Frederick Douglass On January 2, 1893, Frederick Douglass delivered an address at the dedication of the Haitian Pavilion at the World’s Columbian Exposition located in Jackson Park in Chicago. Douglass, a prominent writer, abolitionist, and publisher of the North Star, spent the years 1889 to 1891 in Haiti serving the Benjamin Harrison Administration as United […]
1999: A significant snowstorm on January 1-3 dropped a statewide average of 8.6 inches of snow across Iowa, accounting for nearly two thirds of the total snow that would fall that January. It was the largest statewide average snowfall in nearly 20 years since the storm of January 11-13, 1979. Nearly every reporting station northeast […]
The year 2010 will mark yet another December to remember in film preservation. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named 25 motion pictures—Hollywood classics, documentaries and innovative shorts reflecting genres from every era of American filmmaking—to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Spanning the period 1891-1996, the films named to the […]
By Bill Northey, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Iowans love talking about the weather, and when you have 138 years of weather records at your disposal, you have more to talk about than most. The State Climatologist’s office in Iowa was established in 1875 and is America’s oldest continuously operating state climate service. Harry Hillaker, the […]
Bobzilla’s Bicycle Werks, 1718 Pella Ave., in Oskaloosa, will hold aseries of repair clinics during the month of January. The clinics are designed to teach you skills that will help keep your bike running smoothly, efficiently and safely. They are NOT designed to breathe new life into shot or worn-parts, or to replace regular professional […]
Happy New Year! The Leonard and Felicia Bernstein family sent New Year’s Day (January 1) greeting cards to extended family and friends during the holiday season. Holiday card pictures are among the eighty-five photographs for the 1960s now available online in the Leonard Bernstein Collection, 1920-1989 held by the Library of Congress Music Division. With […]
1942: From New Year’s Eve 1941 into New Year’s Day 1942 a severe winter storm dumped heavy snowfall from southwestern Iowa through the northeastern corner of the state. Snowfall amounts of 10 to 20 inches were common from Page County to Black Hawk County. The highest accumulation was 19.8 inches of snow at Des Moines […]
February 13, 1911 – December 31, 2010 Visitation: 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. and with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 Tuesday evening January 04, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday January 05, 2011 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Grinnell Interment: following funeral mass January 05, 2011 at Hazelwood […]
June 13, 1924 – December 31, 2010 Visitation: 4 pm to 7 pm on Monday January 03, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, Iowa Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday January 04, 2011 at Sheridan United Methodist Church near Grinnell, Iowa Interment: following the funeral service , at Sheridan Cemetery near Grinnell, Iowa Memorials may […]
