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Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
1
Oldest Iowa settler candidate recounts frontier life
Mrs. Ann Dickens of McGregor aged 87 is hailed as the state’s oldest settler candidate. She recalls crossing the Mississippi to Dubuque in 1833, the Maquoketa and Turkey river homesteads, marriage to Edward Dickens, twelve children, and sending three sons to war, all while celebrating long residence in Clayton County.
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Ann Dickens
McGregor
State Historical Society
Iowa
White Mans
Fifty
Blackhawk Purchase
Missippi
Dubupue
East Dubuque
Dubuque
Julien Dubuque
Willoughby
Anvills
Dickens
Maquoketa
Turkey
Millville
Clayton County
Edward Dickens
Turkey River
Clayton
Larry Jennings
H. B. Connell
Henry Meyn Introduces His High Wheel Automobile
Henry Meyn unveiled a new high wheel automobile that arrived Friday morning and he spent the day warming it up. The craft presents a notable early 20th century vehicle style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Meyn
Birds Reuse Nests Across Years and Enduring Habits
A bird fancier explains that many species reuse or rebuild nests annually and across years, with wrens, swallows, bluebirds, fly catchers, owls, eagles, icicadees and woodpeckers often returning to the same site. Some nests endure a decade or more, while others are abandoned after brood. The mistreatment of nests varies by species and environment. An Ishmaelite of the Plains notes the coyote remains a staple feeder for a discarded figure in the animal world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Lewis and Clark
Transmisseuri
James W. Steele
Outing Magazine
Snuff Taking In London Observed Among Women
Snuff taking among London’s poorer classes is noted to cause rambling speech pallid appearance and dejection similar to morphia use. The practice is especially common among women and an observer reports that women in the ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prisoners Dock Hair Decorated With Curl Papers
In a curious note from a police court, inmates will have their hair adorned with curl papers containing a pinch of snuff for consolation as part of a traditional display.
Copper Vessels Urged to Fight Diseases in Public Health Appeal
A Philadelphia Bulletin summary cites a filtration expert advocating copper drinking vessels to prevent typhoid, diphtheria, and cholera. He shows a copper cent and claims copper kills germs within hours while gold and silver harbor them. Travelers seek copper vessels, but villagers fear losing health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Philadelphia
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