast of South America.
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Paul Stachwick
Estherville
Emmet
Stachwick
Towa
Robinson Crusoe
Cocos Island
South America
First American Play 1787 at John Street Theatre
The Contrast by Col Royall C Tyler was the first American written play staged professionally in 1787 at New York's John Street theater by English players. Three weeks later Tyler wrote his first play after seeing it produced while serving on George Washington's staff. He notes Boston barred theater as the vestibule of hell.
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Col
Royall C. Tyler
John Street
New York
Tyler
George Washington
Boston
Hell
Prague’s Rise as a Global Center Draws Foreign Travelers
Prague the capital of Czechoslovakia has rapidly grown into a world center. It recalls a long history from medieval times and early modern progress, becoming a major hub for foreign travelers seeking cultural and historical attractions.
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Prague
Czechoslovakian Republic
Wien
Golden Samarkand Villages and Poppies Admire Duranty Report
Walter Duranty described Samarkand with yellow poppies brightening adobe roofs, suggesting why the city might be called Golden Samarkand. He noted the Soviet government preserves and restores the city’s historic treasures where possible.
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Walter Duranty
Samarkand
Rusela
Golden Samarkand
Ski Museum Near Oslo Displays 2500-Year-Old Ski
The ski museum near Oslo highlights regional and yearly variations in skis per Charles M. Dudley in 60 Centuries of Skiing. The collection includes a ski about 2,500 years old, believed to be the oldest in the world.
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Ski Museum
Oslo
Norway
Charles M. Dudley i
Postal Cards Versus Post Cards Defined by Post Office
The Post Office department distinguishes postal cards with stamps from post cards bought privately without stamps. Postal cards have stamps printed on them, while private firm cards often feature a picture on one side.
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Post Office Department
Success in Life
The quote highlights that life’s true success rests on daily quality of living. It emphasizes living with aspiration, goodwill, generosity, and love, even under limited and trying circumstances as stated by Lillian Whiting.
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Lillian Whiting
Women on Stamps: Martha Washington Leads U S Selections
The text notes Martha Washington as the sole American woman on U S stamps with Pocahontas and Queen Isabella as the only other women featured on United States stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
United States
Pocahontas
Queen Isabella
Flies Skater Traits Noted in Marine Midge Samoa Discovery
Some shore midges glide on water surface via hairy footpads while one marine midge in Samoa lagoons reportedly swims actively underwater. This rare aquatic ability distinguishes a small percentage of flies from typical surface skating behavior.
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Samoa
Curiously Stamped Mexico Mail Illustrations From 1805
The notes describe stamps printed in Mexico in 1805 showing mail handling scenes. A one cent stamp depicts a post man on foot, four cent a mule mounted postman, ten cent a tall coach, and one peso featuring a mail train.
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Mexico
Fall Kerosene Spray Taxonomy for Dandelions
Guidance from EB P Sylvester of Iowa State College warns kerosene spraying for dandelions in fall risks bluegrass damage. Fall spraying around mid September advised after heavy fertilization to promote sod growth. Use water white kerosene as blanket spray and keep mower blades high to encourage recovery.
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EB. P. Sylvester
Iowa State Col
Property transfers in Jones County estate filings May 1955
Multiple land deeds record transfers in Jones County from April 29 to May 2. Transactions include Gill and Clarebel to M C Starry for 11 acres and 5 acres, Benhart interests to Joe J Barto with undivided interests, Earl Larson and Minnie to Minnie McGuire and Leslie McGuire as joint tenants, First Farm Land Bank to John Tschantsz, Haesemeyer to Helmold couple, Elizabeth Sampson to Charles Sampson, US Patent transfers to Hodgdon Beattie and others, with mortgage and consideration notes.
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Jones County
George W. Gill
Clarebel
M. C. Starry
Alvyena Benhart
Henry F. Benhart
Joe J. Barto
Joseph Benhart
Alvena Benhart
Joseph Benharter
Earl Larson
Minnie
Minnie McGuire
Leslie McGuire
First Farm Land Bank
H. M. Carpenter Jr
Chas. M. Luett
John Tschantsz
Maquoketa
Carl H. Haesemeyer
Otto H. Helmold
Minnie Helmold
Bec
Elizabeth Sampson
Charles Sampson
Monticello
John Hodgdon
Samuel Beattie
William Joshua Barkey
Mertie P. Fink
John LeRoy Fink
Working Wives Aimed At Youth Employment Panacea
William J. Campbell National Youth Administration director says half of 5,000,000 married working women could quit without financial distress to provide a solution for youth unemployment. He clarifies he is not speaking of primary wage earners in families.
