sale of property in Pike County Missouri 1846
An aged clipping from Humansville Missouri recounts a 1846 sale of property near Coon Creek on the Missouri road in Pike County. The notice lists livestock and goods for cash, including oxen, wagons, enslaved people, plows, traps, tobacco, skins, and more, with curious lines about California and a whiskey mention, followed by a Quincy Herald-Whig note. It also mentions radio programs for 4-H girls on Iowa State College station from 2 to 2 15 PM with music and comments from Mrs. Josephine Arnquist Bakke.
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Alice Staggs
Humansville
Eader
Missouri
Pike
Coon Creek
Missouri Road
California
John Doe
Michard Roe
Erlyer
Quincy
Ill
Herald-Whig
Iowa State College
Josephine Arnquist Bakke
Foreign Postage to Rise After April First
Postage rates for several foreign destinations will increase after April first while the domestic schedule remains unchanged. The new rates affect letters and parcels to international destinations though the exact amounts and affected countries are not specified.
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Foeign
Peat and muck soils require drainage and fertilization in Iowa
Iowa soil expert T H Benton of Iowa State College argues 100000 acres of peat and muck soils need thorough drainage, deep fall plowing, and tillage to reclaim. He advises seeding to timothy, long pasturing, and fertilizer strategies using phosphate and potash with 200 pounds each plus 200 pounds 20 percent superphosphate on test plots.
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Iowa
T. H. Benton
Soils Department
Iowa State College
eBnton
Benton
Mr. Benton
Ames
Local notices and social updates from Algona area
Algona and surrounding towns report a flurry of callers, sick list updates, farm and home store promotions, and social visits. Residents include Milert Boyken, Henry Plaister, Harley Hansen, Mrs Richter and family, Jaitt, and many others in frequent community exchanges and illness notes.
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Milert Boyken
Ernest Benta
Henry Plaister
Harley Hansen
Ug Richter
Ellect Boyken
Henry Mayland Vlaitat
Allison
Geo. Johnson
Wue Spear
Lawn
Mabel Durland
Mwthy Lee
Armstrong
Tess
Mysete Bruns
John Parkenhouts
Woden
Wendell French
Donald
Algona
H. A. French
Edward Moore
Carl Carlson
Gus Richter
Josh Moyer
Anne Boekelmann
Menno Fuls
Bancroft
Viola Pandengast
St. Paul
C. V. Pendergast
Con. Higgins
J. D. Falk
Sonnenberg
Wm. Batt
Gamble
Gen. Meyer
J. Rippentrop
Lakota
Jos Tapper
Heyo Boekelmann
Will Ricklefs
Fred C. Wentz
Floyd Newville
al- Fona
Grandma Newville
B. W. Shepard
Fort Dodge
Wm. Ricklela
O. B. Slack
Fred Wonta
Main Street
Farmers Elevator
J. Buss
Rochester
Minn
Charlie Cooper
Community Ledger Notes and Dinner Plans From Algona Area
Honey shipment from J. J. Sheil & Son to Sioux City buyer leaves with Wim Ricklefs and Maurice Keil. Council Bluffs trip planned. county meeting March 22 at Algona with Grand Master Samuel D. White and Rebeccah president Nellie Winter. Forest City visit on March 19. Easter dinner menu includes egg canapes and apricot cake with detailed recipe steps.
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Wim
Ricklefs
Maurice Keil
J. J. Sheil & Son
Dee
Sioux City
Hey
Jry Way
Council Bluffgy
Mr. Rickless
Algona
Samuel D. White
Nellie Winter
Rebeccah
Odd Fellows and Rebeccahs
Forest City
Begrars Wear Novel Fadgetur In Tramp Visit
An elderly tramp visited Palo Alto county. He wore inner tubes for stockings and tire casings for shoes. Mayor red Spies and P. J. Paulson offered shoes. he declined due to past foot blood poisoning. Two weeks earlier he stopped in West Bend for food and lodging. A marshal searched him after seeking lodging in another town. He carried 700 dollars in cash.
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Wu Tramp
Craettinger
Palo Alto
Red Spies
P. J. Paulson
West Bend
February Warmth Up Since 1880s Precedes Warm March
February warmth in the past 59 years has occurred eight times with Pabriuary as warm or warmer than 1932 on six occasions. In those eight cases, March averaged above normal on six occasions, implying about a 76 percent chance of a warm March this year. Precipitation remains uncertain when February is this warm.
Ice Covers West Okoboji Says Oldest Settlers
Dr Ferdinand J Smith reports from Milford on January 4 that West Okoboji froze from ice on January 2 and became completely iced over by January 3. He notes this is the lake’s latest freeze observed by the region’s earliest settlers.
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Haternet
Ferdinand J. Smith
Milford
West Okoboji
Khowr
Teals and wildlife notes in Iowa conservation plan
A period piece discusses the Blue Winged and Green Winged Teal ducks, their habits and nesting, and reports on the proposed statewide Refuge Policy under Mr Jacob Crane. It covers limitations and aims for upland bird refuges, plus comments from Allen Green on hawks, owls, snakes, and local wildlife concerns. It also includes a January 7 legal notice to quiet title in Kossuth County Iowa, detailing defendants and the court terms for action in March 1932.
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U. S
Jacob Crane
Mgr
Alda Leopold
Iowa
Allen Green
Daleville
Burlington
Mr. Green
Jack Miner
Miner
ueLsnunnta
Ito
Bac
Algona
Kossuth County
Pheasants in Sue County Decline Warned by Tourgee
Word from J B Tourgee attorney and sportsman notes pheasants in Sue county suffer from cold weather and snow. Birds have little to eat, weigh down tails, and struggle to fly. He urges farmers to feed them when natural forage is covered and asks Izaak Walton League to act. Since writing, efforts to care for birds continue.
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J. B. Tourgee
Sue
Tourgee
D. Fleming
Izaak Waitons League
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Vernikasak
B. W, Shepard, Mer
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Beltone Theatre
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Marie Dressler
Emma
T.C. Rarsen Jaitt
Tome
CG. A. Hoon
Henry Selmidt
Dick Boykan
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George Johnson
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Harry Hatchins
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Hoon
Dunmier
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Glee Glub
Leota Westerreicher
Canape
H. J. Metcall
Directot
Ross Moses
Emmetsburg
Sic County
District Court OF
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John Ishbrands
A. H.mells
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Wilbur Holroyd
Titonka Cafe
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Star Theatre
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