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Canning Pumpkins and Oil Shot Near Decorah Details
The article describes the Marshall Canning Company's 300 acre pumpkin contract near Wa verly with steps from washing to cutting, steam cooking, and pulp separation for canning. It also reports a major oil test near Decorah using 160 pounds of nitroglycerine, causing a powerful blast felt miles away. Additional items cover prison releases and state figures on Fort Madison and Anamosa, local land and park efforts, Lincoln farm history, and various regional notes.
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Marshall Canning Company
Waverly
Carl Grawe
China
United States
Canada
Iowa
Lowa
Gilbert N. Haugen
Northwood
Worth County
Congress
Nestor
Committee of Agriculture In
O' Walter T& Beall
West Union
Fayette Couity
Theodore J. Schmitt
St. Simens
Huber
St. Lucas
Mision
E. P. Conner
Dennison
Crawford County
Iowa Board, of Conservation
Abraham Lincoln
Denison
Abraham
Lincoln
Greenville M. Dodge
Council Blutts
Robert Lincoln
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Anamost