Iowa's Newsworthy Past: Recent Episodes
Cristin Noonan
No bells or whistles, just a read through select columns in historical Iowa newspapers on this day in history. Some readings may be shaky due to the quality of the scan and verbiage of the time. Access to these newspapers has been acquired digitally through the University of Northern Iowa's Iowa Historical Newspapers index. Many thanks to the folks who put in the work and manage the collection. These readings create a window back in time and are perfect for listening intently or as background, and hopefully stir the imagination!
Anchor doesn’t allow two podcasts per account…This is possibly a one off joke podcast episode regarding the actual near future weather forecast for zipcode 52240.
The Mount Pleasant News, Monday, September 18, 1989. “another thought grid loss for Tigers.”
Solon Economy on June 23, 1904. https://solon.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22june%2023%22&i=f&by=1904&bdd=1900&d=01011882-12312018&m=between⩝=k1&fn=solon_economy_usa_iowa_solon_19040623_english_1&df=1&dt=5&cid=2878
The Denison Review, June 22, 1900. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038095/1900-06-22/ed-1/
November 6 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Remsen Bell-Enterprise (Remsen) 11/6/1913. A timely topic ; Young man killed ; French dry cleaning ; Danger in popular songs ; Wanted ; Notice to hunters.
Made accessible by the Remsen Public Library
http://remsen.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
November 5 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Webster City Journal (Webster City) 11/5/1903. Chances are poor: Webster City not likely to have professional baseball team for next season ; Had a high old time ; Asked to interfere: neighbors ask police to prevent man from removing crippled and helpless wife ; For rural carriers: Secretary of Iowa association has unique scheme for insurance.
Made accessible by the Community History Archive of Hamilton County Iowa
http://hamiltoncounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
November 4 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Parkersburg Eclipse (Parkersburg) 11/4/1926. Byron Soles of Fern wins butter honors ; Railway efficiency ; Why some criminals get by the law ; Pay-as-you-go plan said to be obsolete.
Made accessible by the Community Archive of Kothe Memorial Library
http://parkersburg.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
November 3 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Mitchell County Press And The Osage Journal (Osage) 11/3/1909. Osage's store windows ; Found dead in road ; Air ship follows train ; House struck by lightning ; Council meeting ; Lost.
Digital Archives of the Osage Public Library
Made accessible by the Osage Public Library
http://osage.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
November 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. North English Record (North English) 11/2/1944. Photo of Mary Elizabeth Evans on magazine cover ; Junior class play "Mummy and the Mumps" Friday night ; County school children collect milkweed floss ; Library notes ; N. E. Bears floored by big Montezuma eleven, 27 to 0.
Made accessible by The North English Community Archive
http://northenglish.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
November 1 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Stuart Locomotive (Stuart) 11/1/1875. Too much money ; Removal of a tumor weighing 35 pounds ; Hook and Ladder company ; Local sparks.
Digital Archives of the Stuart Iowa Library.
Made accessible by the Stuart Public Library.
http://stuart.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 31 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Villisca Review (Villisca) 10/31/1912. Last clue proves worthless ; More globe trotters ; Lecture November 6 ; Will finish work this week ; Hallowe'en parties.
Digital Archives of the Villisca Public Library.
Made accessible by the Villisca Public Library.
http://villisca.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 30 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Indianola Herald (Indianola) 10/30/1913. A rare treat for Indianola ; Buffalo Nickels getting scarce ; Iowa produces $13,000,000 in coal.
Made accessible by the Warren County Historical Society
http://warrencounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 29 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Hopkinton Leader (Hopkinton) 10/29/1943. To establish ration office ; Iowa hospitals to have blood plasma program ; Liet. Frank E. Tomlinson missing in action after bomber raid over Europe ; Want ads.
Made accessible by the Community History Archive of Manchester
http://manchesteria.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 28 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Hospers Tribune (Hospers) 10/28/1938. The new 1939 Chevrolet has many new features ; Corn picking just begun and about completed ; Hospers will have a skating rink this winter ; Farm-labor caravan to visit Hospers Saturday ; Not so fast, mister.
Source: Digital Archives of the Sioux County Libraries
Made accessible by the Community History Archive of Sioux County Iowa
http://siouxcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 27 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Denison Bulletin (Denison) 10/27/1938. It's a long line of theatrical folk who preceded the Marx Bros. ; Gillette makes political talk of great merit ; Rural women on home problems in four meetings ; Speck fined $250.00 for criminal libel, Judge McCord places a fine.
Source: Digital Archives of the Norelius Public Library Made accessible by the Norelius Community Library in Denison http://norelius.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 26 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Atlantic News Telegraph (Atlantic) 10/26/1934. To file serious charges against six local men ; Two Sioux City women lose $600 to spiritualist ; Unemployed single men hold meeting here last night ; Forage program gets under way ; Local news briefs ; Trojans playing Villisca tonight ; Classified ads ; Planning to tear down barracks at fairgrounds.
Source: Digital Archives of the Cass County Genealogical Society
Made accessible by the Cass County Genealogical Society
http://casscounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 25 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Anamosa Eureka (Anamosa) 10/25/1894. Music and fried mush ; A pleasant visitation ; The Monticello fire ; Took him by storm ; Personals ; Oyster supper*.
Source: Digital Archives of the Jones County Genealogical Society
Made accessible by the Jones County Genealogical Society
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 24 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Weekly Albia Union (Albia) 10/24/1867. Emigrants* ; Beef-cutting up and preserving ; Complexion of our next legislature ; Local affairs ; Our visit to Ottumwa ; For sale.
Source: Digital Archives of Monroe County Historical Society
Made accessible by the Monroe County Historical Society
http://monroecounty.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 23 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Guthrian (Guthrie Center) 10/23/1879. Holstein cattle ; Apple trees ; Guthrie County election ; Educational department ; Guthrie items ; Stray notice ; T. M. Coleman ; Misc news items.
Source: Digital Archives of Guthrie Center Public Library
Made accessible by the Mary Barnett Memorial Library in Guthrie Center
http://guthriecenter.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 22 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Elgin Echo (Elgin) 10/22/1936. Activities of the Elgin schools ; Notice - fire inspection ; One new case of scarlet fever ; Elgin's first paving ; Elgin study club ; Summer and fall* ; Local news ; Giant honey cache found in Australia ; First farm sale.
Source: Digital Archives of the Elgin Public Library
Made accessible by the Elgin Public Library
http://elgin.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 21 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Calmar Courier (Calmar) 10/21/1921. Suing state highway commission for damages ; Hog cholera invades Iowa ; Farm, cure for shellshock ; Shooting affair at Decorah (Decorah Journal); Iowa news briefs ; High school notes.
Source: Winneshiek Newspaper Archive
Made accessible by the Winneshiek County Historical Society and the Preuss Library, Luther College.
http://winneshiekcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 20 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Boyden Reporter (Boyden) 10/20/1899. Yourself and friends ; Misc classifieds*; The great presidential campaign on 1900.
Source: Community History Archive of Sioux County Iowa
http://siouxcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
‘Just a message to let you all know that there will be a brief pause in upcoming episodes! On my honeymoon ❤️
October 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer (Cascade) 10/2/1919. Aviators here two days ; Private Reiter home ; "The Victim" ; Mystery animal found ; First lyceum number ; Red Faber ; The Consumers Co-Operative Filling Station Company.
