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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1935
Page
6
The report details April declines in meat storage and prices, noting lower pork and beef holdings, changes in lard and prepared meats, and varying month to month stock levels. It compares May and March imports, outlines totals for beef, pork, and poultry, and provides five year averages and year over year shifts.
Reports from Walker area describe fields slow and wet after recent showers hindering sowing operations for corn and oats. Farmland near North English Keokuk county reports wind hail damage with two foot drifts in the Virginia settlement and widespread destruction to buildings and orchards.
Rural women across farms blend democratic, practical living with culture and education. They grow through state and national federations, guest speakers, and conventions, shaping a hopeful rural civilization amid farming labor and adversity.
Des Moines reports continued spring farming delays across several Iowa regions as fresh rain dampens fields. A frost risk in the northwest is deemed minor for early crops while the weather bureau expects fair conditions and a small temperature rise midweek. Eastern areas face wetter ground delaying farm tasks.
Eperal reports Tipton residents will vote in a wheat referendum scheduled for the evening of May 22. The item notes local timing and the community ballot action.
An old ad touts Juniper Oi Buchu Leaves and green tablets named Bukets as a bladder laxative. It claims to ease burning leg pains back ache and urination irritation after a four day trial with a 25 cent test and returnable if unsatisfied.
Army worms invade fields in Illinois and northern Missouri with peak damage expected in three to five weeks. Poison bran used to slow their march. Canker worms bite elm and apple leaves across southern Iowa, with defoliation noted last year in central regions. H E Nichols Ames extension horticulturist reports widespread activity in Mills Fremont and Decatur counties and beyond.
Notice to depositors and creditors of the Corn Belt Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa of an application by D W Bates as Receiver to enter a contract to sell Lot One in Block Fourteen Vern on Heights Fifth Addition Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa to William A Montgomery and Carrie E Montgomery or survivor. Hearing set May 20 1935 at Cedar Rapids Courthouse.
In Washington, Claude Wickard and W O Fraser announce that delayed 1934 corn and hog benefit payments in Iowa should be cleared within thirty days, with only 5 to 6 percent unpaid. The group cites totals of 314 million dollars with 18 million still due, and outlines first to third payment progress and deductions for administration.
Three barefoot youngsters trudged home from school in southern Iowa through wet, sticky mud. The rain-soaked scene echoes a favorite melody in parts of the state where little precipitation fell last season, with the fence drift catching in a woven tire as they pass by.
The Whittier Gleaners 4 H club in Brown township Linn county held a meeting at Gertrude McGrew’s home to honor mothers with a special program and motto gifts. Club readers Mrs Irene McGrew and Mrs Marie Hoge received green and white 4 H quilt tops made by members.
Trucker teams from Missouri who last winter brought coal into Tama county in exchange for livestock feed return this spring with loads of fence posts traded for shelled corn. Posts valued at sixteen cents each.
Ladora Morse Brothers and F M Rathurn, farmers near here, received five carloads of cattle from Kansas this Sunday. The shipment included two carloads of large cattle and three carloads of calves.
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