Thompson & Waters Sale Dates Listed
Sale dates scheduled by Thompson and Waters list events from February 13 to February 27 featuring Mrs. Frank Kelleher Elkader, Les Leeland Monona, Boyer Bros Elgin, Gilbert Folsom Postville, Otto Fischer Postville, George G Nickels Wadena. West Union auction exchange meets Thursdays. Harold Jamison is involved. Des Moines hosted the lumbermen’s annual convention where Horace Greenwood Emerson is president. Phone your news to 20 early.
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Frank Kelleher
Elkader
Les Leeland
Monona
Boyer Bros
Elgin
Gilbert Folsom
Postville
Otto Fischer
George G. Nickels
Wadena
West Union Auction Exchange
Harold Jamison
Oelwein
Johan Gregg
Des Moines
Horace Greenwood
Emerson
Iowa Capitol debate shapes parole, housing and reorganization
The Iowa Legislature moved to empower the governor with a full time parole clerk, discuss a tamed down teachers annuity bill with a 1.25 million state appropriation, and advance housing act proposals. Senate and house committee plans seek county and city housing boards to fight slums, with exempt taxes for projects and non profit operation. House reorganizations aim to save about 32 thousand annually by abolishing the geological survey and merging libraries with memorial and art departments. Berry Halden named secretary to the state executive council at 3000 dollars annually.
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Senate
House
B. B. Hickenlooper
Fred Cromwell
Burlington
Iowa
Senate Committee On Federal Coordination
Edward H. Vrba
Cresco Democrat
Vrba
The
Iowa Housing League
George A. Wilson
Geological Survey
Historical, Memorial and Arts
Dean W. Peisen
Eldora
Insurance examiner post eyed by Iowa officials
The year term as insurance examiner at five thousand dollars annually is due February 9 by the chief executive. Rumored candidates include Charles Fisher of Des Moines the governor's campaign manager who says he does not want the job Edwin Manning and W Ferguson of Ottumwa and former commissioner Ed Clark of Mason City.
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Charles Fisher
Des Moines
Edwin Manning
W. ©. Ferguson
Ottumwa
Ed Clark
Mason City
Summer travel notes and grade reports from a local pupil
A student recalls summer travel to Waterloo Elgin and Castalia visiting relatives and a Carnation milk factory. Rabbits and a Persian kitten are mentioned along with a favorite teacher and the eighth grade class reports on several books and authors.
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Waterloo
Elgin
Castalia
Carnation Milk
Eugene Koevenig
Hill City
S. D. Tam
Miss Reed
Will James
Reuben Christen
Grace Livingston Hill
Lavon Larson
Georgiana
Shirley Watkins
Wirley Bailey
Cornelli
Johanna Spyri
Anna Mae Schupbach
Clarence Young
Walter Becker
Sue Barton
Betty Alice Schori
Jack O’brien
Otis Torkelson
Jean Wyss
Betty Strauch
Acrobat
Algiar
Alice Becker
Boys
Kayes
Gerald Boyer
Sioux county chorus to sing at World’s Fair Rural Women’s Day
The Sioux county Iowa rural women's chorus is chosen to perform at the New York World's Fair on May 23 Rural Women's Day. Iowa farms show gains in erosion control as 147 farmers joined the program on 23,000 acres, totaling 2,892 cooperators over 448,000 acres. The USDA reports 250 wildlife refuges covering nearly 12 million acres, with migratory waterfowl and other birds prominent among them. The corn harvest effort in 1938 required more labor than planting, according to USDA data.
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Sioux County
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Nail-Cutting Superstition Sparks Track Gibe
A race track enthusiast, warned to gather nail fragments after cutting nails, scoffs that returning after death would lead him to the track. The skeptic replies that the track is a fitting place to search for the pieces, a wry anecdote on superstition.
Proved Sires for Poultry Breeding Three Requirements
Dr Wu and Rutgers report three definite criteria to qualify a poultry sire as proved. A four generation pedigree, desired progeny traits through the sire, and proven fertility and hatchability. Breeders should retain superior cockerels for data until next season for progeny testing.
Fly Nets and Repellents Urged for Horses
A. W. Uren of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges keeping horses in screened stables during an epidemic to curb sleeping sickness. He recommends fly nets during work and frequent spraying with a simple pyrethrum kerosene extract mixed with water and soft soap for effective repellent use.
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A. W. Uren
Missouri College of Agriculture
Farm Facts and Oddities From Early Agriculture Notes
A fragmentary list covers farm tractors, cheese varieties, U S cultivated acreages, grain waste as stock feed, dog influence on sheep behavior, farm house conveniences, broodiness in layers, horse weights in New York, and a century-old note on sheep clipping and U S weights, all reflecting historical agricultural folklore and data.
No. 1 McNutt For President Club Organizes
In Martinsville Indiana Special Photo to the Echo by Charles Finney Frank McHale manager of Paul V McNutt campaign for President 1940 addressed the meeting here recently This club is designated as the No 1
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Martinsville
Ind
CFI
Echo
Charles Finney
Frank McHale
Paul V. McNutt
Echo ties with top manufacturers for office supplies
The Echo announces arrangements with leading manufacturers to supply a full range of office products. Shaw-Walker provides files and filing equipment while Cosby-Wirth and American Salesbook Co. handle salesbooks. Irving Pitt and National Book Co. supply bookkeeping books and more.
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the Echo
Sach
Shaw-Walker
Cosby-Wirth
American Salesbook Co
Irving Pitt
National Book Co
SHAW
MARSH
Shaw Walker
McNutt for President Club Proposal Ties to Martinsville
A local note explains the McNutt for President Club is linked to Martinsville as the candidate's home town, underscoring regional backing and organization efforts in the presidential bid.
Erving Refused Knighthood Then Did Accept Later
The article notes Sir Henry Erving was offered a knighthood in 1883 and refused it, then accepted twelve years later. It also recounts 1914 Mexican Revolution film rights paid to Villa, with cameramen staging daylight battles for better footage.
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Erving
Sir Henry Erving
Villa
Modernizing an old house invites livability and style
A humorous set of quips contrasts remodeling ideas with personality. Advertising notes financing options through PHA. A joke exchanges reveal a quirky glimpse of daily life and social dynamics.
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PHA
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Falk & Sons
N. E. Iowa
Edge
Hill
Oelwein Nursery Co
West Union
Wm. F. Baumgartner
O'Neill Drug Company
Elgin Echo
Thompson & Waters
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Chariton
United States
State Executive Council
Board of
Engineering Examiners
Wilson
Towa
Paris
Whisky
Aes
New York State
Reece
U. S
McNutt
Jweeeugt
Elgin FA
Max Medberry
Mgr
Amers Coop
Roy Knight
Asst
Veidge
Mirandy
Judge
Martin-Senour
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