IT'S MY WEDDING DAY!
Source: Digital Archives of the Jones County Genealogical Society.
Made accessible by: Jones County Genealogical Society.
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
October 1 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Daily Gate City (Keokuk) 10/1/1855. Keokuk and Fort Des Moines Railroad ; Common place women ; California fun ; For Sale.
Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Made accessible by: Library of Congress
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025182/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 30 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Oskaloosa Herald (Oskaloosa) 9/30/1886. Dog and sheep court ; Satchel ; Reading circle ; Some wretched lying ; Satisfactory ; The Union Spy ; Fool burglars ; Stock sale ; Take notice.
Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Made accessible by: Library of Congress
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87058308/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 29 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Oelwein Register (Oelwein) 9/29/1897. He came, he saw ; More home like than ever ; Sudden summons ; An alarm given ; A disagreeable experience ; Time given.
Source: Oelwein Digitized Newspapers
oelwein.advantage-preservation.com
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 28 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Pella Blade
(Pella) 9/28/1897. Semi-centennial Hollanders in Pella ; Dreadful accident ; The news in Iowa: Gagged and bound ; Brieflets and personals ; To the farmers of Pella and vicinity ; Half price to farmers ; Editor Sam Sherman.
Source: Pella Digitized Newspapers
Made accessible by: Pella Public Library
pella.advantage-preservation.com
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
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September 27 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Rockford Register (Riverside) 9/27/1928. County to improve East River Road ; Veterinarians say acorns harm cattle ; Rural libraries* ; Our summer vacation trip.
Source: Digital Archives of Southeast Iowa
seiowa.advantage-preservation.com
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
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September 26 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Ringgold Record (Mt. Ayr) 9/26/1872. "Our candidates" ; Tall corn ; Mormonism unfolded* ; Lost ; The great campaign work ; Wanted ; Hogs! Hogs!!.
Source: Mount Ayr Preservation
ringgoldcounty.advantage-preservation.com
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 25 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Schleswig Leader
(Schleswig) 9/25/1913. Amanda Mathilde Schmidt ; Compulsory attendance ; Of local interest ; An economic question ; Iowa man finds lost cameos ; Strayed ; For sale; Card of thanks.
Source: Digital Archives of Schleswig
Made accessible by: Schleswig Public Library.
schleswig.advantage-preservation.com
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 24 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Tipton Advertiser (Tipton) 9/24/1859. Ten paragraphs about letters and their writers ; Singular freak ; Mysterious disappearances of a young lady ; Chicago fire ; F. P. & W. Dean ; Henry Clay Dean ; Court house meeting*.
Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Made accessible by: Library of Congress
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
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September 23 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Villisca Review
(Villisca) 9/23/1916. Dies while doing chores ; New floors at stock yards ; Superintendents organize ; Falls 75 feet, still lives ; Should be fired ; Review want ads ; Cozy programs ; Real estate transfers.
Source: Villisca County Digitized Newspapers.
Made accessible by: Villisca Public Library
http://villisca.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 22 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Indianola Herald (Indianola) 9/22/1910. Of interest to book lovers ; Some tuberculosis news ; City news ; The Woman's Club ; County school notes ; About those hunter's licenses ; A car load of apples ; Lost.
Source: Warren County Digitized Newspapers.
Made accessible by: Warren County Historical Society.
http://warrencounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 21 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Monticello Express (Monticello) 9/21/1865. The county fair ; Sabbath School excursion ; Married.
Source: Monticello Digitized Newspapers.
Made accessible by: Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library, Monticello.
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
September 20 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Cherokee Times (Cherokee) 9/20/1877. Ignorant foreigners ; To the temperance people of Cherokee county ; About sheriff ; Local gossip ; A jack for sale.
Source: Digital Archives of the Cherokee Public Library - The Community History Archive of the Cherokee Public Library
http://cherokee.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 19 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Parkersburg Eclipse (Parkersburg) 9/19/1901. A populist meeting ; Local eyetems [sic] ; Crop bulletin ; Iowa State news: Placed in jail - Killed his wife - Train derailed - Brothers indicted ; A choice farm to rent.
Source: Parkersburg Digitized Newspapers
http://parkersburg.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 18 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Monroe Mirror
(Monroe) 9/8/1930. Lois Le Grand comes in contact with enraged bovine and is scared [sic] ; A tom cat sits astride of highline near P. C. and looses its nine lives ; Former Newton man is wanted ; Monroe houses went under the hammer at auction sale ; Newton woman captured burglar ; Survey shows many handicapped children in Marion county ; Moving pictures Saturday night ; Local and personal ; Youth pleads guilty to liquor charge.
Source: Monroe Digitized Newspapers
http://monroe.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 17 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Knoxville Journal (Knoxville) 9/17/1879. County platform ; Locals ; New meat market ; Sewing machines ; John Irish has aroused his Irish ; Weaver in 1875 vs. Weaver in 1879.
Source: Knoxville Digitized Newspapers
http://marioncounty.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 16 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Livermore Gazette
(Livermore) 9/16/1920. Paper clothing ; High school notes ; St. L. train wreck yesterday noon ; Dance ; Onions for sale ; Snub Pollard comedy at the movies.
Source: Digital Archives of the Humboldt County Genealogical Society
Made accessible by the Humboldt County Genealogical Society
http://livermore.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 15 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Manchester Press (Manchester) 9/15/1871. Noble's washer ; A fine vineyard ; Jottings ; More fine pigs ; Wanted.
Source: Community History Archives of Manchester
http://manchesteria.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 14 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Malvern Leader (Malvern) 9/14/1922. A meeting for women ; A bit of hard luck ; Silver Grange entertained ; Cemetery Association dues ; Children's week next ; Classified ads ; Work wanted.
Source: Digital Archives of the Malvern Public Library.
Made accessible by the Malvern Public Library
http://malvern.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 13 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Hartley Herald (Hartley) 9/13/1906. News of the county ; Love made her despondent ; The age of lead ; Slocum candidacy.
Source: Digital Archives of the Hartley Public Library.
Made accessible by the Hartley Public Library
http://hartley.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 12 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Elkader Register (Elkader) 9/12/1918. Mederville boy at Charleston ; Simpson to open Sept. 30 ; Feeding mixture of wheat and other grains ; Deems points out danger from fire ; Local news notes.
Source: Digital Archives of the Elkader Public Library.
Made accessible by the Elkader Public Library
http://elkader.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 11 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Postville Review
(Postville) 9/11/1886. The issues made up ; Foul murder near West Union ; Misc. local news items* ; The Battle of Gettysburg.
Source: Digital Archives of the Postville Public Library.
Made accessible by the Postville Public Library
http://postville.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 10 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Red Oak Express (Red Oak) 9/10/1886. He played it fine ; Camilla and her fiddle ; Death of a stranger; The out-look ; Misc. classified ads* ; Pasture.
Source: Digital Archives of the Red Oak Community.
http://redoak.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 9 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. West Bend Journal
(West Bend) 9/9/1915. Farmers form drainage district ; Terril builds $47,000 school house; Personal news ; Want ads ; Parking automobile ordinance question.
