Keokuk County Farm Women Health Examinations Planned
Health clinic project set for Keokuk County during the week of June 3 to 8 aims to provide physical examinations for more than 1000 farm women. Sponsored by the Home Project Division with the county medical association, it marks the first clinic of its kind in the United States, urged by Miss Annette Peterson and supported by local farm leaders and physicians.
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Igoursney Szecies
Keokus
Ims
Divisen
Asm
Tris
Cominywice
United States
Anmmette Peterson
Ames
Bucinen
Relia Brown
Sigourney
Mors
Ernest Green
Nome eTocs
Wes
Follang Lever
Deta
Agest
Maurice Louis Ines
Gmiter
Hlakkens
Cercer
Oteker
Bein Eseem
Ernest Greer
Mesienke Cecumty Medics
Mason Et
FENCE DRIFT INTERPRETATION AND HEALTH WEEK PLANS
The fragment outlines a health week plan beginning June 1 with medical exams for women and a stated cost of 2.34 dollars. It notes a home project committee, appointment arrangements, and a gendered participation rule, with emphasis on examinations of ear throat abdomen and related checks.
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Satresian
Steer Market Report Shows Prices and Weights
A fragmented market note describes steers selling at 12.75 per hundredweight with average weights around 920 pounds. Mentions buyers and consignors in a county feeder trade, highlighting pricing and shipment details for the lot.
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Gizesia
Ciaquomita
Clarence Burleson
Jecesom County
Mendez Wid - Ised Ct
PIG PRODUCTION RECORDS REPORTED AT FARM SUMMER SALE
A farmer from the county reports pig breeding figures for multiple sows and litters. The note lists quantities per sow, yielding totals that point to a planned livestock sale. Names and places are partially obscured in the OCR, but reference to a Jennison farm and local farms remains.
Erosion Control Field Days Planned In Bethany Area
Spectil to The Garesee Bethany Missouri reports a federal erosion control program field day to start April 27 with farmers and researchers inspecting erosion control projects. A similar event is planned for Shenandoah Iowa on Assy 26. The effort aims to establish a federal erosion control project affecting about 62 percent of farmers in the watershed portions. County agent George Diller noted petitions and interest from local farmers as the program gains attention.
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Spectil
Bethany
Z. Uhland
Federel Ecosicon
Arneanees
Cihéssmar
Shenencoah
Cemwe
George Diller
Glens
Westington
Amr
Birthrate Decline Signals Fewer Mouths For Future Needs
Readable excerpts from a garbled report indicate a lower birthrate in the near term, with projections of aging population and rising elderly share. Dr. OC. Baker cites economic factors, while analysts warn of increased demand for food supplies if birthrates stay low and migration patterns shift population distribution.
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Waslington
Shenid
Sezer
Siker
Cerzen
Indeer
M.grauen
Rowley Creamery Pays 31 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery received thirty one cents per pound for butterfat during the first half of April while secretary Joe McGrath notes butterfat prices in the last half remained at thirty seven cents per pound.
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Rowley Creamery
Escorta
the Gazette
Roveley
Rowley Farmers Co-operetve Creamers
Eany
Joe McGrate
Farm buildings under construction near Decorah
New farm structures are rising around Decorah including a barn 252 percent? 79 on the Greve Brothers fate. A barn on the George Frye farm stands four miles north of Decorah as builders push ahead with a Decoran vicinity development.
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Ecea
Decoran
Greve Brothers Fate
Decorah
George Frye
Poisoned Kidneys Harmlessly Flush Ads for Haarlem Oil
An old newspaper advertisement promises relief for kidney and bladder issues. It claims Haarlem Oil capsules can flush acids, stop nighttime urination, and ease burning backache cramps and puffy eyes. The offer urges purchase of four 35 cent packages and notes tax included.
Community Gathers To Honor Loss With Farm Planting
More than twenty neighbors of Wilison family near Alburnett gathered on the Wilson farm to plant a sixty acre field in sympathy after the death of Joseph Wilson in a motor vehicle accident. Four tractors with discs three harrows and five corn planters worked the field while twenty two head of horses pulled equipment. Neighbors listed include Powers Estill Picker ing McGiverin and Ewen with women aiding at home.
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Soria
Alburnete
Wilism Wilson
Alburnett
Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Sielk
Howard Powers
Gene Estill
G. C. Pickering
Paul MecGiverin
J. J. McGiverin
W. ©. Powers
Henneth White
Charles Ledvies
R. W. Ewen
E. W. Sherman
L. E. Petrex
N. A. Fleming
F. W. Nellar
Richard Ewen
Clarence Stahley
F. V. Aellar
Hattie Moore
Solon Herefords Go to Australia
Special to The Gazette. Solon-Sessler Brothers, acceders of Bereford cetiie for the fest thirty years, lest wees shipped five choice Polled Herefords to Sidney, Australia. The cevie were selected of B. Q. Gammond af Des Motres, secre tary of the American Polled Breeders asssociation. Tees were wacked to Chicers and shipped on rail to New York where they were feeded on boat Nessie. Brothers recently pur chased the tom bull cell of the Peed Hereford sele at Des cines.
