Ossian Triumphs Over Elgin and School News Pack
Ossian defeated Elgin 8 to 2 in a Monday afternoon game at Shortfield. Elgin to return April 26 at Ossian with further games at Wadena on April 29 and May 3. Local school notes cover home economics dresses, primary readers, Holland-themed writing, and birthday cakes for Jane Falk. Also reports on illness quarantine, upcoming Iowa High School Agricultural Congress May 12 13 at Iowa State College, and spring pasture nutrition for cows alongside hybrid corn seed availability and numbers.
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Ossian
Elgin
Shortfield
Wadena
Holland
Jane Falk
Jackie Kiple
Phyllis
Evelyn
Ardath Roberts
Iowa
Iowa State College
Future Farmers of America
Iowa State College Vocational Education Department
Farm Bureau to Stage Kerr Farm Terracing Demonstration
Farm Bureau invites farmers to a terracing demonstration on Kerr Farm near Westville about 2 miles east, on April 25 at 1 30 PM. Attendees will learn terrace construction, adaptability, and management and have chances to ask questions about conservation practices. Corn Club members also judged grain samples and planned a hybrid yield test across 10 12 varieties as a club project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Holt
Kerr Farm
Corn Club
Farm Bureau
Rally Day Plans by Edith Barker in Fayette
Mrs Edith Barker assistant in charge of girls 4-H clubs will visit Fayette on April 27 to help plan Rally Day in June. She will meet the 4-H county committee from 10 a m to 12 at the farm bureau office then at 1 p m meet with leaders assistant leaders county officers and older girls at the Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Barker
Fayette
Barker
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Wisconsin leads in cowtesting associations statewide
Wisconsin leads all states in the number of cowtesting associations while Iowa ranked seventh last month. Copperas and copper sulfate are fed to suckling pigs to prevent nutritional anemia. The 1987 production of all farm products topped prior estimates by the Bureau of Agricultural Economies. Rhubarb and asparagus should not be harvested in the first year, with asparagus harvest possible after two weeks and rhubarb after twelve weeks in the second year.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Name Shortening Sparks Amusing Exchange Between Cook and Mistress
A woman hiring a Chinese cook asks his name. He says Me name San Toy Lee. She retorts your name is too long and calls him John. He asks hers and she replies Mrs CharlotteAnne Hemingway. He jokes I call you Chally. The exchange ends with light humor over names.
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San Toy Lee
John
Charlotte Anne Hemingway
Johnn
Chally
Filing Time For Township Offices May 7 1938
Filing for Pleasant Valley township offices closes May 7 under state law requiring affidavits 30 days before the primary. Offices include two justices two constables one trustee to succeed Brackin one to succeed Jacob one clerk one assessor one committeeman and one committeewoman. Ballot delegates must be written on the primary ballot. Blank forms available from committeeman R. P. Strauch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
B. H. Brackin
A. B. Jacob
Twin nurses welcome twins at Good Samaritan Hospital
In Watertown New York two identical twin nurses Margar et and Margery Wallace were noted at Good Samaritan Hospital. Their parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Taylor consider naming the newborns after the two main islands of the Thousand Islands group as the Thousand Islands International Bridge nears completion.
Private Pumping Station Firms Flood Control Near Kewanee IN
Arthur Quaife has completed a $15,000 privately owned pumping station on 1500 acres northeast of Kewanee Indiana. Aimed at draining Green River bot toms via a 6 mile ditch network, two diesel pumps lift water over the levee at 28 000 gallons per minute. The pumps run infrequently but protect land when levels rise, adding about 16 per acre in value and promising ample dry seasons.
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Arthur Quaife
Green River
Kewanee, IN
Middlewest
Mr. Quaife
Campaign kickstart by civic women in Mexico City
In Mexico City the Feminine Committee for fundraising led by Mrs Amalia Solorzano de Cardenas, wife of the Mexican president, opened a drive at the Palace for Fine Arts. Women from all classes contributed jewelry and money into the urn as the campaign began.
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Mexico
D. F
Amalia Solor
West Union High to Plant 50 Trees on Arbor Day
West Union high school students will plant 50 trees in Echo Valley State Park on Arbor Day. Officials sponsor the program as part of broader tree-planting efforts by schools and groups, with Arbor Day proclaimed by Governor Kraschel for Friday, April 29, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Echo Valley State Park
Nels G. Kraschel
Sperati Band Player Dies of Heart Attack
Sperati, youngest son of Luther college band director Dr. Carlo A. Sperati, died shortly before 7 am Sunday from a heart attack. An alumnus of Luther College class of 1931, he toured Norway in 1936 as a xylophone soloist and master of traps with the Luther band. Five policemen raided a barn at the state fair grounds in Des Moines Saturday, aiding eight people and seizing 52 cents and a pair of dice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigvald R. Sperati
Carlo A. Sperati
Luther College
Norway
Luther Band
Dee Moines
Sailor Teases Lady Aboard Ship in Moonlit Banter
A liner scene unfolds with a sailor joking about moonrise while a young woman leans over the rail. Elsewhere a Scotsman asks to rent a horse for four, and a clerk presents satin bloomers to a curious customer seeking unused undergarments.
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Merrill Gunderson
Postville
Jacob Gehring, Jr
Hans Grether
Thor
Feller's Hardware
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Capper’s Hatchery
Echo Office
Cappers Hatchery
E. G. Stoehr
Myron Anderson
Gander
Ben Schneider Farm
Mabel Holzer
Waltham Gold
Fred Reichert
Bradley-Vrooman
Feller's Haw
Orgin Thompson
Monona
Gunder
Kate Horan
Clermont
Walter Haigh & Sons
Manchester
Elmer Pinney
Bridge
Gilbert Loftsgard
Elgin Co-operative Company
Hunsberger & Sehari
Arundel-on-the-Bay
Maryland
New York City
Peete
Arlington
R. J. Williams
State Department
Ladies of the Christian Church
Farm Bureau News Letter
R. P. Strauch
Sperati
Electrolux
Lehman’s Hardware
Electrolux & Skelgas
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Abie
Scotchman
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Deering
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