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Tag: Turn of Century

October 24, 2022January 25, 2023joynealkidney

Prairie College Country School and first “Talking Machine”

October 5, 2022October 21, 2022joynealkidney

The Thornton W. Burgess “Mother Westwind” Stories

September 2, 2022September 26, 2022joynealkidney

Did “close application to work and studies” cause the death of Georgia Goff, age 28?

May 12, 2022July 29, 2022joynealkidney

Unfortunate Spring Weather, May 12, 1907

October 16, 2021January 7, 2023joynealkidney

Leora Attends Mrs. Connrardy’s Sewing College–1910

October 11, 2021October 24, 2022joynealkidney

Famous Hog Raiser: Daniel Ross Wilson

May 1, 2020December 24, 2021joynealkidney

A May Day Tragedy in 1892

March 27, 2020February 2, 2021joynealkidney

A cow for her watch

December 23, 2019December 24, 2021joynealkidney

The Great Influenza Pandemic and Christmas 1919

August 2, 2019August 17, 2022joynealkidney

Iowa State Fair–1909

July 3, 2019July 1, 2022joynealkidney

Independence Day 1907

March 25, 2019January 3, 2023joynealkidney

Nebraska or Bust

January 1, 2019January 23, 2023joynealkidney

Penn No. 4 Country School

November 9, 2018November 19, 2022joynealkidney

Armistice 1918

July 6, 2018February 10, 2022joynealkidney

An Antique Powder Box and Des Moines’ Salisbury House

June 8, 2018February 9, 2021joynealkidney

Liza Jane Train–Part 2

June 1, 2018February 9, 2021joynealkidney

Liza Jane Train–Part 1

May 31, 2018December 16, 2018joynealkidney

Blohm’s Grocery

May 29, 2018November 19, 2022joynealkidney

World War I Reaches into Guthrie County

March 9, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Danny Wilson’s Mastoid Operation

March 1, 2018November 26, 2022joynealkidney

Leora Goff Attends Connrardy College

February 27, 2018December 15, 2018joynealkidney

Grandpap Davy Jordan (1842-1913)

February 19, 2018December 15, 2018joynealkidney

Rhoda (Marshall) Neal 1837-1920

February 13, 2018February 5, 2023joynealkidney

Leora’s Almost Valentine’s Day Wedding

January 11, 2018September 30, 2020joynealkidney

Famous Among the Red Hog Men

December 28, 2017February 6, 2022joynealkidney

A Perplexing Ancestor

December 14, 2017December 16, 2022joynealkidney

The Lefty

May 24, 2017March 1, 2021joynealkidney

The Nightwatchman, after Stuart’s Died from a Bank Holdup

May 6, 2017July 3, 2020joynealkidney

Sherd Goff, Popcorn King of Guthrie County, Iowa

March 13, 2017March 29, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe gives a “shingle bob” to his wife

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