Federal crop loans for 1933 announced in Midwest counties
Field inspector Ontjes announces 1933 crop production loans worth 90 million dollars are available to farmers in twelve Iowa counties including Grundy Black Hawk and Story. Loans require first lien on crops and waivers of prior rights with strict repayment by Oct 31 1933 and 5 percent interest.
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Rundy Center
O .A. Ontjes
Grundy Center
Mr. Ontjes
Grundy
Black Hawk
Benton
Linn
Poweshiek Marshall
Tama
Jasper
Story
Boone
Hamilton
Hardin
Minnespois
Ontjes
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Washington
Minneapolis
Congress
Secret of seeming young through liver and bowels
Our doctor claims ninety percent of sadness stems from inactive bowels and liver. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are a gentle vegetable remedy to toning the liver and clearing impurities, with olive colored tablets advertised at small prices.
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Edwards
Ofa
Fence Drift Poem Fragment at the Creek Bank
A short verse depicts a lone figure by a creek in a pasture, describing a silent scene with no fish or boats. The speaker concedes a quiet struggle to vent aggression, while the willows lean overhead and the water remains still.
Linn County Farm Holiday Group Forms to Aid Relief
A three member committee was appointed by the Linn County Farmers Holiday association at Marion to meet county supervisors on using farm products for poor relief. Three delegates were named for the state convention in Des Moines.
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Linn County Farmers’ Holiday Association
Marion
Board of Supervisors
Linn County
State Farm Holiday Association
Des Moines
Linn County Association
Price
Cedar Rapids
Central Unemployed Relief Association of
Unemployed Association
First Street
Keunnen Installs Ventilation System in Festina Hog House
Special to The Gazette reports William Keunnen of Festina added a modern ventilation system to his damp hog house to prevent frost and prepare for farrowing. County Agent C W Dack aided the installation and demonstrated its use to local farmers.
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Gazette Decorah
William Keunnen
Festina
C W Dack
Tama Benton Grain shipments include barley and corn to Cedar Rapids
Special to The Gazette reports last week the Tama Benton Grain company sent one carload of barley to Chicago one car of nuts and one car of corn to Cedar Rapids. The local firm bought 2 non bushels of oats from Carew and Corcoran and 1 275 bushels of barley from Louis Willer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Tama-Benton Grain Company
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Carew and Corcoran
Louis Willer
Sow births reported in eighth litter at Soeral farm
Victor Stacy of Brighton reports that one of his Durne sows recently furrowed twenty five pigs all of which are alive and of normal size. This is the sow s eighth litter.
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Soeral
the Gazette
Washington
Victor Stacy
Brighton
TOWA Board of Accountancy Notice of Framination
Notice of examination for certified public accountant in the state of Iowa to be held at the Des Moines location on Thursday May 11 1933. An apron house may be obtained from the secretary and must be filed at least four days prior to the examination. Treasurer 1020 Merchants National Bank Des Moines Iowa.
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Towa Board OF Accountancy
Tena A
Meines
Ioan
Sam Rere
Moo
Butterfat figures key at Strawberry Point Creamery annual meeting
Strawberry Point farmers on 1932 totals reported 128 dairymen marketed 19,085,889 pounds of milk containing 664,709 pounds of butterfat with an average 3.4 percent test. Butterfat paid at the farm was 20.46 cents. creamery patrons received 22.8 cents. Otto Weger and team produced 874,584 pounds of butter from 714,967 pounds butterfat, overrun 22.7 percent, total butter value $184,117.37. officers reelected and Iowa Brand rep K Storre spoke on state creamery quality.
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Tte
Tberry Point
Strawberry Point
Otto Weger
J R. Alderson
B R. Cole
G E. Dunfrund
Harley Evert
Carl Zwanziger
Louie Fredera
W G. Smith
Will Lin
Wheat Returns $16 An Acre Above Cost Of Production
Spencer's Grove farmer Charles Hoffman delivered his wheat crop to a local elevator this week reporting a net of $16 per acre above production costs. He planted 25 acres of red wheat mid September, yielding 1,000 bushels total at 40 bushels per acre and 50 cents per bushel.
