Farm land values soar sparking fears of another boom crash
Washington reports warn of rising farm real estate prices driven by government guarantees and veteran expansion. The USDA and bankers urge cautious lending as mortgage debt nears records while cash sales rise and speculation grows. Prices vary by state with tobacco regions showing marked gains and a national plan forms to curb inflation in farm values.
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Department of Agriculture
American Bankers Association
South Carolina
Kentucky
Colorado
Indiana
Arkansas
Wyoming
USDA
National Agricultural Credit Committee
Chicago
Local Youths are Winners at Fair
4-H club youngsters led Fayette County fair entries with top honors in baby beef. Marion Gehring showed grand champion Shorthorn, Chas Strong reserve with Hereford. Blue ribbons went to Leroy Gehring, Lowell Gehring, Earl Strong, Harold Glass. red to Eugene Wenger, Lowell Strong, Duane Strong. Herefords dominated with Chas Strong sweep. Other winners include Gordon Pollock pigs, Dale Klingman lambs, Shirley Glass poultry. Baby beeves sold, Gehring grand, average price 16.6 c/lb, weight 871 3 7 lbs. Demonstration teams led by Marian Probert, Carol Miller. Victory gardeners recognized.
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Fayette County
Marion Gehring
Chas Strong
Leroy
Lowell Gehring
Earl Strong
Harold Glass
Eugene Wenger
Lowell Strong
Duane Strong
Rosella Strong
Lowell
Duane
Elgin
Chas. Strong
Myrtle Strong
Gordon Pollock
Dale Klingman
Elgin School Rewired and Lighting Modernized
The Elgin school building is being rewired this summer with a plan to install a modern lighting system. Old danger spots are being eliminated. School will open Monday, Sept. 10, per Supt. Luce, aimed at aiding the Elgin Canning Co which has employed many older pupils during the packing season. This opening is about a week later than usual.
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Elgin
Supt
Luce
Elgin Canning Co
Becker Sale Attracts Large Elgin Crowd
One of the largest crowds ever at an Elgin household goods sale attended Saturday at the Becker sale. Prices were above average and everything sold. H. F. Becker, administrator, says the entire Becker estate will be closed soon, including the Elgin home and farm north of town. The Ole P. Larson family, formerly of Council Bluffs, have moved to West Union at 222 State St. They are former county residents.
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Elgin
Becker
H. F. Becker
Ole P. Larson
Council Bluffs
West Union
State St
C County
Funeral for Charles L. Klingman Held at Illyria Church
Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Illyria Community church for Charles L. Klingman 73 who died early Sunday morning August 26 after a year of declining health and a week in bed. His life sketch will appear next week.
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Illyria
Charles L. Klingman
Elgin Schools Fill Vacancies With New Faculty
Elgin school fills vacancies as teachers join from Fayette Postville Sumner Arlington Waterloo and Elgin. New staff include LaVerle Cummings Gerene Schultz Cleota Rosenow Rosaland Kuemper Mrs C B Schori Julia Smith Leota Cummings Mrs Fred Breckner and W W Luce. Five new teachers join this year including Cummings Schultz Rosenow Kuemper and Breckner.
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Elgin
LaVerle Cummings
Fayette
Gerene Schultz
Postville
Cleota Rosenow
Sumner
Rosaland Kuemper
Arlington
C. B. Schori
Julia Smith
Leota ‘Cummings
Genevieve Dunkle
Waterloo
Fred Breckner
W. W. Luce
Migses Schultz
Rosenow
Kuemrpel
Breckner
Ray Pearl and His Gems at Park Pavilion West Union
Featured vocalist Ray Pearl returns after 2 1/2 years in Uncle Sam's Army with a top band. The event takes place at the Park Pavilion Dance in West Union on Tuesday September 4, as part of a busy season for the venue. The Elgin Canning Co. opened Monday with a light run and laid off Tuesday, while corn quality this early season looks good and may keep the factory busy if acreage expands and yields hold.
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Ray Pearl
Park Pavilion
West Union
Ray
Uncle Sam's Army
Elgin Canning Co
Frost Hits Iowa Corn In Milk Stage Thirty Years Ago
A historical note recalls the August 28 1915 killing frost across Iowa that spared little matured corn. The event left fields in the milk stage and affected harvest prospects. readers are urged to check wants ads for needed items.
