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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
2
Many Iowa educators urge rural minded teachers to counter city bias in consolidated schools. A survey finds 50 to 75 percent of boards demand rural minded staff to qualify for state aid, as rural youngsters often plan to move to cities while only 20 percent nationwide want farming as a home.
Ames report from June 30 notes Iowa faces a need for teachers with rural orientation to serve consolidated schools. The focus is on keeping farm youth in rural areas by staffing schools that meet local agricultural communities.
Government crop report notes small light heads in Missouri and underfilled grain in Ohio valley. Dry conditions hurt western regions while spring wheat progresses in the northwest. Drought damages unirrigated Rocky Mountain and far northwest areas. Corn shows generally favorable prospects though moisture needed. Oats and minor crops suffer from heat and dryness. Nebraska wheat estimates range 40 to 45 million bushels. government June forecast about 55 million. last year 68 million. Chinch bug presence rises from Ohio to Kansas. threshing returns for winter wheat mixed. final harvest may fall short of last year’s £7 million.
Large hats made of coarse black straw showcase oversized gaudy flowers painted on the brims, creating a striking decorative trend.
Adams Farm Bureau reports on the Willing Workers Poultry Club meeting at Velma Mullen’s home with five new members, and the Help One Another Garment Club with a sewing machine demonstration at Ruth Ruder’s home. It covers poultry culling plans, Union Township Gilt Club activities, officer elections, and a county tour of club calves with weight progress and daily gains.
Extension Department examined each calf on feed and outlined merits and faults by condition thickness flesh and dressing percentage. Mr Beresford gave feeding and care suggestions from now until show time. The trip proved a very practical instruction for youths and adults alike.
A period piece warns that women risk illness by overestimating strength and overworking. It cites wet feet, cold exposure, heavy lifting, and overwork, touting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as an unfailing remedy based on testimonies of many women who regained health.
A quoted proverb invites simple folk to seek understanding. A later reference defines wisdom as a man's attribute that gives every action its ideal value and import.
Grant Frus from Greenfield visits Creston for business. Lauder Fleming of Afton spends Thursday in Creston with friends. Emma Nelson of Shannon City visits Creston. Mrs J W Coen of Afton visits her mother Mrs Spencer in Creston. Mrs A Bye of Claarfeld shops in Creston. Dale Cunningham of Orient attends to business in Creston. Fred Butler of Orient returns home after a business visit. Lee Larkin of Greenfield attends to personal business in Creston. Mrs George Burdette of Spaulding returns home after visiting Creston. Mr Kighine of Tingley in Creston for business and friends. E S Bennett of Prescott spends day on business in Creston. Mrs A F Watts of Lenox returns home after visiting Creston friends. Lillian Henry returns home to Spaulding after visiting W D Anstey in Creston. Mrs Katie Williams leaves for Fairfield to visit daughter and family. Miss Mary Layson of Phoenix, visiting Creston, leaves for Denver then home to Phoenix. Miss Larson plans to return to Creston in August. Mrs Victor Blazek and daughter Margariet return from Iowa City after two months caring for sister Mrs Ed Cilek. They also visit daughter Mrs Hubert Wilson and sons Frank and James. Mrs Fred Peterson of 306% N Cherry leaves for Red Oak to attend Bergland Osmond nuptials Sunday. Bergland formerly a Creston girl. Osmond a Burlington fireman. They plan to make Creston home.
The Madison County Arm Bureau reports on culling to boost winter egg production, notes on identifying laying hens, and plans for multiple culling demonstrations. It details potato leaf hopper damage and Bordeaux spray formulas, plus upcoming county meetings and a July Des Moines tour highlighting costs and yields in pork production.
United States Department of Agriculture study reports the average cost to produce 100 pounds of marketable pork in Iowa and Illinois in 1921 as $6.08. The data come from 34 spring pigs yielding 55,140 pounds of pork, with corn prices noted as relatively cheap.
In a June 23 1922 convention of 52 Harrison County Iowa delegates the Farm Bureau resolutions committee unanimously endorses Willis L Stern for the Federal Farm Loan Board. They urge Iowa’s congressional delegation to press for his appointment and pledge support as a faithful friend to farmers nationwide.
In Persia the wedding ceremony is traditionally read before a fire. The officiant leads the ritual as flames symbolize purity and warmth for the couple's life together.
About seventy couples attended a private dance at McKinley Park on Thursday evening. Music was provided by Brick's Orchestra of Lenox and all attendees reported a very pleasant evening.
Mr and Mrs Phil Keck hosted a 6 o clock dinner Thursday evening at their Wyoming avenue home. The event honored Mr and Mrs Harley Haverick visiting from Newark Ohio and accompanied by a number of friends.
The Willing Workers of the Salem Lutheran church plan a Saturday meeting at McKinney Park. If rain cancels the park event, the gathering will move to the church basement. Members should meet at the church at 1 p.m.
A group of Mrs. Elsie Petznick friends and relatives surprised her at 668 North Pine Street last evening while she was away. Music and refreshments including ice cream cake and lemonade followed, and all enjoyed a pleasant gathering.
The Oawenea Camp Fire girls spent a day at Petznick's Grove after a 5 50 start. Participants included Edith Gray Martha Edwards Margaret Cashmn Margaret Gray Lucile Fisher Beatrice Abbott Helen McMahon Janette Johnson with chaperones Miss Ruth Bell and Miss Longstreth guiding the group.
C H Beatty of Orient showed business interests while John Mann of Lenox toured Creston this afternoon and made calls regarding local commerce.
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