Weather and frost impact in central Iowa during late February
An incomplete report notes a thunderstorm after midnight on Sunday February 24 in central Iowa, with lightning and thunder. A Colfax resident recalls frogs signaling warming weather while mentions of potential fruit crop damage due to late freezes and historical contrasts to March 1908 when early fruit trees bloomed but a heavy early April freeze ruined crops.
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Iowa
Colfax
Esther
C. D
Tremors of Time In Palestine Dig Reveal Philistine Past
Sir Flinders Petrie notes give individuality to Philistines once unseen. British diggers in Leird Allenby trenches reveal epochs from biblical history, uncovering knives grenades spoons and spurious antiquities left by soldiers. Roman era Vespasian and Greek layers emerge before Hyksos conquests with scarabs jewels. Armageddon linked to twentieth century soldiers aiding archeologists in mapping Israelite journey.
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Sir Flinders Petrie
Palestine
Leird Allenby
Solomon
Hyman
Promised Land
Phi Beta Kappa Key Fails Hotel Cash Request
A hotel manager refused to cash a guest’s check after the visitor produced a Phi Beta Kappa key bearing his name. The manager suggested presenting an Elks card instead, noting the key did not establish identity for the transaction. The exchange was reported by the New York Sun.
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New York Sun
Unsolved Pacific Mystery of Giant Stone Heads
The Unsolved Mystery of the Pacific describes hundreds of massive stone heads scattered on Easter Island. Some stand upright, others lie on the ground, their purpose unclear and no widely accepted explanation offered. The island is suggested as a graveyard for chiefs of a vanished archipelago, amid a grim history of slaves left to starve and perish. The full story remains unrecorded and can only be inferred from sparse traces.
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Pacific
Waster Island
Liberty cap symbol through ages infreemans to revolution
The liberty cap appears as a symbol across eras. In early Rome freemen wore it while freed slaves received a red felt cap and were registered. Roman commanders displayed it on spears to signal freedom to joining slaves. Caesar's murder saw conspirators march with caps elevated to show liberty. In the French Revolution it became a badge of freedom.
Plate and Window Class Glass in Two Wars
Plate and window class glass are produced in two methods blown and rolled. Blown glass or window gins can vary in section and show bubbles sand quarks streaks and warps, affecting grade. Plate glass lacks warpage and distortion but costs more. Small panes use single strength window glass. light weight plate glass one eighth inch thick suits small windows.
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Boyt
Indians Poison Arrow Practices Reported by Ethnology Bureau
The Ethnology Bureau describes Indian arrow poisons as vegetal and animal in origin. Vegetal poisons include yucce angustifolia juice, aconite preparations, and the milk of mago. Some tribes baited deer with a rettleanake bite, then allowed the animal to decay so arrows could be dipped in putrid matter.
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Bureau of Ethnology
Desert Aster Beauty In Paiateé Canyon
Desert aster, a perennial with a low woody base and graceful slender branches, appears in Paiateé Canyon. The lavender-tinted flowers with yellow centers and irregular bloom give the plant a chic, air of elegance in rugged terrain.
Bogus check swindle at Dallas county public sale ends in escape
A stranger at a public sale in Dallas county, described by Adel resident Scott Snyder, bid on two fat heifers at 89 dollars each and bought about two dozen chickens for 184 dollars. He paid with a check from Perry’s First National Bank signed BE Kinney, which turned out worthless. The suspect fled with loading help, driving a Chevrolet truck, and officers have only a loose description.
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Dallas
Scott Snyder
Adel
First National Bank of
Perry
Akay
BE. F. Kinney
Binney
Kaydee
Lita
Burning Grass Hurts Pheasant Nests in Humboldt County
Rural mail carrier Julius Johnson warns early grass burning along roadsides and sloughs harms pheasant eggs during hatching and reduces hatch numbers. He notes burning clears rubbish and should be done to protect nesting birds. Frederick Holbert, born 1886 in Greeley Iowa, died recently after a storied WWI service including remount duties in Paris and honors from France and Belgium.
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Humboldt County
Frank Jaqua
Humboldt
Julius Johnson
Johnson
Frederick Barrett Holbert
Greeley
Iowa
A. B. Holbert
Delaware County
E. Donn
Greeley Horse Importing Co
Mig-Holbert
France
Paris
Major Holbert
Legion of Honor
Albert
Belgium
Order of the Crown
Local Timetable for C M & St P Ry through Rock Valley
Through Rock Valley timetable lists Eastward Train No 4 daily 3 42 AM to Spencer Des Moines Mason City Marquette Savanna Clinton and Sioux Flyer No 22 daily 5 6 PM to Sheldon Spencer Des Moines Mason City Madison Milwaukee Chicago. Also Wayfreight No 98 10 10 AM Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays to Sanborn and Way Freight Mondays Wednesdays Fridays Canton 10 30 AM. Passenger No 11 Sioux Flyer 8 53 AM daily Canton Sioux Falls Mitchell and Black Hills. Passenger No 3 daily local to Mitchell and north 7 24 PM. No Sioux Falls connections. Tickets baggage check for Train No 4 east afternoon previous. Sleeping car reservations a day in advance. C W Jacobs Agent Phone 15.
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C. M
ST. P. RY
Rock Valley
Spencer
Des Moines
Mason City
Marquette
Savanna
Clinton
Sheldon
Mazon City
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sanborn
Canton
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Black Hills
C. W. Jacobs
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Farmers Lumber ‘Company
W. Vander
Obia
WEL & Sons
Fzike Harnes
Petens Harness & Shoe
Rock Valley, Oha
Peter Spruyt
DR. C. A Schroeder
Bentest Fock Valley
Lowa
Hee
Reon
Sowa
Dhs Advertnemese
Rediera Bail
Make
Grery
Acre
Boks
Bos
Farmers Elevator Company
Knitting Elevator Co
WM. Schouten
Rock Valley Grain Co
John Coert
R. V. Rusk
A. & van BE
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