Local notes on Des Moines trips and town visits
Des Moines business trips and social visits fill the week with residents like J W Grover A Kuyper H Rietveld Mrs L H Sadler and many others traveling for business and leisure to Des Moines Oskaloosa Iowa City and surrounding areas. Community happenings include shopper ads, school events, and local transportation news.
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C. Boat
J. W. Grover
Des Moines
Isiness
Fa. C. Kuyper
Ih. Rietveld
Monroe
H. Viersen
J. P. Klein
F. D. Stubenrauch
Desines
L. H. Sadler
Jeads
Oskaloosa
Fae Dennis
Harvey
JG. van Viiet
Nettie van Gorp
John Roorda
Fete City
L. J. Roorda
J. P. Riein
Wm Uinekool
Low Sharon
Iss Elsie Frazier
H. Rietveld
New Amsterdam
A. Vander Zee
Holnd
Rotterdam
Weather Crop Bulletin for Week Ending May 11 1908
Weather report notes frost on several mornings in northern districts and below normal weekly average temperatures. Early week was cloudy and wet with cold rains followed by a warmer last three days and statewide showers. Planting steady, fruit crops damaged in southern central areas, oats affected but recoverable. corn planting to resume with improving conditions.
The Corn We Grow Thing Expands Across Vast Ground
A description of a large corn planting effort notes that over 150000 square miles are being prepared for corn production. The passage compares the scale to populations of the United States Japan Hungary and to France, highlighting the vast geographic extent involved in agricultural activity.
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Japan
Hungary
France
The Weekend Post on Prosperity and National Use
In examining the German Empire and global wealth, the piece argues fair luck could yield over a billion dollars, doubling federal costs. It notes per capita corn consumption of about one ton annually, from infants to presidents, and asserts overall prosperity despite critics. It also mentions wheat and cotton as abundant future wealth, blaming misfortunes for any shortfalls and urging better use of resources.
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Italy
Japan
Hungary
East Side
New York
Trans- Mississippi
Saturday Evening Post
Snow Announces Candidacy for County Auditor Nomination
L A Snow of Knoxville Iowa announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for county auditor subject to the June primaries. Call on us for job printing.
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the Chronicle
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Dcal News OF the Week
Hattie Cox
Jenny
Iowa City
Green T. Clark
Mrs Redman
J. L Warren
Nellie
Louise Waechter
Fred Calhoun
JL. Warren
John Lankelma
Dakota
John Steenhock
Galesarg
J. Sterrenng
Elizabeth Groenewoud
Iward Frahm
Otley
Gertrude Dykstra
H. F. Sisk
Wm. Vander Wilt
Sioux County
Pud
Pella
P. H. van Gorp
Wichita
Kansas
Pella Stacker Co
Brockway
Washington
J. L. Warren
Bertha Grundman
Minnesota
L. Vander Linden
Prairie City
C.J DeJong
Sully
D. Dieleman
John Vander Kamp
Gerrit Vander Kamp
Simon Vander Kamp
E Hellebrands
Davenport
T. Vander Ark
Holland
Michigan
Baptist Sunday School
Glenn Grundman
L. A. Garrison
England
Eddyville
Oklahoma
G. G. Thomassen
Mendota
Illinois
J.J. Thomass
Mr. Thomassen
H. J. Dekker
Bussey
Ter
Jacob Potters
Brush Factory
John Stursma
Westmarket
J. H. Reuvers
Mr. Reuvers
Lord &Thomas
Chicago
Paul Scholte
Canon City
Colorado
Malta
Kia Biag
Germany
District of Columbia
Wormhondt
Weather Crop Bulletin
the House of Kuppenie
Cago
L. A. Snow
Knoxville
Iowa
Standard OD Company
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