Crop bulletin notes favorable week for corn and crops
Des Moines Iowa August 23 The past week was very favorable for corn and other growing crops with mean temperatures about 3 degrees above normal. Copious well distributed showers aided late planted corn while grass pastures and clover show rapid growth and a good seed yield is indicated. Two thirds of corn in excellent condition with potential above average crop if weather stays normal. Threshing delayed by showers and fall plowing progressing rapidly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Barber Lafe Ostrander Severely Injured In Burlington Accident
Lafe Ostrander a Burlington barber was severely injured Friday at Monmouth when he fell under a moving train No. 6. His arm was crushed requiring amputation. Ostrander, formerly with Peter Ruff's shop in Burlington, is from Muscatine and has resided in Kirkwood recently. He fell asleep in the smoking car and, after the conductor warned him, attempted to alight as the train moved.
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Burlington
Iowa
Monmouth
Ostrander
Hailstorm Delivers Heavy Damage West of Dubuque
A brutal hail storm near Dubuque destroyed crops and foliage over a ten square mile area three miles west of the city. Hail measuring nine inches long, weighing four to five ounces, fell for about thirty minutes, covering the ground in several inches of ice and stripping leaves from trees.
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Dubuque
Fatal Streetcar Accident at Pt. Dodge
Mrs. P. M. Doud and her daughter Rose were seriously injured and likely fatally hurt when a runaway street car, with motorman and conductor outside, sped down Fort Dodge street. The women leaped toward the platform to jump as the car took a curve and were hurled about twenty feet to the pavement.
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PT. Dodge
Fort Dodge
P. M. Doud
Rose
Birds Aboard Washington Vessel Reported Lost
A brief item from Washington reports a bird sighting or loss connected to a vessel, with details truncated in the snippet. No further specifics are readable in the fragment.
Birds Beset North America If Birds Vanish
French naturalist warns that a world without birds would force humans to live uneasily for nine years and insects would multiply, threatening orchards forests and crops. Without birds the continent could become a desert within a decade.
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Savannah
Department of Agriculture
North America
Picnic day at county home set for September fifth
The second annual picnic at the county home will be held on Monday September fifth. Manager Frank Beatty reports the program is being prepared and officials expect a large turnout to promote familiarity with the institution. Last year’s event was a success and the plan is to make future picnics bigger.
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Frank Beatty
Obituary: Elizabeth Brock of Minonk Passes After Long Illness
Elizabeth Brock died August 6 1910 after four years of heart failure and paralysis leaving eleven children seven surviving. Her husband Adley Brock died January 19 1910. Surviving children include Frank Winthrop Ark Oscar and Sadie Hollinger Washington IA Mattie Hattan Belle Plain Amanda Rhodes Kansas City MO Maggie Stone Centralia MO Irene B Fordyce Emmetsburg IA. Funeral at Minonk Christian Church with Rev Morgan and Rev Boyd. burial in Minonk Cemetery.
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Minoak
Oscar Brock
M. Hollinger
West Chester
Elizabeth Kylander
Brown County
Ohio
Illinois
Bennington Township
Adley Brock
John
David
Dillman
Charles
Frank
Winthrop
Ark
Oscar
Sadie V. Hollinger
Washington
Iowa
Mattie Hattan
Belle Plain
Amanda Rhodes
Kansas City
Maggie Stone
Centralia
Irene B. Fordyce
Emmetsburg
Mrs. Brock
T. F. Hattan
Brock
Christian Church
Minonk
Morgan
Funeral of R. T. Carris Sr Held at Keota Church
The funeral of the late R. T. Carris Sr was held from the United Presbyterian church at 2 o clock this afternoon. The Rev H H Brownell of Cedar Rapids officiated with Rev J F Robertson of the Methodist church assisting. Large attendance and many distant relatives were present. Rufus Tupper Carris was born in Orange County New York on Nov.
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Rufus Tupper Carris Was
Orange County, New York
Nov
Ninetieth Monthly Visit to Washington Arrives
Dr. Shallenberger, the Chicago specialist, will be in Washington again on Wednesday August 31 at the Colenso Hotel for his 90th monthly visit to the city.
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Shallenberger
Chicago
Washington
Colenso Hotel
Our City
Preaches at Muscatine at Union Service
Dr. J. C. Abels former pastor of Washington Iowa delivered an inspiring sermon at the First Presbyterian church lawn in Muscatine attracting a large crowd despite heat. He also spoke at the morning service at the local Presbyterian church delivering a finished and convincing discourse.
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Muscatine
Rev. Abels
Presbyterian Church
TIZ Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Sore Feet
Advertises TIZ as a unique non powder foot treatment that draws out poisonous exudations, cleans pores, and relieves soreness. Claims rapid freshness and "sore proof" feet with bunions and calluses improved. Offers money back guarantee and retail price of 25 cents per box, plus direct mail order from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago.
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Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Ill
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