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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1955

Page

8

Vitamin D rich orange juice aids cancer research

The piece notes orange juice preserves vitamin D in a public funded cancer research effort spanning 14 schools and hospitals. Israel will join as a licensed producer, with a grower profiting from grove investments, during Brotherhood week as Eric Johnston urges personal brotherhood locally.

Divi Thomas Israel Dr. Sperti Grove

Cancer Doctor Drives Citrus Industry Boom

Florida’s George Sperti, a cancer researcher at Institutum Divi Thomae, developed an ultra violet irradiation process to keep juice flavors fresh. General Foods paid $300,000 for the method used by Golden Gift of Eustis and Deland Florida, supplying refrigerated juice to markets across the eastern U.S.

Bob Considine Eustis Fla INS George Speri Sperti Florida Dr. Sperti U. S Institutum Divi Thomae Cincinnati Palm Beach Sperti General Foods Dr. Sports Institutum Golden Gift Eustis and Deland U.S

Radish Grows 20-Inch Circumference in Altamont Garden

In Altamont Illinois Joe Mardo of Altamont shows a winter radish he pulled from his garden weighing 5% pounds and measuring 20 inches around. The giant root highlights an unusual harvest for local gardeners.

Altamont Ill Joe Mardoff

Washington Was Master Of Farming

Washington was a pioneering farmer at Mount Vernon. The estate functioned as a self sufficient farming community with planned plots, a precise crop ledger, espalier fruit trees, a grist mill, and a spinning house. He experimented with new crops and methods and kept detailed records to guide profitable practices. He can be seen as an early agricultural extension worker.

Washington MNS George Washington Mount Vernon Potomac Virginia G. Washington Esquire

Ancillary Administrator Appointed in Redmond Estate

Henry J. Achter named Ancillary Administrator on February 21 1955 for the estate of Edward Redmond late of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must pay and claimants should file their claims with the Linn County Iowa District Court Clerk. Joseph Mekota is attorney for the estate.

Towa Edward Redmond Linn County Iowa Henry J. Achter Joseph Mekota

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