Hoover's Home Town Embraces Roosevelt's New Deal
West Branch residents flocked to a special bargain day organized by local merchants with the West Branch country club backing. Eggs sold at 12 cents a dozen and cream at 2 cents above market price as rural farmers traded for produce using coupons. The event, meant to showcase the New Deal, drew shoppers from area farms despite bad roads and featured displays and specials across dry goods, butcher, grocer, and bakery departments.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
West Merchants
Ty Club
W. B. Anderson
Wanderer Tom Returns on Three Legs
A stray cat named Tom wanders back on three legs after an apparent bird shot incident. The verses mix whimsical lines about a fence drift and spring with a quirky scene of a forsaken chair and tangled spools, ending with Tom’s triumphant yet limping return.
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Tom
Auction Notice at Pavilion Sells Hogs and Livestock
A sale at the pavilion offers 900 head of hogs along with other livestock and farming machinery for bidders. The listing notes a local auction setting and expected participation from nearby buyers.
Butterfat Paid At Oelwein Creamery At 21 Cents
Patrons of the Oelwein Farmers' Co operative creamery were paid 21 cents a pound for the last half of February butterfat. Total disbursement reached $9,459.40 from 88,663.22 pounds received from 750 patrons. Frank Schroeder, secretary, reports the receipts for the month.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Farmers' Co-operative Creamery
Frank Schroeder
March Feed Prices and Livestock Market Update
The Gazette reports continued March price advances for commercial feeds led by Mnseed soy bean meals and tankage with six straight weekly gains. Wheat feeds rose slightly. barley markets remained active with top making types in demand in Minneapolis. Receipts at major markets rose, cattle prices weakened slaughter classes while stocker and feeder trade gained. Hog prices peaked near 4.35 dollars but retraced 10 to 15 cents, butter and egg prices moved lower or steady, wool trading stayed fairly active as March progressed.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Chicago
Virgin sod farm framed in Iowa history near Manchester
In Manchester Iowa Charles C Barry 17 a retired farmer holds eighty acres of virgin sod nine miles southwest of Manchester claimed as the largest undeveloped tract in the state. The land bought in 1856 from the government for 1 25 an acre retains a Buchanan era grant. The tract remains nearly tillable and unplowed now run by E O Fisher formerly of Benton county.
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Manchester
Iowa
Charles C. Barry
Mr. Barry
John S. Barry
Charles Barry
James Buchanan
Mgr. Barry
E. OQ. Fisher
Benton County
Wool and hides prices slip from earlier peaks
The market notes show woolen goods trading dull and hides at New York prices around 114 cents a pound above the year's low. Even with recent gains, values remain about one third of the peak levels from five years ago.
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New York
Dillon Advises Dust Treatments For Small Grain Crops
County Agent George E. Dillon urges dust treatments to remove weed seeds from oats barley and wheat and to combat smuts. He cites Ceresan and copper carbonate effectiveness with specific per bushel application rates for barley hulless oats and wheat and notes a low cost Sees method for oats.
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George E. Dillon
Iowa
Dillon
Ceresan
Officers Elected By Grundy Fair Association
Robert Plager was elected president of the Grundy County Fair association with Charles Stubbs and Lyle Hawn as vice presidents. Charles W. Mooty is treasurer and J. Vanderwicken secretary. The fair is set for Sept. 5 to 7, featuring attractions similar to the Butler county fair to reduce expenses.
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Garett. Grundy Center
Robert Plager
Grundy County Fair
Horses Average $5 Higher At Chicago Sale
Chicago sale reports 315 horses selling at prices about $5 higher than last week. Top lot, a pair of 3,600-pound colored horses, fetched $340 with the best horse at $157.50. Heavy weights sold strongest while big weights lagged. Michigan and nearby states were active buyers as New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana were represented.
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Chicago
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Economist Advocates Russian Recognition To Gain Lord Outlet
In Dubuque the Rev E M Homan of Columbia college argues in The Witness that US recognition of Russia would stabilize Europe and Asia and unlock markets for American lard and hog products. He cites Germanys tariff on lard and notes Russia-US cooperation could control world export surpluses. He says cotton growers and machinery makers favor recognition.
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Dubuque
E. M. Homan
Columbia College
Russia
Witness
Catholic Archdiocese of
United States
Europe
Iowa
Germany
Hoffmann
Soviet Union
Asia
County Agents Assigned In Madison And Lee Counties
J A Benson Jr of Sheldon will take office April 1 as Madison county agent. Carroll Redfern, the existing Madison county agent, will become Lee county agent. The announcement notes the personnel changes for both counties.
