Sorghum Industry Centers Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids area becomes a focal point for a rare sorghum industry as the Waconia and Bowersox plants operate in a short season from September to October. The Waconia plant on Sixth Street Road SW processes up to 6,000 gallons daily and ships 50,000 cases annually, while the Bowersox plant remains a long‑standing local operation known for its traditional cane juice extraction and glucose-added sorghum.
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Cedar Rapids
America
Sixth Street Road
James W. Bowersox
Waconia
Bowersox Place
Midwestern
Bowersox
James E. Bowersox
William H. Bowersox
Iowa City Road
Waconia Sorghum Plant Pioneers Pure Cane Process
The Waconia sorghum plant, begun by John Wessale in 1880, uses vacuum evaporators and custom machinery to produce pure cane sorghum. The operation grinds 15,000 tons of cane per season, with pulp fuel, cattle feed leaves, and high quality seed byproducts.
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Waconia Sorghum Company
Cedar Rapids
United States
Waconia Company
John Wessale
Waconia
Minnie
John Wessales
Edward
Frank
George
Buchanan County dairy herd posts strong September yields
Independence report shows 304 cows on test in Buchanan County Dairy Herd Improvement produced an average 418 pounds of milk and 178 pounds of butterfat for September. Foster Brothers' 11 grade Jersey herd led with 625 pounds milk and 28.8 pounds butterfat. W. C. Kelly's Holstein cow led with 1626 pounds milk and 71.5 pounds butterfat.
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Independence
Buchanan County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Foster Brothers
W. C. Kelly
Ames dairyman sets Oct 12 deadline for butter contest
A. W. Rudnick of Ames announces October 12 as the entry deadline for the 1942 fall educational butter contest to be held in Mason City on October 20 and 21.
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Ames (Ins
A. W. Rudnick
Ames Extension Dairyman
Mason City
Women Sorting Corn at Marengo Plant
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn company in Marengo employs 210 workers, 90 of them women, the first time women have been hired for sorting. About 1,000 acres in Marengo Ladora Blairstown Amana supply seed for the plant. The corn is high quality and will be dried by artificial heat before storage for winter.
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Marengo
Ladora
Blairstown
Amana
Postville Night School Opens October 7 for Wartime Production
Postville announces the fall and winter adult night school will begin October 7 at the high school and run for ten weeks. Adrian C. Gamble, vocational agriculture instructor, says a course for men titled Wartime Production for the Postville Community will be offered, while a Fond for Defense course will open the same evening for women.
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The
Gazette
Postville
Adrian C. Gamble
Husking in Webster Area To Start This Week
Special to The Gazette Webster area anticipates corn and beans drying after a heavy freeze. Some fields near ready for combining, with a few farmers starting corn harvest this week. Hogs placed in fields aid harvesting as clover work resumes after rain delays.
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Webster Area
Webster
Silo filling starts at Troy Mills as frost hits drying corn
Silo filling began Thursday at Troy Mills with farmers snapping corn for feed. Corn is drying rapidly after frost, making fodder cutting difficult.
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Troy Mills
Man Loses Finger in Farm Accident Near Traer
Harry Thoms of north Traer suffered the amputation of the middle finger on his right hand when it was caught in a corn picker rolls recently. The injury occurred on the farm and the finger was removed at the first joint.
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Traer
Harry Thoms
Mold bran may boost alcohol for rubber as war material
Iowa State chemists Dr. L. A Underkoffer and Dr. E. I. Fulmer report mold bran bread mold, grown on bran, outperforms malt in saccharification. Yields from corn reach about 94 percent of theory, up to 96 percent, versus 85 percent with barley malt.
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Gazette
AMES
Iowa State College
L. A Underkoffer
E. I. Fulmer
L. M. Christensen
University of Idaho
Railroad Applies For Truck Permit In Iowa
The Chicago and North Western railroad seeks a certificate to operate as a motor carrier of freight across northern Iowa, supplementing rail service. Hearings are set for October 27 in Des Moines and November 17 in Sioux City. Proposed routes include 6 Mt Vernon to Clinton and 7 Tama to Marshalltown.
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Des Moines
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Iowa Commerce Commission
Sioux City
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa
Amber
Center Junction
Onslow
Monmouth
Baldwin
Nashville
Maquoketa
Delmar
Petersville
Charlotte
Goose Lake
Bryant
Andover
Almont
Clinton
Tama
Toledo
Garwin
Gladbrook
Beaman
Marshalltown
Cornell College Calendar Altered for War Time Reasons
Gas and rubber shortages and crowded transportation force Cornell College to shift its calendar. Freshmen depart Dec 16 with upperclassmen a day later, return Jan 6 and 7, extending recess from Dec 18 to Dec 28. Semester ends Jan WW and second term ends May 30, altering academic dates due to wartime conditions.
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MT Vernon
Cornell College
Ful
Reisners to Note 10th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Nick Reisner celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their home four miles northwest of here with a dinner for 30 and an open house. Mrs Reisner, born March 11, 1878 in Germany, came to the United States at age seven. Mr Reisner was born in Steden.
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Wisconsin
Fayette County
Windsor Brick Church
Bethel Township
Keith Roberle Fisin
Sumner
Wesley Caries
Fredricksburg
Spevia
Wawkeye
Nick Reisner
Here
Rewner
Maggie Beyer Storfe
Germany
United States
Rewsner
Steden
Dinner Party Held for Mrs Thomas Tracey Speca
Mr Thomas Heo Tracey of Manchester was elected department president of the American Legion. He was the guest of honor at a Thursday dinner party at the Legion hall. State officers, Judge Shannon Bo Charltan Post Commander Rosso Sheppe downa, Mrs Grace Gilbert King of West Union and Vase Forrest KO Jones of Manchester attended and spoke.
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Speca
Manchester
Thomas Heo Tracey
Mannhester
America Legion Aus
Legion Hall
Vase Forrest KO Jones
Shannon Bo Charltan
Rosso Sheppe Downa
Grace Gilbert King
West Union
Enlistment Board to Visit Cornell College
Dean Jay B MacGregor announces an enlistment board will visit Cornell College from October 17 to 20. This follows the joint presentation by the Army Coast Guard and Marine Corps staged on October 15.
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Speal
MT Vernon
Jay B MacGregor Statson
Carewell College
Jont
Army Coast Guard
Marine Corps of Stars
Vinton Youth Attacked and Robbed Near Fourth Street
A Vinton youth was knocked down and robbed of 18 dollars by three men who fled in a late model V-8 automobile Saturday night. The victim, walking home after seeing a friend, was found semi conscious and unable to identify his assailants. Police reported the incident occurred on Bart Fourth Street in Vinton.
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Walker
Main Street
Adolph
Andrew M. Kuhn
William Carpenter
Vinton South
Bart Fourth
Visteon
Wanners a caps donated to officers graduation
A misread OCR passage mentions officers receiving gold bars and a graduation scene. It references a president and a university, with uncertain attribution to Drake and Vereity. The text is garbled but implies official praise and support for leadership during a graduation ceremony.
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Ced
Heros Ge Vanien
Drake
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Wessales
Fraternal Neighbors’ Society
State OF Iowa
Guaranty Bank
Buchanan C. T. A
Reisners
Mrs
Thomas Tracey
Vinton
Tractor Oil Sale
Tutte
Pennsylvania
SEARS
Argosy
Fed. Tax Inc
Second Avenue SE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
DIAL
Iowa
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