Source: Digital Archives of Palo Alto County
http://paloalto.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 8 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Wyoming Journal (Wyoming) 9/8/1927. Fiddlers and hog callers ; Why is it? ; Tribute to Milton H. Lowell pioneer resident of Wyoming ; Business getter adlets.
Source: Digital Archives of Jones County
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 7 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Sioux County Capital (Orange City) 9/7/1939. New lines ; First in state ; Akron man held for Chatsworth shortage ; Hospital news ; To plan park ; Narrow escape ; Expensive ducks ; Want ad column.
Source: The Community History Archive of Sioux County Iowa
http://siouxcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 6 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Lone Tree Reporter (Lone Tree) 9/6/1901. The K. of P. lecture ; Weather fakes ; New varieties of potatoes ; A week's happenings ; The new crossings.
Source: Digital Archives of Southeastern Iowa
Made accessible by
http://seiowa.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 5 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Davenport Democrat (Davenport) 9/5/1878. Insane patients ; Items in brief ; Fatal accident ; A grave matter.
Source: Google News Archive
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 4 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Belle Plaine Union (Belle Plaine) 9/4/1907. Train men to lay over here ; Twenty prizes at state fair ; Bugs at Vinton ; Doings at Kostza ; Canning factory starts ; Notice ; Street fair Sept. 9-14 ; Job press for sale ; For sale.
Source: Digital Archives of Belle Plaine
Made accessible by the Carroll Public Library
https://belleplaine.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 3 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Carroll Sentinel (Carroll) 9/3/1886. The fairs ; A burglary ; Our first factory ; For sale.
Source: The Carroll Public Library Digital Archives
Made accessible by the Carroll Public Library
https://carroll.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa City Republican (Iowa City) 9/2/1913. Mrs Lee back from Europe ; Grass fire causes scare on Clark St.; Horses hodoo [sic] Chas. Felzen ; Two are dead in back wreck near Oelwein ; Man falls from top of silo ; Stolen! ; Wanted.
Source: Historical Iowa City Newspapers
Made accessible by the Iowa City Public Library
https://iowacity.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
September 1 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Blairstown Press (Blairstown) 9/1/1927. Son returns home after fifteen years to find his father dead ; Band concerts much appreciated ; Blairstown people in accident at LaPorte City ; Many counties voting hard road bonds; Labor Day at Ladora ; Misc. news items*.
Source: Digital Archives of the Blairstown Public Library
Made accessible by the Blairstown Public Library
https://blairstown.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
August 31 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Storm Lake Pilot Tribune (Storm Lake) 8/31/1900. Two excursions ; Three brick buildings ; Swam the lake ; Notice ; Horses stolen from street.
Source: Storm Lake Digitized Newspapers
Made accessible by the Storm Lake Public Library
https://stormlake.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
August 30 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Le Mars Semi - Weekly Sentinel (Le Mars) 8/30/1907. A word to the public ; Mystery in poisoning ; Back in grasshopper days ; John Greff badly scared ; Misc. local news items*.
Source: Digital Archives of the Le Mars Public Library
Made accessible by the Le Mars Public Library
https://lemars.advantage-preservation.com/
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
August 29 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Decorah Republican (Decorah) 8/29/1889. The decline in milling ; Base ball notes; He must pay for the lamp ; Fire in an Iowa mine ; Mere mentions.
Source: Winneshiek County Newspapers
Made accessible by the Winneshiek County Historical Society and the Preuss Library, Luther College.
https://winneshiekcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
August 25 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Gilmore City Enterprise (Gilmore City) 8/25/1921. Baby health contest ; Autoists think cows should carry tail-lights ; Letter from Prudence Jackson ; Does not pay to burn corn ; Home news ; For sale, wanted, ect. ; Pioneer pick-ups ; Teachers' reception ; Sewer work accidents.
Source: Gilmer City Digitized Newspapers Made accessible by the Fort Dodge Public Library https://gilmorecity.advantage-preservation.com
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Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
August 24 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Evening Messenger (Fort Dodge) 8/24/1895. School plans ; Sparks from the wires ; The social circle.
Source: Fort Dodge Area Digitized Newspapers Made accessible by the Fort Dodge Public Library http://fortdodge.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
August 5 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa City Republican (Iowa City) 8/5/1912. Candid advertising needed ; More trouble in West Lucas ; Coming to Iowa City … ; German Aid Society gives annual picnic ; Fire scorches pop factory ; Wants.
Source: Historical Iowa City Newspapers
Made accessible by the Iowa City Public Library
https://iowacity.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Brendan Lee Spengler
June 4 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Alton Democrat (Alton) 6/4/1904. Local news items. For sale ; Communicated ; Lightning kills local man ; Hull ; Small farm for sale ; What candidate? ; Judge Hutchinson lately* ; Settlement notice.
Source: Digital Archives of the Sioux County Library, The Community History Archive of Sioux County Iowa
https://siouxcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
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June 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Weekly Oskaloosa Herald (Oskaloosa) 6/2/1870. Local news items*.
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
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May 28 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Ellsworth News (Ellsworth) 5/28/1925. Senior class play at Ellsworth hi ends school year ; Leave for Los Angeles aboard The Shriners' festive special train ; Many farmers are using war explosives ; Teachers leaving this week ; Piano tuning.
Source: Ellsworth Public Library
http://ellsworth.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
May 26 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Council Bluffs nonpareil (Council Bluffs) 5/26/1860. Are women naturally polite? ; Proposed new territories ; Why was Lincoln nominated? ; Pie plant ; An attempt to raise the dead.
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Music: Blake Shaw Brendan Lee Spengler
May 21 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Kingsley News (Kingsley) 5/21/1896. Local happenings ; An invention for binding grain ; Box social ; To the parents.
Source: Kingsley Public Library
http://kingsley.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
May 19 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Leon Reporter(Leon) 5/19/1904. Attention comrades ; Will sell electric light plant ; Attention farmers ; Good exhibition of wrestling ; An attempt at suicide ; New horse disease ; Misc town news items*.
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87057096/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
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May 7 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Citizens Herald (Jesup) 5/7/1908. Lecture course ; Public notice ; Misc town news items ; School law changes asked ; Central strike spreads ; Afton child torn by hog ; That merry widow hat.
Source: Jesup Public Library
https://jesup.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
May 5 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Fort Dodge Messenger And Chronicle (Fort Dodge) 5/5/1924. Perfect weather makes it an outdoor Sunday ; Busy session in police court many traffic violators ; Habenicht farm home burns to ground Sunday ; Girls start long hike ; Two day trade tour begins at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
Source: Fort Dodge Public Library
http://fortdodge.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
April 30 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Sioux Center News 4/30/1931. More weird happenings at the Cuperus farm ; Devises all-mash for chicks ; Public library ; Boys paroled ; Fire truck efficiency ; 4-H Club on air ; Classified advertisements.
Source: The Community History Archive of Sioux County Iowa
http://siouxcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
April 28 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown) 4/28/1900. Hello system for Tipton ; Nevada's Public Library ; Federation officers ; Mysterious find at Hedrick ; The city in brief.
Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Music: Blake Shaw Brendan Lee Spengler
April 23 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Kalona News (Kalona) 4/23/1908. Local news items ; Salvation meetings ; Amish ; Homestead hints ; Clippers sharpened ; The Well Known Horses ; Pom Pom 5667 ; Keota Picador 19481 ; Why Not II 21027 ; Kalona Lad 38259 ; King No. 14456 ; Rapin 42924 ; St. Anthony ; Domino No. 65248 Brilliant No. 49454 ; Silver Branch 52118 ; Grelot 27834.