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Spencer's Grove
Charles Hoffman
Hoffman
Zentmire Re employed As County Agent At Marengo
Zentmire, who completes fifteen years as county agent in Iowa county on April 1, was re employed for another year at a Farm Bureau board meeting in Marengo. Except for A Jd Secor in Van Buren, Zentmire has served longer than any other county agent in the state.
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Sreetal
Marengo
D H Zentmire
Iowa County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
van Buren
Zentmire
Poultry Firm Sold to Priebe and Sons of Chicago
The Speen to The Carette notes that Reister and Sons poultry business in Washington is sold to Priebe and Sons of Chicago. Claude and Hal Reister remain in charge, continuing the 37 year family operation. Music contest plans for Wellman sub district are announced with listed soloists and ensembles from local schools.
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Speen
Washington
Reister and Sons
Priebe and Sons of
Chicago
Claude
Hal Reister
Wellman
Glee Clubs
Milburn McKay
Max Allen
Robert Barclay
Daryl Fetters
Elizabeth Thorne
Gene Trask
Karl Bevins
Don C Davis
Gene Tucker
Mary Juiliet Lemmon
Colin Loan
Jean Stewart
Helen Melinski
Tom Stewart
John Jackson
Don Davis
Sarah Marie Davis
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Lean Jean Stewart
Ardelle Hasty
James Arrowsmith
Arden Hughes
Ferne Crozier
Douglas Eastwood
Helen Coffey
Notice of Dissolution of Auto Blare Company Partners
Notice states the partnership of Harry Tucker and Taigre Turner operating as Auto Blare Company is dissolved. Harry Tucker, Turker Turner, and the firm authorities transfer business to Tucker as sole proprietor under the name Auto Blare Company. Dated March 1933.
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Harry Tucker
Taigre ‘Turner
Dg Co-Partners
Isucore Tucker
Sarry, Tucker
Ibudore Tucker
$1 Worth Of Feed Returns $2.38 In Linn Test Ass'n
SPRINGVILLE The Linn County Cow Test Association No 1 reports February returns for each $1 of feed for 332 cows. Average return per cow above feed cost was 238 cents with ranges from 44 cents to 10.98 dollars. Production averaged 488 pounds of milk and 236 pounds of butterfat. High herd was C B F Michel and Son with 717 pounds milk 368 butterfat. second Holsteins at J E Hoge with 694 milk 357 butterfat. Ten cows culled for low production udder trouble or sterility. five sold for dairy purposes.
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Springville
Linn County
C B.F Michel and Son
J E. Hoge
Willie Willis on trust and education in tough times
Willie Willis questions gullibility about dental care and its reflection on school smarts. He argues skepticism stems from experiences with adults who mislead. The quote highlights a broader critique of authority in learning.
Arlington Farmers Creamery reports 1932 butterfat results
The Arlington Farmers Creamery delivers 1932 figures: 237,892 pounds of butterfat at 21.3 cents per pound from 174,252 pounds of milk fat and 63,640 pounds in cream. Total butter produced 322,705 pounds, with 282,009 shipped to New York and 65,135.40 in butter sales. H. Humphrey elected president and manager. others named to roles and terms. Walter Waskow named buttermaker.
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Arlington
Arlington Farmers’ Creamery Company
New York
H. Humphrey
Allen Foster
F. W. Bates
H. R Young
Dean Richards
Richard Nus
Henry Quitmyer
Andrew Seedorf
James McAllister
Ernie Schmidt
Walter Waskow
Farm Women In Benton Study Clothing Project
Farm Bureau women of Benton county are in the fourth lesson of the five year clothing project led by Miss Jane Nelson. Meetings were held at multiple homes this week with upcoming sessions planned across townships including Garrison Taylor Eden Eldorado Union and others through March.
