Iowa Notes on farming, education, weather and war
Farm near Marshalltown nets 44 dollars from skunk fur after half hour trapping. Coe College SATC enrollments show higher return rates than expected. Rev. Lewis Hartrough, hymn writer of I Am Coming Lord, dies at 90 in Mount Vernon. State revenue losses under collateral inheritance tax debated. Dubuque plans ungraded rooms to aid education. Iowa corn only four percent soft this year, favorable storage and December weather described. National guard status changed to civilian post discharge. Dubuque county to abolish old relief system with Laura Ackroyd taking charge. Audit plan for Panama Exposition funds proposed. Lieut Joynt of Marcus seeks discharge for influenza care. Winneshiek County labeled prosperous with dairy, livestock. Carson schools vote to consolidate. Victor Foch Payne honored by Marshal Foch. Iowa’s spring wheat, potatoes, and crops ranking noted. Prof Forest Ensign elected president of state teachers association. John Remey sells Burlington bank after 56 years. Cedar Rapids man spots brother in Hoboken theater. later sees brother on crutches. Clover crop losses noted. few counties produced seed. Veterans deaths list updated with multiple names. Sergt John B Garner awarded distinguished service cross at Camp Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Coe
Lewis Hartrough
Lord
Mt. Vermon
Methodist
Utah
Bronx City
Fort Dodge
Huron
Sioux Falls
Dubuque
Board of Education
Iowa
Crib
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
National Guard
Judge Advocate General
Washington
Secretary of War
Old
Dubuque County
Laura B. Ackroyd
Ackroyd
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Commission
Legislative Committee
Marcua
Pecia
United States Service
Joynt
Marcus
Army
Georgia
Lieut
Winneshiek County
Nesbiak
Carson
Marshal Foch
France
Victor Foch Payne
Centerville
Tady
Forest C. Ensign
College of Education
University of Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Ensign
John T. Remey
George C. Remey
National State Bank of
Burlington
C. E. Hawkins
Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy Railroad
William Carson
First National Bank of
John E. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Hoboken
Williams
Clover
Vernon Smith
Charles Smith
Beaver
Frank Blizek
Oxford Junction
Jones County
Lowans
Joseph M. Krubes
Britt
Ramie Richard
Grand Junction
William G. Gillpatrick
Waterloo
James H. Hanawalt
Boone
Alva Burgess
I. M. L. Eno
Havelock
Gust B. Anderson
Charles H. Miller
Blanchard
Jon Halbur
Carroll
Malcom Lafftans
Northwood
Carl F. Nomsen
Wall Lake
Miles R. Rambarger
Ft. Madison
James 2
Hurd
Green
Howard Franklin McCormick
Sumner
Corp
Paul R. Dixon
Mystic
Ernest ©. Ragger
Coon Rapids
Claude J. Kruse
Manning
Oliver P. Byam
Sioux Rapids
Everett Dillon
South English
Orle G. Kious
Scranton
Fred O. McNulty
Clifford C. Olson
Garner
Roy
Gittens
Iowa City
Julius C. Grein
Bancroft
Luke Hildebrand
Leeda
Francis J. McNiff
Anthon
John C. Musselman
Leon
Glenn BE. Rhodes
Sloan
Augusta Nelson
Council Bluffs
Adolph B. Weatburg
Forest City
Clarence de Boer
Ashton
Henry Nelson
Independence
William A. Sherer
Leo L. Goeke
Baxter
Robert E. Hanahan
Webster City
Lester R. Griffith
Vinton
William G. O'Brien
Roy B. Picke
Oakley
Jess Galen
William E. Bane
Burliington
Fred F. Bruning
Breda
Akilo R. Messelbieser
Hampton
Ernest R. Talbott
Elliott
Frank Hall
Ralph EB. Dray
McDale
Jesse B. Graham
Lake Park
Homer EB
Wharrall
Rockwell
Estey H. Brownlee
Villisca
Benjamin T. Simmons
Camp Dodge
John B. Garner
One Hundred Twenty-ffth Infantry
Herrold
Camp
United States
Ep‘tire
Letters From the Tropics by Corporal Nycum
H Nycum writes from St Thomas and Puerto Rico in 1918 about Marine signal work, gun emplacements, and radio stations during wartime, describing island life, sea voyage aboard the Sterling and Vixen, training prospects, and a shore leave in San Juan with impressions of local towns, people, and a visit from a white schoolteacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quantico
Marine Corps
Tropics
Kansas
Delaware
U. S. S. Sterling
Merrimac
Hobson
Santiago de Cuba
Charleston
Liberty
Ft. Sumter
Atlantic
Virgina Islands
Porto Rico
Great Britain
Denmark
St. Thomas
Panama Canal
Germany
Bluebeard
Blackbeard
Africa
East Point
St. Croix
Alexander Hamilton
Madoile
Coamo
San Juan
New Adenoid Remedy Claims Deafness Cure
Dr A H Weber introduces a method eliminating chloroform for adenoid removal. Adenoids lie at the throat edges near the posterior nasal passages, not in the nose. A shown case is a young girl from Radcliffe improving after treatment, with other patients including Bush, Hoheman, Bullock Hardy, Reagan, and Winterset listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Weber
Nels Johnson
Radcliffe
Dr. Weber
A. Bush
Stuart
George Hoheman
Ackley
John Bullock Hardy
C. Reagan
Winterset
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa News
U. S
Care P. M
New York
Central
University of Cincinnati
Bureau of Navigation
Mills of the Gods
Philadelphia
Liberty Loan
No. 1
Winterfield
University of Pennsylvania
Wilson
Doug
Mary
Charlie
Phillie
Washington, D. C
Daniels
States
Virgin Islands
San Juan Harbor
Santurce
Federal
Camp Las Casas
Naval Radio Station
Ponce
Estabrook
Massachusetts
H. . Nycum
the Central Ray
Castoria
DR. C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Sts
A. J. Visser
The
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
den Burger’s Sale
P. A. Edmund
Wagner's Clothing Store
W. F. Crew
North Side Square
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
Vander Zyl Bros
PELLA
A. F. Carpenter
Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
Georgia Chalfont
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