Source: Kalona Public Library
http://kalona.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
April 21 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa Capital Reporter (Iowa City) 4/21/1852. Horace Mann thoughts* ; Failure of Mrs. Forrest ; Lynch law at Dixon ; An incident for history ; Fancy store and millinery ; Steamboats ; The Presbytery of Des Moines ; Farm for sale.
Source: Iowa City Public Library
https://iowacity.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
*Originally this item had no title and in its absence was authored by Iowa's Newsworthy Past
April 16 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Marcus News 4/16/1914. Firemen's dance success ; Nash receives sentence ; Dr. Cleaves dies ; The onion diet*(1) ; News of Cherokee County ; Catholics choose site ; Y. W. Notes.
Source: Marcus Public Library
https://marcus.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
*Originally published elsewhere
(1) Ohio State Journal
April 14 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Vinton Eagle 4/14/1869. For the Vinton Eagle from the Agricultural College ; A "What is it?" ; Personal ; Big Grove ; Notice.
Source: The Vinton Public Library and The Benton County Historical Society - The Benton County Community History Archive
http://bentoncounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
April 9 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Silver City Times (Silver City, IA) 4/9/1931. Party for schoolmates ; Silver City Produce Store entered ; "Man of the World" ; Cooperative Creamery business increasing ; Five days' notice of marriage ; Notice to property owners; 4-H Club meetings ; Dates to remember ; Narrow escape ; Parent-Teachers' Ass'n officers elected ; For sale.
Source: Silver City Historical Society
https://silvercity.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
April 7 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Milford Mail 4/7/1898 (Milford, IA). Bring our heroes home ; Reduced freight rate for settlers ; From the county capital [sic] ; On the summer resorts ; Homeopathic graduate ; Wedding at Independence ; A complicated divorce ; No message ; For sale ; Strictly pure seed potatoes ; Wanted ; Pasturing stock ; For sale.
Source: Digital Archives of Dickinson County https://dickinson.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Blake Shaw Brendan Lee Spengler
April 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Guthrie Times (Guthrie Center) 4/2/1914. Community institute ; Women's work ; Retain the soil moisture : conservation of water is quite important factor in growing large crops of the small fruits ; Gone to rest : Jane Porter passes away.
Source: Guthrie Center Digitized Newspapers http://guthriecenter.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Blake Shaw Brendan Lee Spengler
March 31 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Anamosa Eureka (Anamosa) 3/31/1887. Notice to idiots. Anamosa public schools : some observations on oratorical contests and their primary purposes ; For sale.
Source: Jones County Genealogical Society
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
March 26 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines) 3/26/1897. Old lovers elope ; Musical entertainment ; Dolliver's grand speech in behalf of protection ; Expects a big crop ; Murder near Eddyville ; On trial for murder ; Tragedy at Laddsdale ; The Fred Douglass-Portrait committee*.
Source: Chronicling America History American Newspapers https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
[Originally this item had no title and in its absence was authored by Iowa's Newsworthy Past]
March 24 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. New Hampton Tribune (New Hampton) 3/24/1880. A Letter ; Resolution ; A sore-head and its trouble ; Grand Grove Camp Meeting ; Artistic women in France.
Source: Chickisaw County Digitized Newspapers
https://chickasawcounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
[Originally this item had no title and in its absence was authored by Iowa's Newsworthy Past]
March 19 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer (Cascade, Iowa) 3/19/1908. Veteran soldier and physician Dr. D. M. Finley passes away at eastside residence ; Misc town news item* ; Notice.
Source: Jones County Digitized Newspapers
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Musicians:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
*[Originally this item had no title and in its absence was authored by Iowa's Newsworthy Past]
March 17 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer (Cascade, Iowa) 3/17/1927. The roads were evidently muddy ; A postmortem ; Another shooting affair ; Lessons on children's clothing ; Senator Lange of Dubuque... ; Cooks prove Iowa spuds best ; An old fiddlers contest... ; In the West Cascade school district... ; Wanted and for sale.
Source: Jones County Digitized Newspapers
http://jonescounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Musicians:
Blake Shaw
Brendan Lee Spengler
February 22 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Parkersburg Eclipse (Parkersburg, IA) 2/22/1934. New Hartford County champs : defeated Green in an overtime championship game Saturday evening. ; Beloved pastor called home : Rev. Geo. Shnucker dies at his home in Dumont. ; CWS Project in Butler County ; Redwing, bison flax good ; Outdoor Iowa : Flying squirrels reported : Game area improves fur crop : Winter feeding stations attract birds. ; Want ads ; Action sale!
Source: Parkersburg Digitized Newspapers
https://parkersburg.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 21 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Reveille (Rolfe, IA) 2/21/1895. Factional fights fumigated ; Rolfe wants it ; Republican Caucus; Snow flakes ; A kind of a kuriosity [sic] ; Hay there, haymen ; Public sales.
Source: Rolfe Public Library
http://rolfe.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 20 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Tama Free Press (Tama, IA) 2/20/1902. Special train for Kubelik ; County Normal Institute ; Timely topics ; Town and country ; Remembered whole books ; Possibly the Chelsea Murderers.
Source: Digital Archives of Tama County
http://tamacounty.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 19 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Tingley Vindicator (Tingley, IA) 2/19/1942. Correction ; Pay-Program tonight ; Get horses and mules ready for work ; Two properties sold ; Five Mile Conference Benefit Jamboree ; School news ; Food for freedom ; Girl wanted ; For sale ; Notice.
Source: Digital Archives of the Tingley Vindicator https://tingley.advantage-preservation.com/
Music: Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out" Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 18 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Wapello Republican (Wapello, IA) 2/18/1932. Instructor offer to take salary cut ; John Hale to speak at court of honor : scouts gather here on Wednesday, Feb. 24 ; The opening of the bicentennial celebration ; Decentralize wealth by higher taxes ; Lewis Jennings faces arson charge ; Local news.
Source: Digital Archives of Wapello
https://wapello.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 17 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Washington Press (Washington, IA) 2/17/1858. An incident in church ; The Stay Law ; The great library offer ; Size of our Great Lakes ; A warning ; Public lands for sale ; Estray notices.
Source: Digital Archives of Southeast Iowa
http://seiowa.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 16 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Charles City Intelligencer (Charles City, Iowa) 2/16/1865: Miscellaneous town news items [Originally this item had no title and in its absence was authored by Iowa's Newsworthy Past] ; A horrible story ; Correspondence of the Charles City Intelligencer : Letter from "Winfield." ; Correspondence of the Charles City Intelligencer : From the 27th Iowa Infanty [sic] ; Desirable farm for sale.
Source: Library of Congress - Chronicling America project. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014140/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 15 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Sutherland Courier (Sutherland) 2/15/1917. Next lyceum number Friday, Febr. 23rd : to be given by Gay Zenola MacLaren, a genius in imitative recitals of famous plays ; Dairy train to be here on March 6 : important and attractive features in the demonstration complete program for day ; Report of auditor : accounting division files report with legislature : recommend some changes : many errors are found in county books and through efforts of examiners large sum is recorded need new office ; Local news.