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Iowa
Battleship Yowa and Navy War News Reach Elgin
Aboard USS Yowa off Honshu Seaman 1st Class Donald Guy Williams, 21, of Elgin, fought aboard the 45000 ton battleship as it and other Fleet ships blasted Japanese industrial targets near Tokyo. The Iowa's bombardment left factories aflame while naval forces moved island by island in the Pacific. Also aboard USS Arben off Honshu Seaman 1/c Johnnie Olsch, Elgin, helped in bombing a Kamaishin area steel center before V J Day. Various local service members receive new addresses, furloughs, and returns to camps, with updates on injuries and discharges. Local notices include Pvt Daniel C. Rounds’s new address in Arkansas and other service movements.
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Yowa
Honshu
Donald Guy Williams
USNR
Guy Williams
Elgin
Tokyo
Iowa
Pearl Harbor
Bbig
Japheld Pacific
Marshalls
Truk
Carolines
Marianas
Formosa
New Guinea
Philippines
Okinawa
BSPS
Arben
Johnnie Olsch
Kamaishin
Five School Busses For Elgin This Year
Supt. Luce announced Tuesday that five school busses would operate in Elgin this coming year. A new 42 passenger Wayne body bus was purchased for primary routes over the ridge road into town. The Weyne 24 passenger bus will serve the south river road and a panel job will loop west of Elgin. Two other passenger routes are laid out to bring in the Reierson children and from near Gander with Carlyle Kirkeberg driving. One bus from last year will be sold.
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Supt. Luce
Wayne
Ridge Road
Weyne
South River Road
Elgin
Reierson
Gander
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Fire destroys Volga area home after stove blast
The residence of Charles Bennington, located three miles east of Volga, burned to the ground Tuesday noon after an oil stove exploded. Firefighters reported that all furniture on the first floor was saved despite the flames.
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Charles Bennington
Volga
Rural Fayette County teachers to meet at West Union
The Fayette County Rural Teachers Association holds a preliminary meeting Friday at 8:30 a.m. in the West Union courthouse. Dr. W. A. Stolen will present new language texts and spellings, followed by a talk from Dr. Wayland Osborn on legislative trends. About a dozen rural schools may not reopen. salaries range from 110 to 160 dollars monthly. A. Morse, County Superintendent.
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Fayette County
Court House
West Union
W. A. Stolen
University of Wisconsin
Wayland IB. Osborn
State Board of Education Examiners
Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’Assn
State Association
A. &. Morse, Co
Ills and Admissions From Iowa Hospitals
Hospital notes from Iowa include Jennie Boleyn taken to Iowa City hospital after a fall at home. S W Kuster returning from St Francis Waterloo improved after two weeks of treatment. Bess Stohr sent to West Union hospital for pneumonia. Allen Habeger to Da Teorah hospital for appendectomy with smooth recovery. Mrs Fred Miller to university hospital Iowa City. John K R Schmid home from Allen Memorial Waterloo after a second operation. Mrs Ida Butikofer back home after five weeks at Postville hospital with similar condition.
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Miz
Jennie Boleyn
Iowa City
S. W. Kuster
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Bess Stohr
West Union Hospital
Allen Habeger
Dateorah Hospital
Fred Miller
University Hospital
John KR. Schmid
Allen Memorial “Hospital
Ida Butikofer
Postville Hospital
Postville Big 4 Fair Opens Friday on Calendar
The Postville Big 4 Fair runs Friday to Monday with three baseball games, the winners of the first two to meet Monday, plus dances on Friday Saturday and Monday. The midway offers rides shows and concessions and the fair board promises a balanced ad program on the platform. The event is billed as The Fair that is Different.
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Postville
Fair Association
United Service Women To Meet September 5th
Elgin United Service Women will meet at the town hall on Wednesday September 5. There will be the usual service work beside a business meeting.
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United Service Women
Elgin
Iowa Faces Unemployment Shifts and War Plant Closures
After war end many Iowa factory workers lose jobs yet Des Moines and Burlington see swift rehiring. Unemployment fund stands at about 59 million to aid those laid off through no fault of their own. State lawmakers study town tax laws and plans push for modernization. State fair and centennial events eyed for 1946 amid postwar changes. President Hancher to announce University of Iowa improvements within weeks.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Iowa
Robert L. Blue
Trafffic
Lloyd Cunningham
Fair -Board
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Iowa
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