Iowa Editors Question Primary System and 1942 Tickets
Iowa editors condemn the primary system while reporting 1942 ticket matchups. Clyde Herring faces George Wilson for governor as B Hickenlooper contests Nelson Kraschel. commentary from Mason City to Council Bluffs flags flawed nominating in a wartime political climate.
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Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
George A. Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Nelson G. Kraschel
Mason City
Congress
James C. Gillespie
LeMars
Minny
Frank C. Travers
Creston News-Advertiser
Itoo
A. M. Vpiper
Council Bluffs
Notice to Aurelia Property Owners on Weed Control
Weed ordinance requires two mowings per season with June 15 and August 15 deadlines. Noxious weeds such as thistles quackgrass cockleburr and burdock must be cut and destroyed by owners or occupants or the city will mow and bill the cost to the property. Report any uncut weeds to the weed commissioner George Scott Aurelia Iowa. 14-2
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Iowa
Weed Commission
George Scott
Aurelia
Cut Clover Early For Larger Hay and Seed Yield
Iowa State College agronomist H D Hughes reports tests in Iowa Ohio and Wisconsin show red clover yields peak when cut no later than full bloom. Early 1st crop cutting boosts seed prospects and preserves leaf content. delaying to brown seedheads reduces seed yield and protein per acre while not significantly increasing total hay yield.
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H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College Agronomist
Iowa
Iowa Station
Ohio
Wiineigs
Hughes
Bicycle Safety Rules for Riders Reminder
A public notice urges riders to obey traffic laws and signals. It lists signals hand signs lights at night avoid passengers weaving racing hitching onto vehicles and riding on light traffic streets while dismounting at dangerous intersections and yielding to pedestrians.
Corrigan Family Forms Local Football Squad
Mr and Mrs James V Corrigan near Harper's Ferry host a football squad of 11 sons aged three to 18, all at home and helping around the farm with the sport.
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James V. Corrigan
Harper's Lerry
Otheir
Providing Shade And Bath For Pigs In Summer
Extension swine specialist Kraife of Iowa State College advises summer relief for pigs through temporary shade if tree cover is unavailable. Proposals include posts crosspieces and brush with straw, a 4 foot shade height, and oil sprayed ground to curb dust. Some producers offer a water bath for cooling, shaded waterers, and lime sulfur dipping. USDA tests show fall pigs gain about 10 pounds more by 150 days than spring pigs under similar feeding, attributed to cooler weather.
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KE. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Quaife
United States Department of Agriculture
Outline Program For Fly Control On Iowa Farms
Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson urges Iowa farms to start a comprehensive fly control program. Key measures include proper manure disposal, installation of two to three fly traps per farm, use of safe poisons with proper handling, window and door screens, darkening barns, and thorough, repeated use of fly sprays followed by sweeping and burning dead flies. The guidance notes flies spread diseases such as typhoid and infantile paralysis and suggests practical, safe methods for disposal and baiting.
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Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Postcard Found After 45 Years at Michigan Post Office
A postcard mailed to Sherman Nursery Company in Charles City Iowa from Rockford Michigan forty five years ago was delivered during post office clean up. The note sat in the Michigan post office until now.
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Rockford
Mich
Sherman Nursery Company
Charles City
Iowa
Nursery
Michigan
Fat cattle values steady after mixed week at Sioux City market
Fat cattle rebound to a fully steady rating with slaughter steers and yearlings selling mostly from 11.50 to 12.85 dollars and top calves to 14.00. Bulls reach 11.35, cows 11.20, hogs ease to 13.85, sows 13.50 to 18.65, and lambs up 25 to 50 cents with California springers to 14.90 and clipped lambs to 13.40.
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Sioux City
California
Cherokee County
Charles Bruce
Captain Moreton’s Son Henry J Moreton Dies in Minneapolis
Henry J. Moreton formerly of LeMars and member of the LeMars Polo team that won the 1893 national championship in St. Louis died in Minneapolis on April 23. A native of Leicestershire England he came to LeMars with his father Captain Reynolds Moreton to help found the Close Bros English colony in the early seventies. The colony produced several baronets as younger sons inherited British titles.
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Henry J. Moreton
LeMars
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Leicestershire
England
Mr. Moreton
Capt
Reynolds Moreton
Close Bros
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