Delicious Apple Origin Story From Hiatt Orchard
J W Jarnag recounts the Iowa origin of the Delicious apple from Jesse Hiatt a Quaker settler in Madison county near Peru The tree descended from a Bellflower root sprout and became the Hawkeye later renamed Delicious by C M Stark This品revolutionized apple cultivation with over seven million trees shipped worldwide The Hiatt tree still bears fruit despite decay and a monument was dedicated in Winterset honoring Hiatt and the fruit project.
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Peru
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Col Albert Swalm Dies in Bermuda
Col Albert W Swalm United States Consul at Hamilton Bermuda Islands died there on August 24 after months of failing health. A former resident of Oskaloosa he edited the Herald in Pella and led the Third Iowa National Guard. He served in the Civil War as a private in Co D 33rd Town Infantry and spent 25 years in the consular service beginning with a McKinley appointment as consul at Montevideo Uruguay.
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Albert W. Swalm
United States
Hamilton
Bermuda Islands
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Pella
Oskaloosa
Herald
Iowa National Guard
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33Rd Town Infantry
Col. Swalm
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McKinley
Montevideo
Uruguay
River's Freakiah Movement Through State Borders
The Cumberland river leaves its home state and enters Itagalo. It flows through the eastern and south central part of the state, turns south into Tennessee, then farther west enters Kentucky again and joins the Ohio a few miles east of the mouth of the Tennessee river.
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Have You a Cold or Cough Read What This Woman Says
Blair Nebraska. Mrs L H Lothrop recalls years of weak lungs and chronic cough. She credits Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic aiding recovery. The ad urges readers to obtain the medicine at local drug stores in tablet or liquid form.
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L. H. Lothrop
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Lincoln St
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L. W. Drennen
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Non H. Nixon
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Re F. Atranahan
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Lincoln
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Tama County
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Johnson County
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Emmetsburg
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Iowa Fair
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Towa Brigade
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Blanche McKenney-Hunter
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Blanche McKenney- Hunter
Col
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Bermuda
Knoxville
Knoxville-Melcher Road
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Illuminator
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