Kane County Standard | 1947-06-27 | Page 3 | Patience on a Porch Roof

4 e w 11 gm V 4 1 i Q PATIENCE CEON ON A PORCH ROOF scenes such as this his one which occurred at ottumwa iowa were common tor for v 4 time throughout the vast flooded areas of the Midd lewest hardest hit city however was ottumwa where thousands of persons were driven from their homes when the des moines river overflowed its banks to lb inundate most of the town along tile the mississippi farm lands were flooded from keokuk iowa down to st louis