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William J. Campbell
National Youth Administration For Minors
United States
Campbell
Movie week at the Monte preview and new releases
The Monte offers a week of film highlights headlined by W C Fields in The Big Broadcast of 1938 and a fall slate including Hopalong Cassidy in Heart of Arizona. Also showing Pennies From Heaven and Our Gang with additional shorts and Mae West and DeMille events.
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William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Arizona
Bing Crosby
Madge Evans
W. C. Fields
Martha Raye
Dorothy ‘Lamour
Shirley Rose
Fields
Donald
Carson Robeson
Pinky Tomlin at the Bijou in Thanks for Listening
A last showing for Pinky Tomlin in Thanks for Listening a light musical comedy. Friday and Saturday bring two bargain attractions including Accidents Will Happen a Ronald Reagan film with Gloria Blondell and missing girl thriller Part of Missing Girls. Jezebel starring Bette Davis Henry Fonda George Brent and Margaret Lindsay plays Sunday. Next midweek features Fools for Scandal with Carole Lombard Fernand Gravet.
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Pinky Tomlin
Pinky
Iwo
Ronald Reagan
Des Moines
Iowa
Reagan
Gloria Blondel
Joan
Della
Captain Storms
Orient
Jezebel
Deep South
Bette Davis
Henry Fonda
George Brent
Margaret Lindsey
Miss Davis
Dixie Belle
Carole Lombard
Fernand Gravet
Dinner and Picnic Planned in Cascade Park
Cascade area residents organize Decoration Day events in Legion Park with community planning notes. Local families drop in as Mrs Lenore Keaveny from Grant Hospital Chicago visits relatives and friends in Martin's parish while others travel or return home from Chicago and Waterloo.
Local Residents Return From Vacation and Honor Mother's Day
Miss Fayne Leggett, Fayne Fern Leggett return to Davenport after a week with their parents Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Leggett. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart O'Shea newly reside in the Aitchison bungalow east Cascade. Mrs. F. Morgan and daughters Frances and Lucile with Thomas Burke of Independence visited Mothers Day at Dr. and Mrs. M. I. Beddoes. Mother's Day observed in St Martin's St Mary's and Community churches. Thomas Williams 80 of Bernard dies at home Friday. funeral Monday at St. Joseph's in Washington township officiated by Rev. Michael O'Sullivan.
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Rosalie McNally
Frank Baum
Fayne
Fern Leggett
Davenport
E. B. Leggett
Stewart O'Shea
Aitchison
East
Cascade
F. Morgan
Frances
Lucile
Thomas Burke
Independence
M. I. Beddoes
St. Martin's
St. Mary's
Thomas Williams
Bernard
St. Joseph's Church
Washington Township
Michael O'Sullivan
Jones County Supervisors Adopt Weed Control and Tax Actions
Jones county supervisors meet in Anamosa on April 18 1938 approve an agreement with Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to install an unloading device for transferring oil or gasoline to county storage adjacent to the railroad right of way. They also order land owners to suppress primary and secondary noxious weeds under state law with penalties for noncompliance and authorize destruction of weeds at county expense if needed. Tax waivers and exemptions are discussed for several properties and individuals, with licenses and warrants issued as required.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Helgens
Holst
Shimerda
Mayberry and Bailey
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
Charles P. Megan
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Mayberry
Bailey
Ailey
47Th General Assembly
Abutilon Theophrasti
County General Fund
Batley
Thomas Bell
O. P
Center Junction
Carrie Groat
Crockwell
Exen
Alvie LaBarge
Stone City
Louisa Leaper
Crane
Ellen and
Henry Moran
Merrill
Cascade
Myra Rigby
Greenfield Township Road Improvements Ordered and Claims Approved
Greenfield Township board read a request for road improvements and placed it on file. The meeting adjourned to May 4 after approving warrants including 900.00 to Jones County Fair Association and authorizing numerous county expense payments for road work, supplies, and services with several supervisors present.
