Threshing and town notes from Dutch Creek area
Threshing is underway with oats yielding about 20 bushels per acre. Local residents and visitors report a parade of freight trains over a temporary iron bridge near Skunk River as sand deposits are layed under ties. Community events include baptisms, weddings, Bible hours, and a quiet Holdrege wedding between Herbert D. McDowell and Lillian S. Haggett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zena Brinning
Emma
Martha Luers
Sigourney Thursday
Milwaukee R. R. Co
Skunk River
Cone
Rubio
W. A. Stiles
West Holdrege
Hebert D. McDowell
Lillian S. Haggett
A. C. Beall
Washington
Iowa
E. G. Craig
Holdrege
Crop Bulletin for week ending July 20 1903 Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines Iowa reports ideal harvesting weather across the state with a heavy hay crop of fine quality largely saved without rainfall damage. Southern districts nearly finished harvest, threshing underway. northern districts advancing with mixed grain quality. Corn shows gains, but southern and eastern counties seek more showers. On July 20, heavy hail from Lyon Osceola to Taylor Ringgold counties damaged crops in a six mile wide path, slowing progress on one of the season’s best weeks. Losses affect a few thousand farms, but overall crop damage is a small state percentage. Minor crops perform fairly, markets well supplied with early apples and garden truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Lyon and Osceola
Taylor
Ringgold
Prosperous Southwest Despite Three Farm Failures
The May 19 report notes three failures in MEVENSEEa.8e and Cheeta across New Mexico Indian Territory and adjacent areas, out of 388 total, illustrating the southwest's period of remarkable prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.G. Dun
New Mexicos
Oasis Indian Territory
Great Southwest
Dynamite diet ends cow with horn and tail scene
A grazing cow swallowed two sticks of dynamite left by workmen. The animal appeared distressed and fled toward a hill. Moments later a massive blast occurred, leaving only the horns and tail as the tail kept swatting flies from the horns.
Real Estate Bargains by Iowa Land Co Over Crail's Store
The Iowa Land Co offered improved farms wild land and stock ranches from rooms above J B Crail's store. They advertised excursion rates and invited listing selling or exchanging land for goods or stock. Rentals for farms or city properties were welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Land Co
J. B. Crail
Hot Weather Diet and Demeanor
A reproduction of the Iowa City Republican warns against sun exposure dangers offering exhaustive summer precaution tips. It urges boiled water, reject hot drinks, avoid alcohol and heavy foods, and to limit activity while urging people to stay cool and cautious during the torrid period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City Republican
Land value rise used to push higher assessments gains ground
Town debate grows as farmers resist rising land assessments. Conviction builds that farmland value hikes are being used to justify higher tax burdens across the community.
Farmer Tax Burden Criticized Over Land Assessments
The Manson Journal argues Calhoun county land is valued at an average of 50, a figure the paper calls excessive compared with other property. It warns that lands push taxes upward while other property fluctuates in value making the farmer bear a disproportionate burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson Journal Sa Ps
Calhoun County
