Iowa's Newsworthy Past

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.