Onions Bring Wealth and Health to Pleasant Valley
A Scott county Iowa onion boom spurs a two mile stretch of rich river-bottom fields. Growers use kerosene emulsion sprays to curb thrips, boosting yields from about 300 to as high as 1,000 bushels an acre in peak years. W. W. Myers leads with sixteen acres and 450 bushels, netting about 5280 dollars profit after costs, while other growers report 70 to 100 dollars per acre in costs and strong earnings from the crop culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Scott County
Mississippi
State Agricultural College
Ames
Schleswig-Holstein
Scott County Farm Improvement League
Agricultural College
G. R. Elias
W. W. Myers
Frank Schutter
Schutter
Henry Reed
Leroy Schutter
Ill Farming Yields Highlight Cerro Gordo County Grower
A Cerro Gordo County farmer harvested 600 bushels of beans from 30 acres at 3 dollars per bushel, totaling 60 dollars per acre. He also grew onions on 1.25 acres worth 783 dollars and is expanding into potatoes averaging 90 bushels per acre at 0.80 dollars per bushel, illustrating high yields on small plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerro Gordo County
Iowa
Death of Donald Rausch Sobs at Waterloo Home
Donald McArthur Rausch a 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs Edmund Rausch died yesterday at 4 PM at his Waterloo home after pneumonia and heart trouble. He endured two weeks of illness with courage and was cheered by soprano Christine Miller who sang at his bedside. Born Jan 30 1900 in Mankato Minnesota he leaves two brothers George 16 Philip 5 and sister Ruth five months. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 PM from the parental home Rev Walter H Rollins officiating. The Paul Davis Dry Goods Co will close at 1 PM Tuesday in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McArthur Rausch
Edmund Rausch
Washington Street
California
Christine Miller
Donald
Miss Miller
Waterloo
Minnesota
Mankato
Minn
George
Philip
Ruth
Walter H. Rollins
Rausch
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
Fairview Cemetery
Major Cotton Elevated to Third Iowa Guard Lieut Colonel
Major Charles W. Cotton has been elected Lieut Colonel of the Iowa National Guard on the third ballot. He succeeds as assistant to Colonel Rowell. Other candidates were Major F. C. Johnson of Cedar Rapids and Major J. F. Barclay of Tipton. Cotton has served 23 years in the guard, rising from enlisted man to major. The election does not require his removal from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Cotton
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Leutenant
F. C. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
J. F. Barclay
Tipton
Cotten
National Guards
Rowell
Catton
East Waterloo group backs Lore Alford for mayor
A committee of East Waterloo businessmen visited Waterloo West today to push Lore Alford to run for mayor. Alford has not sought office, but supporters hope he may change his mind and enter the race. The effort also considers Fred L. Norther for councilman and BF Swisher for a spring city role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo West
Lore Alford
Alford
Fred L. Norther
Highland
Northey
National Association of Refrigerator Manufacturers
BF. Swisher
Iim
Tea harvesting crews begin on Cedar River ice fields
Forty five workmen led by the chief aim to harvest 18000 tons of tea as they swarm across the Cedar river freezing surface. Icehouses of Crystal Ice and Fuel Co. are stockpiled. operations start on Washburn's pond opposite the company buildings. Cold weather and snowfall create an unusually fine ice quality and a 10 to 11 inch river depth. The firm expects rapid filling of its ice houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Crystal Ice & Fuel Company
Washburn’s
Pharmacy Board Proposes Modest Fine in Exam Scandal
Des Moines Iowa February 9 the state pharmacy commission plans a conference with Governor Clarke to decide charges against ten students tied to a pharmacy examination scandal. A fine of 15 to 20 dollars is favored with no prison term and possible certificate suspension. The cases are assigned to county attorney Thomas Guthrie and state printer Robert Henderson prosecutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Pharmacy Commission
Clarke
Marry EB. Eaton
Harry Hason
Cosson
Mr. Cosson
Thomas Guthrie
