Two major Des Moines harness firms fuel war surplus trade
Des Moines wholesale harness distributors pursue leftover army leather and accessories from national auctions. Boyt Saddlery Co and Des Moines Saddlery Co buy trains of sepasions and other equipment, repackaging goods into affordable farm harness. Over 200 workers serve a broad Midwest market from New Mexico to Montana and Arizona. The piece also notes Iowa’s half billion dollar biennial business and rising state revenues, with county tax leaders and historical notes on Native American tribes interacting with early Iowa settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Des Moines
War Department
Boyt Saddlery Co
Sepaselion
Des Moines Saddlery Co
Apasejios
Mississippi Valley
New Exico
Arizona
Montana
Iowa
Burbank
Polk County
Woodbury County
Linn County
Scott County
Peter Ten Hagen Death Remembers Iowa Civil War Vet
Peter Ten Hagen, born in Holland in 1846, died in Pella Marion county. He immigrated with his parents to the United States a year after his birth, settling in what became Pella. At 16, he tried to enlist in 1861 but was rejected for youth, then joined the 13th Missouri cavalry and served through the Civil War. After peace, he remained in service and fought in battles with Indians on the Great American Desert in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Ten Hagen
Pella
Marion County
Holland
America
Old Central University
Baptist College
Abraham Lincoln
Peter
Missouri
13Th
Missouri Cavalry
Colorado
Great American Desert
Des Moines Charities and Relief Efforts Highlight Year
James Callahan's will funded the Methodist hospital and an $80,000 permanent endowment benefiting the Iowa Humane Society which reports aid to over 1,000 families and 3,000 animal cruelty cases. Near East Relief notes the murder of Sarah Baird Wright aiding orphans from Harpoot. Iowa drives for cash and corn progress, with Pella leading contributions above $1,000. Iowa fish and game officials probe fish die-offs while river levels fall. Ithacalan data show Iowa peak elevations, with Creston and Des Moines noted among high and low altitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Callahan
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa, Humane Society
C. M. Young
Near East Relief Committee
Sarah Baird Wright
Harpoot
Armenia
Iowa
Pella
Clarion
Wright County
State Fish and Game Warden
Frst
Mason City
Iowa Falls
Iowa River
Mississippi River
Rev Hugh Orchard urges laborers to attend in work clothes
Rev Hugh Orchard, pastor in Cedar Rapids, announced he would preach in overall to test laborers’ commitment. A packed house followed, and he plans future services aimed at laboring people. Separately, Christmas seal sales in Scott and Muscatine counties raised substantial funds for tuberculosis prevention in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Orchard
Cedar Rapids
Orchard
State historical curator E R Harlan assigned
E R Harlan, curator of the State historical Department, has been given new duties or responsibilities pending further details in the official circular released this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Harlan
State Historical Department
Remarkable Robinson Brothers Tall Hailed in Des Moines
W O Robinson of Knoxville stood 7 feet 3 inches tall prompting hospital bed splicing in Des Moines for stomach treatment. The Robinson brothers once toured with Barnum and Bailey, their combined height reaching 21 feet 3 inches. Each wore a plug hat in days of show business. one brother died years ago.
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W. O. Robinson
Knoxville
Des Moines
Robinson Brothers
Barnum
State Inéb hospital at Knox ville history and sale
The Knox ville state hospital, built for an industrial home for the blind, saw expenditures of about 396 000 yearly through 1918. Prohibition reduced demand, with only eleven patients by January 1920. In June that unused plant housed a veterans hospital, and the property sold to the government for 200 000 plus 820 acres.
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Knoxville
Flow of Streams of the Rocky Mountains
Water from Colorado and Wyoming mountains flows toward the Columbia Mississippi Rio Grande and Colorado. These streams irrigate millions of acres, power many plants, and aid transport. The USGS Water-Supply Paper 500 C compiles daily and seasonal run-off data for the Rocky Mountain region.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Columbia
Mississippi
Rio Grande
United States
Rocky Mountain
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Robert Follawsbee
Iowa State College tests horse draft work limits
The cultural engineering department at Iowa State College conducts experiments to determine optimal draft loads, working day length, speed, and rest for horses. Under E V Collins, a team will pull at two and a half mph in two four hour periods daily, starting with light loads then increasing. Wayne Dinsmore notes the tests aim to help farmers get more work from horses while keeping them healthier and may affect draft horse breeding and recognition of unsoundness.
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Co-Operative Tuberculosis Testing Commission
Iowa
Government Bureau of Animal Industry
State of Iowa
Farm Bureau
Shelby
Winnebago
General Assembly
F. H. Thompson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Peter. Malcolm
Th Cultural Engineering Department
Iowa State College
E. V. Collins
Whfe
Wayne Dinsmore
The
Horse Association of America
Cow sanitation and care advised for winter milking
The report from the husbandry department notes cows should be washed with warm water and dried with a gunny sack before milking. It stresses udder sanitation, clipping of the cow’s belly and hindquarters in winter, and daily handling, within a clean barn and stall as per Mr Weaver.
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Mount Vernon
Rockeen Velley Island
Harlan
Mount Verrion
Bbiological Department
Cornell College
Melvin
Osceola County
Northwood
Worth County
Minnesota
Mount Ayr
Ringgold County
Sheldon
O’brien
Adair
Adair County
Spirit Lake
Storm Lake
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Creston
Hamburg
Lansing
Arispe
Union County
Great Western
Dubuque
St. Joe
Keokuk
Chariton
Lucas County
Elkader
Clayton
Waukon
Allamakee
Sioux City
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Rock Island
Davenport
Hilda M. Matthey
Muscatine County
Com
Rocky Mountains
Coha
Eagle “Mikado
Meade
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Durham Tobacco
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