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Anamoen
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Heirens
Holst
Shimerda
Mayberry
Bailey
Citizens Saveings Bank of
Anamosa
J. Kelsey Hanna
George C. Lawrence
Russell Meade Jr
T. F. Watters
Pete Papur
James Moran
G. A
L. N. Ellis
R. S. Seeley
Greenfield Township
Herman Helgena
Jones County Fair Association
Jenkins Fergeman
N. C. Holst
H. JM
Wm. J. Bailey
Herman Helgens
N.C. Holst
H. J. Mayberry
Rennsisee
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Jarnagin
Narod Py
Ranaway Tractor
Post and Postal Cards
Pullman Company
Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
the Monte
Mae
Mae West
DeMille
Jean Lafitte
Buccaneer
Princess Theatre
Martin’s Parish
Legion Park
Lenore Keaveny
R. N
Grant Hospital
Mary Jo
Sara Jane
T. J. Lane
Oliver Tucker
Mercy Hospital
Joseph A. Struett
Mona Barrett
Wallie Gaddis
Waterloo
L. F. Barrett
St. Martin's High
Herman Helens
Geo. F. Specht
Geo
F Specht
Audi
Basley
J. 1
Adams Co
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Anamosa Eureka
Anamosa Lumber Co
Auto Parts Co
Merle Ballou
Rock
Barron
Richard Becker
Carl V. Bock
Geneva Boyd
Cash Jr
Central States Bridge Supply
DU ccc
R. KE. Chaplin
Telephone
Toepmts Access
Childress-Hoag
Cities Service OU Co
T. W. Coon
J. L. Conwell
Continental Oil Co
Oil Co
Dens-Oil
Eclipse Lumber Co
John Fritz
John Gordon
A. D. Hanna
Towa Electric Co
Kacena Co
Adolph Kernen
Koch Bros
J. L. Mead
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
Danengesen
Chas
Zimmer
W. Coon
St. Anthony & Dakota
Rosa Wosoba
Chas. Starr
Aments Dry Goods
John Bennen
Biddick Lumber Co
Ray D. Blakesley
Wm. Breen
Earl DeShaw
H. FP
Dolan
John H. Fraser
A. W. Harold
Jos. A. Hoegen
M. I. Nederhiser
J. D. Paul
G. Rawson
C. G. Thomas
Frank Patterson
C. J. Cash
William Clark
Mrs. Clayton Countryman
H. Dearborn & Co
Diamond Bros
House of Good Shepherd
Hurst
Iowa Electric Co
T. A. Iverson
E. J. Jansen
Louie Kalouse
Jra J. Kohl
Kyle's Grocery
Lefebvre Corp
Northwestern Eel Co
Pearson's
W. H. Proctor & 2
J. M. Ralston
W. S. Roush
St. Anthony & Dakota Eley Co
State So
St. Mary's Orphans Home
Care
C. A. Sherman
H. W. Shelley
Sunnycrest Sanatorium
Core
Swartzell’s
May van Voltenburg
Weighels Model Grocery
Pro- Vigtone Co
Western Union Ti
H. W. Wilkinson
Will Willams
Elizabeth Dearborn
Fred Carson
Farmers Mutual Creamery Co
J. J. Hayes
J. EF. Helserman
Medical Aid Town Electric Co
Matt Parrott Sons Co
W._T. Jansen
McNeill Hardware
OLAV
Kristina. Matejka
Eather Lake
Inabor
Augusta Mortensen
Labo
M. FE
Boots
Henry Thrun
Northwestern Ball Co
National Hybrid Corn Co
Grain Olin Elevator & Milling Co
Beit Puig
Dwight P
Ricklets
Siebels Bros
Geo. Stuhler's Sons Co
P Bious
Reese
Swartzell's Store
Wheat
State Social Welfare Board
Geo. C. Lawrence
Vital Statestis
Vital
Clara M. Turnis
Vital Statistics
Peter Prahm
Vital Statis Nee
I Ccccgestete
Ralph Orth
Faithe McComber
Staubecs Ec
James Kotlinek
Vital Setae Fsfe
Tric Ocusda
George €. Lawrence
Vital Ata- Cistics
Leonard Norton
J. P
Lincoln School Supplies
Kiloto Loose Leaf Co
DOOKS
Metropolitan
Monticello Express
Nellie V. Morey
Ans . OU
A D. McIntyre
Justice Peace
Mulvihill
G. Donnelly
H. Eichhorn
I. Norton
G Schuchman
Lloyd Soper
U. S
J. H. Welch Co
Jessie Hartley
I. J. Hayes
Sam Schuetz
Lee Byerly
Dr. J. D
Sherman
Swartzell's
Ralph Slade
Jimmy Smith
Zimmerman
Gents
Silamar
Japan
Bos
Stuhler’s Grocery
Cies
Laei
A.J.H. McNeill Hardware
Pittsburgh
Arate
Clinton Company, Clinton, Low
Ema
General Electric
America
Mar T
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