Forest City meteor captivates Iowa towns in 1890 display
A blazing meteor named the Forest City meteor dazzled northern Iowa on May 2 1890 traveling from the southwest to the northeast. Fragments weighing up to 81 pounds rained across Winnebago county drawing national and museum interest.
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Iowa
Forest City
Ben Hur Wilson
State Historical Society of
Iowa City
Des Moines
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Algona
Ruthven
Humboldt
Britt
Garner
Grinnell
Sioux City
Making Men of Boys and the Boy Scout Movement
Editorial extols General Baden Powell and the Boy Scouts as a force for character and health. It argues organized, military style training channels youthful energy away from mischief, shaping boys into better men and elevating society.
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Baden Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Honest Farmers Relive Hard Times After Auction Move
A Hutchinson Minnesota letter quotes a former farmer describing life after leaving the farm. She says half the nation are farmers and the other half seek relief for them. The family sold assets in town, now works under new bosses, and cannot save enough to restart farming while children stay in school.
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United States
Over the Fence A Prairie Romance Ends in Marriage
Gwen Dalton leaves city life for a prairie homestead and returns to marry Prof. Winville Larned. The pair, once separated by a fence and town gossip, unite after a transformative fourteen months, despite local scandal chatter.
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Gwen Dalton
Prof
Winville Larned
Learning by Experience in Science and Education
Excerpts emphasize learning through experience as essential to science and education. Experience is described as the workshop of science and a universal educator, shaping understanding for all individuals through fair analysis and practical engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Howe
Local notices and social updates from Story County
Dr and Mrs H J Skarshaug and Miss Amy Millang return from Chicago where they visited a week and he attended a medical convention. A Lake CoMar entertainment featuring local talent is planned. Esther Red, bank employee, returns home for a break before teaching in Arcadia next year. O Highland visits Minneapolis with family and lakes trips. Swenson family picnic at Stony City park with Lillian Quamn guest of honor. Dr J A Snyder learns of wife s hospital operation in Sioux City. J C Josendal and wife reach Chicago on Norway trip. return soon. CoMar picnic planned. Lillie Tvedt leads class to CoMar. Several locals host guests and attend concerts. Lutheran women host a birthday social raising nearly $40. Royal Neighbor dance at Tett s Hall. Porto Rico talk at Presbyterian church highlights missionary work. Notice of Probate of Will for Gunder Thompson filed in Story County District Court. hearing set September 4, 1929 in Nevada Iowa at 1:30 PM.
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Winnebago County
Forest City
Thompson
Hang Matterson
Matterson
Peter Hoagland
Horace V. Winchell
University of Minnesota
Hoagland
Winchell
District Court
Winnebago
Supreme Court of Iowa
Gwen
Uncle Dick
Professor Larned
Winville
Winville Larned
H. J. Skarshaug
Amy Millang
Chicago
Arcadia
O. Highland
Minneapolis
Lillian Quamn
California
J. A. Snyder
J. C. Josendal
Mrs. Josendal
Norway
Lake CoMar
Lillie Tvedt
CoMar
Allen Baumgardner
Ww. H. Reid
Rut Adams
Billy
Mable Moklebust
Zearing
Jean
Jack Nail
Helen Milhouse
Nevada
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Tett’s Hall
Collins
Porto Rico
Iowa
Story County
Gunder Thompson
Towa
Tragic Train Passenger Found Dead Near Nevada
Coroner called early Monday to three miles east of Nevada where a young woman was found dead between the double tracks. It is believed she jumped through a window of her berth on train No 28 en route from California to Chicago.
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Dr. Mills
Nevada
California
Chicago
Helen Milhouse
Boone
Nail
Malmin
Frank Nail
Drusa
Jean
Iowa Falls
Blanche Hell
Moon
Eunice Weeks
Kelley
Otis Helland
Clarinda
Ole V. Olson
Maxine Vallem
H. N. Bakke
Cora May
Gleaners
Hugh Griffith
Ames
Art Dayton
Lake Dayton
Dayton
Art Graves
John Morris, Jr
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S. J. Michaelson
B. G. Dyer
New Hamilton
Sheldon-Mann
A. C. Allen Abstractor
Henry M. Bakka
Health and Accident Insurance
Jens S. Egeland
O. M. Sevde General
Norval L. Cole General
John T. Johnson
Roland, Iowa
Altho
L. E. Davisson
McCallsburg News
Story City
Eagle Grove
Stanhope
Jewell
Webster City
Radcliffe
Story County Farm Bureau
CeMar
Rasmus Rasmussen, Sr
Rasmus Rasmusson, Jr
West
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B. M. Soper
Col. C. O. Highland
First Mortgage Invesment Co
Paris Cleaners
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