Joseph Packman
Charles Randolph
M. F. Thompson
Robert Henderson
Woman Trickster Marries By Impersonating Brother
Keokuk Iowa date line reports Jacob Hainline deceived a woman by posing as his brother Jesse in Windsor after answering a housekeeper ad. The woman learned the deception and the case went to Quincy Illinois where Jacob was tried and found guilty of impersonating another for the purpose of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Quincy
Hainline
Tennessee
Jesse
Jacob
Winds
Cabbage Head Travels Through Urban Chain
A New York Sun piece traces a cabbage from Connecticut farmer to ultimate consumer. It outlines costs paid by each intermediary from commission merchant to retailer and consumer, ending with a final price of 13 cents to the buyer in a tenement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Connecticut
Riverside Drive
West End Avenue
Upper Broadway
Ultimate Consumer
Suhcar
Janitor Receives X Ray After Fall at Blackhawk Bank
Daniel Wuffnagle, former janitor at the Blackhawk Bank building, was taken to St. Francis hospital for an X ray after suffering a broken load in a fall. He returned home at 1028 Commercial Street and was reported progressing satisfactorily toward recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Wuffnagle
Blackhawk Bank
St. Francis Hospital
Commercial Street
S100 HUNGER CRISIS PROMPTS CHARITY IN Pasadena
Reports to Superintendent Klingaman detail a spike in calls for aid as Old Man Winter bites hard. Descriptions of unemployed workers and emaciated families stretch resources while donations from distant areas assist the needy. A former South Dakota legislator, now destitute, sought passage to a relative near Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Pasadena
J. Kh.htingman
Ehiorities
Taval
Kilagagan
Pera
Klingaman
Des Moines
South Dakota
Gates Heirs to Pay State Tax of 82538
The heirs of the late Charles G. Gates and Minnesota attorney general officials reached an agreement to admit the Gates will to probate in Minnesota. The taxable property in the state totals 2,250,000 dollars, with state taxes assessed at 82,538 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Heas
Minneapolis, Minn
Tech
Lute Chas. G. Gates
Minnesota
City in Brief: Local Notes from Waterloo Area
Various都市 items report visits and travels of residents across towns including Chicago and Grinnell. Births include a 1-pound daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lou F. Potter. The Waterloo Canning Co. transfers property to a new organization led by George E. Lichty. A Winnipeg birth notice to Tom Dentist and Eugenia Duffy is noted. Mrs. F L Tanner learns of her father T W Liggett’s death after a lengthy illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou F. Potter
Louise Morgan
Black's
New York
Chicago
Waterloo Canning Corporation
Waterloo Canning Co
George E. Lichty
E. D. Young
Sioux City
George A. Scott
Fourth Street West
Dr. Scott
Geo. Gilley
Tom Dentist
Winnipeg
Canada
Eugenia Duffy
George
Savoy Cafe
F. L. Tanner
Wellington Street
T. W. Liggett
Wonedale
Musical Event of the Season in Waterloo
The First Congregational church hosts Mme. Rive-King, famed pianist, next Friday evening. Waterloo Ross Conservatory brings her at high cost to offer a broad repertoire, with high local anticipation and strong citywide interest. The New York Herald lauds her electric touch and artistic intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Mme
Riye-King
Waterloo
Waterloo Ross Conservatory of Music
Rive-King
The
New York Herald
Mmic
Rive- King
New York
Dr Davies Preaches Two Sermons at East Park Church
Pr Daniel Davies delivered two sermons yesterday at East Park Presbyterian Church. New member numbers rose. Choir practice is set for Wednesday at W Smiths home on Riehl Street. Thursday prayer service follows. Friday a banquet honors C E variety members who worked in the recent cantest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Davies
Daniel Davies
East Park Presbyterian Church
W. Smith
Riehl Street
C. E
Saloons Debate Eyed by Waterloo Temperance Meet
A large crowd gathered at Northminster Presbyterian Church for a Business Men's Temperance Association meeting. Speakers Geo VM Scholl John Blim Paerk BL Co Crandall H AL Archer R Jameson and George Ho Cockburn discussed whether saloons are needed in Waterloo as the Walnut Street Baptist orchestra of 17 performers provided music. In France teachers face heavy assessments to sustain the pension system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northminster Presbyterian Eharels
