Family and community notes from Burt and Des Moines travels
George and Clair Dexter visited their mother this week. Clair leaves for Des Moines to resume studies after vacation with a chautauqua company. The R. J Grove Auto Co. opened a new building with a large crowd and a dance. Local residents visit relatives in Des Moines and Colfax. several trips and visits are listed, including Mi ss Lois Polhemus and Miss Edna. A Burt obituary for Martin Owen, born 1829 in Otsego County New York, who died September 4 1917, notes his Civil War service and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Clair Dexter
Clair
Des Moines
R. J Grove Auto Co
J. P. Cunningham
John Zweifel
Quinn Albright
Guy Stewart
Armstrong
Planiing
Chas. Sego
Elrs
Lois Polhemus
Will Davison
Edna
Chipman
Colfax
Murray
Gertrude Graham
Lawn
Horace Clapsaddle
Morgan
Davenport
Martin Owen
EL. Kaith
Thor
Rev. Tritt
Martia Peters
Ray Moore
Moore
France
Garvey Thompson
Fairfield
Earl Girton
Ruth Spooner
Lona Rock
D. W. Pratt
Burt
Owens
Otsego Co
New York
Mias Josephine "Puthill
Otsego
Will Grover
L. M. Owen
Burttle
Wisconsin Vollunteers
Phim Creek Township
Jal
Levi Owen
Add@line Bunker
Redwood Falls
Minn
Local residents visit fairs and cities across Iowa and Minnesota
Everett Lalwer and Miss Jessie Smith spend Sundays with family. Many residents attend the Minneapolis state fair and other trips to Britt Britt, Crystal Lake, Algona, Forest City and Hettinger. Harvest laborers depart for Webster North Carolina while schooling resumes with Miss Smith and Miss Lawier as teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Lalwer
Forest City
Jessie Smith
Garner
Minneapolis
Sweat
N. D. Ray
Maude
Bertha Tegtmeyer
Paul Anderson
Crystal Lake
Ww. L. Ludeking
Porast
City
Otto Kramer
Titonka
A.C. Krieger
Walter Dirksen
A. J. Philips
Mason City
Harry Cline
Tama
Iowa
Andrew Valvig
Alpert Christersen
Webster
N. C
Henry Larson
Ben Oftedall
Minnesota
Miss Smith of
Gayner
Vera Lawier
Accident Near Railroad Crossing Involving Car And Buggy
An accident east of the railroad crossing involved Rev. Howell of Bancroft in a buggy and a young man from near Ntanka in a Ford. One horse died, the other was injured but expected to recover. No one in the vehicles harmed and damages were settled. Also, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Keith was buried last Wednesday with Rev. Fritz leading services. Mrs. Keith known as Verna Amos formerly of Burt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Bancroft
Ntonka
J. H. Keith
Fritz
Burt
Keith
Misa Verna Amos
Portland fair success and local notes from Algona district
Portland the fair at Algona was a decided success with strong local representation. District No. 5 began school with Mrs. Ring of Algona as teacher. A schedule of visits, purchases, and visits from relatives fills the week in Algona and nearby towns.
Local Families Return From Visit In St Paul
Mr and Mrs Claude Sigsbee and babe Mr and Mrs James Sewick and little girl Mr and Mrs R A Bletch and children and Mrs H J Putz and babe returned from a week long visit in St Paul aboard the Sewick and Sigshee Dodge cars with two punctures reported The Central Portland Circle meets Friday evening at the Albert Leek home Election of officers is the main business item at 10 o clock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Sigsbee
Babe
James Sewick
R. A. Bletch
H. J. Putz
St. Paul
Sewick and
Sigshee
Ancient Peruvians Built Terraced Farms and Aqueducts
A discussion of ancient Peruvian agriculture notes terraced hillsides with stone walls, large soil masses moved by human labor, and long aqueducts. It credits these farmers with intensive methods and public accounting via quipus, comparing them to Chinese and Japanese practices and warning about “pressure of population” shaping future US farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Co. F. Cook
United States Department of Agriculture
National Geographic Magazine
Europe
United States
Canada
Mexico
Professor Cook
Belgium
France
Germany
Corn Belt
Mississippi River
Kipling
Selecting Seed Potatoes For Disease Resistance
Nebraska agricultural college extension urges prompt use of dia novated sprays and dips to curb potato diseases. Selecting disease free seed from healthy hills can reduce need for treatments and help detect illness before harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraskagricultural College
Waterproof Concrete Floor Directions From 1900s Letter
Waterproof floor guidance to an Iowa subscriber asks for methods in poor drainage land. Kinney of Universal Portland Cement Company advises a mix of one sack Peru cement to two cubic feet sand and three pebbles with care to avoid water pressure at the bottom to prevent leakage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Far
Kinney
Universal Portland Cerpent Company
Peru
Horse Meat as Food in Wartime Preferences
The piece traces a shift in eating horse flesh from a European prejudice to a wartime staple. It notes Parisians long survived on horsemeat, Germans and French increasingly accepted it, and British consideration grows as war prices push cheaper meat options. It describes carcass similarities to beef and defines horse meat as flavorful and not unhealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Local Attorneys and Medical Services Listing in Algona
HARRINGSON & DICKINSON Attorneys at 212 214 First National Bank Bidz Algona Iowa are listed alongside Dr. N D Kay physician surgeon offering day and night calls. WODEN LOWR appears as another entry in the same business directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harringson & Dickinson
First National Bank Bidz
Algona
Towa
N. D Kay
Woden, Lowr
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Woden Department
Small
State Savings Bank
Woden
Cunningham
Missen
Nellie
Lois Bushmhan
Hayfield
John Junker
Minneapolia
Henry Bode
Tiestonka
Elvin Valley
Nell Christensen
Bernice Cunningham
Britt
Misa Gertrude Ludeking
Forestey
Enon Or
Melvin Swof
Clara
Lillian Payne
Dinus Smith
Frank Phil
Frieda
Tegtmeyer
Agnes J Dawson
Bertha Dirkson
Esther Lantum
Lewis
Carl Tegtmeyer
Carl
Anton Christenson
Henry Baack
Rosie Anderson
Messrs
Henry
Fred Kammler
George Albers
Hettinger
Dell Lewis
Orevott
Charley Lawler
Everett Lawler
A. L. Lewis
Lee
Yink
Lee Hall
Odebolt
Sam
John Oftedahl
Eaily
Buffalo Center
Frad Ivargon
Children Luttals Center
Hera
Bart
Portland
Ring of
B. Fitch
Geo. D. Stone
Fitch
Graham
J. Trunkhill
Lorin Matthew
Rowa Ringsdort
BE. O. Mann
Ethel Macintosh
Mia
Daniela
Albert Leek
Grand Hiver
Josephine Dittmer
CG. D. Stone
Jim Lewick
Stone
Fred Lavernz
Se M. Wallace
Titanka
Fritz Javsrs
AL PL Haggard
First National Bank Bng
Sitonka
G. Bruns
Geo
Kughenreuther
Propritor
Henry Meyer Jteal Estate ‘and Insurance
Meyer's Rean Estate
D. A. Kinney
Registeread Optometrist
Bancroft, Lown
TH Roy & Ball
Gnrls
Semple
Vitonka
Ww. B. Quarton
D. Quarton
Kogauth County State Barn Building
H.C. Adams & Co
Lennox
Hansen Brothers
Tain Ieat
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