Local Advertisements and Services in Decorah Iowa
A Decorah Iowa advertisement page lists subscriptions with 1.50 per year in Winneshiek County and 2.00 elsewhere, plus business cards, legal ads, and local ad rates. It notes optician services, physicians, Osteopathic doctors, an attorney, printing house, insurance, steamship agency, clothing wholesale and retail, dry goods, and a general merchants section with various goods and corner store details. The page includes multiple names and addresses in Decorah, Iowa.
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Winneshiek County
Canada
Mexico
Standard
Cane and barberry drive care in Winneshiek County
County farmers plant 800 acres of Early Amber Cane for sorghum and prepare more seed. Barberry removal continues with 35 inspected sites and 229 bushes found, 29 rods of hedge cleared. Soybeans gain traction as forage with new plantings for silage and seed. A threshermen convention is planned in Decorah June 29 to boost grain handling efforts.
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Winnneshiek County
Winneshiek County
New York
Decorah
M. E. Church
Dried and Canned Foods Urged by Iowa Extension
The Iowa State College extension urges households to can dry and store winter fruits and vegetables to conserve perishables for soldiers in France. It outlines home drying methods, community canner plans, and turning surplus fats into soap, plus butter preservation and wheat conservation. Barley and oats substitutes for flour, with recipes for barley waffles, corn meal rolls, and baked oatmeal.
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Iowa
France
Towa
Iowa State College
United States Food Administration
Parker House
War era recipes urge wheat cut in meals and breads
The text urges limiting wheat to aid wartime needs, citing corn spoilage and a push to cook with barley and other grains. It includes Indian Pudding instructions and a developed bread program featuring corn syrup, barley flour, and nutmeats, plus notes on canning and shelf life for rationing.
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South
New England
One Hundred Hens Per Farm Idea Circulates
A recent Circular 107 from the Secretary of Agriculture promotes placing 100 hens on every U S farm and producing 100 eggs per hen annually. Writers calculate about 600000000 hens and 60000000000 eggs yearly, framing the plan as a significant national resource. The text notes many farms could support the plan with no major added cost and cites lower regional averages as feasible targets.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Fourteenth Century Life and Living Conditions
The text describes 14th century homes as mud huts with rough doors and no chimneys. It notes smoke escaped through the roof while fires burned at mud walls. Furniture was wooden and people slept on straw pallets with wooden pillows. Nobility lacked glass in windows and cleanliness was poor. Becket was oddly praised for straw on the floor.
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Thomas Becket
Poultry as War Necessity Amidst Waste Materials
The text urges turning waste into poultry feed, arguing poultry convert unusable materials into food and justify a national duty to maintain flocks. It notes fowls can grow on waste with grain as a finishing step, creating new food rather than waste. It also mentions women’s hats with glass in brims to aid visibility when pulled down.
Destroy Pests of Poultry Head Lice and Red Mites
The article explains two body parasites that inflict fowls lice and the common red mite. It outlines how lice live on birds and thrive where cleanliness is poor, and notes dust baths and sanitation reduce infestation. It covers treatment with powdered sulphur or pyrethrum and mentions sodium fluorid as a powerful single-application option. It also describes red mites hiding under roosts and nest supports and advises cleaning, liquid insecticides, and repeat treatments to eradicate them.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Chickens Lead In Efficient Poultry Farming Uses
The article extols chickens as superior for general farming, highlighting their adaptability, ability to convert waste into food, and pest control. It notes chickens salvage scraps, grain from stables and hog pens, and can sustain livestock-fed farms through winter with minimal extra feeding. It urges keeping multiple poultry types for balance.
Argentina's Military Enlistment System Described
The article explains Argentina requires all citizens aged eighteen be enrolled under federal control serving as voter registration and national defense. At home, individuals join one of five districts across fourteen states and ten territories. abroad, consulates handle enrollment. The military authorities oversee the general enrollment to ensure accuracy beyond civilian census.
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Argentina
The Dardanelles in myth and memory
The Dardanelles take their name from Dardanus, founder of a lost city near Troy. The strait spans one to five miles wide, with the narrowest gap between Sestos in Europe and Abydos in Asia. Leander swam the Hellespont in legend, and Lord Byron later swam it in 1810.
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Dardanelles
Dardanus
Troy
Sestos
Europe
Abydos
Asia
Leander
Hellespont
Lord Byron
How She Banished Backache by Mr Effie E Kleppe
Averill Minn resident Effie E Kleppe describes long hospital treatments for rheumatism and kidney trouble with no relief. After using Foley Kidney Pills she reports immediate relief and continuing use whenever back pain returns, with a half bottle completing the cure at Ghertson's Pharmacy.
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Effie E. Kleppe
Averill, Minn
Ghertson
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K. Bailey & Son, Inc
West Water Street
R. * Acres
Ben Bear Block
Soukup
Rs. Stabo & Campbell
Physicians and Surgeons
Decorah State Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
D.S. Urban & Urban, Osteopathic Physicians
Abkieroe B. Amy, M. D
Decorah Ave
A. Woodward
Siven
Barthell
Law
Justice of the Peace
National Bank
K. Cutting
Bromley’s Shoe Store
W. M. Strand
Attorney At Law
B. P. Johnson Building
Lutheran Publishing House
Prince
Enger
Steamship Agency
Main Street
BEN Bear Co
Mott
Neral Merchants
Corner Water
Washington St
K. 1. Haugen
General Merchant
West Water St
Phoebe Lincoln
Neme Eig
River St
M. J. Soukup
J. C. Beard
Lowe
Farm Bureau
Chamber ‘of Commerce
County Council of Defense
Erib
U. S. Food Administration
Texas
Department OF Home Demonstration Work
Mmere
Victrolas
Victor
Ver
Cereal Beverage
C. A. Fosselman Company Distributors
Waverly, Iowa
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