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Madison. Lee Counties
A N Watson Saturday Monday Specials Ad List
A Pillsbury style grocery ad lists Saturday Monday specials from A N Watson. Offers include sugar, coffee, butter, milk, cheese, bacon, lard, cereal, fruit, canned goods, oils and spices with multiple quantity pricing and per unit costs. Numerous items show bulk deals and reduced prices.
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Fey
Sawyer Saltine Sodas
Sawyer’s Graham
Watson
Hill
Maxwell
Storm Causes Rise in Iowa Hog Prices
Des Moines reports heavy ice and snow disrupted hog movements across Iowa last week. Prices rose to new seasonal highs despite market volatility, with demand brisk on the upswing and packers cautiously buying to fill orders. Heavy hogs dominated sales with weights from 180 to 260 pounds bringing about 3.45 to 3.75 dollars, while larger carcasses and sows fetched varied but lower bids.
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Des Moines
Howne
Maynard Creamery Pays 19 Cents For Butterfat
Maynard cooperative creamery paid patrons 19 cents a pound for February butterfat. Only 70 percent of the amount due was paid due to a bank holiday as the Maynard bank had not reopened when checks were issued.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery
C. H. Paul
Maynard Bank
Wallace appoints Seth Thomas as agriculture solicitor
Secretary Wallace announces the appointment of Seth Thomas of Fort Dodge as solicitor of the department of agriculture. Thomas has accepted, Wallace said.
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Washington
Wallace
Seth Thomas
Fort Dodge
Department of Agriculture
Thomas
Farm Auction Notices At Anamosa And Fairfax
Consignment sale at Anamosa fairgrounds set for Saturday March 25. A farm sale by Joe Jindrich will be held six miles southwest of Fairfax on Wednesday March 29.
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Anamosa Fairgrounds
Fairfax
Joe Jindrich
38 Iowa County 4-H feeds 51 calves for next show
MARENGO The 38 enrolled 4-H club members in Iowa county this year are feeding 51 baby beeves for exhibition in August at the county wide 4-H show. Listed members include Jean Geiger, Glenn Scott, Arnold Trimpe, Beatrice Jones, Wesley Jones, and others.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Wilson Ashby
Jean Geiger
Glenn Scott
Arnold Trimpe
Beatrice Jones
Wesley Jones
Robert Sherlock
Arnold Maas
Orville Wichmann
Herman Folkman
Clair Sauter
James Sauter
Dean Humphrey
Alvin Secor
Four Hundred Twenty Articles Sold At Manchester Farm Sale
In 150 minutes, Harry Turner’s farm sale near Manchester moved 420 items. Cash交易 fetched prices from horses at 27 to 76 dollars, cows to 33, a helper at 20, sows at 10.75, chickens 0.75, corn 0.19, oats 0.16, barley 0.21, hay 4.60 a ton, and seed corn 0.75 a bushel. E. J. Hopkins of Manchester was the auctioneer.
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Manchester
Harry Turner
Helfer
Rhode Island
E. J. Hopkins
Hogs at 4.15 Return 45 Cents a Bushel for Corn
Central City farmer R. R. Hatch sold 69 hogs at Chicago for 4.15 per hundredweight. The Hampshire-Poland pigs, weighing 202 pounds each, had 1200 bushels of corn and 25 dollars in tankage fed. Hatch calculates the hogs paid 45 cents a bushel for corn, 13 cents more than the winter low.
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Central City
R. R. Hatch
Chicago
Steers Bring $5.15 A Hundredweight In Chicago Sale
Washington county farmer Homer Garsrard of Washington delivered a carload of steers to the Chicago market Wednesday selling at 5 15 a hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Washington
Homer Gars Rard
Chicago
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44Th Ave
Hoover
Roosevelt
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Acoven
R.F.A
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Dial
Black Hawk
Zelezny Market
Mt. Vernon Ave
Oast
Allhide
Wallhide
Pittsburgh Products Paint Store
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Pittsburgh Paint Products Agency
P.P.G. Co
Delaware
President Buchanan
Tru
Grundy Fair Association
Folda’s
Erierer
Omar Wonder
Iry Pal
Wah Is
Omar
Economist
Lord Outlet
A. N. Watson
Third Ave
Japan
Robb Ross
Pillsbury Best
Washington Blue
Idaho
Maynard Creamery
Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Deeeerees
Ray Anderson
First Avenue
First Avenue East
aeDial
Libby
Red River
Iogold
C. N. Ayres
Mechanicsville, Iowa
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