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Winton
Eldorado and
Union
Art Fry
van Horne
Harrison and Polk
John Remington
Bruce and Cedar
Glen Schlotfelt
Quasqueton Man Reports Jersey White Giant Chicks
Carl F. Walter, a Quasqueton resident, reports his Jersey White Giants hatched on March 6. He describes them as his first batch of baby chicks and notes their size and vigor.
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Carl F. Walter
Radio Schedule Listings From Evening Programs
The page lists an extensive evening schedule with stations and programs across networks CBS NBC and others. Entries include Mulligan and Millikan sketches, Kate Smith, Easy Aces, Jack Smith Johnson, concert broadcasts, and various symphonies and orchestras scheduled on multiple stations.
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Millican
Wecp
WMT
Tnbc
WEAP
Wwoc
KYW Wow
NBC
WMAQ
Irene Taylor
WLAF
Noward Neumiller
CBS
WFBM
i—Galdberess
Wenr
Wrap Noake Carter
WBBM
WJZ
Wren
KDKA
Shillins Lord
Lemonard
WGN
Ae Holmes
Ring Crosby
WGN i
Dnowner and Nevis
WLW
WFNR
WFAA
Guy Lombardo
KMOX
1NBC
Hollywood
NBC Wiz
John Medbury Maring
WABC
WCCO
Vle and Sade
Carryeth
Wells
Myre
Marie
Nellie Revell
WTAM
Nino Martini
Orch
WARC
WHAS
WEAF
Jimmy Kemper
Isham Jones
Ben Bernie
WPFAF
Keale Orch
Wjzenan Ozzie Nelson
Mr. Twister
Millikan and Mulligan
WHO
Huck Rogers
WBHM
Donald Nevis
Weap Kyw
WJ2
Goldbergs
Wenr Weap Cohen
Death Valley
WLS
Ruth Itting
Mills Brothers
Wayne King
Col. Stoopnagle
Jack Tear and Orch
WOC
WSM
WCKY
KSTP
Duchin Orch
Cab
Weaf Chain
Cleveland Orch
Lowez_ orch
Wijz Koil Wren
McCoy Orch
Thirteen Townships to Vie in Benton Drama Contest
Thirteen Benton townships will perform plays in a countywide drama contest next week as part of the rural recreation project. Preliminary tournaments run March 13 to 16 at listed venues with eight townships per evening. Winners advance to the March 18 final at Vinton High School.
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Benton
Vinton
Benton County
Benton Farm Bureau
W. M Norris
Harrison, Taylor and Jackson
Prairie Creek Church
Canton
Eden
Big Grove
Shellsburg High School
Kane
Iowa
Leroy
Eldorado
Union
Blairstown Opera House
Cedar
Bruce
Monroe
Fairview Church
Vinton High School
Norris
Cedar Township
King Row
Paul Wienands
Frances Fagan
Hiram the Peddler
Ivan Trottnow
Harrison
L. S. Hoon
Taylor
Floyd Goodell
Sons of Soil
Lloyd Hatfield
Eldorado and
Chester Thompson
Jennie Stewart
Ernest Reiss
Jackson
W. R. Underwood
Eleanor Oehlerich
John Schild
Linn Test Ass'n No. 3 Records February Milk Output
In Linn county the 285 cows in Linn Test Association No 3 produced an average 541 pounds of milk and 23.2 pounds of butterfat in February. M J Rice had high herd with 732 pounds milk and 30.4 butterfat. Emma Batchelder and Sons had second high herd with 922 pounds milk and 29.7 butterfat. A George Slater Holstein heifer of 3 years yielded 1484 pounds milk and 68.3 pounds butterfat while a Batchelder Holstein cow produced 1988 pounds milk and 59.6 pounds butterfat.
