Smaller Farms Shrink Iowa Acreage in Midwestern Shift
The article notes a major shift in Southern Iowa and the Midwest as farmed acres decline. Rising land values from 10 to 100 dollars an acre push farmers to smaller, efficiently managed plots. Average Iowa farm size now about ninety acres, with owners doing most work or aided by one worker.
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Beverly Farm
Worlds Fair City
Chicago & Alton A
WL H.C. Smith
Iowa
Middle West
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Chicago Woman After Weeks
Marion Knight of 33 N Ashland Ave Chicago says Doan's Kidney Pills eased bone pain kidney ache and pelvic organ pain. She had thick cloudy urine and poor appetite but improved within a week and was fully well after seven weeks. She spent hundreds without relief before finding recovery. Free trial offer from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and dealers carry the product for 50 cents.
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Chicago Society
Doan
Marion Knight
Ashland Ave
Chicago
West Side Wednesday Club
Dean
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
One of Jefferson's Fish Stories
A brief item about Joseph Jefferson's fishing tales marking spring. The latest anecdote features a Hibernian man politely interrupted by Jefferson as he fishes at his private lake. The Dublin-flavored punchline has the fisherman revealing he is teaching the words how to swim.
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Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson
Sir Isaak
Barber Reveals Polish That Sparks Bald Head Comeback
A Chicago News item quotes a hustling barber boasting a new polish to make bald heads look like new. He aims to market it to patrons and boost his finances, targeting those in the front row and seeking stylish appearances.
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Knight of the Razor
Chicago News
Country Club Gossip Doubles as Ages Move Up
At the Country Club the talk shifts from golf to aging stars. Ernie claims Miss Passy lacks power to drive, while Ida is teased about moving into tennis and croquette as she nears a new milestone.
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Ernie
Miss Passy
Ida
Elijah's Test On Mount Carmel Amid Elijah and Baal
Readings recount Elijah rebuilding the altar of the Lord with twelve stones and calling on God to prove himself. The prophets of Baal failed to move their god, but Elijah’s sacrifice was consumed by fire, leading the people to proclaim the Lord is God. The narrative covers the boiling drought, the prayer for rain, and Elijah executing Baal’s prophets at Kishon.
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Elijah
Jacob
Israel
Elijah the Prophet
Abraham
Isaac
God
Baal
Kishon
Ahab
Carmel
Jezreel
Jesus Christ
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