Spectator’s rambling tour along an Iowa City road
A Maple Grove correspondent recounts a long bicycle style travelogue from River Junction to Iowa City. He notes sights, unusual residents, a catfish sale, old log houses, weathered farms, a lake near the Iowa River, and vivid portraits of local characters while commenting on road care and regional life. He mentions emigrants from Ohio and local land and market observations amid reflective personal notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mape Grove
River Junction
Iowa City
Riverside
Lowa Junction
Lowa River Bridge
Lowa
Tennessee
Sunset Park
Iowa River
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Iowa
Lake Okoboji
Richmond
Jesse Rose
Asa Wilson
Martin Haigler
Wesley Bailey
Cyrus Billingsley
Jonbn Sterling
Gideon Bear
David Rittenhouse
Reading
Ohio
Fayette County
English River Township
Baileys
Ayers
Gradys
Works
Heiglers
Arnolds
Stephen
Iowa farmers reject corn as fuel hoax spreads
In northeastern Iowa farmers deny plans to burn corn for fuel despite coal costs. Articles cite 157 inquiries across several counties, with farmers calling the idea a joke and warning it would harm agriculture. A few individuals acknowledge rare corn burning if fuel runs out.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Niack Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Grandy
Delaware
Grundy County
Delaware County
Barnum
Atlantic
Cass County
L. K.bennett
Wyman notes county fair and community society meeting
A large crowd attended the county fair at the school house Friday evening. A Community Literary Society was organized with T H Houston president and a program set for November 11 at the school house. Homer Davis is reported improving.
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Wyman
Nellie Coop
Harry
Walter
Fairfield
Glover Ferrell
H. B. Oldt
Derald
Lomax
Ill
W. F. Orbin
Burlington
Clyde
Ottumwa
W. ¥. Marston
Gladwin
Floyd
G. A. Flinchpach
Will Coop
D. W. Thompson
Des Moines
Myrtle Coop
Chicago
John Belville
Washington
G. B. Ferrell
Belville
Will Williams
Dewey Conrad
Richland
William
Curt Hamilton
Helen Green
Ray Green
T. H. Houston
Vivian Ingraham
Ed Humphrey
John Ross
Supt. Ferrell
Mary Dunn
Sarah Davis
Homer Davis
Wellston Community Notes from Wellston Area
Mr Martha Mikach and Charley Wolf family and J W McClelland spent Sunday with W H Brinning. Jim McNease hauled corn for C H Brinning Tuesday. J W McClelland and W H Brinning M B Jones and W I Moore attended Hillhouse Miller sale Tuesday. Elmer Heel began husking for Geo Simmerman Monday. R F E Brinning and J W McCleland plan to vaccinate here today.
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J. W. McCleland
Emma Nicholson visits Washington and Hallowe'en event noted
Mrs Emma Nicholson traveled to Washington to stay with her daughter Mrs A W Yard. R B White returned from a Kansas City business trip. Mrs Anna Lease hosted Sabbath school children and their mothers for a Hallowe en themed gathering at the Presbyterian church Yesterday afternoon.
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Crawfordsville
Emma Nicholson
Washington
A. W. Yard
White
Kansas City
Anna Lease
The
Presbyterian Church
Whale Fat Used in Danish Oleomargarine Trade
Whale fat is used on a large scale to Denmark in making oleomargarine. The report notes the material's pivotal role in margarine production and trade flows between whaling regions and Denmark.
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Denmark
Wife of Farmer Almost Starved
Mrs. Amy Peterson of Lakesville Massachusetts describes severe indigestion and gas relief after using Tanlac. She reports regaining lost weight and newfound strength, praising Tanlac as the best medicine. The ad notes Tanlac is sold by Sherman Bros and Pioneer Drug Store in Washington and leading druggists everywhere.
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Brighton
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
J.A. Lemley
Washington
Mildred Horton
Marshalltown
Florence Robison
Altha
C. V. Robison
Will Bristow
Guy Hyde
Oskaloosa
Dc. Cc
Allsup
Frank Hamilton
Okaloosa
Earl and
Pleasant
Ida Moore
Davenport
Mabel Robison
Iown Wesleyan
A. L. Wilkins
Amy Peterson
Lakesville
Maes
Sherman Bros
Pioneer Drug Store
Advt
A Child For Sale by Ivan Abramson
Ivan Abramson's latest Graphic Film Company release A Child For Sale unfolds across six reels with intense momentum. The film surveys a social issue through precise situations, delivering a remarkably well-structured narrative from start to finish.
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Ivan Abramson
Graphic Film Company
This Generation and Ours
Marshalltown readers defend today’s youth against claims of idleness. The piece argues colleges and schools are crowded, many youths work their way through education, and the generation is earnest and capable. It urges abandoning the grumbling and recognizing opportunity readiness.
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Marshalltown
Iowa leads in purebred cattle counts in latest census
Washington data show Iowa tops the nation in total purebreds with 171 645 head, led by 69 560 Shorthorns and 40 894 Herefords. Texas and New York follow in specific beef and dairy breed tallies while Iowa trails in Holstein Friesian and Jersey dairy breeds.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Iowa
Texas
Kansas
Towa
Jerseys
New York
GalleWays
Difference in Diamonds Brilliant vs Rose Diamond Facets
A brilliant diamond has 58 facets arranged for maximum sparkle. A rose diamond is only faceted on the top with a flat base, resulting in a simpler cutter style.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maple Grove
Homestead Farm
Evening Journal
Bern Cots
John Jones
Cecil
Will Weidner
S M. Brinton
Henry Pickard
Russell
Leonard Pickard
Maynard Crumley
Stockport
W. A. Coffman
Andy Polis
West
Ainsworth
Lillian McFar
Parker House
Wellstin
Bruns Seed Store
Gladys Leslie
Creighton Hale
Julia Swayne Gordon
William Tooker
Anna Lehr
William Davidson
Hobby Connelly
Ruth Sullivan
Graham
Herefords
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