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Omitted sections reveal Iowa mortgaged lands and local farmingIA
Senator I K Foskett studies mortgage data across Center township Mills county shows 52 percent mortgaged with 88 percent of mortgaged land tied to purchase money. Ongoing reports include Tobias Swanson oats yield of 11. bushels per acre from Lowar seed and a Boone State Teachers College student story. A 1905 Blydenberg murder trial in Eldora is recalled, plus Des Moines area wild game preserve at Custodia Farm with 869 acres and convict labor. The piece notes Indians and powwow concerns in Tama County and civilizing progress through local farming.
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I. K. Foskett
Shenanandoah
Center Township
Mills County
Oller
Peon
Janés Courty
Tobias Swanson
Swanson Fonr
Ain
Sweuisen
Fem
Ames
Des Moines
George B. Coon