Rhubarb wine a Des Moines spring specialty
In eastern Iowa the annual batch of piestengel or rhubarb wine marks spring for local winemakers. Ehrle Bros. in Homestead, among the state’s oldest, began around 1938 and still crafts rhubarb, grape and strawberry wines ranging from 13 to 16 percent alcohol.
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Tell Me Why Robbery Book Contest and Movie History Notes
A Medina County Gazette item invites readers to submit questions for the Tell Me Why contest with prizes like a 1500 question illustrated book. It also recounts early cinema history noting Georges Melies and Edwin S Porter and Griffiths Birth of a Nation.
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