Fender family of ten in Iowa farm life noted for unity
Aug 7 report from Marshalltown Times-Republican profiles the Fender family near Carson Iowa. Ten adults eleven with the grandfather, all unmarried and unusually sized, live on a secluded 500 acre farm where John Fender operates a grain elevator and raises cattle. The widowed matriarch Mrs. Fender keeps the home intact as her husband wished, dusting rooms and tending a flower garden while visitors admire the family’s isolation and neighborly inclination. The five Fender sons and five Fender daughters share a remote hillside homestead, with a strong memory of past generations and a vow to maintain the homestead as a living tribute to their late forebears.
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Carson
Fender
Nature S&ema
John Fender
Elmer
Algie
Mary
Arthur
Clarence
Glenn
Blanche
Madga
Forest
Ruby Fender
Down
Altho
Mr. Fender
Hure
Song
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Bill Smith A Noble Community Figure Remembered
The Divine Creator recalled Bil Smith as a valued asset and friend to all. He was a loving husband father and devout Christian who attended church regularly and spoke kindly to everyone he met in the community.
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Bil Smith
Bill
Bil
Loss of a subscriber and a somber funeral crowd
The text recalls a local reader who paid ten years of Heaven is home subscription before his death. A large funeral procession moved slowly to its final resting place as a sorrowful community gathered. It reflects on work, Bolshevik critiques, prewar days, and social unrest with a tone of lament and societal alarm from a New York Sun line.
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Dil
Elsmore Eye
New York Sun
Consolidated rural schools graduate 1800 in state
In Iowa, consolidated rural schools expand with 418 schools now in operation across 54 counties. Building costs range from 20 000 to 300 000 with enrollments over 60 000 students, including 10 000 in high schools. About 2 800 one room schools have closed and last month 1 800 country youths completed four year high school. State aid includes 500 equipment grants and annual 75 for each four or more room school.
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Towa
George S. Dick
State Department of Public Instruction
487 Million Mortgage Filed On Chicago And Northwestern
A large mortgage of 437.6 million dollars was filed with Kossuth County recorder by Chicago and North Western Railway to The Farmers Loan and Trust Co and Edwin E. Marston of New York. Recording fees totaled 155.60. The mortgage spans 110 pages and runs through four Iowa counties Wright, Kossuth, Keokuk and Story. It does not expire for 117 years and is expected to be outstanding until 2087. The Republican notes the debt may never be paid by the current generation.
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Chicago& Northwestern
Kossuth County Recorder
Farmers' Loan & Trust Co
Edwin E. Marston
New York
Iowa
Wright
Kossuth
Keokuk
Story
U. D. M.republican
Wallace and Harding Visit Reflect Farmers Support
Wallace, publisher of Wallace's Farmer, visits Senator Harding and notes farmers in the corn belt are favorably impressed with his acceptance speech. He speaks as a voice for corn belt needs, linking his prosperity to that of farmers, and rejects mere political posturing.
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Henry C. Wallace
Wallace
Harding
Corn Belt
Farmara
Bsioux City Journal
Fasting for Two Weeks Visit to Lakeville
Mrs. W. W. Finn returned from a two week visit with her daughter Mrs. A. H. Studer at Lakeville Minnesota. The townsfolk noticed W. W. Finn looked hungry and inquired about his health, prompting a reply that health suffers after a two week fast.
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W. W. Finn
A. H. Studer
Lakeville
Minn
Former resident makes deal for five cases whiskey
A story tells of a former resident not far away who arranged to buy five cases of Canadian Club whiskey from a bootlegger. The deal was planned but details are unclear.
Misleading Whiskey Sale Tale From Garner Signal
An account from Garner Signal describes a man meeting an apparent whiskey seller near his home at ten o'clock, paying $1000, then returning with a quart of supposedly good whiskey while other bottles contained water. The paper notes it cannot vouch for the tale but suggests the man might pay a thousand for what he thinks is five cases of whiskey.
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Fdd
Wallace couple plan new Kellastone bungalow home
Dr and Mrs R M Wallace have the ground staked north of Mrs Peter Purvis on North Thorington street for a seven or eight room bungalow. The Purvis lot sold for 2500 and the exterior finish will be Kellastone or stucco. Dr Vale Jace may design a unique house.
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R.M. Wallace
Peter Purvis
Thorington Street
Vale Jace
Algona
Titonka
UD. M.R
Iowa's Great Powder Mill at Mooar Near Keokuk
The largest black powder mill in the world is located in Iowa at Mooar six miles above Keokuk on the Mississippi River. Owned by DuPont, it employs 150 to 200 people year round. Capacity runs 4,400 25-pound kegs daily, with an average output near 5,000 kegs. The mill supplies coal mining and quarry operations in Illinois and Iowa and uses black blasting powder. No serious accidents have occurred, and extra precautions protect the plant against lightning.
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Iowa
Mooar
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Dupont
Ilinois
Twenty Years Ago Winter Celebrations Recalled
A Hardin County Citizen piece recalls past winter festivals where towns competed in races for cash, ball games with brawls, saloon door chaos, runaway teams, and raucous dances. It notes heavy drinking and morning regrets, questioning the notion that the world improves with time.
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Hardin County
Big Crops in Kansas From Powelson Bros Farm
Marion Ash recently returned from Richmond Kansas where he worked for the Powelson Bros They have elegant farm homes near Richmond and just completed threshing a 20 bushel wheat crop a 50 bushel oats crop and a large corn crop is developing The Powelson Bros are known as good farmers and stock men and will likely do well in Kansas news world report
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Marion Ash
Richmond
Kansas
Powelson Bros
Powelson ‘Bros
Notion to Auto Owners Dim Lights Law in Titonka
On and after Aug 13 1920 all auto owners within Titonka limits must have two front lights and a tail light at night to comply with the law. Violation carries a fine of nine eighty six dollars and costs. H A French mayor
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Titonka
Auto Tta
H. A. French
Bauman and Badje Dissolution Notion and For Sale Car
Public notice states the firm Bauman and Badje dissolves with Bauman selling his interest to Badje who will continue the business. Creditors urged to settle accounts at the First National Bank. Also advertised is a Ford Touring car 1017 model in first class condition, inquire of O Rabenberg, Woden.
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Fim
Buman & Badje
Bauman
Badje
Natonal Bank
Baumany
C. Badie
Rabenberg
Woden
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