Old Iowa Notables and Oddities From July 1916
The clipped item recounts scattered Iowa anecdotes and figures from July 1916, including Bernard Coyne of Woodbury County claiming a diving record, a laborer named John Simpson injured repairing a gas engine, and local politics with sheriffs and legislators. It also references Millard Fillmore kinship, the Robinson brothers, Bernard Coyne’s towering height, and historical notes about farming, cemeteries, and the era’s public figures in Charlton and Poweshiek counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Frankitt County
Chicago
Farwell
Chicago ‘Board of Trade
Joseph
Mercer County
Illinois
Charlton
Cas Co
Millard Fillmore
United States
Catherine Louisa Swartz
New York
Robinson ‘Berther
Knoxville
Barham
Bernard Coyne
Oto
Woodbury County
Gypsies And War News Take Iowa Headlines Of 1919
The report covers wandering gipsy bands in northern Iowa traveling by horses and autos, with brazen female fortune tellers aiding a disreputable group. It notes Ole Roe retiring as state fire marshal after 12 years, recounts his Iowa and national service, and mentions wartime veterans and local happenings from Waterloo to Storm Lake including floods, bank land deals for Camp Dodge, and a Des Moines worming case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Highway
Waterloo
Babe
Ole O.roe
Office
B. ¥. Carroll
General Assembly
Roe
Iowa
Story County
Fire’ Marshals’ Association of North America
Norway
United States
Des Moines Title Co
Camp Dodge
War Department
McConnell
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Land Transfers and Estate Items From Estherville Area
A dense list of land transfers and deeds in Estherville and surrounding townships includes multiple quitclaim and property transfers among individuals and couples. Notable names appear with plots in sections such as 15-99-33 and 5-99-31, plus various deeds in the auditor's plats and subdivisions. The item ends with an aside on pumpkins and a reflection on daily thought about property rights and weather-related agricultural notes.
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Jdenagin
John Simpson
Hans Thompson
Preston
Jackson County
Sompson
Simpson
Thompson
Clinton
Agen
Eee ‘General, Assembly
Seuerel
Letions Bfe
Board of Control
j.Mys
Charles Bosaler
Broodin
Poweshiek
Coum- P-Bluffs
Enfield
Council Bluffs
James III
Ireland
William
Benton
Kens Town
Poweghtek
George W. Clarke
Adel
Gilbert
Gilbertson
Gilbertaon
Ng Te He
Forest City
Abraham Lincoln
Missouri
Nebraska
Platte
Carrie
Cote
Arthur Court
Cedar Falls
Lee Gilmore
Marmarth
North
Dakota
168Th Regiment
Court
North Dakota
Treasury Department
Washington
J. H. Vernon
88Th General Assembly
Minnville
Tennessee
Monterey
Vera Cruz
Cerro Gordo
Martinaburg
College of Bon Homeopathic Medicine
Depentmant
The
State University
Perkins Hospital
Wd Ponethic College
Ray
Oflows City
Tanwuage
Fourth
Lowe: Cavalry
Mary Jarrott
Isaac Jarrott
Sibley
Shipley
Des Moines
Storm Lake
Man
R. W. Clyde
State Highways Commission
W. H. Cochrane
Department, of Agriculture
Towa
Chemlata
Universi ‘Jowg
Estherville
Gardston
Reiate Prenaten
Swale
Bryan L
Gidley'a
Bille Rinley
Graham W
Eiville
Fterson
Butler
Ringstedater
Fisher
Jackson
Oods
Téman
Morse L
Harrit
Stafford & Jarvis
Estherville Ac
Tas
Jd Gaylord
Nellie Lyon
Fahey
Maude C. Pitcher
Arthax Pitcher
Nick Merklin
John Vital
T& Prr
GW Gruwell
Thomas J Andre
Lee R Smith
Daels Smaith
Klee
Skinner
Loughs
Henry H Hanson
Mosher
L Firat
Eastieg Floyd
Susan $ Anderson
Carl Ancer
Emmet
Florsheim
Nau Bros
Ahlmiller
B, Graham
Cashia
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