This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1940
Page
3
Federal forecaster Charles D. Reed says recent rains improved corn outlook in Iowa though heat waves limited gains. He notes most fields tasseled, about half silked with some silk scorch, and warns another heat spell could reduce yields. Harvest underway in many counties with chinch bugs harming parts, oats yields high, and rains boosted pastures and gardens.
Special to The Gazette reports forty acres of oats at the Cedar county home farm. The terse item notes the acreage and location, with no additional context or outcomes provided.
An advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow and aid digestion. It touts two pints of bile daily, warns of bloating and constipation if bile is blocked, and urges purchase at 10¢ or 25¢.
A nightside report describes a striking pyrotechnic display from Washington showing unusually beautiful flares behind clouds. Damage followed a ground strike, described with grief, as the event lights the Mississippi north of McGregor and then subsides with a calmer second night.
Four acres of spring wheat produced 123 bushels at an excellent quality level. The crop averaged 50 bushels per acre with a weight of 40 pounds per bushel.
Grinnell reports an Illinois seed corn firm distributed about 15000 dollars to detasseling crews on site. 800 men are engaged, roughly 200 more than usual, as extreme heat accelerates tasseling and requires daily field coverage. Peak detasseling to pass in about four days with remaining costs around 10000 dollars.
Maquoketa Farmers Union Cooperative Creamery plans a Buckhorn picnic on August 8 featuring the Buckhorn calf club achievement show with morning calf judging, a 3 p.m. calf parade, and a sports program including a Clinton vs Jackson counties tug of war. Bake show at Buckhorn church offers cash prizes in nine divisions. Judges are Luella Hill Lara Hoffman Nellie Stanton. Ralph Verdon directs plans.
Federal official Dr. Joe W. Giffee urges hog farmers to move infected or at risk pigs to cornfields for sanitation. He says shaded, dust-free ground in cornfields or stubble provides cleaner conditions and reduces intestinal and lung infections. Temporary shelters can be built with posts, fencing and straw, and fields should be cleared of two-shoot cockle burr after rains. Hog cholera outbreaks are reported across numerous Iowa towns, with swine erysipelas near several cites.
A lightning strike destroyed the feed barn on the Iowa State College hog farm five miles southwest of Ames. The fire wiped out the building valued at 11 000 dollars and its contents including 1000 bushels of oats 900 bushels of corn and a truck. Feed for the hog operation will be hauled from main college barns until a new barn is built. A second fire at the Lyle Hall farm near Malcom destroyed a machine shed and machinery including a tractor, with the loss covered by insurance.
A storm Monday night damaged a Dan King farm house with a struck chimney tearing shingles and plaster from walls and ceiling. In Olin area, a barn on Oscar Ogren’s farm five miles southeast was struck by lightning and burned.
Precipitation refreshed fields as corn climbs along Washington streets for the Festicorn celebration. A $400 budget funds a corn show with 20 classes and $200 prize per class limited to Washington county producers and nearby townships. Two 40 by 90 tents will display entries from hybrid seed growers with committee members including Rev Carl W Klein County Agent J W Chandler Joe Knotek Leslie Gates Carl Oldfield and Wayne Norman.
Iowa State entomologist C J Drake reports in the agriculture department bulletin that chinch bug damage may reach 10 percent in parts of southwest Iowa as eggs hatch and a fall migration could follow. Creosote use by farmers has nearly ceased after about 1.4 million gallons used this year. A Brighton vet notes cattle fatally poisoned by creosote and lead from discarded cans and barriers.
Judges named to preside over the national cattle show at the Iowa state fair August 23 to 30 will award more than 32 thousand dollars in cash prizes. The roster includes W. O. Blizzard Herefords Stillwater Oklahoma Ralph Reynolds Shorthorns Lodi Wisconsin P S Shearer Polled Shorthorns Red Polled Ames N H Kildee Angus Ames Edgar Olson Milking Shorthorns Fargo North Dakota J W Eves Holsteins Chicago J B Fitch Jersey St Paul J I Hilton Guernseys and Brown Swiss Lafayette Indiana Charles A Wilkins Guernseys Platteville Wisconsin and J W Linn Ayrshires Manhattan Kansas.
Tipton Cedar county will host its annual sports festival at the fairgrounds on August 17 starting at 10 am. Harry Crist, Clarence sports committee chairman, says about 750 people attended last year. The committee includes Howard Masteller Cedar Rapids Ethel Domer Tipton Clifford Crist Stanwood Alvin Stoncrook Clarence Lester Kelly Clarence Paul Hain Moscow Mrs. Lester Nicoll Mechanicsville Mrs. Hugo Rix Clarence Floyd Fawcett West Branch Mrs. Guy Wright Mechanicsville Ralph Johnston West Liberty J M Reeve Tipton Herschel Flater Moscow.
Grinnell Future Farmers of America FFA members will leave Saturday on a 1500 mile eight day trip through Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Kenneth Thatcher directs the group with FE. E. Smith Jr. accompanying to direct erosion control work and a Bethany Missouri experimental farm visit.
Toledo area sent 1980 corn parity payment applications to the state office in Des Moines after county sign up meetings. Also 120 wheat parity payment applications were filed.
Department of Iowa certifies Town Mutual Insurance Company Cedar Rapids is authorized to transact full coverage auto liability and other lines until April 1 1941 based on a December 31 1939 sworn statement showing assets of 2 019 111 30 liabilities 1 509 536 66 and net surplus 509 574 73 with details and signatures from Commissioner Charles A Fischer in Des Moines on July 30 1940.
The Tama county flax crop is set to produce 12 to 20 bushels per acre after spring rains. County agricultural conservation chairman Robert Lyon notes corn may drop 25 to 30 percent from last year, while flax acreage has tripled.
Premiums totaling 1270 announced for Poweshiek county 4-H show August 19 21 with officers named including Wilbur Molison as president Toren Brown secretary Evans treasurer and an executive committee list. Also Wheatland event features principal speaker William Allen of St. Louis and livestock judging by area specialists. parades concerts and a baseball game scheduled.
More than 150 head of livestock will be shown August 15 to 17 at Gladbrook during the Tama county 4-H achievement day tied to the Gladbrook corn carnival. Judges include Don Groves for baby beeves and R L Pemberton for pigs, with Stevens on sheep and Stoakes on poultry.
The farm editor reports corn prospects brighter in northern eastern Iowa than in central and southern areas amid heavy rains. Rains harmed growth in some northern locales but prevented heat damage, while southern oats harvest is near complete. Threshing delays persist in the north as shocks soak and sprout potential discoloration concerns emerge.
Special to The Gazet McGregor ideal water and weather drew 77 rural youths from Clayton and Fayette counties for a two hour Mississippi River outing. They left the McGregor dock at 9 pm and landed at 11 pm. Miss Isobel Crowe Fayette home demonstration agent Paul Mellroy Fayette county agent and Grover Hahn Elkader county agent accompanied the party. Fare was 235 cents per person.
Will Wilkins owns two apricot trees about fourteen years old in West Tiberty. Each tree bears a nice crop of apricots now ripening. The trees were grown from seeds from apricots bought locally by his mother, the late Mrs. Nancy Wilkins. Very few apricot trees are grown here.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.