Looking Back

1 years ago

Senator Charles Myers of Davenport was named the Republican nominee for the Fifth Congressional District in a Supreme Court decision that ruled ballots cast by absentee voters in a special primary election were legal.

The price of wheat remained the same as the previous week: 85 cents in Bluestem, 81 cents at Gold Coin and Club and 79 cents at Northern Spring.

Drivers were reminded that by state law they were now required to possess a driver’s license.

75 years ago

10 farmers hauling grain to local warehouses reported yields up to 50 bushels an acre.

A “sure-cure” for insomnia vi...