Old Book on 1840 Farming Features English Methods
Salem notes an 1854 book Modern Husbandry by Andrew of Elms Cottage Brentford detailing medieval and Victorian English farm practices. It covers farm buildings, fertilizers, dairy cattle, shorthorn prices, crop rotation, and poultry work, with local reminiscences and summer visits in the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Weeks
Salem
Weeks
Andrew
Elms Cottage
Brentford
Middlesex
England
Durham
Charles Colling
Norfolk
Sumomer
Elaine Swick
Ed Shalla
Mary Lea Mathess
Iowa City
John Horak
Colleen Lemley
Davenport
Duane Shalla
Virginia Kline
Hills
Betty Prebys
Ed Kallous
Chicago
Blanche Shalla
Wm. Novy
Joseph
Backache and leg pains signal kidney trouble warning
Warning about kidney and bladder problems from backache and leg pains. Crowded with advertising for Doan's Pills claiming long use and relief, noting waste removal by kidneys and symptoms like stiffness, swelling, and dizziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Doan
Pilotburg church gets fresh look funded by Ladies Aid
Pilotburg residents report the church interior has been newly papered and painted with major support from the Ladies Aid Society and Sunday school volunteers. Threshing activity occurs at home as Ora Stump’s crew and Joe Cortum work around town.
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Pilotburg
Aid Society
Ora Stump
James Chalupa
Joe Cortum
John Bauer
Wellman Lutheran Church
Helen Anderson
Carl T. Anderson
Janice Coquellier
Cedar Rapids
Robert Wray
Des Moines
Will Brown
Mark
Lake Milax Minn
Frank Leeper
Merry Makers Club
Wayne
Home Builders formed by Cotter Church class
The Young Married People's class of Cotter Presbyterian met at the Hendrickson home with good attendance. Mrs Darold Jones presided as the group adopted the name The Home Builders and began drafting a constitution. The class will fund church programs and mailing costs for absentees. Next meeting set for August 11 at the Hawkins home.
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Cotter
Cotter Presbyterian Church
William Hendrickson
Darold Jones
Clarence Hawkins
Hugh Thomas
Dorothy
Hayden Thomas
Winfield
Keirh
Isaac Stone
Columbus Junction
Hayden Davis
Bette Ann
Keola
Mr Davis
J. M. Davis
Davis
Alice McGuire
Washington Hospital
THREE COMBINES BUSY WITH OATS IN FRANKLIN DISTRICT
In Franklin District last week three combines and one threshing machine operated within a mile. Cloudy weather slowed harvest while residents like Mr. and Mrs. Bob Noonan and others visited relatives and attended local picnics. Several health and family notes appear, including a hip injury from May and ongoing church activities.
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Howard Hoyle
Franklin District
Bob Noonan
Harry Davidson
Merle Sheetz
Lake Kamah
Oskaloo
Burlington
Alvah Boileau
Letts
George Hindah
Harold Booth
Clifford Thompson
Oskaloosa
Harry Kleese
Will Wallace
Ainsworth
Journey cake origins tied to cornmeal in frontier days
The article traces the term Johnny cake to Journey cake from Daniel Boone era when settlers relied on cornmeal. It also notes Admiral Robert E. Peary as the first to reach the North Pole, mentioning a reference dated April 6, 1999.
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Daniel Boone
Peary
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Milton Maas Barley Combined by Richard Scott
Richard Scott showed Milton Maas barley last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Wm Koening and daughter Agnes and son Mark were Sunday dinner guests at Orville Meyer home. Mr and Mrs Fairley Anton and Maynard Reiner all of
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Washington
Noah Leichty
Allan
Wy- Man
Doris Benson
Bryan Swift
Ruth Crow
Iowa City
Newt Benson
Allison Maas
Harold
Helen Jackobesuck
Leonard Brewning
Cedar Chips
Mary Linta
Margaret
Mark
Riverside
Leo
George Linta
Wm. Koonin
Milton
Albert Maas
Bernice Maas
Washington, R
Richard Scott
Milton Maass
Wm. Koening
Agnes
Orville Meyer
Fairley
Anton
Maynard Reiner
Pleasant Ridge Social Roundup and Visits
Pleasant Ridge notes list Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stalder and children as dinner guests at the Tony Kauffman home. Families including the Kauffmans, Disneys, Norths and Smiths visit various homes in Wellman Washington and Keota with friends and relatives during the week. Threshing work and small gatherings mark the community activities.
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Milton Smith
Pleasant Ridge
Elmer Stalder
Tony Kauffman
Donna
Charles Smith
Thursaday
Phyliss
Daryl Dean Disney
Louis Pacini
Henry Underwood
Nick Linnenkamp
Baby
Keota
Robert North
Harold Snider
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Dahda
Margaret Novy
Lois Kulanda
Dewey Weers
John Shalla, Jr
Kangaroo Court
James Shalla
Thatcher Allison Mans Dow Bishop
John Lang
George Shalla
Norman
Summit
Jeanne Shalla
Paul Escher
Frank Hora
Ladies Aid Society
Frank Stransky
Cotter Church
Hendrickson
Ed Thomas
Clem Burris
Lucille Clark
Westminster Guild of the
Presbyterian Church
Lyle Duncan
Missionary Magazine
M. A. Robeson
Otto Gustafson
Moline
Dorothy Hartz
J. A. Hartz
Rock Island
A. Hartz
Helen Montgomery
Robeson
Gustafson
EB. R. Mitchell
Weat Point
Presbyterian Manse
Porpy
Equitable Life of Iowa
Lee Norris
Debs
The
Uncle Sam
New York
Mr. Riley
Romeo
Juliet
Mother
Collier's Weekly
Lewis Hallam Jr
Douglas
Philadelphia
Exquire Beaturat, Tne
Johnny Cake
Milton Maas
Coast Guard
Ocean
Atlantis
Fontenelle
Omaha
Black Mirror
Bombay
del Monte
Louisa Gold
Salowich Cookies
Miles Con
Ritz
Jor
Swift
Rosedale
Crescent Ginger
Btu
Shes
Crisco
Wakashe Beverages
Dos
Sunkist
Wat'rmelons
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