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Solon
Sessler Brothers
Bereford
Oleo Production Surges In April 1935 Over 1934
Production of oleomargarine in the United States in April rose sharply, with 32,242,828 pounds produced this year versus 16,145,732 pounds in April 1934. For the first four months of 1935 output reached 143,823,471 pounds, up from 76,439,576 pounds in the same period last year, a 46 percent increase.
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United States
Romkey Protests Testing Methods For Tuberculosis Herd
Burlington Iowa A U P Glen W Romkey a farmer and former state senator filed a complaint with state officials over tuberculosis test practices by veterinarians He charged improper sterilization and cited an instance where Bangs disease infected cow was tested and then a clean herd was tested without sterilization He said the protest represents western Des Moines county farmers and cited sanitation selection and appraisal discrepancies between veterinarians and state prices.
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Burlington
Iowa
Glen W. Romkey
Romkey
Bang
Bomkey
Des Moines
Pigs Shipped From Cedar County Surplus Reserve
About 150 head of surplus pigs from the FERA jig farm in Cedar county were sent to a packing company in Dubuque by rail on Wednesday afternoon. The animals had been in feed at the concentration farm one mile south of Tipton for several months under the Cedar County Emergency Relief committee supervision.
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Tipton
FERA
Cedar County
Packing Company
Dubuque
Sand Springs hog market results show mixed consignments
C Lang, George Turnis and George Lie bold, farmers in the Sand Springs family, received 25 cents per hundredweight for hogs on the Chicago market last week. The hogs were marketed through the Sand Springs Open Market Shipping association. In the same shipment were mixed hogs averaging 274 pounds consigned by Gienapp Brothers, W Welter, and Peter Achen which brought 9 dollars per hundredweight.
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Sand Springs
C. Lang
George Turnis
George Liebold
Chicago
Starket Shipping Association
Gienapp Brothers
W. Welter
Peter Achen
Jersey club awards silver medals for productive heifers
The American Jersey Cattle club granted silver medals to two year old heifers that produced 59 percent pounds of butterfat as a two year old, highlighting high dairy yield and fat content achievements for young cows.
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The
American Jersey Cattle Club
Chinch Bug War To Be Directed From Minneapolis
Washington reports a 2.3 million dollar federal grant for chinch bug control in the corn belt. Creosote barriers will be built along fields with field operations directed from Minneapolis by Dr. P. N. Annand and state entomologists. County and farmer participation planned.
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Minneapolis
Specis
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Corm Belt
Lee A. Strong
Bureau of Entomology and
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Mr. Strong
Department of Agriculture
P. N. Annand
New Chamber of Commerce
Minn
Manchester Man Goes To Belgium To Buy Horses
Mr and Mrs Erwin Dygert of Dygert Brothers Manchester horse importers depart Friday for a Belgium horse buying expedition. Dysart plans two loads totaling around eighty horses with one load returning in August, rest shipped later. This marks the first direct importation of Belgian horses to Manchester.
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Manchester
Erwin Dygert
Dygert Brothers
Belgium
Dysart
Health winner from Anamosa-I Irene Snyder selected
Irene Snyder of the Rainbow 4 H club in Jones county is chosen as the health contestant representing her club in the county health contest this year.
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The
Anamosa—I
Irene Snyder
Jones County
Good fruit prospects at Wilton Junction after weekend rains
Week end rains boosted gardens and pastures in the Wilton Junction area. With favorable weather, farmers plan to plant corn this week as prospects for a fruit crop remain good in the vicinity.
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Wilton Junction
ANA Force Moves Des Moines Office to Fifth and Walnut
The Triple A will lease seventh floor office space at Fifth and Walnut Des Moines for the Iowa board of contract review. Sixty employees will move. the board secretary’s group now rents a Des Moines federal building rent free. Cedar Rapids offered free quarters but was declined to keep workers and statistician together in one city.
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Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Des Moines
Triple A
Iowa Board of Corn and Hog
Board of Review
Federal
Second Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Federal Statistician
Iowa
Leslie AL Carh
Pricer
Plens
Oransky
Des Moines Federal
Weatherman Delivers Rain to Mostly Dry Iowa Regions
Des Moines area records modest moisture while south and central Iowa receive heavy soaking rains. Indi anola leads with 2.71 inches, Van Meter 2.15, Des Moines 1.59, and several counties report over an inch. Northern Iowa stays comparatively dry as clouds linger and temperatures edge higher Friday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Indianola
van Meter
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Jefferson
Guthrie Center
Ames
Charles City
Sioux City
Dubuque
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Keokuk
Weather Bureau
Hogs top Chicago market at $10.05 cwt in Dubuque sale
Charles McQuillen of Dubuque County sold fifty eight spotted hogs weighing 252 pounds on the Chicago market for 10.05 dollars per hundredweight Wednesday. It was the highest sale since October 20, 1930, reflecting strong demand for hogs.
