Iowa
Old Press
The Larchwood Leader
Larchwood, Lyon Co., IA
July 9, 1914
The Fourth passed off very quietly in Larchwood. In fact, it was
so quiet that when an occasional firecracker was shot off it
seemed a good deal like desecrating the Sabbath.
J.H. Peacock, guardian of Ole Garvey, has been notified that Mr.
Garvey escaped from the Knoxville inebriate asylum. Arrangements
had been made for his parole but he apparently could not wait
until his wife arrived to accompany him home.
The "Ben Weigman Place" was sold to Barendt Otten of
Hull and Will Burggraaf of Hudson, S.D. The price paid shows the
upward trend to prices being paid for farmland in this vicinity.
The day of cheap land has passed. The gentlemen paid $155 per
acre. for the 290-acre farm.
Larchwood Chautauqua, July 14-18 program includes Ewing's Zouave
Band; Josephine Dominick, reader; Dekovan Male Quartette;
Corcordian Concert Company, Burgderfer, Character Sketch Man,
Miss Anna Devault, "Polly of the Circus," and the
Craven Family Orchestra. Lectures will be as follows: Father John
Daly, "Marriage and Divorce"; Richard Pearson Hobson,
"The Destiny of America"; Euclid B. Rogersm
"America's Biggest Job," and Dr. Wesley A. Hunsberger,
"The Passing of War."
[transcribed by D.J., December 2004]