Pumpkin Canning Season At Grimes Factory Area
The Grimes area near Des Moines hosts pumpkin canneries with a branch in Altoona. Growers transport thousands of tons of pumpkins as land near the factories yields a double crop alongside corn. After canning, cabbage is turned into kraut and beans are canned, joining tomato and corn canning for about half the year. John F. Riggs of Des Moines is a leading rice grower, having expanded to 600 Arkansas acres. Judge S. F. Prouty introduced rice farming there, selling 300 acres in 1917 for 16000 dollars, with Riggs later selling the first rice crop for 27000 dollars. Riggs notes yields of 50 to 60 bushels per acre, with last year’s rice selling at about one dollar per bushel, though that price has fluctuated. Riggs served as Iowa’s superintendent of public instruction from 1904 to 1910.
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Grimes
Des Moines
Altoona
John F. Riggs
United States
Arkansas
8. F. Prouty
Northwestern Iowa Sees Record Prairie Chicken Numbers
Northwestern Iowa reports the largest prairie chicken counts in years as flocks migrate from South Dakota seeking Iowa cornfields. Farmers fear loss of Iowa-hatched birds under state limits while hunters push for an open season to protect crops and offset outside poaching.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Dakota
Drake Ames football crowd sets city attendance record
At Drake stadium Des Moines Drake Ames football drew the largest crowd in city athletic history, surpassing spring relay races. Tickets were 2.50 with receipts about 16 thousand dollars, while Drake students entered on season tickets, signaling strong turnout despite travel and costs for fans and couples.
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Drake-Ames
Drake Stadium
Des Moines
Drake
Monroe man feeds five thousand lambs for meat
Clyde Orcutt of Monroe Jasper county raises five thousand western lambs born in sage brush districts on the great American desert. In September he shears wool as a byproduct while fattening the lambs for human consumption. The top grade virgin wool indicates good feeding. Shoddy comes from underfed sheep.
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Clyde Orcutt
Monroe
Jasper County
Sage Brush
Great American Desert
Mr. Orcutt
Alfalfa Profits Highlight Montgomery County Farmers
J C Pleak and H L Bass, prominent Montgomery county farmers, praise alfalfa as the most profitable crop. Pleak notes a field in alfalfa for 40 years and keeps 16 bee stands yielding a ton of honey. Bass experiments with alfalfa in cattle finishing, while H B Petty of Red Oak favors corn but admits alfalfa supplements.
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J.C. Pleak
H. L. Bass
Montgomery County
Ames
Mr. Pleak
Pleak
Petty
Red Oak
Elliott
Alfifa
Iowa Census Shows 3549 in State and Private Homes
The February survey counts 3549 people in state institutions and homes directed by state officials. Of them 1810 males and 1685 females. 485 are dependent or neglected children. 87 in receiving or temporary homes and 114 in day nurseries. The state reports 371 women and children in homes for wayward women and destitute mothers. Nine rabies specimens were tested. six dogs two cats and one human exposure were noted. Vaccine preventive treatment is not yet on the market.
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Iowa
Census Bureau
State Board
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Ron M. Gris‘wold
Suit Over Assault Claims In Clarksville Telephone Firm
Mrs Eva Hazard of Clarksville in Butler county sues Northwestern Bell Telephone Co and F E Newberry manager for 25000 damages over an alleged assault by Newberry while Hazard was night operator at the Clarksville exchange Newberry through counsel denies striking her and says Hazard threatened him and would have injured him if not defended herself The telephone company also denies any connection to the case
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Eva Hazard
Clarksville
Butler County
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
F. E. Newberry
Newberry
Plantiff
Northwestern Bell taxes fund Iowa education share
Northwestern Bell Telephone paid 375,366 in Iowa taxes in 1922 with 130,292 allocated to the school fund. Taxes are categorized as Federal, Corporation, Real Estate, and Personal Property.
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Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
William Painter and the protected eagle debate in 1900s era
William Painter of Osceola Clarke County killed a rare golden eagle drawing federal scrutiny under the Migratory Bird Act. Warnings on eagle protection echo nationwide as wardens in Grundy and Back Hawk counties press enforcement. The piece notes a national drive to safeguard eagles and cites historical symbolism and public sentiment.
