Eating Strange Mushrooms Warns of Deadly Poison in Iowa
University of Iowa botanist Professor Henry L. Dean warns mushroom foragers that identifying poisonous varieties is essential. Key signs include white spores, a spidery ring, a death cup, and blue flesh. He notes Amanita phalloides causes 60 to 100 percent mortality and urges avoiding unknown or spoiled mushrooms. The Morel or sponge mushroom is noted as safer and desirable, while many other varieties can be mistaken for edibles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L
State University of Iowa Department of Botany
Iowa Woods
SUI
Dean
U.S
Iowa
Dogs Used by Marion County in 1902 Burglary Hunts
Des Moines detective telephoned for George Haffmire and his bloodhounds to track burglars in Knoxville and Bussey during 1902. The dogs trailed suspects along railroad lines and to a barrel stash, with one burglar jailed and others escaping. Reports note a long chase ending near Weir City before authorities sought legal papers. Also recaps two giant Marion County dogs weighed March 4 1902, a Great Dane Swiss Mountaineer mix at 140 pounds and a Mastiff at 150 pounds.
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Marion County Historical Society
E Eli Hardin
Des Moines
Knoxville
George Haffmire
I Haffmire
Tracy
Haffmire
Graham
George Huffmire
Hurtmire
Wesley Dickerson
Fd Wright
Blank
Bussey
Hutfmire
Mahaska
Weir City
O. K
Law
Marion County
Gamble Coat Yards
Art Stittsworth
Eli Kaufman
Tax IQ Quiz From 1950s Tax Questions
A survey style item presents multiple choice questions about federal and local taxes, rates, and tax policy with true/false prompts. It includes figures for individuals, a married man with two children, and a corporation, along with time estimates and job creation costs.
Remarkable Soybean Stalk Produces 269 Pods Near Whitten
A high yielding stalk of soybeans grown on Robert Bavender’s farm near Whitten recently bore 269 pods on a single stem. The plant produced pods with four beans in many cases, while only a few pods had fewer than three beans per pod.
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Robert Bavender
Whitten
Ownership Statement for Pella Chronicle 1956
Notarized statement lists publishers H H Sadler and M M De Zwarte at Pella Iowa and owners H H Sadler Marion M De Zwarte. bondholder Marion County State Bank. average weekly circulation 8685 copies. sworn September 27 1957 by M M De Zwarte before Notary Ernestine Visser.
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Pella Chronicle
Pella
Iowa
State OF Iowa
Marion
M. M. de Zwarte
Iaw
Pelth Chronicle
H. H. Sadler
George Ver Steeg
Towa
Best Group Meals in Town Plan Guide
A nutritionist from Iowa State College offers menu planning guidance for church and community groups. Adapt menus to occasion and audience, manage kitchen limits, balance colors textures and flavors, emphasize nutritious proteins and vegetables, and propose a sample 50 to 100 person menu with pork chops, squash, broccoli, salad, bread, dessert, and drinks.
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Jewel Graham
Iowa State College
Iowa fall sow farrowings rise four percent in 1957
Iowa fall farrowings June 1 to November 30 are forecast at 994000 head, up 4 percent from 956000 in 1956, per the Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. The forecast ranks third highest for the fall period, with recent surveys showing 3841000 head for ten Corn Belt states.
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Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
30 Acre Feed Wheat Plan Explained by ASC Committee
The Marion County ASC committee explains a new feed wheat plan allowing farmers with no wheat allotment or under 30 acres to raise up to 30 acres of feed wheat on the farm where produced. The agreement must be signed at the county ASC office, with deadlines before harvest in 1958. Wheat acreage payments range from 22.32 to 27.28 per acre, plus a 10 percent premium for land already in the 1957 reserve if placed in 1958.
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ASC
Knoxville
Lowion
Merrill L. Reback
Marion County
Soil Bank
Iowa
Wires Cut at St John’s Lutheran Church Dana
Someone cut the wires entering St John’s Lutheran church in Dana, disabling the organ. The damage was repaired in time for Sunday services.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
Dana
Marion County Dairy Judging Team Places Second at Waterloo
The Marion County 4-H Dairy Judging Team placed second in the State Dairy Judging Contest held Friday at Waterloo Dairy Congress. Crozier Goff and Jy McCorkle of Knoxville, Rodney Robuck of Pleasantville, and Marion Goff led the team judged eight dairy cattle from six breeds with written and oral reasons. Dale Achling coached after county workouts. Marshall County 4-H won. This marks Marion County’s highest recent state placing.
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i_ Crozier
Marion Goff
Jy McCorkle
Knoxville
Rodney Robuck
Pleasantville
Marion County
Waterloo
Marshall County
Dale Achling
County Extension
Finger Loss After Ring Catches on Truck
Robert Beard of Hudson suffered a finger loss when his wedding ring snagged on a truck mechanism as he jumped down. The severed finger was later amputated.
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Robert Beard
Hudson
Two Ways of Spreading Light in Wharton Quote
A fragment from a quotation credits Ith Wharton with considering light spread as either the candle or the mirror that reflects. The text presents a stylistic meditation on illumination and perception without specifying a broader context or source details.
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Edith Wharton
Reminders of Years Gone By From Marion County
A collection of nostalgic snippets from the Marion County Historical Society recalls bygone era details. Items include flag etiquette, high collars, famous figures like Buffalo Bill and Jesse James, timber clearing and walnut logging, depots not stations, early fashion and gifts with purchases, sunlit butcher hours, horse-drawn wagons, slow car bragging, and labor saving devices. The piece preserves local memories of daily life, family, commerce, technology, and social norms from earlier decades.
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Marion County Historical Society
Carson
Buffalo Bill
Jesse James
Woodland Color Peak in Southern Iowa October 20th
Park officials of the State Conservation Commission predict peak fall color will reach northern and northwest Iowa around October 13 with best color in southern Iowa by October 28. Maples and oaks show early coloring in northern Iowa, with colorful displays in northeast Iowa as a preview of the big October spectacle.
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State Conservation Comission
Iowa
Jack Frost
Conservation Commission
AML
Idea
Welder and Farm Headaches Handy Machine Helps Make Quick Repairs
A farm welding device assists rapid repairs during planting and harvesting, reducing downtime. Electric welders enable repairs without removing parts, build up worn edges, and fuse metals from mild steel to alloy steels. The portable welder boosts farm operations by enabling on site fixes and constructing integral tools and equipment.
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Chronicle News
University of Iowa
I.Q
By N. A. Miller
United States Savings Bonds
Grinnell Herald-Register
Ernestine Visser
Beal
Carly
Washington, D.C
Lincoln
FT. Stevens
Pioneer Plane
USS
ARMY
Wright Brothers
SMART
GAYE
AMG
A.S.C
Chronicle 7
National Fire Protection Association
Sparky’s
Fire Department
Boston 1
Mass
Sparky
NFPA
Sparky’s Fire Department
Boston
New Pella
Hunt
David Hunt
Albia
Lows
Des Moine
Vos
J. W. Vriezelaar
Buck
Woodland
Ira Miller
Farm Electrification Bureau
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