Local News and Social Items From Washington Iowa
A long list of residents and visitors are noted with trips to Fairfield, Westchester, Oskaloosa, Des Moines and Davenport. City scenes include church work, a new front at D L Baird & Son, a wrecked hayrick fire, and telegraph upgrades on the Rock Island System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Frain
Dutch Creek
Augustine Bros
Mc Jaulley
Rock Island
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Neighborhood Notes
Crawfordsville
Henry Eicher
Catherine Mauthe
Gracehill
W. A. Harper
Kansas
Sam Cocklin
Jas. Harwood
Jas. Ferguson
Ralph Livingston
The
Press
Jas. Cook
Ohio
Thomas Craig
Joe Morehead
Maida Black
West Liberty
Andy Armstrong
Cora Anderson
Mrs
George Maxwell
Lena Shaffer
Jessie Anderson
Cedar Falls
Miss Kyle
Jas. Rickey Home
Rose Missionary Society
Presbyterian Church
McKune
Bertha
Alma Johnson
Hiram Weaver
Coppock
Rich Riley
D. H. Logan
Gazette
Marion Township
Dave
John Coppock
Wm. Petratz
Hermon Buntenbach
Raymond Benn
Hermon
North Highland
Chas. Batey
Verney Green
Bessie Busby
Will Bathe
J. G. Fordyce
Will Bird
Donnie Brannon
Harvard Hunter
John Hunter
J. M. Walker
Floyd Steele
Jean Brown
Ains Worth
Eva Easter
Oskaloosa
Eva Love
Loveland, Colo
Edith Bradford
J. H. Crawford
Sigourney
Wm. Apmadoe
M. E. Church
Dave Miller
Shawnee
Oklo
Elizabeth J
Davenport
C. W. Yancy
G. A. Carson
E. M. Funston
Minnie Beitel
Muscatine
C. P. Nichols
L. A. Stephens
Martha Walker
Mamie Rush
Colfax
Chautauqua
E. W. White
Jasper Wilkin of
Keota
W. L. Man
A. R. Calkin
California
W. T. Marr
Burlington
Lettie Trotter
Avoca
J. Knox Montgomery
Charlotte
N. C
Columbus Chautauqua
U. P
Dr. Davis
Highland
Charley Beatty
Elva Nicholson
Anna Vondrasek
Pearl Foster
Luella Swales
Will McCreedy
Will McLaughlin
Jack McCreedy
Charley Foster
Frank Wilson
Sadie Davis
Ainsworth
Joe McCreedy
Anna Harrison
Emma Stanley
Iowa City
Mrs. E. Oaks
Christian Endeavor
Salem
McDowell-Stiles
Crop Bulletin
Stranger Than Fiction
Farmer
Towa
H. J. Williams
Letts
Mr. Burnell
Fairfield
Frank Lamphere
Milwaukee
H. J. Samson
Westchester
Joseph Shaw
New York City
Robert
D. H. Griffith
Mr. Maxwell
City
Mrs. Emmons
Carrie
John Babcock
B. E
Ely
D. Burns
Seattle
Robert Lemon
Riverside
Col
Mrs. Palmer
Mrs. Livingston
Wilbur Miller
the Heights
Laurens Adams
James Zeck
Keola
David McKee
Mediapolis
State Bankers Association
Hattie Winters
Blanche Nicola
Mary M. Hughes Co
Emma Buxbaum
Spickard
Romig
A. H. Wallace
Iowa Avenue
James H. McCreedy
Ethel
Franklin
Drake University
Ella Kyle
Egypt
Mollie Cherry
H. B. Porter
Fayette McConnell
Oregon Township
Jesse Phillips
Josiah Hays
Valley Junction
W.R. Sawhill
R. P. Lewis
Mrs. Alfred Smith
SK. R. Kirkpatrick
Bloomington, Ills
W. P. Moothart
Rev. L. D. Young
Indiana
Mrs. Young
Anna Buxbaum
Orville Elder
Journal
Percival Pollard
A. C. Marsh
McCook, Neb
W. W. P. Moothart
Edna Huston
Greenfield
S. W. Neal
S. Solomon
North Ave
W. L. Patterson
Pittsburg
Kas
Dan Bolding
Delphi
Ind
James G. Malcom
R. A. Shaw
Joe Shaw
Claude Lemmon
South Marion Avenue
Miss Applegate
Greensburg
Tom Kyle
W. A. Birney
Knox- Ville
Academy of Morgan Park
Academy News
Charley Latehem
Elmer Bergquist
Frank Bergquist
Pammel
Ames
John Smith
Murray Acheson
Portland
James Acheson
J. W. Cottrell
Detective Association of America
Gate City
Washington Telephone Company
Monmouth
Chautauqua Grounds
Monmouth College
T.H. McMichael
D. D
Columbus Junction
Morning Sun
Crawfordville
D. D. Bolding
Richmond
English River
Marbourg
Dan
Indian Creek
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