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Dubuque
Charles McQuillen
Dubuque County
Chicago
Cattle Driven Fifty Miles to Pasture
Fred W. Hinkhouse a cattle feeder near West Branch drove 225 head fifty miles to pasture lands near Baldwin over three days. He was joined by his son William and E N Hemingway on horseback. Cattle crossed three rivers and faced no trouble thanks to ample pasture and water facilities at Baldwin. This was their second long trek, the first lasting three days en route to the railway when calves were shipped from the western range last fall.
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West Branch
Fred W. Hinkhouse
Baldwin
Mr. Hinkhouse
William
E. N. Hemingway
Jones Farm Bureau Picnic Planned At Monticello
The annual Jones county Farm Bureau picnic and programs are set for July 4 at the county fair grounds in Monticello. County Agent Carl Smith announced the event, with coordination by picnic committee members B. D. Heiken W. B. Meeks and Ray Embree. Monticello merchants will cooperate as plans include a State Farm Bureau federation officer speaker local talent entertainment and a Monticello Anamosa ball game.
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Monticello
Jones County Farm Bureau
Carl Smith
Anamosa
B. D. Heiken
Center Junction
W. B. Meeks
Martello
Ray Embree
Mechanicsville
State Farm Bureau Federation
Washington 4-H Girls Plan Rally Day Cast
Washington county 4 H club girls selected for the cast in The Bohemian Girl at the county Rally day on June 12. Ruth Speidel Wilma Palmer Maurine Walker Mabel Wiley Marjorie Frame and Isabelle Morrison named among the cast with twenty more girls from county 4 H clubs in the chorus.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Ruth Speidel
Wilma Palmer
Maurine Walker
Mabel Wiley
Marjorie Frame
Isabelle Morrison
Hogs Bring Top Prices at Anamosa Open Market
Seventy two head of hogs sold by farmers near Anamosa at Chicago through the Anamosa Open Market Shipping association. A P Nielsen earned 9.25 per cwt for hogs averaging 243 pounds. Walter and Chesire received 9.25 for hogs averaging 217 pounds. Wink and Morey got 9.20 for mixed hogs averaging 184 pounds.
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Anamosa
Chicago
Anamosa Open Market Shipping Association
A. P. Nielsen
Walter
Chesire
Wink
Morey
Steers Bring $15.25 at Chicago Market
Sam Baird of Louisa County sold eighty nine head of 1,341 pound steers on the Chicago market for fifteen dollars and twenty five cents per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Wapello
Sam Baird
Louisa County
Chicago
Cedar County steers sold on Chicago market at $14.25
Tipton Mathews and Miller feeders in Cedar County sold two carloads of steers averaging 1,352 pounds on the Chicago market for 14.25 per hundredweight.
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Gazsite
Tipton
Mathews
Miller
Cedar County
Chicago
Corn brings seven dollars an acre in field
In Reinbeck area east of here William Sprole sold a 600 acre tract to Herman and Joe Strohbein for seven dollars per acre. The corn was not harvested last fall because of bad weather and the Strohbins are now picking while neighbors plant. In Rowley corn planting is in full swing with gardens doing well and early potatoes six inches high. In North English farming Tuesday included discing and first planting of corn with some still to plant their first kernel of 1935 crop as vegetation grows nicely.
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Spcoint
Geratte, Grundy
Reinbeck
William Sprole
Herman
Joe Strohbehn
Strohbehns
Rowley
Gazetta
Farmers Near Martelle Face Planting and Harvest Variability
Farmers in the Martelle area report the corn planting almost complete for the year while others have just finished last year’s harvest. Seed corn remains scarce and demand for soybeans is strong.
Emergency Freight Rate On Hay To Expire May 31
County Agent George Dillon in Cedar Rapids reminds farmers and feeders that the reduced emergency freight rate for forage shipments into Iowa ends May 31. Since last fall railways have charged about half the regular rate for hay and other roughages, the full rate resumes June 1.
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George Dillon
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar County Junior Farm Bureau Meeting Attended
More than fifty members of the Cedar county Junior Farm Bureau attended the monthly meeting in Tipton Tuesday evening with George Carey presiding. County Agent Morrell Leeds gave a short talk.
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Tipton
Cedar County Junior Farm Bureau
George Carey
Morrell Leeds
Local Woman Credits Rheumatic Cure Advertisement Claims
Mrs. Andrew E. Laveck of Council Bluffs Iowa describes years of rheumatism misery in neck shoulders limbs and joints. She credits a remedy sold at Thrifty Fane Street Lay Standard Ave for relief and renewed vitality after long struggle with pain sleep loss and mobility issues.
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Andrew E. Laveck
Ave
Council Blutts
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