State News Roundup From Des Moines 1922 Harvest Notes
Iowa reports a cave found in Dubuque County with clear water and stalactites. highway grape rights and private ownership along roads. old Military Trail markers planned between New Hampton and McGregor. Spencer’s Randoph orchards expect 10 000 bushels of apples. Dutchess apples largest crop yet. Belleview bears a 50 foot mulberry tree yielding thousands of quarts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mosalem
Dubuque
New Hampton
McGregor
Calmar
Belleview
Jackson County
N. C. Reiss
Woman dies after rat bite in Mills county
Mrs. W. Scott Lewis died at Glenwood Mills county from a rat bite while trying to capture a rat feasting on newly hatched chicks. Blood poisoning followed despite medical efforts. The report includes other local items such as a divorce case in Monroe county Albia, river divers recovering stolen cars, and farming yields across Iowa.
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W. Scott Lewis
Glenwood
Mills County
Flood wipes out hatchery stock near Manchester Delaware
In July 22 dawn floodwaters overwhelmed the United States fish hatchery at a creek feeding from springs. The buildings stood, but all fish stock vanished including 25,000 rainbow trout in one tank, with losses estimated at 35,000 to 40,000 dollars. The recovery would take years. Also: Harold Westermark, eight, of Wilton Junction, paralyzed arms as a child, now a Wilton High senior who writes with his teeth, plays trombone with his feet, aims to study law at the state university and will train with a local attorney.
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Manchester
Delaware County
United States Fish Hatcheries
Harold Westermark
Wilton Junction
Muscatine County
Wilton High School
Wilton Orchestra
Westermark
State University
National Guard encampment to open at Camp Dodge
About a thousand young men ages 18 to 24 from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota attend Fort Des Moines training under 73 West Point instructors. They are government funded civilians, mostly students, with no pay for training. The staff includes two colonels, eight majors, and thirty three captains. The Iowa National Guard encampment begins August 14 at Camp Dodge.
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Aire
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
West Point
Ambéne
Iowa National Guards
Camp Dodge
Gypsies allegedly revive drowning boy near Des Moines
Report says a ten year old boy, son of state factory inspector J Dol Seeman, was pulled from a swollen stream and revived by gypsies camped nearby. One gypsy held the boy by the feet while another pumped his lungs and chest as water drained from the mouth after the boy had been under water for a time. The scene followed the boy’s near drowning.
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Des Moines
J. Dol. Seeman
Largest harvest in decades prompts staffing surge in district
The wheat crop in the district promises to be the largest ever grown, with a large number of harvesters needed to gather it. In Montgomery county a farm hand was awarded 3350 damages in a Red Oak district court case after an automobile accident caused by the farmer’s lack of proper diligence. The driver and farmer were traveling to Bedford in Taylor county when the crash occurred.
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Red Oak
Montgomery County
Bedford
Taylor County
Twenty Years Ago Local Notes from Estherville
Arch lights installed between depots and a track laid by Rock Island to fill the block yard. City library building contract to be let by month end for completion by January. Mrs. Holmes and husband to move to Estherville in October. County Attorney N J Lee crowned Elk. A baby born in Lima, Ohio. Miss Ethel Hoover to Sparta Wisconsin. Miss Myrtle Tesky returns from Chicago. Winnipeg trip by several locals. Various visits and moves by local residents. Wheat No 2 60, oats 43, flax 1.20, corn 51.
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Emmet County Republican
Rock Island
Orleans
Holmes
Sioux Falls
Kate B. Woods
Estherville
W. H. Knowlton
N. J. Lee
Merle Trousdale
Lima
Ohio
Ethel Hoover
Sparta
Wisconsin
Myrtle Tesky
Chicago
J. F. Benson
Theo Myhre
David Foreman
Lou Dubbe
Geo. Stinson
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Clara Stinson
Chas. Stinson
Postvile
Iowa
Alice Stinson
Sam Reaney
C. E. Birney
Smith
Richland
A. E. Fullenwider
Nebraska
Fred Roberts
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Remington-Typewriter
Soecias
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G. Monovan
Prop
First National Bank
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Estherville Steam Bakery
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