Plant Diseases and Fertilizer Costs Curb Farmers
The article notes about 50,000 plant diseases costing American farmers two pillion dollars yearly with corn potatoes wheat and apples most affected. It argues fungi bacteria and viruses cause most blights rather than weather alone. It also mentions a 39th anniversary Thanksgiving dinner by Mrs H W Haas of Decorah and discusses fertilizer usage rising about 10 percent annually, with prices up and down but costs similar to last year. Some farmers may consider omitting fertilizer in 1930 crop plans to cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Haas
Decorah
Local Dinner Guests and Visits Across Clermont Area
Clermont locals hosted and visited numerous friends and relatives last weekend. Henry Hartman Hotel Elkader hosted Bennett and Bennett guests. Wm Katschkowsky home hosted Beverly Bennett and Helen Burger. Osage resident Selmer Sampson visited his father Lars Sampson and other kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold’ Bennett
Beverly Bennett
Helen Burger
Henry Hartman
Elkader
Wm. Katschkowsky
Selmer Sampson
Osage
Lars Sampson
John Quinn
California
Blige Martz
Quinn
Margaret Quinn
Mary Griebehow
Crown Hill
Iowa and Ventura notes mix of local items and accidents
Rural carrier Mrs. Clayton Laun earns 30 years on the same route starting in 1919 after World War I. Drake freshman Michael Cunningham vows off Highway 69 after a rollover on ice, following a prior bus collision. Five year old Larry Johnson wandered home after a kindergarten lapse, narrating a bridge play. Kisby family mourns Champ shot by a neighbor. Farmers expect insecticides and fungicides priced similarly to late this year for 1950 pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Clayton Laun
Iowa
Drake
Michael Cunningham
Mwa
Larry Johnson
Iowa Falls
Larry
Oak Street Bridge
Plan festive holiday menus with budget in mind
Simple well balanced menus save money and effort says Town State College food specialists. Use freezer staples and leftovers creatively in casseroles timbales or toast squares. Include green vegetables meat dairy and a dessert like steamed suet pudding for 12.
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Town State College
Seed demand spurs season’s soumeal purchase advice
In light of expected strong soybean seed demand next spring, the notice suggests laying in a season's supply of soumeal to ensure feed stock and avoid shortages. The message emphasizes planning ahead for farmers facing rising seed and feed costs.
Clermont School News Update from Second Grade
Second graders finished Friends and Neighbors and read The Work and Play Books. In art last Friday we made Santa Claus from paper bags. Roger Jacobson brought the mask and two new pupils Dixie Lou Brainard and Ronald Van Buren joined the class. Mrs Griebenow visited. Robert Fenton returned his dental card.
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Santa ‘Claus
Roger Jacobson
Robert Fenton
Dixie Lou Brainard
Ronald van Buren
Richard Griebenow
Christmas Room Preparations Noted in Class
Marlene visited our room for a festive afternoon with wreaths red and green crepe paper. Our club plans a Fourth Grade program and decorations include bells, snow, and presents for mothers. Collie Rose Brainard joins from Postville as science explores dry cells and magnets with bells.
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Marlene
Collie Rose Brainard
Postville
Illness Report From Fragmentary OCR Note
A damaged OCR snippet notes that a person was recovering from an appendectomy. The fragment, lacking full context, mentions the operation and ongoing convalescence without names, dates, or locations.
Unclear Passage About Visitors and Shopping
The readable fragment mentions a visit and downtown shopping with references to a beans and Hanson. No clear events, persons, or places emerge, leaving the item as an unclear note about a downtown trip and a wood start.
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Elgin Echo Farm Sales Service
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Avalon
Haver and
Lon McCallister
Scudda Hoo
Scudda Hay
Midwest
Burt Lancaster
Paul Henreid
Claude Rains
Diamond
Africa
Preston Foster
Ellen Drew
Geronimo
Clermont
Russell Pratt
Vern Pratt
West Union
Jack Erickson
Joe Erickson
Elgin
Watchmakers College
Craig Olson
Waterloo
Louie Olsen
Alert Paulson
Yakima
Wash
Griebenows
Paulsons
John Dundee
Waterville
Frank Stones
Oelwein
Ed Kozelka
Gail
Emma Gunderson
Hans J. Larson
Tillie Swenson
Emil Lassig
Ruth’ Starkey
W. R. Blake
Agnes Wede
Fred Schave J
Waukon
Verni Engle
Reuben Svendsen
Ed Dahms
Dahms
Henry Hirsch
Arthur Jacobin
Marshfield
Wis
Alfred Olson
A. Leonard Olson
Stephen
Sharon Kisby
Glenwood
Champ
Clermont School News
Evelyn ‘Olson
Gene
Karen Olson
DR. IL. C, Jerdee
Jows
Clermont ‘and
Funeral Home
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Singer Sewing Center
E. Charles St
Oelwein, Iowa
Ned Spacer
Cuves
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