Auction listing of farm goods and prizes with vendors
An OCR fragment shows a catalog style list of items and prizes including shoes watch vitamins and tonics. It mentions firms like Marshall Oil Co Keables Drug Store Vanden Dever & Vanden Berg and Homestead Co and references subscriptions to local weeklies and boosters. The text includes classifications like CLASS 10 ears yellow and CLASS B single Ear White with various rewards such as a print book and a steel corn shelter from International Harvester Co Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeg
Cox Ingersoll Watch
James
Pella
Weekblad
Marehall Oil | Co
Vanden Dever
Vanden Berg
Keables Drug
Pella Chronicle
Pella Overall
Co. Ltd
Fultz
Marshall Oil Co
Homestead Co
Internation A Harvester Co
Des Moines
J.C. O'Roske
Newton Lowa
Smoke Your Meat With a Brush Style Note
A quirky line promotes using a brush method for smoking meat, touting a better technique and suggesting a refined approach for more flavorful results. The brief hints at tool use and cooking discipline without specifics.
Boy wins prize in Iowa growing contest
Lester Finch of Fair Bank Buchanan county wins the high honor for the best acre of corn at Iowa State College with a record 99.67 bushels and a free Washington trip donated by Wallaces' Farmer. Eight other district winners receive similar trips. Other prize names include Vivian Edwards Clarksville C Butler 97.17 bushels and Harry LaNelle Postville Fayette 96.22 bushels with detailed production costs per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Finch
Fairank
Buchanan
Iowa State College
Washington
Wallaces
Vivian Edwards
Clarksville
Butler County
C. E. Pickett
Harry E. LaNelle
Postville
Fayette County
N. ‘Haugen
David Jones
New Sharon
Poweshiek County
N. E. Kendall
Charles Whitehouse
Granger
Polk County
Prouty
Glen Mead
Percival
Fremont County
H. M. Towner
BE. Naylor
Stratford
Hamilton
F. P. Woods
Pullman
Lewis Heim
Rutland
Humboldt County
Clarence L. Brown
Salix
Woodbury County
E. BE. Hubbard
Pottawattamie County
Arthur Strohbein
Treynor
Coal Shortage Blame Stated By EXL Lloyd In Des Moines
EXL Lloyd says blame for Des Moines Iowa coal shortage cannot be placed on any single group. Weather and snow hindered mining and transport, with railroads doing what they could but cold conditions delaying deliveries. Consumers with ready money urged to stock up earlier to prevent fuel scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
EXL
Lloyd
Jrailroads
Yas
Prouty Seeks Aid for Rural Roads
Representative Prouty spoke Tuesday afternoon in Washington before the convention under the American Automobile Association. The event, held in the city, aims to push aid for rural road infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prouty
Washington
American ‘Automobile Association
Thin City
Sheriff Sale in Marion County Iowa Details
A sheriff's sale notice lists a special execution levying on multiple parcels in township 76 north range 18 west, Marion County Iowa. The sale occurs February 9 at the Knoxville courthouse with property tied to Gerritje Verrips and many listed Verrips heirs in favor of John Gosselink Sr. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Iowa
Court House
Knoxville
Laws
AMD
Gerritje Verrips
Gerrit W
Verrips
Willempre Verrips Vander Streek
Louis Vander Streek
Aart Verrips
Kate Verri
Conductor Johnson Bravely Rescues Brakeman From Freezing Train
While en route to Donley from Pleasantville, a door closure trapped the crew. Conductor Johnson wrapped his arm around the brakeman, shielding him from biting cold as they clung between cars. Both men faced near-mangling and freezing conditions until the train halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Des Moines
Albia
Pleasantville
Donley
Millions in Public Benefactions Rise in 1911
The New York Sun records a 1911 public benefactions total of 260,830,100, twice 1910. Individuals gave 160,000,000 with 13,000,000 for education and 83,500,000 for general purposes. Andrew Carnegie led gifts at 40,862,300, followed by Peter Brigham 5,000,000, Mary Chastain 5,000,000, Samuel Balls 10,000,000, and J A Patten 4,000,000. The largest single gift was 25,000,000 by Carnegie to the Carnegie Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Andrew Carnegie
Rockefeller
J. A. Patten
Peter Brigham
Mary ‘Chastain
Samuel ‘Balls
Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation
A Lack of Ambition in a Fragmented Scene
A fragmentary OCR item depicts two individuals described with dated racial terms enjoying a simple pastime of wishing for fulfillment. The incomplete text references complacent attitudes and a sense of modest aspiration within a setting likely from a past era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benneath
Nelson and the missing earring at the ballroom
In a social tale Nelson plans to take Justine to the dance while Orilla lingers as a likely option. Justine loses a costly earring at the carriage, and Nelson searches vainly. The evening unfolds with romantic and domestic tensions as relationships and reputations surface amid boastful rivals and flirtatious talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Orilla
Justine
Marian
Helen
Ed‘gattors
Nélson
Sara
Fragmentary Notice of Shopper Delays and Remarks
A scrambled OCR snippet shows a shopper urging another to hurry and buy a lamp. Phrases include hurry for she and one hour late, with lines about matches and a mate named Johnny. The readable fragments imply a casual scene inside a store or discussion of purchases.
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Johnny
Fragmentary muse hints at hidden ages and sleep
A fragmented OCR item hints at cryptic phrases about time and rest. Names, places, or clear actions are unreadable, but the tone suggests a literary or poetic fragment amid a historical page. The readable fragments imply reflections on age, sleep, and domestic life.
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Kuyper Lumber
Lankelma
Agatlon
Marshall Oil: Co
Marshall Oil:Co
Keables Drug Store
van Zante Bros
G. Vander Zyl
Hi Grain Live Stock
J. J. Sybenga
Leighton, Iowa
VanderSyde & Goll
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Iere
Reprer
William Jackson
Bedford
Bia
Reviewing Board
The
War Department
Representative Prouty
House Committee
Civil Service
Walterd
Denver Harpoon
Hitchcock
Sheriff's Sale
McIntire’s. Livery
Bob Sondheimer
Chicago
St. Louis
Prati
Moon
Avery
Halfe
Justine Ane
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