Aged Nebraskan Proposes and Is Married on a Dare
Sargent Neb August 7 Amos Westbrooke of Sargent aged 73 and Mary De Lance of Kansas City Mo aged 74 were married July 25. The matchmaker sister Mrs W M Saunders jokingly urged the Kansas City match. Westbrooke has three previous marriages and four grown children. The bride has three children. They plan to live in a neat cottage in Sargent.
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Sargent, Neb
Amos Westbrooke
Sargent
Mary de Lance
Kansas City
W. M. Saunders
General Markets and Weather Outlook for Iowa Illinois and Midwest
The forecast shows generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday across Iowa and Illinois with little temperature change, cooler tonight in South Dakota. Market notes from Chicago wheat and corn mark a soft day amid improved crop reports and Russia weather sentiment, with a late rally in wheat and varied corn levels. St Louis and Kansas City livestock markets opened steady to higher on cattle and sheep with notable receipts.
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Iowa
Illinois
South Dakota
Omaha live stock market summary and grain prices
Omaha stock and futures report shows cattle receipts around 5200 with active, stronger market and mixed hogs, light and heavy categories. Chicago and New York closes list wheat, corn, and livestock prices with cash and futures data, including hogs near 7.70, cattle steady, sheep steady, and cash grain values across several grades and futures.
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Omaha
Neh
St.ongtia
Chicago
Aus
Farm Produce And Hides Prices From Local Market Report
A historical market style listing shows prices for prairie and wild prairie hay baled at various per bale amounts, straw, and dairy butter. It also lists cattle and hogs prices with categories such as corn fed steers and cows, along with lambs and hogs grades, poultry values for hens and spring chickens, and hide and wool prices by grade and weight. This snapshot captures the era’s commodity trading terms and unit pricing.
Generous rains aid harvest across multiple states
A burst of rainfall from July 23 to Aug 8 brought 4 inches in Fergus Falls Minnesota and over five inches in two weeks across the region, aiding corn and potato crops and potentially a second hay crop, while wheat yields were expected to be poor. Similar drenchings in Pewter Nebraska Des Moines Iowa Mitchell South Dakota and La Crosse Wisconsin improved pasture and fall plowing prospects, boosting corn and potato yields and pasture renewal across towns and counties.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Neb
Des Moines
Dr. Chappell
Teau
Davenport
Mitchell
S. D
la Crosse
Wis
Black Rust Report in Manitoba Wheat Fields
Winnipeg August 8 reports black rust in Manitoba wheat fields though not widespread or disastrous. Weather has been unfavorable with a bright sun and wind needed to improve conditions. Some districts show spores, but infection remains localized to certain fields. Grand Forks North Dakota August 8 forecast says North Dakota crops are advanced, rust expected to do little damage, harvest general this week.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
J. H. Griffin
Great Northern
Praying for Dry Weather at Devils Lake
Devils Lake D a Aug 8 A rainfall of 2.16 inches in twenty hours yesterday broke all August records since the weather bureau began. Total since Aug 1 stands at 4.61 inches, exceeding the prior August record of 3.59. Farmers urge dry weather to harvest on the land.
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Devils Lake
Sam
Weather Bureau
Dunlap Family Roots in Waterloo's Early Days
S. M. Dunlap of Center Point Iowa visits son in law C. D. McCall in Waterloo. He recalls his father A. J. Dunlap a pioneer who arrived in 1854 from Ohio with log cabins, a forged harness trade, and early Waterloo life including a Thanksgiving dinner with a raccoon, the Brainard brick yard, and 1863 Fourth of July near Gettysburg era. The elder Dunlap helped build a brick house later on Second Street and remembered hunts, beaver dams, and a bustling frontier community.
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S. M. Dunlap
Center Point
C. D. McCall
A. J. Dunlap
Waterloo
Ohio
Iowa
Dunlap
J. H. Wilkins
Waterloo Savings Bank
Brainard
Randolph and
Second Streets
Rawson
Mr. Dunlap
W. H. Hartman
Courier
Gettysburg
Meade
Ransom
Samuel
Hutch Smith
Paul Davis
Commercial
Third Streets
Smith
Sans Souci Hotel
Weather Crop Bulletin From Des Moines Aug 9 1919
Very nearly normal temperatures and frequent showers improved late crops in most counties. Eastern and extreme southwestern areas saw heavy rains boosting late corn and potatoes, while western regions with light rain saw little benefit. Early corn remains drought affected. continued showers could lift yields. Pastures and late potatoes improved, more rain needed. Thrashing finished in many areas. fall plowing begun where ground softened. Central counties experienced heavy rains to end the week. Estimates show corn 69 percent, potatoes 34, pastures 38, apples 78, grapes 74.
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Des Moines
Miss Van Winkle Fully Awakened in Effingham
Physicians say Hazel Scamuydt daughter of John Schmidt of Vandalia Wisconsin awoke from a 14 week trance caused by a strained brain nerve tied to excitement or worry. She has apparently recovered from insomnia though health is temporarily impaired. She is dubbed Fayette County's Miss Rip Van Winkle.
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Effingham
Aug. S
Hazel Scamuydt
John Schmidt
Vandalia
Miss Schmidt
Alabaster Hand and the Wax Bride in New York
Lucien Braddock obsesses over a door large alabaster hand seen in a window on Blank Street. After a fire and a strange encounter, he discovers the hand belongs to a wax model worn by Ethel Windsel, a cousin’s cousin. He meets Ethel at dinner and learns their romance begins from the mysterious window scene.
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Laeden
Lucien
Isdy
Lucien Braddock
Ae Lucien
Jeanne Goulard
M. Goulard
Paris
New York
Goulard
Mme. Goulard
Mise
Ethel Wyndsel
Nick Windsel
Ethel
Air
Andy
Elopement Runaway Courtship in Greatorix Chase
Alice Greatorix, ward of a avaricious stepmother, defies a will clause that would leave funds to her if unmarried. She elopes with Roger Ashurst, aided by a secret plan and a waiting hack, while Mrs Greatorix pursues through streets and avenues with her chauffeur. The couple marry as the chase ends.
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Mrs. Greatorix
Greatorix
Alice
Roger
Mrs. Greatoria
Sirs. Greatorix
Elopers
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