SOME RECENT HISTORICAL ITEMS IN IOWA NEWSPAPERS

Navigation above the Falls of St. Anthony, by Captain Fred A. Bill, in the Burlington Post, September 26, 1925.

Feminine charms in the 60's, by Gertrude Henderson, in the Sioux City Journal, September 27, 1925.

Dvorak at Spillville, in the Dubuque Herald, September 27, 1925, the Decorah Journal, September 30, 1925, and the Elmira New Era, October 1, 1925.

Davis County centenarians, in the Bloomfield Democrat, October 1, 1925.

Early history of the Ladies Aid Society, in the Spirit Lake Beacon, October 1, 1925.

Early pioneer life in Dickinson County, by T. J. Francis, in the Spirit Lake Beacon, October 1, 1925.

When locomotives used wood fuel, by Captain F. A. Whitney, in the Keokuk Citizen, October 2, 1925.

The locomotive as I remember it after sixty years, by Captain F. A. Whitney, in the Burlington Post, September 19, October 3, 10, 1925.

The daughters of Louis Menard, in the Sioux City Journal, October 4, 1925.

Freezing in pioneer days, by T. J. Francis, in the Spirit Lake Beacon, October 8, 1925.

Sketch of the life of Corydon Elliott Foster, Guthrie County pioneer, in the Guthrie Center Times, October 8, 1925.

Sketch of the life of John Henry Budden, Civil War veteran, in the Dyersville Commercial, October 8, 1925.

A history of Aplington, in the Aplington News, October 8, 1925.

Sketch of the life of Mrs. Amelia, Falk, a Sioux City pioneer, in the

Sioux City Tribune, October 8, 1925, and the Sioux City Journal, October 9, 1925.

Sketches of early events in the history of Iowa, by N. Littler, in the Washington Evening Journal, October 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12, 19, 26, 1925.

The historic Matsell estate, in the Des Moines Register, October 11, 1925.

Sketch of the lives of Lawrence and Sephrona Jennings, in the Dubuque Times-Journal, October 11, 1925.

Charley Rulo, fur trader of northwestern Iowa, by Gertrude Henderson, in the Sioux City Journal, October 11, 1925.

Sketch of the career of Captain W. V. Wilcox, in the Des Moines Register, October 13, 1925, and the Des Moines Capital, October 14, 1925.

Bronze tablet unveiled at the "Little Brown Church", in the Nashua Reporter, October 14, 1925.

Sketch of the career of Lloyd A. McCutcheon, veteran editor, in the Mount Vernon Hawkeye, October 15, 1925.

Death of Aaron W. Pearce, a survivor of Andersonville Prison, in the Woodbine Twiner, October 16, 1925.

Sketch of the career of Judge W. R. Lewis, ninety year old pioneer, in the Montezuma Republican, October 15, 1925, and the Grinnell Herald, October 16, 1925.

Death of J. D. Satterlee, pioneer lawyer of Manchester, in the Manchester Radio, October 15, 1925.

Pioneer happenings in Des Moines County, by Mrs. Cyrene Mathews, in the Burlington Hawk-Eye, October 18, 1925.

Reminiscences of a pioneer, by Leo A. Cavanaugh, in the Waterloo Tribune, October 18, 1925.

The Denver, an historic craft on the Missouri River in the sixties, in the Sioux City Journal, October 19, 1925.

Some forgotten Mills County history, by Seth Dean, in the Glenwood Opinion, October 22, 1925.

Pioneer religious denominations, in the Bloomfield Democrat, October 22, 1925.

Ansel Briggs, the first Governor of the State of Iowa, in the Dubuque Times-Journal, October 25, 1925.

When Mark Twain attended the theatre, in the Keokuk Citizen, October 23, 1925.

Lizzie Casady, the first white child born in Sioux City, in the Sioux City Journal, October 25, 1925.

Death of Marvin Scudder, Mexican War veteran, in the Creston Advertiser, October 26, 1925, and the Corning Free Press, October 30, 1925.

Shellsburg's first merchant, in the Rockwell City Advocate, October 29, 1925.

The early churches of Davis County, in the Bloomfield Democrat, October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 26, 1925.

