Model farmer in Harrisburg township runs farm as business
Henry Wallingford, owner of about 300 acres near Bonaparte Iowa, maintains exact inventories and detailed books tracking every cost and return. He selects profitable breeds, rotates crops, and uses a precision water system to ensure constant supply at Cherry Vale Poultry Farm, showcasing farming as a disciplined enterprise.
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Iowa
Harrisburg Township
Henry Wallingford
Wallingford
Muscatine County
Mr. Wallingford
Plymouth Rocks
Cherry Vale
Cherry Vale Farm
Queried Reader Advice From Querey Column
A spoof advice column replies to diverse readers across Daisy Iowa Nutty Illinois Gumboils Fairport Fruitland and other places. The piece lampoons love loss taste and petty queries with humorous, fictional responses referencing local settings and absurd scenarios.
I Wish I Could Be Wicked for the Public
A relic plea for sensational news and murder lore from a writer who longs to scare readers and describe killers, while dreaming of access to Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller, and other magnates. The speaker muses on press passions, public appetite, and the editor’s stance amid fierce paper competition.
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Andy Carnegie
Pierepont Morgan
Rockefeller
State Sons and Daughters of Maine Formed in Des Moines
A state organization of the Sons and Daughters of Maine has been organized at Des Moines with local members pledging to promote Maine heritage and assist descendants in the region.
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the Sons and Daughters of Maine
Des Moines
Cholera Epidemic Wipes Out Hog Herds in Webster County
Webster county farmers report severe losses as cholera spreads through hog herds, with hundreds of animals affected. Officials urge farmers to isolate sick stock and practice strict sanitation to prevent further spread.
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Webster County
Seasons and Eclipses of 1904 from Rev Hicks
Rev Hicks of St. Louis predicts spring begins March 20 1904 and winter December 22 1904. He details two solar eclipses an annular on March 17 and a total on September 9 plus Mars occultation December 2 and lists Ember Days and liturgical dates.
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Srl R. Hicks
St. Louis
Rev. Hicks
United States
Philippine Islands
Guam
Asia
Indian Ocean
Africa
Pacific Ocean
Manila
Siam
Sumatra
Cape Delgado
Madagascar
Hawaii
Mars
Corpus Christi
Rome
Varro
Diocletian
Library a boon to book sales says Musser library aids trade
A Muscatine book dealer credits the P. M. Musser Free Public Library with boosting sales and upgrading the catalog. He notes libraries stir reading habits, drive customers to in stock titles, and prompt purchases of higher quality works while travel reps confirm libraries boost townwide sales.
Deaths in Muscatine 1903 Reflect City Health Conditions
A Muscatine 1903 death register review shows causes and ages, noting only one eighth reached expected lifespan. Typhoid fever caused about twenty deaths. contagious diseases were relatively rare. other leading killers included pneumonia heart failure and accidents.
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Muscatine City
City Recorder Shoemaker
Mississippi
Boy in Mystic Loses Arm in Accident
Harry Wales aged fourteen of Mystic sustained the loss of an arm after an accidental shotgun discharge.
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Harry Wales
Mystic
El Dora Public Library Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Yesterday marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the El Dora public library. Community members gathered to reflect on the library's growth, services, and impact over a quarter century.
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Eldora Public Library
Burke and Laffey Assign Assets in Lewis County
Burke and Laffey of Warren county Lewis have assigned assets and liabilities totaling about $3 000.
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Burke & Laffey
Lewis
Warren County
River man Mate Breen loses family and faces ruin after river disasters
Mate Breen, who killed the Leonidases aboard the Dubuque during a river bridge opening last July, has since lost his wife and two daughters, survived a fire on the City of St. Louis, suffered a partial stroke, and now lies at St. Louis hoping to recover enough to work again on fresh water ships, though his river career may be over. Fire destroys Elmer Nobles residence at Nevada.
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Mate Breen
Leonidases
Dubuque
Government Bridge
City of St. Louis
St. Louis
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