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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1938
Page
2
Rains across eastern Iowa improve fields for seeding and pastures after a hot, dry stretch. Threshing nears completion as moisture aids corn and newly seeded stubble, with fall grazing prospects rising and fairgoers hopeful for upcoming events. Des Moines flood scenes slow morning traffic with record rainfall across multiple towns.
Roy Miller and Ray Miller, 17 year old twins from a Sigourney area farm, won a junior demonstration contest at the Eng lish Valley Creamery picnic in North English. Their project An Efficient Homemade Cooling Tank beat two other Keokuk county teams and earned county representation at state contests in Des Moines and Waterloo. Despite showers around the area, over 10 000 people attended the annual fete.
McGregor boosters hosted a tall corn contest as farmers used fish poles to support stalks. Spectators watched as ladders were climbed and tapes dropped to measure stalks. Fred Sass won with a fourteen feet six inch stalk, followed by Frank Dahlstrom and C E Hartwick with fourteen feet five and fourteen feet four inches.
The Monticello canning company under manager C. C. Hudson will start a 15 day corn packing run Friday. About 410 acres are planted and 30,000 cases are expected. The corn is reported as good this year. Sixty workers are employed.
A humorous verse by RFA criticizes hot air in cars at a county fair. It imagines air conditioned automobiles as a relief for exhausted mothers and sleepy babies in overheated parking lots.
A delegation of 41 Dixie farmers toured central Town farms in Ames and were amazed by the black soil even on hills. They noted only a small amount of fertilizer was needed relative to Southern fields and contrasted corn yields with Louisiana farmers. The group continued to South Dakota on the second leg of its goodwill corn belt tour.
Sixteen head of 90 pound pigs sold for 9.60 each at the weekly community sale totaling 366 head of livestock. Veal calves peaked at 21.50. Twenty six heavy calves around 250 pounds sold to M. J. Chandler of What Cheer for 28.50. Sheep averaged 525 per head.
Production outside the United States climbed about fifty percent from 1933 to 1937. The increase reflects expanding output in major growing regions and shifting trade patterns during the period.
Springfield Illinois An 870 pound Angus steer shown by 14 year old Trene Brown of Aledo was named grand champion in the junior baby beef show at the Illinois State fair The steer called Mercer reflected the county where it was fed Trene plans to take Mercer to Chicago for peer relengs in the fall Reserve grand champion was a heavyweight Hereford shown by Dale Gardner of Arcola
Stanwood will award $550 in cash prizes at the annual Stanwood Horse Show and Farmers’ Institute on September 9 and 10. With entries already underway, organizers announce a new feature a six horse hitch show on Saturday evening with special wagons added for the class.
Prairie Center Grange will sponsor a fall festival four miles south of Manchester in the W. H. Todd grove with a kittenball game at 10:30 a.m. and a horseshoe pitching contest. About seventy dollars in merchandise will be awarded to prize winners by local business firms.
The Towa County Shortcourse Association and local Marengo business leaders have built a 38 by 128 foot barn with double rows of stalls for the 4 H Livestock Show in Marengo. The show runs August 18 to 20 and will feature baby beeves and other livestock from county youths.
Delhi high school homemaking seniors Berna Grapes Mil dred Clark and Pauline Porter were selected to represent the district at the state vocational conference in Ames on August 24 and 25. They were chosen from freshmen and sophomores for the most worthwhile projects. Ming Ella McCordic homemaking instructor will serve on the welcoming committee at the conference.
A Sunday night barn fire on George Branks farm three miles north of Brandon killed two horses and severely burned three others. One horse escaped unharmed. Losses included hay, oats, and harness. the farm, insured, is owned by a life insurance company. Another nearby house fire destroyed the Clifford Frees farm home northwest of Washington, with Milo Patterson and family away. insurance covered both house and contents.
Washington AP reports Hog producers earned 906 million dollars from hogs pork and lard sales in 1937, down from 964 million the previous year according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
More than 1,500 people attended a Triple A organized picnic at Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point. Chester McCarthy of Delaware County chaired the event. Speakers included Louisiana planters J. O. Williams and J. B. Cooper, who praised Secretary Wallace and urged north south agricultural cooperation. Representatives included Congressmen Fred Biermann and Fred Gilchrist.
Monticello high school FFA members will tour farms in Lovell and Castle Grove townships Friday. They will visit Frank Richardson, Shover-Nagel, H J Welter, and later Olin Howie, Mrs. R J Howie, and Lester Fairbanks, with a noon picnic at the city park.
Algona Iowa AP report on Andrew Godfredson who tried to sell an 11 year old purebred cow with reduced udder, failing to find bids above 35 dollars while valuing her milk and butterfat output. After keeping her, she birthed a heifer calf and produced 11 388 pounds of milk and 395.3 pounds of butterfat in 277 days, with milk and butterfat since birth worth about 106.21 above feed costs.
Tipton Hugo Lenschow of Cedar County topped the Chicago market Friday with twenty four 222 pound hogs selling at 8.75 per hundredweight and ten head averaging 214 pounds also at 8.75.
Eastern Iowa fairs are set for August 14 to 20 across multiple counties and towns. The list includes Mississippi Valley Davenport Buchanan Independence Louisa Columbus Junction Davis County Bloomfield Benson County Vinton Johnson County 4-H Mount Pleasant Winneshiek Decorah Iowa County 4-H Marengo Tama County 4-H Gladbrook and related events all week.
A cryptic style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues with misprints and partial phrases. It pairs musical roles, objects, and descriptors to yield a set of crosswise definitions and potential solutions.
A 1938 excerpt discusses morality and science shaping social rights over individual rights. It questions if wives should sacrifice interests for husbands and notes unhappy marriages arise from irreconcilable needs. It also covers happiness assessment, understanding others, and moments of connection. Tomorrow promises gendered confessions.
A column style piece praising Elsie for her kindness and sociable nature while noting she is not brilliant. It contrasts easy popularity with the lure of enviable status and includes letters on romance and dating etiquette from readers and Miss Manners offering cautious guidance.
A reader asks if she should force support or divorce after her husband abandons home and hides a second relationship. The advice urges preserving the home if reconciliation is possible but favors freedom if the husband refuses to reform. The letter also notes Andorra’s small population and dispersed villages.
Notice of amendments adopted by unanimous vote at a special stockholders meeting August 23, 1937. Article III capital stock set at 750 000 dollars 150 000 shares of 5.00 par value with stock issued only when fully paid. transfer and issuance rules plus authorization to increase capital by two thirds vote. Article X private property exempt. signatures of RK P Andreas president and R B McConlogue attorney.
Davenport styled notice informs Cedar Rapids State Bank stockholders and creditors that DB Bates as receiver seeks court power to assign judgments to Peoples Savings Bank. Hearing set for August 22, 1938 at Cedar Rapids Court House. appearance required. Attorney George C. Gorman listed.
Notice in Linn County Iowa states Anna Vavra has been appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Joseph Varras, deceased. Creditors and others with claims must file them in the Linn County District Court office. indebtedness should be paid to the executrix. Attorney Jos Mekota appointed on August 15 1938.
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