Local notes from Grace Hill and surroundings
Pleasant Plain and Cresco area updates with visits from Jacob Blick Mrs. C E Rehmel and Jim Lemley reports from Story county Chas Dunbar and Buxbaum in town for family and travel News covers Sands Morrison wedding at Sands home social by Miss Alyce Strohm and college visits at Columbus Junction and Mt Pleasant plus church events and oxcart era remarks
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C. E. Rehmel
T. E. Rehmel
Jim Lemley
Veo
John Beatty
Story County
Seaton
Hi Chas. Dunbar
Richland
L. C. Dunbar
Chas. Buxbaum
Andy Kohler
Alyce Strohm
Chicago
Muscatine
J. A. Kephart & Co
J. R. Harden
Mabel Shilling
Marshalltown
James
Ora Henderson
Washington
John DeHarpart
Ainsworth
Mt. Pleasant
U. B
Alva E. Sands
Maude Morrison
G. M. Welch
J. P. Davis
J. W. Sands
Prof. Barnes
Walker
Trip to Kansas Hopeful and Promising Farm Notes in Buffalo Visit
A group led by Andrew Ferguson and J. H. McCleary travels by 7:40 narrow gauge to Kansas City then Missouri Pacific. They visit George Ferguson near Roper with a 150 apple trees and a rich farm, and J. K. Blair in Buffalo with 3040 acres, 727 yearling cattle, and 300 acres of corn. the region is described as fertile with growing stock potential.
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Andrew Ferguson
J. H. McCleary
Kansas
Kansas City
Ed Fox
Missouri Pacific
Yates Center
J. W. Rankin
George Ferguson
Roper
Buffalo
J. K. Blair
Highland Township
Alfalfa and Wheat Prosper in Southeast Kansas Farmland
A reader’s survey of southeastern Kansas notes alfalfa as a profitable crop with four cuttings yearly and strong wheat yields despite dry weather. Hedge fences of osage wood survive decades, post wood cited as durable. Wilson County towns, land prices, oil and gas presence, and local rail access described. Ferguson offers further information.
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Texas
Kansas
Wilson County
Mredonia
Buffalo
Illuminating Company
Erguson
Rock Island Plans New Lines Into Kansas City and Topeka
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad plans extensive improvements to reach Kansas City and Topeka on its own rails, potentially building a new Missouri River bridge or using alternate bridges. The extension aims to shorten the Chicago to Kansas City route and add a Leavenworth to Topeka main line, with a 35 mile cut off from Belknap to Trenton. Milwaukee to Ottumwa survey results and field divisions are described, with detailed crew assignments and anticipated work over the next year.
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Topeka
Chicago
Rock Island Road
Hannibal
Missouri River
Milwaukee
Bates
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
West Bottoms
Burlington
Cameron
Rock Islands
Union Pacific
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Kan
Plattsburg
Platte City
Platt City
Harlem
Colorado
Here
Limon
Denver
Col
Belknap
Iowa
Trenton
Lowa
Kansas City Star
Milwaukee line survey bids eyed by contractors
Representatives of McArthur Bros. of Chicago who built the Santa Fe extension from Kansas City to Chicago visited Milwaukee to view the proposed Milwaukee to Muscatine line. Other firms surveyed the route as engineers cross section the land and set slope stakes while right of way work proceeds with options being taken near Washington. No public construction plan or bid decision has been announced yet.
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Downer
Ashley
Rutledge
Ottumwa
Wigam’s Hill
Cedar
Iowa Rivers
Corps
Letts
Muscatine
Muscartine
Iowa River
Huttig
McArthur Bros
Chicago
Sante Fe
Kansas City
Resent
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Charles Eliason
R. W. Carter
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Joe Jones
Wapello
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Lone Tree
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Grace Walker
Rev. Taylor
Ains Worth
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Havre
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J. H. Kephart
Coneville
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George Reister
Will Thompson
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Eureka
Gray
Coppock
Ben’ Hill
Wayland
Ashby
Will Shulty
Bessie Hoxworth
Tom Shulty
Lexington
Lizzie Klein
Richmond
Miss Kiefer
Harper
Chas, Brunn
What Cheer
Messrs. Arnold and Patterson
Arnold
Joe Morhofer
Tom Brauman
Highland
C. L. Overfelt
E. F. Brockway
Iowa City
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Wilber Boland
L. F. Woodburn
Ross Simmons
E. F. Oaks
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Sherd Wilson
James Potter
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Stewart & Fread
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Chas. Jackson
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Union Dale
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T. J. Martin
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Crawfordsville
Dave Lemon
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Jetmore
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Dallas City
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Frank McKee
Winterset
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Louis Rutter
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Mrs. Cold
M. W. Thompson
Miss Britton
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Ed Holmstine
Mrs. Hebel
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Mrs. Iman
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Outa Fishburn
Maud Murphy
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Joe Roth
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