The Little Brown Church in the Vale Journey
In 1857 Dr William S. Pitts wrote The Little Brown Church in the Vale after a traveler admired a Cedar River Valley scene near Bradford Iowa. The church built in 1864 became a famed shrine two miles north of Bradford where many couples wed yearly and the bell ceremony ends each service.
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Nashua
Bradford
Iowa
Cedar River
Wisconsin
Little Brown Church
Vale
William S. Pitts
Cedar River Valley
Here
North America
Hanson
Pitts
J. K. Nutting
Nutting
Massachusetts
Chickasaw County
Dubuque
Fredericksburg
Chicago
Little Brown
The
Local Notices and Classifieds From Boyden Area
Full line of Cities Service Oils and Greases at the Boyden Service Station. AH watch and clock repair work left with J H Dykstra will be taken to the Kobel Jewelry for repair and returned the following week. Hybrid corn Carlson Champion C N4 the Hybrid with the all time high yield record in N Ia official yield test. Also others available at my place. John Sitter Phone 3322 3-24 4-7 215-5 127 Second Hand Stove for Sale Moore Combination Wood Coal and Gas Gus Stegeman For Sale 14 foot Hexagon Brooder House with a shingled roof Henry Westra Boyden 3 west and 1% mi south of Boyden 1-24A
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J. H. Dykstra
Kobel
N. Ia
My Place
John Sitter
Henry Westra
Boyden
Ann Arbor Auction Items List Features Hardware and Fertilizer
A list shows items including A. C. Baler and A. C. Picker from Steel Wheel spread, LH C Disc 15 ft, 110 ft, and fertilizer. Readable fragments suggest an agricultural goods sale with equipment and inputs.
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A. C
Ann Arbor
Construction Q and A on porches sheathing and parget
A home improvement column answers common questions about porch costs by type, diagonal sheathing strength, parget meaning, modular construction, and paint blister causes. Open porches cost about half, screened porches about two thirds, glassed in similar to a full room. Diagonal sheathing is eight times stronger. Parget is coarse plaster used for decoration or masonry protection. Modular system uses inch multiples to standardize materials and reduce waste. Paint blisters if moisture remains under the coating or between wood and paint after recent painting.
Warning about mumps risks and transmission
Dr. Ralph H Heeren warns that mumps is serious especially for older children and teens. Iowa cases rise in spring with incubation averaging 18 days and spread through saliva. Rest in bed and proper care yield recovery. isolation ends after swelling fades.
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Ralph H. Heeren
Division of
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Mumps Recovery and Recurrent Attacks Noted in Report
The report advises patients to stay in bed until swelling subsides. Recovery typically completes in 10 to 12 days in uncomplicated cases. Immunity is lifelong but does not always prevent second attacks, which are not uncommon.
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Pirie
Ra Rek
John Rensink
Kingston
Roller Skates
Kool Store
Emmet Burns
Sheldon
Armstrong Piano Co
Spencer, Ia
No Commission Bank
Byran Cleaners
Kooiman Barber Shop
Spencer
Hartog Piano CO
Edgerton, Minn
Moore
Gus Stegeman
Northrup, King & Cos
Eee
Farmers Cooperative Ass’n
Dethmers
Eader
Dethmers Imple. Co
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