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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
3
Iowa farmers reported total cash income of 522,356,000 in 1947, down from 1934 by about 47 million dollars. Income from crops rose slightly while livestock income and livstock products fell sharply due to reduced marketing. Government payments remained roughly the same as 1934. The drop in recent months reflected drought impacts and market conditions affecting 1937 income.
Fourteen Iowa 4-H club girls reported 31,100 in gardening business that year. They cultivated 12,974 square feet and raised produce valued at about $600. Vegetables and fruit used fresh totaled $422, with over $100 sold. Forty one kinds of vegetables were grown, led by carrots beets lettuce peas radishes and potatoes. Cabbage onions string beans potatoes cucumbers corn also appeared in most gardens. Some girls sold extra vegetables such as rutabagas Brussels sprouts olives and asparagus.
Camp led by Company 1762 CCC in Bidore Bay reports 281 work days accomplished without piecemeal delays. From 14 months of effort soil conservation tasks completed, totaling 26,140 man hours and 160,540 miles driven across 18 treks, with no major injuries recorded.
Weekend lineup features Sonja Henie in Happy Landing with Don Ameche Ethel Merman and others plus Mame Runs Wild and Tarant Revenge. Nightly shows include Eleanor Holm Glenn Morris in a new Edgar Rite Farrough adventure and a Saturday double bill with Jack Randall in Where the Wret Heyine and a Telephone Operator tale. Midnight show at 11:36 with City fori drama starring Phyllis Brooks and Ricardo Carter.
Mrs Johnson of town Falls will appear at the thirty eighth annual Farm and Home week program at Iowa State College on February 12. She will take part in the home economics division among a lineup of over 200 speakers including a governor a farm woman a child psychologist and a State Department official in Washington.
The Farm and Hore Week program at Tosca State College runs February 7 to 12 with speakers on diverse topics. Governor Netw GC Kreschel discusses Sawa's conversation program. Mrs Raymond Smyre of Ackworts chairs the Sawa Farm Bureau Prodera tion women’s committees on Family Life and Hor al Amarion. Dr Willem Biets of the University of Toronto speaks on Adjusted Youth in Maladjusted Time. OL RL Edominiater discusses International Trace Agreements. Plows receive a lighting system from the highway commission to improve vehicle identification and reduce accidents by signaling approaching equipment.
The Rough Woods Ladies group met Thursday February 10 with Mrs Harold Wehrman. Readers and callers visited various homes including Harold Wehrman, Dan Smith, Kenneth Cromer, and Archie Holt. The group heard a report from the Ladies Aid about the dinner, with officers serving and a short devotional held at the church hall.
A garbled fragment describes guests including Grace Miller and Mr and Mrs Hower of Grundy. It mentions a program with a large crowd, cake sales, and visitors at various homes, noting dates in the week and names like Shetler and Holter Rome. The text references social visits and a church or community event in the Grundy region.
In Waterton visitors and residents are noted hosting and attending dinners and gatherings. Names include Mr and Mrs A J Miller Eldora, Ernest Wright, Geo Platt, Milford Plates, Mary Sister home, Orpha Gean Kinsinger visiting from Marehalltown, and others. The text mentions theater night, a later meeting, and skating activities with plentiful guest mentions.
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