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Baaiif 'kiod and notion and. all dii . /./ . , ...he id flan to say he is one, Congress one Wd the : Supreme Court the thim-horse. If that is what Mr.v*^,T 5 • w'Rojosflyelt means, does he really thipg they should all be of thedodoes^ch one have their separate part to do? We are inclined to feel that each branch or horse has its separate work to do.If this three-horse team were all of the same mind and would all pull together at all times, it might not be long until all the land would be plowed, but if the people did not want that done, we might take off one or two of those horses and save feed and lots of extra expense. This no doubt would be more pleasing to our President.A Farmer,Twentv-Five Years AgoThe snowfall in this section during the winter was said to have exceeded GO inches. Good sledding commenced on Deo. 20 and was still good on March 21. During the week a passenger train was snow bound over near Davis City on the Chariton-St. Joseph branch of the Burlington.William Flick received several broken ribs and was rondered unconscious when the horse he was driving hitched to a buggy became stalled in a snow drift, Ho also suU’erod from exposure.Mrs. A.Morrell died at Corning, California, March IS at the age of almost 70 yoars.Another car load of horses and mules, costing $8,502 50, wore shipped from ho re. The purchaso price ranged from $125 to $212 50. The animals were purchased from John Simpson, Frank Murphy, E. Hiatt, Silas Warden, E. II. Golf, K S, Drake, Clint Sharp, Frank Older, Fred Branson, Will Clark and J, O. Steen.T. A, Wisdom, who had boen residing near Bloomfield, were' leaving for Utrvin,[Saskatchewan, Canada. |The mercury went down to near10 on the night of March 20.A sou waB bom to Mr. and Mrs, Roy Ridge at Olearfield March 14.In speaking about four divorce cases in Taylor county in whichput in the lye vat and thoroughly boiled. Such is life down in Taylor county. ,f According to Mount Ayr measurements 56 inches of snow had^frotn,::£alien;;their wives and one wife from her husband, the late Editor E, G. Weisell of the Corning Free Press said: ’‘Several chances down inTaylor county to get a husband or wife who has beeu tried —that is, they are second-hand, but have been rubbed and polished and all worn parts replaced with new until they are guaranteed as good as new. All greasy parts have beenTHE LATE Mil. AND MILS DAVtl) KINDhave to be added the snow storm of the afternoon and night of March 14th and that of theJJ 20th.Win. Wildman, Sr., Robert Campbell, J. S, Wildman, J. S. Kennedy and A. L. Hartt were delegates to the democratic county convention at Bedford on Monday of that week, but owing to the weather and roads none of them attended.David King and wife were to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Mar. 28 Mr. King and Miss Malinda Sickels were married at Platteville March 28, 1S62. Air. King was 72 and Mrs. King 67 at, the time of thoir 50th wedding anniversary and when this picture was taken.
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Blockton News
Blockton, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1937
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