Conesville Melon Trade Fuels Local Prosperity
The Conesville region thrives on watermelons cantaloupes and sweet potatoes grown on sandy soil. Farmers ship hundreds of carloads annually and profits run around 30 dollars per car for melons. The town hosts a bank with deposits over 100000 and a busy store of J Fred Coffin.
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Conesville
United States
Rock Island
Milwaukee Roads
Journal
J. H. Helverson
William Maxwell
S. D. Foster
George Brown
Gene van Horn
Tom Huffman
William Ingraham
Robert
Harry
Tom Maxwell
Bert Emerson
Lou Westerman
Austin Nelson
Austin Horton
Sam Buser
Dick Chowan
W. H. Hoopes & Son
David Ritchie
West Liberty Iowa town scene highlights culture and growth
West Liberty features a strong local economy with Iown State bank figure A C Whitacre linked to the firm and a planned amphitheater costing at least 3000 dollars. The West Liberty fair under Union District Agricultural Society pays premiums, with officers listed and a large literary and musical scene including Floriculture P E O Sisterhood Fortnightly club and town talent.
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West Liberty
A. C. Whitacre
Iown State Bank
West Liberty Fair
Muscatine County
Union District Agricultural Society
Ray Whitacre
W. B. Jayne
C. S. Barclay
J. L. Peters
J. C. Nichols
O. H. Martin
W. H. Shipman
James Westfall
Floriculture Society
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Harriet Whitacre
Etta Sexsmith
Luella Bingham
Amanda Mitchell
Kate Brooke
Kate Atkins
M. A. Ditmars
Margaret Childs
Nellie Nichols
A. W. Hine
Methodist Church
Mildred Nichols
Presbyterian Church
G. A. Moore
The
Christian Church
Hazel Henderson
Industrious Indian People Yaqui Struggle for Justice
Dililon Wallace recalls Yaqui history, detailing their peaceful farming along the Yaqui river in Sonora, then persecution by Mexicans and Spaniards. He notes their demand for fair treatment and land rights, while Mexican forces and elites resisted, leading to violence and the sufferings of captives and civilians.
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Sonora
Mexico
Yucatan
Tepic
Dililon Wallace
Toys and Ions Mark Development of World Progress
Washington December 16 Far up in the Thuringian mountains Santa Claus built his first workshop and toys were made. The article traces toy manufacture from ancient times to modern mass production with U S import and export figures showing exports exceeding one million dollars in the year just ended and imports reaching five million in 1909. It notes English birth or ancestry children favor American toys and cites major export destinations including the United Kingdom Canada Australia and Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Thuringian Mountains
Santa Claus
Germany
United States
America
Bobbie
Willie
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
British Australasia
Cuba
Philippine Islands
France
Japan
Five Generations in One Family in Linn County
In Linn county Cedar Rapids December 16 a remarkable five generation family group gathers. The oldest Mrs Polly P sits with her daughter Mrs M J Certain and granddaughter Mrs Ida Mitchell of Marion. The family lineage traces back to notable ancestors including a Cooper grandmother who was a sister of Daniel Webster and a maternal line tied to Benjamin Franklin. Charles Cooper is among the five generation line and aged 85 completes the elders.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Polly P
M. J. Certain
Ida Mitchell
Marion
Mitchell
George
America
Cooper
Hng
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Charles
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Cone Station
Rock Island and
Milwaukee
Mary Daniels
Mr. Gay
A. W. ‘Jones
John Hawkins
H. M. Colbert
0. M. Estle
John Gay
M. R. McKean
J. B. Coffin
J. Fred Coffin
Conesville, Iowa
Auditor's Call
T, Maxwell, Pres
T. Maxwell John Gay
L. M. Cecil
F. B. Gay
Coffin
Conesville Band
Twelve Pieces
H. H. Owen
Rock Island Depot
Mr. Owen
W. A. Mincher
Milton Tucker
Will Westerman
Artie Trautman
J. L. Davis
Roy Jean
Will Jarrard
A. W. Jones
J. B. Boggs
Guy Criger
Leland Crider
Terodist Episcopal
Grace Reformed
Benjamin Parkinson
Nichols
J. W. Bechtel
L. R. McKee
Potter
Jones
John Boggs
T. W. Hawkins
C. R
Chowan
Beebe S. Cone
J. C. Gay
George Norris
John Ratcliff
William Daniels
T. J. Huffman
F. G. McCullough
Iowa
Bessie Furniss
CC. Harrison
Nora Hise
Lucy Dice
Lydia Reece
Emma Anderson
H. A. Ditmars
Belle McElravy
C. Harrison
Eva Buckman
J. E. McIntosh
J. D. Potter
A. A. Atkins
A. L. Dice
George B. Embree
Embree
E. C. Kerr
Davenport
West Liberty Institution
Iowa Condensed Milk CO
II Egos
Geo. J. Harney
John Schmitt
West Liberty, Iowa
Az Industrious
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Santa
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