Not All Dairymen Get Rich In Northeastern Iowa Farms
A 1928 study of 240 dairy farms in Fayette and Bremer counties shows 15 best farms averaged $1 338 profit after expenses while 15 poorest lost $1 323. Overall average profit was $43. The bulletin No 243 by Albert Migell outlines factors driving profits and losses and notes key tips such as land use balance, butterfat yield, and intensified dairying.
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Towa
Thore
Fayette
Bremer
Agrcultural
State College
Albert Mighell
Iowa
Ois
New Ford Specifications The Pembroke Standard Observer
The Pembroke Standard Observer presents complete Ford car specifications for readers and industry helpers. The list covers cylinders flywheel camshaft rear axle housing chassis springs wheelbase wheels hubs brakes instrument board and upholstery with era slang and humorous aside. The piece teases readers to compare prices and hints at Berg's ad as the next item.
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Pembroke
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Nelson by Ladies Aid
Mrs Martin Nelson hosted the Ladies Aid Society at Mrs Edwin Olson's home last Wednesday and was surprised with a birthday cake decorated in red candies and candles. Mrs Larrabee gave a gift, and two papers were read on the Mitchelville detention home for girls and on a telephone switchboard's operation.
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Martin Nelson
Edwin Olson
Ladies’ Aid Society
Olson
Larrabee
Nelson
Mabel Lawler
Mitchelville
A. R. Simpson
Olson takes over Sampson Cafe management
E. C. Olson has assumed management of the Sampson Café, which has operated under that name for several years. The change occurred Monday as Olson and his family settled into the apartment above the cafe. He has chosen Thanksgiving Day as the opening day and invites readers to read his notice in this issue of the Enterprise.
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E. C. Olson
Sampson Cafe
Farm Help and Cars but Short of Cows
Sixteen men answered T. J. Wyland's ad for a farm tenant at Smith Center Kansas for next year. Of these fourteen had cars, twelve had cows, and fourteen with cars had no ready cash, machinery or teams. Most applicants were men with families.
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T. J. Wyland
Smith Center Kansas
Bazaar Sale Ready Made Articles for Easy Sales
Easy to donate items for bazaars include light sateen shoe bags twelve by six inches with a drawstring, handy for travelers. Also sold are gaily painted pots, holders from flannel, feather stitched knitted dish rags, bundled with one visible, and children’s rompers and play clothes. Contests offer prizes for best articles made from ordinary flour sacks. items shown were attractive and sold well.
Turn About Is Fair Play Prediction Laughed At
A Northwestern University publicity professor predicts men will use rouge carry vanity cases wear scented handkerchiefs within fifteen years. He says women will wear trousers in boots grow whiskers carry revolvers smoke pipes swear and tell dirty stories as natural shifts occur. Signa suggests Dayton News echoed these views.
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Northwestern University
Dayton
Film Magnate Tries Dialect Cure for Son
Ex-fant press man sought to erase his child’s speech by enrolling him in a school promising to cure dialect. The school required no contact with relatives for six months. On completion the father tried to reclaim his son but encountered playful mockery from the teacher.
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Meester
Heamer's Tire Shop Ad Promotes Auto Washer Services
An old advert promotes car washing with a new air and water auto washer. It also lists ton building and repairing glass cutting rounding and setting tire boot and over shoe vulcanizing radiator repair and related services at Heamer's Tire Shop in West Union, Iowa.
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Heamer's
West Une
Ton
Towa
Secure Auto License Now for 1928 Plates This December
December deadline urged for 1928 auto licenses with penalties for late applications. Over 1,000 visitors entered Decorah ice cave across September November, with a visitor suggesting lighting and heating for the cave but no mention of cafeteria or lodging.
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Decorah
Give Fall Pigs Good Start
Sunshine dry quarters and warm bedding help 300 pound fall farrow pigs. Experiments at Ames show sows farrowing Aug 20 to Sept 20 perform best. Pigs should have clean pastures, protection from winter, outdoor feeders preferred, and strict worm and lice control for top spring results.
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Ames
Seasonal cattle pricing and farm labor trends factored in
The piece notes October and November offer lowest common cattle prices due to range cattle runs while choice finished cattle peak in price then. spring sales lower for choice steers as most corn fed cattle fatten in winter. It also cites US farm hands up 2.3 percent versus demand, plus Iowa grape growers bagging clusters for size, frost protection, and a local rental ad for the Randolph Johnke farm near Ossian with four replies leading to Mr Preuss near Castalia.
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United States
Iowa
Im. J. Klein
Randolph Johnke
Ossian
Thoughts For This Week In Life And Business
A compact miscellany notes life in business and friendship, urging rest from heat and strife. It juxtaposes optimism and pessimism, comments on common sense, and hints at social mores and opinion pieces from a 20th century newspaper. It also reports a birth notice from Maynard News and a brief literary aside on gasoline forecasts.
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Sam Lehman
Celia ‘Lehman
West Union
R. P. Strauch Rery
Chadwick
Albert T. Reid
Reid
FORD
Helen
Echo Print Shop
Berg
Erat
Ladies’ Aid
CAFE
St. Paul
Lndy
Janie Georgia
A. B. Grimes
Becky
Tharikd
Maynard News
Deerfoot
Indian Medicine Man
Iowa City
Postville
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin
Elgin-West Union Road
Clermont Co-operative Co
John Brackin & Sons
T. N. Carothers, Auct. State Bank
Elgin Savings Bank
New York
Los Angeles
Santa Claus
Kolster
John Grimm Elgin
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