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Peony Farm Growth and Iowa Local Notes of 1930s
J W Jarnagin reports on Iowa life from Des Moines area noting a giant peony farm near Des Moines with up to 40 acres planted and about a million blooms this season. The piece also covers local anecdotes from Davis county theft case to McGregor Heights picnics, meat story contest winners, Custer Highway through Iowa tours, gopher trapping, ice cream demand, and church visits at the Little Brown Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Rosenfield
America
Omaha
Michigan
Custer Battlefield Highway Association
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Custer Battlefield Highway
Ames
Billings
Chicago
Clinton
Marshaltown
Illinois
Iown
Custer
Fort Dodge
Storm Lake
Cherokee
LeMars
South Dakota
Yankton
Thomas D. Cutler
Se Son
Ice
Little Brown
The
Vale
Bradford
Chickasaw County
United States
Canada
Geo. Hanna
Holland
H. P. Scholte
Town Land and Exchange Office
Pella National
A. van Stigt
Stigt