Source: Digital Archives of the General N. B. Baker Library. http://sutherland.advantage-preservation.com/
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 14 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa Citizen 2/14/1906: Baby left at fraternity door; Ankle is injured; Knudson escapes death; Gamblers arrested; Big valentine party today; Iowa to have pure food; Could have rowing; St. Valentine still young; Wanted.
Source: Iowa City Public Library
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 13 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Peterson Patriot 2/13/1919: Letters from our overseas boys; Influenza has once more hit Sioux Rapids; Why not have a band in Peterson; Soil service days on February 17, 18, 19, 20; Lost-Found-For sale; Notice.
Source: Kirchner French Memorial Library
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 12 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Pella Chronicle 2/12/1948: Clean milk to be topic for study at night school; Hoeksema & Son have agency for Zephyr awnings; KRNT to broadcast Sec'y Marshall's Des Moines speech; Pella boxers tops in golden gloves at Washington; Baby Sitters' Bureau wants more sitters; Voice of the public; "Even Hundred"; Learning to read in the modern way; Lost; Wanted.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 11 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Villisca Review 2/11/1954-- Camp Fire Girls Blue Birds hold a party at Clarinda; Buy Arbuckle home; Grass silage quality is better this year; Killed; Good pupil; Hold Eastern Star school here; Afternoon literary; Record shows this area had small loss during 1953; Want ads.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 10 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Knoxville Journal 2/10/1905-- W. A. Gamble fell dead; A free concert; Suit against Amana Colony; Nature snap shots: Extinct and vanishing animals; Short news items.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 9 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Hancock Signal (Garner) 2/9/1881. Reform and progress; Business Directory: Hotels; The R. R. blockade; Valentine's Day has been adjourned...; Dr. H. W. Smith walked...; Eighteen car loads of cattle...; The court house at Charles City burned down...; The burning of the court house at Charles City...; For sale; Farm for sale.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 8 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye 2/8/1862: The Burlington Hawk-Eye Lies; A heavy fraud at Muscatine, Iowa; From the Capital [sic].
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 7 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 2/7/1879: More railroads; We understand that the illustrious secretary; A heartless scoundrel; Pioneer points; The "Old Man" is not dead yet!; Sale of real estate; Farm for rent; New variety store.
Music: Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out" Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 6 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past BONUS EPISODE unravels as follows. Winterset Madisonian 2/6/1902: Midwinter Football.
Music-
Brendan Lee Spengler: "Newsworthy" and "This Is The Sound"
February 6 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Winterset Madisonian 2/6/1879- The Temperance Column: Vice more than disease. Winterset Madisonian 2/6/1902: Publis sales; Want a white Australia; The county and city.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 5 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Enterprise 2/5/1903: Committees are at work; Miss Zelke resigns; Sunday afternoon some boys found nine pairs of men's shoes; Had no experience; Rural free delivery; Obituary; Lion Coffee advertisement.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 4 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Osceola County Tribune 2/4/1887: Sudden change; The Home Missionary Society; Notice to the ladies of Sibley and vicinity; Injustice corrected: convincing verification of widecast public statements; Iowa State news.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 3 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. County Reporter 2/3/1898: Conflict of doctors: The first contest ends in victory for the osteopaths; New books received; Lawyers at play.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Des Moines Courier 2/2/1854: "Music hath charms"; Whig Convention; Bogus democracy; Cabinet, Chair, & Wheel Making, and Gun-Smithing; Married; Arrival of the Northern Light; The suspension bridge; Still progressing; Estray steer; Melancholy suicide.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
February 1 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Cresco Times 2/1/1867: Bold attempt to create a panic in New York City; Mr. C. E. Kinkhead of Davenport writing; Explosion. Howard County Times 2/1/1906: The poultry show; Women in men's clothes; Farm for sale; Residence for sale; Maple Leaf stock farm.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 31 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Elliott Graphic 1/31/1907: Second annual K. P. Hunt and Banquet a success; Don't ruin your eyes; Drives men insane; Closing out public sale!; Notice; Notice; Wanted; For sale: fruit trees that must be dug.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 30 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Wright County Monitor 1/30/1878: The power of a word; A cat aged thirty-one years; List of patents; Hunger and thirst after local news. Wright County Democrat 1/30/1901: Sham laws; To beer or not to beer; Bell case reversed; School notes; My mother's wrinkled hands.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 29 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Cedar Falls Gazette 1/29/1864: State Orphan Asylum; Capital letter; From The Capitol. Cedar Falls Gazette 1/29/1869: Visit to the home; Conjugal love; Cornell College.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 28 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Chariton Democrat 1/29/1869: Shall we have a poor house?; Another frightful casuality. Chariton Leader 1/28/1915: County teachers' meeting at Russell, February 20; Against opening caskets; Fire in public schools.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 27 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. "Whittemore Champion" 1/27/1905: The cost of a school; Jim Brenton is fired. Bancroft Register 1/27/1938: Amazon Valley natives first users of rubber; Roosevelt Ball is set for January 31; Winter is here with wind, cold; Barn sold auction Monday.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 26 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Buchanan County Guardian 1/26/1860: The donation party; Large fish; The Waterloo Courier of the 17th; Religious. Buchanan County Bulletin 1/26/1877: It don't pay; Pastoral change; W. S. Richmond; The value of advertising; Last Saturday afternoon; The session of the Grand Lodge A O U W; A man from Dubuque; Mr H. Trebon a German farmer; The sociabe at Firemen's Hall; Champion farm for sale; Horses! Horses! For sale or exchange for land; Chance for a market gardener; For sale at a bargain.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 25 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. O'Brien County Bell 1/25/1906: Little Bell taps; Two petty thieves caught. Obrien County Bell 1/25/1923: The Herrin Massacre; Where are we at?; Teachers meet here.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 24 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Perry Daily Chief 1/24/1895: To hold onto the $1,000; Knotty legal problem decided. The Perry Daily Chief 1/24/1907: There's a women in the case; Today is Chicken Day; A big pay day sale; Want ads.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 23 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Monona County Gazette 1/23/1875: School lands for sale; St. Nicholas for 1874; St. Nicholas for 1875; Special notices; Estray pony. Onawa Weekly Democrat 1/23/1896: Is for drainage; For sale.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 22 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Solon Economist 1/22/1903: Two enjoyable parties; Damages asked; Eat poisons at every meal; Preachers should learn trades. Solon Economist 1/22/1942: Watch for your expiration date; Miscellany; Storing no cause for corn becoming harder; Iowa theatre news; Social calendar.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 21 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Weekly North Iowa Times 1/21/1863: Weather, Markets, &c.; Pleasing everybody, Home and other markets; Wanted.