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William Painter
Osceola
Clarke
Grundy
Back Hawk
Clarke County
America
Washington
France
Austria
Prussia
Russia
Fragmentary Note on December 1908 Use Case
A damaged OCR fragment references December 1908 and a core use, but details are unclear in the readable text. Entities present include no full names, places, or organizations to anchor a precise summary.
Iowa health board reports rising infant mortality and death rate
Comparative figures from the Iowa state board of health for the first eight months of 1923 vs 1922 show the general death rate at 10.9 per 1,000, infant mortality rising from 58.5 to 64.5, and births down from 20.6 to 20.4 per 1,000. Total births were 33,484, deaths under one year 2,163, pneumonia the leading killer with 1,932 deaths, and influenza deaths rising to 1,257.
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Iowa
State Board of Health
Cedar Falls Man Ellis Cutting Dies at 87 and Tennyson Link
Ellis Cutting, once of Town Falls and now a Cedar Falls resident, retired from the C R I P railway and recently turned 87. He is said to be the last survivor of the Light Brigade, famed in Tennyson’s poem. Born Oct 25 1854 at the Balaklava charge, he was 18 then, later emigrating to Iowa after the Civil War.
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Ellis . Cutting
Town Falls
Cedar Falls
C. R. I. & P.railway
Cutting
Light Brigade
Tennyson
Balakalava
Iowa
American Legion Notes Prominent Emmet County Meeting
A lively American Legion gathering on the regular meeting night with about 30 members. Discussion centered on selling the Legion stand at the ball grounds, auctioned by Van Zwel and bought by Warren for five cemeleons. County Commander Max Soeth spoke on National Educational Week and school visits by post members.
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Art Bringle
Percy Pullen
Legion
van Zwel
James W. Riley
Max Soeth
Emmet
Maurice Doyle Post
Esthervile
Harry Jones
A. A. Herrick
O. N. Ressell
Ray Shoemaker
Estherville
Emmet Consolidated School
Eagle Eye
Napoleon
Belief on souls inhabiting other beings in Estherville
The speaker muses that if souls migrate after death, Estherville may soon see numerous setti n’ hens carrying the spirits of ex service men who linger in town.
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Estherville
The American Legion Needs You to Serve Again
A call to fathers and veterans pleads for renewed service and duty within the American Legion. It condemns indifference to fallen comrades and neglect of children, urging dues, participation, and community effort to honor sacrifices and support future welfare.
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Sileni
Legion
American Legion
vAmerican Legion
November 9 Opera House Legion Show Enchants Crowd
The opera house overflowed on November 9 for the Legion show with Estherville quartet, Freg Albertson and Mrs. John Greig duet, Miss Spies Graettinger, Ruth Beymer, Dorothy Seevers performing an interpretive dance. Gratitude expressed to all who bought tickets and assisted, plus thanks to participants. National Taxation Policy notes from Collier's Weekly urge socially minded taxes, inheritance levies, and gradual gift tax with varied exemptions and aims to curb tax-dodging.
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Legion
Estherville Quartette
Freg Albertson
John Greig
Miss Spies
Graettinger
Ruth Beymer
Dorothy Seevers
Collier’s Weekly
Railroad shares exceed water surplus in capital stakes
Boston News Bureau notes that economists estimate there is more surplus than water in railroad shares, with twenty billion dollar capitalization hammered by politics, labor unions, and legislation down to sixty cents on the dollar, a value not replaceable at twice today’s market valuation.
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Ing
Keew
Boston News Bureau
Gas On Stomach May Cause Appendicitis
A historical ad notes constant gas on the stomach may inflame the appendix. It touts simple glycerine buckthorn bark Adlerika as a remedy working on upper and lower bowels in ten minutes. It claims it helps obstinate constipation and guards against appendicitis.
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Jay Johnston & Co
Professional Cards Dr S G Ewen Dentist Card
Dr S. G. Ewen, dentist, lists office over Iowa Savings Bank with office phone 109 and residence 728.
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G. Ewen
Iowa Savings Bank
F. W.hanson
D. C
C. Palmer
Christensen
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