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Alburnett
Linn County Cow Test Association
Harley D. Hansen
M. J. Rice
Emma Batchelder
Girls 4-H Clubs in Iowa County Quadruple in Size
The number of girls 4-H clubs in Iowa County doubled from five in 1930 31 to ten by 1932 33 with a new club organized Saturday led by Mrs D A Maas. Lorena Trimpe serves as president and Ada Maas as secretary among the officers and members named. four additional clubs are led by Mrs Herman Bushman Mrs Harold Walters Mrs I A Lillie and Mrs W G Talbot.
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Iowa County
R. W. Ashby
D. A. Maas
Lorena Trimpe
Margaret Steinmetz
Martha Rudin
Gertrude Sandersfield
Alice Schafer
Flora Huchepohl
Medora Sandersfield
Edith Maas
Ruth Zuber
Viola Trimpe
Herman Bushman
Harold Walters
I. A. Lillie
W. G. Talbot
Unimproved eighty sells for 1600 near Cheney
The first land sale in the area for some time occurred when Schmitz Brothers of Cheney purchased eighty acres of unimproved land two miles west of Cheney from Jay O’Neal for $1,650.
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Spencer's Grove
Schmitz Brothers of
Cheney
Jay O'Neal
Marketing Continues With But Little Interruption
The farm movement of perishable products remains largely uninterrupted by the financial crisis. Barth Produce of Cedar Rapids reports 85 percent of normal movement, with checks replacing cash in poultry eggs and cream transactions. Freight on sight drafts stayed on track while consignors authorize check payments, and New York observers foresee improved currency expansion and higher prices as financing resumes.
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A. d. Barth
Barth Produce Company
Cedar Rapids
W. D Potter
Wilson and Company Produce
New York City
New York
Cows Bring 26 to 49 At Hopkinton Auction
Hopkinton community sale saw 25 cows consigned by N. E. Loomis fetch 26 to 49 a head with average around 40. Sam Breneman offered six registered Poland China sows at 14 each. Horse and feeder stock sales plus a truckload of corn at 1744 cents per bushel rounded out the bidding.
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Hopkinton
N. E. Loomis
Sam Brenneman
Poland
China
Early Gardeners Report Bountiful Plots West of Spencer's Grove
Mrs James Hines of the farm west of Spencer's Grove leads local gardeners by reporting a first garden of radishes lettuce and early onions. Other residents are encouraged to follow suit in the season's early planting effort.
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Spencer's Grove
James Hines
Spencer’s Grove
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk Edited by Ray Anderson
Farm brief notes and farming tips compiled by Ray Anderson offer practical insights for rural readers. The column covers crop care weather considerations and market signals with an approachable local voice.
High Herd In Test Association Leads February Averages
Grant Lauer's nine Holsteins average 1028 pounds of milk and 38.1 pounds butterfat in February to top Fayette county Cow Test association No. 4 for the third straight month. Other herds exceeded 25 pounds butterfat per cow including R F Learn and others. M C Deering and Son had the high cow with 70.5 pounds butterfat in 24 days.
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West Union
Grant Lauer
Fayette County Cow Test Association
Association
R. F. Learn
Max Grafenberg
Finch and Osmund~ Son
Walter Dullard
John Lueder
J C Mathews
Horse trade sways Springfield judge during county court
In Springfield, Judge J B Ruffin paused court to swap his horse and $125 for a team of large draft horses. A Reading policeman, fined four shillings for burning his chimney, faced a separate court sanction.
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Springfield
J B. Ruffin
Reading
England
New and Better Way to Beat Body Odor by Removing Cause
Advertising copy explains deep-pore cleansing to remove body odor. It claims ordinary soap only cleans surface and promotes Kirk's Coco Castile as a 100 percent vegetable oil soap that emulsifies stale perspiration and rinses away odor. The piece notes a large cake size and low price.
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Kirk
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