Early court methods, in the Le Mars Sentinel, October 30, 1925. Fifty years of Sac County, in the Grinnell Herald, November 3, 1925.

Sketch of the life of Charles D. Smith, founder of Lake Mills, in the Lake Mills Graphic, November 4, 1925.

A peace pact with Lee County Mormons, in the Keokuk Citizen, November 6, 1925.

Sketch of the career of Erastus Hayden Franks, who knew Lincoln, Buffalo Bill, and Mark Twain, in the Cedar Rapids Gazette, November 7, 1925.

.Woodbury County's first farmer, by Gertrude Henderson, in the Sioux City Journal, November 8, 1925.

The first marriage license in Dallas County, in the Dallas County News, November 11, 1925.

Death of J. S. Shepherd, veteran editor and printer, in the Mt. Ayr Record, November 11, 1925.

Sketch of the career of Judge J. D. Gamble, pioneer jurist of Marion County, in the Bussey Record, November 12, 1925. History of Glenwood school buildings, in the Glenwood Opinion, November 12, 1925.

A Bedford school exhibition in 1861, in the Bedford Free Press, November 12, 1925.

Sketch of the life of Mrs. George M. Hippee, Des Moines pioneer, in the Des Moines Capital and the Des Moines Tribune, November 13, 1925.

Howard County Historical Society receives old programs, in the Cresco Plain Dealer, November 13, 1925.

Urbana City as an early day trading point, in the Centerville Lowegian, November 14, 1925.

Sketch of the life of Clara Aldrich Cooley, founder of the Dubuque Woman's Club, in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, November 17, 1925.

Pioneer days in the vicinity of Mason City, in the Mason City Gazette, November 18, 1925.

Political memoirs of Judge George W. Crozier, in the Knoxville Journal, November 19, 1925.

Montrose, by J. P. Kennedy, in the Montrose Journal, November 19, 26, December 17, 1925.

Sketch of the career of Benjamin F. Mentzer, Marion pioneer, by Sada Nott, in the Cedar Rapids Gazette, November 21, 1925. Sketch of the life of Daniel R. Gonder, Mexican War veteran, in the

Sioux City Tribune, November 23, 1925, the Sioux City Journal, November 24, 1925, and the Jefferson Bee, November 25 and December 2, 1925.

Site of first courthouse in Delaware County marked at Delhi, in the Manchester Democrat, November 25, 1925, the Hopkinton Leader and the Manchester Radio, November 26, 1925, and the Elkader Register, December 3, 1925.

Back in 1881, by Ella Francis Soules, in the Independence Journal, November 26, 1925.

A sketch of Company C, 29th Iowa Infantry, in the Logan Ob

server, November 26, 1925.

HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES

The sixty-ninth annual meeting of the governing members of the Chicago Historical Society was held on November 17, 1925. Seven members were elected to the board of trustees.

The New Mexico Historical Society held a memorial service at its meeting on September 15, 1925, for Ralph Emerson Twitchell, who had been its president. A committee on resolutions was appointed which was also instructed to consider the subject of a memorial for Colonel Twitchell.

To take the place of Old Santa Fe, which suspended publication several years ago, the New Mexico Historical Society begins in January, 1926, the publication of The New Mexico Historical Review, a quarterly magazine. The editors are Paul A. F. Walter and Lansing B. Bloom.

The Oklahoma Historical Society is beginning work on the archaeology of the State and is facing the problem of securing adequate space in a fireproof building for its museum materials. Among its activities was the excavation of a mound in Delaware County from which examples of ancient arts and crafts were secured.

On September 7, 1925, the Landmarks Committee of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin dedicated a marker near the site of Old Helena, where in 1832 troops crossed the Wisconsin River in pursuit of the Indians under Black Hawk. Frank L. Gilbert, Harry E. Cole, and Howard Greene gave addresses on Black Hawk and his problems. Dr. Louise Phelps Kellogg spoke on the fur trade and the ancient shot tower near by.

The seventy-third annual meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin was held at Madison on October 15, 1925, Harry E. Cole, of Baraboo, was elected president and Lucien S. Hanks, of Madison, treasurer. Professor Frederic L. Paxson gave an address on the subject, "A New Frontier in an Old World".