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 20 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Mount Vernon Hawk-Eye 1/20/1871: The Cornell College pledges; Bad Habits; Sudden Death; Anti-Masonic Meeting; A queer subject. Mount Vernon Hawk-Eye 1/20/1905: Mischievous agitators; Library for consumptives; Iowa rate is high; Iowa Electoral College meets; For sale.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 15 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Anamosa Eureka 1/15/1874: Probably an imposter; Compaints came to us; Anti Monopoly County Convention; Blanks--Prices; In safe custody; Eggleston; Serious injury; Monstrous! The Wyoming Journal 1/15/1891: The conspiracy of the great reaper companies to destroy competition fails; For brides; If you love fun; Pleasant Ridge sprarkies. The Anamosa Eureka 1/15/1914: In masonic circles; Electric improvements; Classified ads; Wins musical fame in Paris; Let us help you plan your trip to California.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 14 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Advocate-Tribune 1/14/1886: Warren County live stock sales. Advocate-Tribune 1/14/1909: School notes, Large gift to the library; Origin of the postal system. Lacona Ledger 1/14/1921: Iowa briefs; Letter from W.W. Sonnes.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 13 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Hamilton Freeman 1/13/1869: Changed managers; School house burned; That sack of flour. Hamilton County Journal 1/13/1896: The farmer and the scales; What's going on. Webster City Journal 1/13/1910: Soused his wife in snow drift; Hauled coal twenty miles; He certainly deserves it; Local news items. Daily Freeman Journal 1/13/1930: Iowan says farm board is hard hit; Classified ads.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 12 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Iowa Plain Dealer 1/12/1872: Tea party; Musical entertainment; The Cresco farmer; In District Court for Howard County, Iowa.The Iowa Plain Dealer 1/12/1888: Railway accident; Scientific truth how escape small-pow with a pest house in Broadway. Cresco Plain Dealer 1/12/1917: Fire traps in Cresco. The Howard County Times 1/12/1938: Woman on Grand Jury for the first time; Local brevities; Times market place.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 11 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Miners' Express 1/11/1854: The Dubuque claim and law suit; Estrayed; Misc. Dubuque Daily Herald 1/11/1868: Dubuque, Bellevue and Sabula Railway Co.; Iowa Billiard Tournament. The Telegraph-Herald 1/11/1910: A Dubuque concern that has successfully defied the Trust; Supreme Court in heated division; Strange man killed; Oldt quits post as school head; Chance for twins; Want ads.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 10 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Clear Lake Observer 1/10/1877: School wood; Tubular stove. Clear Lake Mirror 1/10/1895: Escaping taxes; The governor's salary. Clear Lake Mirror 1/10/1912: School building burned to the ground; Clear Lake in 1859 viewed by Tuttle; Girl is rewarded. Clear Lake Mirror 1/10/1935: Annual Ice Harvest; Furs tell all; Rural news "left over"; Democratic majority going slow. Clear Lake Mirror-Reporter 1/10/1957: Ladies should take up driving, '56 report shows; Wa-Tan-Ye Club meeting features program of games; Woman's Club speaker discusses basis of character analysis individuals; Want ads.
Music
Intro and outro background music: Blake Shaw "kickin' out"
Episode body: Brendan Lee Spengler "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 9 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Northern Vindicator 1/9/1896: A contemptible coward; Semi-annual I.O.O.F. installation. Estherville Enterprise 1/9/1918: Coal expert to be here; Dance at Orleans; Federal Reserve Board would have banks promote thrift campaigns. Vindicator And Republican 1/9/1941: To vote on new airport; Pleads guilty to petty larceny. Estherville Daily News 1/9/1960: Vandals slash auto tires; "Operation Ghost" turns up nothing; Classified ads.
Music:
Blake Shaw- "Kickin' out"
Brendan Lee Spengler- "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 8 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa Voter 1/8/1874: The destitution in Northwestern Iowan---Report of State Grange Committee; Mysterious secret society. Knoxville Journal 1/8/1898: Questions and answers; Questions and answers : The maelstrom: Sherman Notes silver certificates : The Compass--Gold and silver--Single tax : Who was Diana - A political party : Tanning fur skins : Kentucky's part in the war : Chili as it is : Are the planets inhabited? : A red-headed king--Pyramids. Knoxville Express 1/8/1919: Held short course: Tractor demostration given last Saturday; First Pella boy to return: Andre DeGoey home after seven months spent overseas; Classified ads.
Intro and outro background music: Blake Shaw, "kickin' out"
Episode background music: Brendan Lee Spengler, "The Storyteller" and "This Is The Sound"
January 7 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Council Bluffs Bugle 1/7/1863: "Why a traitor." Dunlap Reporter 1/7/1892: Russian relief; A word to the farmers; Revived pantomime: Clown columbine and harlequin at it again; Local news of the week. Ida County Pioneer 1/7/1909: For a library room; Breach of promise: Len J. Lister sued for $10,000; Wants, for sale, etc; Can break any horse. Dunlap Reporter 1/7/1932: Clear up questions on driver's license; Plan meals ahead of time; Butcher year's meat supply; Council proceedings. Harlan Tribune 1/7/1943: New Year parties are numerous; Want ads make and save money.
January 6 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Sand Springs Sentinel 1/6/1865: About dancing ; Savannah is taken! Manchester Press 1/6/1882: Local jottings; Report for the year 1881. Delaware County News 1/6/1910: Public sale; Point flock of chickens; Verdict is for defendants; Commissioners meet. Manchester Democrat-Radio 1/6/1931: Mrs. Frank Paul dies in Des Moines; Big January clearance sales start this Thursday; Corn sugar first recognized in Iowa; It would be a colossal blunder for the Hoover administration to drive Norris out of the republican party; Says we must save ourselves; Speed and thrill in love drama.
January 5 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. The Carroll Herald 1/5/1876: Death of Geo. Morrill: Was it suicide or accident? ; The medical controversy. Denison Bulletin 1/5/1899: Little bulletins ; Teachings perverted: A contributor pays his respects to the memory of an able editor. Carroll Times 1/5/1911: Would preserve Iowa lakes ; Storm holds sway. The Fonda Times 1/5/1933: Resolution adopted by Pocahontas County Farm Bureau; Extra! Ex-President Coolege died suddenly today--12:45 p.m.; Classifieds.
January 4 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Centerville Journal 1/4/1888: Our boys; Patents granted; Personals. Centerville Daily Citizen 1/4/1908: Doctor gone: Search futile; Life--What is it?. Centerville Daily Iowegian And Citizen 1/4/1919: Frankel heads relief drive. Centerville Daily Iowegian And Citizen 1/4/1937: Govt. agents take Iowa man wanted in embezzlement case; First National and Iowa Trust pay a dividend; Gamble Stores distribute bonuses to employes 1,766 share in gains; Want ads.
January 3 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Burlington Hawk-Eye 1/3/1850: From California. Davenport Democrat 1/3/1878: Women as educators: Address of Miss P. Sudlow before The State Teachers Association. Davenport Daily Republican: Victim of Holocaust: Rock Island woman among hundreds who perished in Iroquois. The Clinton Advertiser 1/3/1918: "Twin Beds" is funniest play of the decade; Fuel expert here Monday; Paintings by Rev. A. H. Lutz are exhibited. The Clinton Advertiser 1/3/1927: Labor in Iowa in 1927 will be increased; Classified ads.
January 2 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Iowa State Bystander 1/2/1903: Buxton news; Mrs. A. L. Bonawitz suicides: left a letter that she loved Chris Ritter, a bartender; Freeman holiday number; Welcome the new farewell the old. Iowa State Bystander 1/2/1914: Finds great happiness in "keeping house"; Rare Washington portrait. The Bystander 1/2/1920: Corinthian Baptist Church; City news. Dallas County News 1/2/1935: New Ford catch eyes of motorists; Part of robber gang now held in Dallas County Jail; Friends give Mr. Stuber a lamp; Sues friend for damages; Shoots sixteen baskets in game; Conquer the bulge; "Forsaking All Others" Now playing at the Des Moines Theater; Classified advertising; Legal notice.
