Iowa business study on trading habits and manufacturing trends
Mrs. Corra Shuttle Meyer directs a State Planning Board effort in Winnebago County to study Iowa trading habits and manufacturing trends from 1924 to 1934. Local workers in every county will collect data on markets, trading areas, banking, and auto and road effects to model future industry and regional marketing patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Business and Industry Committee
State Planning Board
Westin
A. Phillips
University of Town College of Comanerce
Town City
Planning Board
H. H. McCarty
College of Commerce
McCanty
Corra Skubile-Meyer
Buffalo Center
Winnebago County
High Protein Feeds Balance Dairy Cow Ration Economically
County Agent Clark Mechem notes corn at 90 cents a bushel lets dairymen pay up to 60 a ton for high protein concentrates to balance rations. A northern Iowa case shows replacing 15 pounds of mixture with 5 pounds of soybean oil meal cuts cost per cow from 21 to 12.5 cents daily, saving about 65 cents per day for 20 cows. Details from Mechem’s office offer guidance for drought areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Mechem
Mechem
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa Seed Directory Ready for Distribution
The 27 page Iowa Seed Directory compiled by Iowa State College Extension Service and Iowa Corn and Small Grains outlines where farmers can obtain seed. Available through county agents or the Extension Service in Ames, it guides seed availability in local communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Extension Service
Iowa Corn and Small
Seed oats drive reaches Iowa drought counties in 1930s effort
Grain Growers' Association prepares seed distribution with county agents ready to provide farmer directories. Secretary Joe L. Robinson says seed prices may nearly double next spring, and soybeans enter concentration area plans. In Iowa, 200000 bushels of federal seed oats were set aside for western states, with 800000 more requested, in 31 drought counties amid broader need across 81 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa State College
Extension Service
Small Grain Growers’ Association
Illinois
Robinson
Miss Lydia Junkermier Hosts Visit and Legion Auxiliary Notes
Miss Lydia Junkermier of near Ledyard guest at Peter Bruer home from Friday to Sunday. American Legion Auxiliary met Monday at Florence Roelfsema’s home with ten members present. Committees were named including Finance by Vera Williams and Leona Bruer, American National Defence by Laura Rosenau, Child Welfare and Family Care by Vera Williams, Community Service by Doris Ukena, Unit Activities by Edith Schroeder, Education of War Orphans by Pauling Patterson and Gertie Roelfsema, Fidas by Florence Roelfsema, Junior Activities by Eleanor Heetland, Legislation by Bertha Underdahl, Membership by Leona Bruer, Publicity by Julia Ball, Rehabilitation by Hliz-, highlighting local civic activity.
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Lydia Junkermier
Ledyard
Peter Bruer
American Legion Auxiliary
Florence Roelfsema
Vera Williams
Grace Bruer
Leona Bruer
Julia Wortman
Laura Rosenau
Bertha Underdahl
Edith Schroeder
Elizabeth Johnson
Julia Ball
American National Defence
Doris Ukena
Pauling Patterson
Gertie Roelfsema
Fidas
Eleanor Heetland
Hliz
Local Community Notes and Holiday Visits in Algona Area
Readable fragments show club members receiving gifts for achieving quotas, upcoming meetings at Mrs. Vera Williams’s home, and a parade of guests and travelers visiting Algona. Names include Elizabeth Johnson Grace Bruer Julia Balt and many Gutknechts, Park, Gurderian, and O Keefe family members with travels from Ames LaPort Mason City and Eldora. The text also lists residents visiting relatives and attending holiday gatherings around Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abeth Johnson
Grace Bruer
Isskena
Betty Johnson
Iby
Julia Balt
Tally
L. Lense
Vera Williams
Algona
Ben Farrow
8. P. Powers
Wade Ball
Z. F. Smith
Ivan
Charles
Edward Gutknecht
LaPort
Canada
Aug. Gutknecht
William
Edward
Red Park
Henry Gurderian
Billy
Anton Kepke
Eldora
Albert Weaver
Webster City Visitors and Travel Notes
Webster City reports Mr and Mrs J IR Hoetland visiting Algona on Friday. August Banman, who had been in Canada to see a sick brother, returned home on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
J. IR. Hoetland
Algona
August Banman
Canada
No Longer Citizens Quote From James M Beck
A historical quotation from James M. Beck, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, arguing that excessive state control reduces citizens to subjects and undermines the American political ideal.
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James MM. Beck
U. 8
Pennsylvania
Good coal ads entice home warmth for winter use
A vintage classified snippet markets several coal types from Red Crescent Kentucky Block to Iowa Nut. It urges buyers to compare value for cook stoves, furnaces, and heaters while hinting at home improvement ideas like converting old space into modern heating centers. It closes with a quip about engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millers Creek
Dixie Geom
Red Cresent Kentucky
Indiana Nut
Iowa Nut
Scandia Coal Co
Iowa
Illinois Lump
Ward Nut Coal
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Corra Shuttle-Meyer
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Lakota News
J. K. Ukena
Maynard
Iowa City
Emma Gutknecht
Genevieve Biner
Mason City
Lena Gutknecht
Billa Mae Bruner
Mrs. Wortman
Ruth Tiwing
Buffalo Center Telephone & Exchange Co
Otto Schmidt
Christ Hogard General Blacksmithing
Buffalo Center Lumber Co
Jack the Woodpicker
America
Senator Borah
Huey Long
J. J. Kopp
Mgr
O. J. Kopp
Aii
Buffalo Center Lumber Company
J.J. Kopp
Farmers Trust & Savings Py
Attenti
Centerville
Ser
Fred Larson
Sloper Service Station
Farmers Elevator Co
Buffalo Center Business Men’s Club
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