A Pilgrimage to Sleepy Hollow by Richard Cookland
The author recounts a solitary journey from New York to Sleepy Hollow to verify Irving's lore. He describes the old church graveyard, the hillside, and the changing landscape from its historic quiet to modern traffic and Rockefeller estates, celebrating the enduring enchantment of Sleepy Hollow.
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Sleepy Hollow
Richard Cookland
Glen
Washington Irving
Mohammed
Long
Diedrich Knickerbocker
New York City
North
Coney Island
Ichabod
Catharine van Cortlandt
Irving
Hudson
Tappan Zee
Katrina
Tarrytown
Broadway
Manhattan
Waashington Irving
New York
Sweet Irving
Mecca
Wheat Bushels Tied to Lies in Thresher Measures
Wallace's Farmer notes dairy and food officials warn thresher men not to lie with bushels. An Iowa subscriber reports wheat yielding 41 bushels per acre while weights show 51 pounds per bushel, despite local weights of 60 to 63. The piece questions inflated yields and urges actual pounds over claimed bushels.
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Wallace
David
United States
Solomon
Amos
Ezekiel
Jehovah
State of
Iowa
Soash Declares Bankruptcy Stirs Iowa Texas land scheme
Ackley Journal reports W P Soash bankrupt with the Northern District of Texas taking charge of his finances. The news shocks many local supporters who joined his Texas land expeditions. The failure is linked to an attempted city project named for its founder in a region without demand for a city.
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Ackley Journal
W. FP. Soash
Iowa
Texas
Federal Court of the
Patents Granted to Iowans for Week Ended Aug 20 1912
The Des Moines patent attorney Wilfred C. Lane reports a list of Iowa patents granted for the week ending August 20 1912. Names include C H F Dyhrkopp Spencer FE B Greenley Independence J M Hough Woodbine A J Merkelbach Muscatine C F Patrick Des Moines N H Robinson Woolstock C C Schultz Vic tor T Wadleigh Knierim J W Bettendorf Davenport and J W Bettendorf Davenport as administrator for railway car related inventions.
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Smoke Consumer
C. FE. Patrick
Des Moines
N. H. Robinson
Woolstock
C. C. Schultz
Victor
Beef supply and prices in the United States
A Wall Street Journal analysis cites Secretary of Agriculture data linking beef prices to corn costs and cattle supply limits. It argues farm production and improved breeding, not just corn, are needed to ensure cheaper beef and rising farm returns.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Taxi Sesson
United States
The
Bureau
Wilson
Real estate transfers across Cedar Falls and Waterloo
A list of property trades in Highland and Home Park areas includes Geo Knoche to Herman Tosilebe Lot 2 Block 5 Highland Cedar Falls for 285 dollars and Emma Knoche to George Fabrick Lot 1 Block 3 Highland Cedar Falls for 276 dollars. Other transfers range from 1 to 12 000 dollars involving Water loo and Waterloo additions plus a Chautauqua institute parcel.
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Black Hawk Co
Geo. Knoche
Herman J. Tosilebe
Highland
Cedar Falls
Emma Noche
Geo. A
Ralph Storm
Ferdinand EF. Cit“Jer
East Waterloo
Susan Blowers
W. O. Barr
Blowers
Waterloo
Home Park Land & Investment Co
J. R. Simmons
Home Park and Addition
Dexter B. Phelps
Ray W. Chidwick
Cedar River Park
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Frederick Philips
SOASH
T. Wadleigh
Knierim
J. W. Bettendorf
Davenport
Gata
Cannes
Wall Street Journal
Ee Tees
Oolemcee
Mellin
Mr. Rowell
Dean
Detroit
Mich
Merlin
Meilin
Nmellin
Boston Mass
Joe Schiel
Wagner Bldg
Sycamore ST
Waterloo Electrical
Synpicate Building
Wein x wreArt
Dr. Pierce
Masenky Scott
Swan Creek
L. Box
Bly
Caen
Hileman & Gindt
Sherman
Atlanta
Atlantic
Savannah
Elson
General Sherman
Sewnameh
Hardee
Fort McAlister
Bey
Fort McAleter
Coleetenand
Sherman Johnston
Benn Oe
Johmston
Fee Wesstatous
New York Ferry Service
Commodore Perry
Fort Fisher
Fisher
Bull Run
Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Appomattox
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