December 31 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Villisca Review 12/31/1902: Local matters. The Essex Independent 12/31/1915: Tony-Young nuptials; A modern tailoring establishment; Notice to settle; Goose Dinner; A Royal Slave; C. H. Pendleton has horse stolen; Bells to ring at noon on New Years Day. The Silver City Times 12/31/1925: Eleven cars stock to market Saturday and Monday; Seed commitee complete its reports; Cats have positive likes and dislikes. Walnut Bureau 12/31/1942: 32 give one-half pint of blood free at clnic Tuesday; Orville Beckendorf reported missing last letter Dec. 7; Welcome 1943; Locals; Will launch lard campaign; Classified ads. The Diagonal Reporter 12/31/1958: Understanding Iowa children; Rare disease; Fall.
December 30 on Iowa's Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Postville Review 12/30/1874: Articles of incorporation of the Allamakee County Farmer's Association; House and lots for sale. West Union Gazette 12/30/1887: Our Washington letter: The washed. Clayton County Journal 12/30/1910: Fake priest passes forged checks; Mrs. Heikes granted $35,000 alimony; No police laws in constitution: Business men of Iowa opposed to having a disturbed question raised. New Hampton Tribune 12/30/1937: Twenty-two pound salmon Christmas treat at Crooks home; Bobby Eichoff age 6 accidentally shot dies from wound; Want ads; Market prices; A trip by place to Mexico City, Mexico.
December 29 on Iowa’s Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Decorah Republican 1887 12/29/1887: “371.21 or a guess.” Decorah Public Opinion 12/29/1896: A handsome Christmas present; Child study and higher education; Horsemen; For sale. Decorah Journal 12/29/1903: Hygienic value of fruit; Franchise invalid; Bits of local information. Decorah Public Opinion and Decorah Republican 12/29/1932: Fine progress at Decorah Junior College for Girls; Heavy cost due to lack of cooperation; Cresco has successful part-time school for farm boys. Decorah Journal 12/29/1949: Want ads.
December 28 on Iowa’s Newsworthy Past unravels as follows. Washington Democrat 12/28/1898: Saloon’s got a black eye. Wellman Advance 12/28/1905: Misc. local news. The Kalona News 12/28/1916: Kalona in 1916. Solon Economist 12/28/1939: Home nutrition club met last Thursday. Lone Tree Reporter 12/28/1967: Holiday traffic accidents take 666 lives. Columbus Gazette 12/28/1972: Want ads, Library books for shut-ins.
Today’s Day in History: Old Iowa Newspaper Edition on December 21 unravels as follows. Daily Gate City 12/21/1858: More peace and harmony; The slave trade revived--Three-hundred and fifty Africans brought into Georgia. Daily Gate City 12/21/1865: City news; Legal notice. Daily Gate City 12/21/1910: Mulct petitions safe aboard; Commercial club awake to conditions; Construction of the tracks has been solved; Two boys go to reform school; Carthage has an epidemic; Invader of home is shot. Daily Gate City 12/21/1917: Keokukians at Fairfield; Want cabbages for baskets; Camp Cody not pleasure park; Death of a school girl; Classified column. Thank you to Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers, which is a sponsored joint project by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Library of Congress.
Today’s Day in History: Old Iowa Newspaper Edition on December 20 unravels as follows.Today also marks the next Iowa town of focus for the podcast: Keokuk. Daily Gate City 12/20/1855: Blow ye the trumpet; Misc. news items; The Guard’s Ball. Daily Gate City 12/20/1868: M. W. Wescotts; The saw mill to run again (and other local misc. new items). Daily Gate City 12/20/1909: Will it come to this in Keokuk?; Will omit back stamping letters. Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat 12/20/1918: Syngle Cafe receiver asked; Edward Kebo passes away; Aged a year in one week; Got back his half-dollar; Funeral notice; Women watching Keokuk’s answer; Was result of telepathy?; The emergency hospital use; Classified ads. Thank you to Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers, which is a sponsored joint project by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Library of Congress.
Today’s Day in History: Old Iowa Newspaper Edition of December 19 unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/19/1879: Business boom; A Merry Christmas to our patrons; History of Dubuque Co.; A daughter of Mrs. Stanton suffocated by the flames; Free lecture; Poultry! Poultry!! To the farmers. Cascade Pioneer 12/19/1918: Cascade wins from Epworth; Established 25 years: local mutual insurance association elects officers; Farm Bureau work; Misc. local news. Cascade Pioneer 12/19/1935: Starts WPA Project in Dubuque; Buy in Cascade; Motorist kills horse; Hold hog-feeding schools; Saw wild deer. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/19/1963: Children a’twitter over Santa coming; Pioneer again uses multi-color process for issue; “Holiday Hop”; St. Joseph school sidelight of note; Teenagers assist stranded Cascade boy to his home.
Today's day in history December 18 unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/18/1891: Additional local; Cascaders in luck. Cascade Pioneer 12/18/1913: Trouble at Bernard; (The following story contains an extreme racial slur which I am bleeping out within the following episode details and which I am also replacing during my read) Indicted for *'s death; Restaurant for sale. Cascade Pioneer 12/18/1924: Community Christmas tree December 23; The poor narrow gauge; Asking for new quarters; Barn loss severe; New trial for local murder convict; Misc local news. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/18/1941: Radio program here Saturday; Left here Friday; Unsigned article; Notable work done. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/18/1969: Find home: senior citizens 59 strong; Thieves enter Banghart house; Aquin board votes 12 grades; With the servicemen; Want ads.
Today's day in history on December 17 unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/17/1886: The farmers profits: who gets them?; The city meat market; Iowa patents; Death of Bartly Clancy. Cascade Pioneer 12/17/1925: Big highway program; Misc. local news; Radio; How the radio helps weather forecasting. Cascade Pioneer 12/17/1936: Trade at home, Baldwin favors amendment; Menster in choir; Strike ends; Misc. news; Bernard News; Library assn. met Friday; Peanut shell removed from child's throat; Large shipment cattle received; How many Cascaders would care to hold a hand?; Theatre news. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/17/1964: Contest winners; Local businesses give many prizes during next 10 days; Hughes to party: "must do better"; Observations: Good ice, War on 3 diseases; Tell it to the world with want ads.
Today's day in history unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/16/1887: The roman catholic emigration company of Kansas and Iowa, The Cascade Road, Misc. local news. Cascade Pioneer 12/16/1915: Notice of application for the permit to sell intoxicating liquors, Death claimed aged and respected citizen last Thursday Dec. 9th, Christmas bazaar. Cascade Pioneer 12/16/1937: Cascade bank sells assets, Women's home project training school meets, Pneumonia hits hog herds, Bernard news. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/16/1971: Frontiers of business, Jean Smith on duty in Texas, Guess who's coming to town Saturday, $300 in prizes lighting contests, Sale begins at Cigrand bros., Caroling set for Dec. 21, Shop at home, Want ads.
