Elizabeth Irwin Visits Burlington For A Few Days
Mrs Elizabeth Irwin left for Burlington for a short visit, while local water users are advised of a planned outage tomorrow evening for three to four hours to allow essential water main work, weather permitting. Eugene Owen has returned home from a year at college in Richmond Indiana. Mr and Mrs Ray Dix and their four sons depart Cedar Falls after attending Mrs Dixs mothers funeral in Crawfordville. D F Macon of Washington Iowa serves as auctioneer with phone 251 Red.
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Eugene Owen
Richmond
Indiana
Ray Dix
Cedar Falls
Dick Allen
Colorado
South Bend
Harry McCulley
California
Shelly Ebering
Quetzalcoat
Genuine Ford 15 Plate Battery Sale and Local Notices
A collage of local notices includes a Ford battery offer at Washington Motor Co and a free inspection for batteries. Also mentions June water bill payment deadline for city patrons and coincidences of travel plans and deaths, with several Ames students returning home from schoolwork.
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Ford
Washington Motor Co
The
Visit to the Ancient Pyramids of Mexico
A historical sketch of Toltec and Aztec civilizations near Mexico City. It notes earlier cultures, the Toltecs and Aztecs leaving monuments rather than writings, and a religious city once in a fertile mountain valley twenty six miles east of the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Pyramids
Pyramid of the Sun
Acrobats better shoes noted at Wilson's store
The local notices list a variety of happenings from travel to Marshalltown for a G A R encampment to visits by Clinton residents and area residents with reminders about water main work and summer school sessions at Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson's
Iowa Farm Land Prices 1923 Deals Totals and Rates
Nine farm transactions totaling 1160 acres averaged 274.27 per acre, with values around 301700 dollars. Deals by local farmers show confidence in Iowa land despite cold weather and a market not dominated by speculators. A bank source notes strong investment ready for Iowa farm loans at low rates.
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Iowa
R. A. Ringgenberg
H. A. Ringgenberg
August Bartels
Carl Glasnapp
W. A. Leege
Paul Glasnapp
M. Kreft
Ida Westphal
Carl Noehring
Woods brothers boost Iowa land purchases in 1924
The Woods brothers are buying distressed farm land across Iowa and Nebraska, aiming to capitalize on rising corn demand. They control millions in land including a 20,000 acre cattle ranch and hunting preserve in the northwest, signaling strong confidence in higher future prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Woods Brothers
Nebraska
Middle West
Northwest
Sioux City
Daily Tribune
Things Unusual Unfolding of the Soo Canals and Locks
In a historical note by T. T. Maxey the Saint Marys River links Lake Superior to Lake Huron and powered the earliest fur trade. Construction began in 1853 on what became a grand ship canal with 6674 feet of locks for twelve foot drafts, later expanded for deeper vessels. By 1914 the canal system cost millions, with locks up to 1850 feet long, capable of handling five ships per lock and as many as 125 vessels in a day. navigation dates vary with weather, typically opening in April and closing in December on both sides of the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Mary's
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
United States
Great Lakes
Traffic Volumes Through Saint Marie Canal in W22 Report
The U S canal office at Saint Ste Marie reports average daily traffic of about CO vessels through the canal in that period. Vessels carried 57 049 passengers and 067 258 tons of freight valued near one billion dollars with large lumber flour wheat and iron ore movements east and coal and manufactured goods west.
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United States Canal Office
Saint Ste. Marie
Weather permit delays event notice
Fragmentary notice notes a timing change due to weather permit issues affecting an upcoming event. No further details on place, organizers, or new schedule are readable.
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FOX
Frank Mayo
Virginia Valli
Tony,’ the Wonder Horse
Raymond Burham
Mrs
Jacob Lambert
Arch Reet
Oxfords
Elizabeth Irwin
Burlington
D. F. Macon
Washington
Tob Schilling
Laramie
Wyoming
Palmer
McCall Bros
Will Crawford
Jessup la
Clara B. Pearson
Greely Colo
Tom Nicholson
N. D. Anderson
Cora Teeter Dunsamore
Iron Mountain
Michigan
John Teeter
Dunsmore
Ab Anderson
Marion Anderson
Marion
Charles
Chicago
Mattie Fellowes
Peoria
Mrs. Harve Chance
Lester Carson
Jack Reid
Hubert Besley
Ames
Pyramids of
Mexico
J.C. Boice
Marshalltown
Mrs. Lee Pattison
Clinton ‘S
Herman Wallace
Dale Shearer
Greencastle
de Pauw University
Marion Work
Crawfordsvile
Lee Leese
Mr. Work
Henry Batley
Bailey and Baldrige
Trena Flander
A. Glicker
Richland
Farmington
Edith Shields
Della Patton
Bether Hay
Jeasie Kerr
Iowa City
Journal
Mary Jacobs
Valley of the Pyramids
Temple of Quetzalcoatl
City of
Egypt
Harvey Matthews
Frank Appleby
Far West
Teeter
Alaska
Asia
Cortez
American
the Excelsior
the Universal
the Democrat
Washington County
Mississippi Valley
Ed Knapp
Willis Todd
James
McElhinney Drug Co
W. A. Sandburg
Farmers Savings Bank
Lytton, Iowa
Star
C. C. Dayton
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
Washington Cleaners
T. T. Maxey
Owen McGovern
W. D. Loftiss
West 2Nd Street
John Shields & Sons
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