Annals of Iowa (1909) (14598021830)

Identifier: annalsofiowa09howe_0 (find matches)
Title: Annals of Iowa
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Howe, Samuel Storrs, 1808-1888 Parvin, Theodore Sutton, 1817-1901 Lloyd, Frederick Huff, Sanford W Aldrich, Charles, 1828-1908 Harlan, Edgar Rubey, 1869-1941 Iowa. Division of Historical Museum and Archives State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa. Historical Dept Iowa. Historical, Memorial, and Art Dept
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Publisher: (Des Moines, etc., Iowa State Historical Dept., Division of Historical Museum and Archives, etc.)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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county. He introduced three Short Horncows and the bull Locomotive, an animal imported from England,these being the first in Jones county. He purchased the first McCor-mick reaper introduced into that county in 1844. He introducedmetal moldboard plows. He had his first log cabin used as the firstschool in his township in 1842, and two years later erected a newschoolhouse with the labor of his own hands and men. He intro-duced Poland China hogs into his section of the State. He livedto see the land he acquired at $1.25 per acre reach a value of$150,000. James M. Rorb was born March 10, 1836, at Service, Beavercounty. Pa.; he died at Albia, Iowa, January 9, 1909. He removedto Monroe county, Iowa, in 1853, settling in Bluff Creek township.He enlisted in the 13th Iowa Infantry, serving three years and beingseverely w^ounded. He was admitted to the bar about 1882. Heserved three terms as sheriff of Monroe county and as a Representa-tive in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth General Assemblies.
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Annals of Iowa Vol. IX, No. 2. Des Moines, Iowa, July, 1909. 3d Series. THE BUILDING OF AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION.^ BY CHARLES ALDRICII. This is the way it was started: In the year 1848, I wasthe youngest hand in the printing-office of The Mail, at War-ren, Pa. This was a small six-column paper, conducted at thattime by one of my former schoolmates, Mr. Ephraim Cowan.He and I had roomed together in the little old Academy atJamestown, Chautauqua county, N. Y., some years before.He was several years my senior and had preceded me sometime in getting into business. He was the editor and publisherof The Mail. It was printed on an old-fashioned Ramage^press. If I remember correctly, the two sides of the frame ofthe press had been made from a couple of hardwood planks.The platen was of w^ood and was only large enough to cover asingle page of the paper. It was necessary to run the bed ofthe press which held the forms half way under and pull theplaten down upon that page. Then the lever was allo