Today’s day in history unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/15/1893: The Hotel Fabre, Destruction of fish, A year of success, Local laconics here and there, Announcement. Cascade Pioneer 12/15/1927: Suit against Hotel Julien, Win classic from Coaches. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/15/1955: Goerdt’s Holstein tops November D.H.I.A. Butterfat test. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/15/1966: School bonds are approved, Cafe items sold, You warblers be a part of caroleers on Sunday songfest, Holiday closing hours announced by liquor store, Around Iowa: ballpoint pen artist, Classifies Ads get results.
Today’s day in history unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/14/1894: A helpless traveler, Misc local news. Cascade Pioneer 12/14/1922: Mrs. Reuben Hawkins, Notice, Who’s the thief?, Denatured alcohol 50 cents a gallon. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/14/1950: Brevities. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/14/1972: Explorers club to meet December 18, Girl Scout news, County takes over parts of old 151, Two cars are damaged, Classified ads get action.
Today’s day in history December 13 unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/13/1878: Railroad racket, Farley Correspondence. Cascade Pioneer 12/13/1917: A letter to Santa Claus, The deer slayer. Cascade Pioneer 12/13/1934: St. Martin’s engage spider kurth, Cascade boy assist at ordination in Rome. Cascade Pioneer-Advertiser 12/13/1956: Brevities, Want Ads.
Today’s day in history unravels as follows. Cascade Pioneer 12/12/1884: Monumental liar abroad: The Cascade Narrow Gauge Road not much use. Cascade Pioneer 12/12/1918: Letters from soldiers, Misc local news items, Public notice. Cascade Pioneer 12/12/1946: Packed house,l bags of candy please a host of kiddies, Cascade boy is on USS Merrick for polar expedition, Speaking of basketball, Fillmore news. Cascade Pioneer Advertiser 12/12/1957: Teen club needs aid for Dec 21 sale, Area hunters bag number of deer, Temple Hill civics club gets thank-you from president. Cascade Pioneer Advertiser 12/12/1968: Color tv stolen, Select topic for farmers school, 25 Boy Scouts receive approval for jamboree, Early start can mean fine Yule decoration patterns, Classifieds, Ricky Feller 11 returns hole after bout with accident, Year-end clearance announcement by Cigrand Brothers, Aquin CSMC will aid holiday spirit by collecting toys.
Today’s episode marks the first big turn since my podcasts beginnings. All clips come from the Cascade Pioneer published in Cascade, Iowa (my hometown) and unravel to the listeners as follows. 1919: Local fur situation, Winter starts briskly. 1930: Boxing-Basketball holiday card, Seek missing girl, Cascade-Whitewater have joint meeting, What a woman 39-years-old should weigh, Wanted, For sale, 1947: Fire destroys barn on Al Strang farm on Wed. afternoon, About 62 town blocks slated for improvement, Locals.
Today’s episode unravels as follows. Iowa Capital Reporter 12/10/1842: Miner’s Bank of Dubuque. Iowa City Republican 12/10/1883: Iowa City in brief. Daily Citizen 12/10/1892: The city in brief. Iowa City Republican 12/10/1912: Farmer victim of peculiar delusion, Gets a bullet into his thigh, John DeHaan well known east of city. Iowa City Daily Citizen 12/10/1918: The city. Iowa City Press Citizen 12/10/1920: Grafter gets Gaeta’s goats, Suicide is farmer’s fate, Iowa grid wins repute, $100 is gift of children, Wanted female help, Lost, Santa Claus here tomorrow. Many thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access to old newspapers.
Today’s day in history unravels as follows. Iowa Capital Reporter 12/9/1843: Mechanics academy. Iowa City Daily Bulletin 12/9/1865: Local matters. Daily Press 12/9/1872: The non voters, Farmers bit. Daily Iowa State Press 12/9/1903: Local news items, A horse buyer wanted by Iowa county farmers. Iowa City Press Citizen 12/9/1920: Morse news, Mustard gas burns heroes, Wanted, Lost, For sale miscellany. Thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access to old newspapers.
This day in history unravels as follows. Iowa Capital Reporter 12/8/1847: Cabinet making and undertaking, A national convention. Daily Press 12/8/1873: Iowa City business directory. Iowa City Daily Republican 12/8/1883: Petitions, Call for the W.C.T.U. Convention. Daily Citizen 12/8/1892: Out on strike, Death at a banquet. Daily Iowan 12/8/1905: Help the girls. Iowa City Republican 12/8/1910: Country and town. Iowa City Press Citizen 12/8/1923: Weather, Fiske O’Hara coming here next Friday, The people’s wants, New comment about Iowa interesting stories and events gathered throughout the state. Many thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access for old newspapers.
On this day in history reports across several local news publications and years unravel in the following order. Iowa City Capital Reporter 12/7/1853: Editors note on medicine, Miscellaneous news, Home. Iowa City Republican 12/7/1883: Iowa City in brief. Daily Press 12/7/1872: Local department. Daily Iowa State Press 12/7/1908: To those interested in art and art studies, They were our’s are world’s now, Some Christmas “don’ts.” Iowa City Daily Citizen 12/7/1918: Johnson county people go to Texas, Davenport tries using the masks, The kitchen cabinet. Iowa City Citizen 12/7/1911: Wanted, For sale, For rent, Lost, Found. Many thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access to historical newspapers.
This episode includes articles from publications in the following order. Iowa City Daily Republican 12/6/1880: Artificial teeth-take notice, Chewing gum, An Arabian night, Late local news, Restaurant for sale, Items of interest. Iowa Citizen 12/6/1895: Results of “booming,” Hawkeye briefs, Personal. Iowa City Republican 12/6/1910: Second degree murder is Guy Baker’s fate, Bijou theatre advertisement, Attention elks!, Wanted Ads. Iowa City Daily Republican 12/6/1876: Squibs. Iowa City Daily Citizen 12/6/1918: New cases continue in reduced number, The city, 1850 new flu cases in Iowa, Letters from our soldiers. Thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access to old newspapers.
On this day in history, a look at four different years and three different publications in the following order. Iowa City Republican 12/5/1918, Iowa City Republican 12/5/1866, Iowa City Daily Republican 12/5/1876, and Iowa City Daily Press 12/5/1905. This episode’s content is broad and includes comings and goings, farmers advertisements, want ads, and Hawkeye basketball news. The featured story is related to the 1918 pandemic.
On this day in history, a look at three different years and publications in the following order. Iowa City Daily Republican 12/4/1878 issue’s Three Young Men Drink Poison and Squibs. Iowa Citizen 12/4/1891 issue’s The City. Iowa City Citizen Daily 12/4/1918 issue’s For Sale, For Rent, Wanted, and Lost. All are short snips with the exception of the first story’s Three Boy’s Drink poison, which was included for sentimental reasons. My great great uncle passed away at the age of 27 while drinking a similar poisonous concoction with three of his school buddies, all while attending Fordham University in New York, New York. All four were killed. Once again, many thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access to historical newspapers.
The first ~10 minutes of this episode is taken from the Iowa City Republican’s 12/3/1904 issue, underneath “Country And Town.” The last part of the segment is from 12/3/1920 Iowa Press Citizen underneath “Want Ads.” These two pieces spliced together allows modern listeners to understand a bit about the comings and goings of Johnson County. Instead of scrolling social media, Iowa Citians would give their daily/weekly newspapers a close read. Many thanks to the Iowa City Public Library for providing digital access to historical newspapers.