Business Men's Temperance Association
Waverly Social Notes Include Visitors and School Win
Otto Menti and wife return from Anamosa. Mrs Babcock recovering after Mercy operation. Clara Hayes visits Waterloo. Mike Mercy travels to Chicago with cattle. Petroadie and family from Des Moines. Grusfelds visit Waterloo for osteopathic care. Harold Campbell and Frank Gildner attend Mason City dance. Dorothy Dawson hosts supper after event. Dorothy Dawson returns to Madison Wisconsin. Emma Rabe visits then returns home. P B Gilea host Friday gathering. Martha Peterson visits from Charles City. Waverly high school boys win 34 to 23 over rivals. Walter Ladage family from Charles City visit. Merril Saylor visits from Waterloo. Iva Rust returns from Charles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Breartie
Bes Rure Sli
California
Mra
Grusfeld
Helen
Waterloo
Tolera
Mia
Wood Halley
Carl Reich
Earde
Harold Campbell
Frank Gildner
Masonity
Br Mies
Dorothy Dawson
Bert Beck
Dorothy
Lerk
Mary Cronin
Madison
Wis
Emma Rabe
P. B. Gilea
Martha Peterson
Charles City
Lusenhopp
Gynnasium
Waverly
Walter Ladage
Merril Saylor
Iva Rust
Earl Renn Located After Genoa Search
After days of searches by Earl Renn’s parents in Genoa Illinois word came this morning that the boy was found at New Hartford. The report notes the relief of the family as the missing child is located and reunited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Renn
Genoa
Ill
New Hartford
Two Fires Hit Miller and Nearby Homes in One Week
Miller faced two fires in as many days at his Prospect Park area home while Timmerman and Moore suffered a basement fire after insurance collection for the Russell Lamson blaze. A small pump house burned near Prospect Park and a furnace smoke at the Scroggy residence caused alarm, later traced to rags in the furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timmerman & Moore
Fourth Street
Russell-Lamson
Lewis Miller
Prospect Park
Bebee
Eighth Street
Charles Scroggy
Jefferson Street
Fire Department
Houe
Uncle of Schuyler Colfax Dies in Hartford
Giles Mandeville a well known contractor and an uncle of Schuyler Colfax vice president during Grant's first term died in Hartford Conn today aged 99
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler Colfax
Hartford, Conn
Hartford
Conn
Giles Mandeville
United States
Grant
Soble Life Notes and Local Visits in Winslow
Local brief from Winslow notes visitors including Mrs Daniel Newell and Budd Matz from North Dakota visiting W H Bickelberg and Ollie Briggs. It lists small town social calls, business at Shell Rock, and a Waterloo family visit. An England steel ingot record is reported as 150 tons, 23.5 feet long and 80 inches wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Daniel Newell
Warberly
Budd Matz
North Dakotas
W. H. Bickelberg
Carl Getaler
Ollie Briggs
W. Ti. Wickelberg
Shell Rock
Marion Williams
Son
Waterloo
Chas
England
Parcel Post Holds This Man's Leg
Minneapolis report says Harold Nichols of Clearwater Lake Wisconsin missed a social engagement because Uncle Sam held his artificial leg in Minneapolis. Parcel post rules allow artificial limbs but limits may apply. officials worry the leg is too long to ship and could be shortened to fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Harvey Nichols
Clearwater Lake
Wis
Sam
Minneapo
Clearwater
Nichols
Parcel Post
Sidney Davidson
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Scott
Donald Rausch
DEATH
Lad
Cotton
IGE
Pharmacy Board
Resice
Superintendent of Charities
Buchanan
Anna Cordell
Tenth Street
Dius Amallpox
Tra Radamar
WH. Young
Dumonthis
Helen W. Gifford
Grinnell
Taig
Sisler
W. C. Lagan
Leland Avenue
Frank Shormaker
Fourth Stree
Vast
Gillian
Rock Island
Not Springs
Arkansas
James Black Dry Goods Co
Temperrance Meat S
France
Waverly Daily Dispatch
IHS Mild
Hayes
Waterloo Brening
Jeffarson Bt
Geo, F. Hunt
East Bremer Arseeee
Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate
Meeos
Pastears
Savannah
Neal Palmer
Essie Andrews
Palmer
Miss Andrews
Mias Andrews
Miller
Scroggy
Bargain Variety
W. ‘Ath St
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