Local Notices From Pastville and Oelwein Ads
Mrs Lena Benson spent Monday in the Boise Capper home at Pastville. Through snow and mud with Tiger Tire Chains. Heavy specially harden ed long wearing cross links. Heavy side chains positive rack 30x4.50 8.15 Gamble Stores Oelwein In. Mary Hanson of Oelwein spent the weekend in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ea Hanson. A good Molasses Dairy Feed at only 85.00 per ton. Only a few tons left. Weibel Mill Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Benson
Boise Capper
Pastville
Tiger Tire
Gamble
Oelwein
Mary Hanson
Mrs
Ea Hanson
Weibel Mill Company
Retired Farmers Shape Conservative Town Life
In the Manson Journal piece from February 13, 1930, the author argues that retired farmers, aged and prudent, anchor towns with thrift and duty. They live modestly, pay taxes, and avoid waste, contrasting with past spending booms that nearly harmed their communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manson Journal
Promote Local Printing and Merchant Cooperation in Ringsted
Ringsted Dispatch urges residents to patronize the local home print shop and buy from Ringsted merchants. The letter argues that supporting local businesses supports the town, notes the home shop offers to meet any price on stationary, and questions the value of buying from out-of-town salesmen who do not benefit local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringsted
Burt
Chicago
Ringsted Dispatch
Realizing the Benefits of Musical Instruction
Sumner begins public school band and orchestra training with a high school ensemble powering a junior organization and beginners group. The community band uses mainly current students, ensuring a steady flow of musicians for years, while local papers praise the program as highly valuable to Sumner schools. Mrs. Samuel Mosby visited Oelwein relatives. her uncle Thomas Boots, Civil War veteran, improved after hospital operation and now cared for at home by a nurse. Mrs. F G Spahr has been ill with a severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Sumner Gazette
Samuel Mosby
Oelwein
Thomas Boots
Oelwein Hospital
James Boots
Elgin
Farm notes on poultry, farming, and pest control
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture outlines incubation timing and flock fertility checks, ground grading to prevent wet cellars, and strong dormant period sprays for San Jose scale. Guidance covers incubator size, egg targets per pullet, dairy pail hygiene, hide preparation, bridge grafting to save trees, and comprehensive rat control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
U. S. Bureau of Entomology
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Paraffining Sections Boosts Honey Appeal in Apiary Practice
Beekeepers are urged to paraffin the tops of honey supers to prevent bee smearing and keep sections clean. Use high grade paraffin heated to 186 degrees F, applied with a single downward sweep at a 4 percent tilt after the supers are capped and before bees use them. Weibel Mill promotes Merlin Flour at 4.75 per 98 lb bag, with only 60 bags at 3.75 each while supplies last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal of Minnesota
Weibel Mill Company
School statistics show state funds and per pupil costs
Miss Agnes Samuelson reports total general school fund disbursements at 47,886,885.33 with 646,852 pupils yielding 87.00 per pupil per year by enrollment and 103.00 by average daily attendance. Schoolhouse fund disbursements reach 7,963,468.68 and total funds 55,799,808.96. building investment per pupil daily 209.00. rural buildings outnumber city. There are 12,414 schools, 9,383 are one-room rural schools, with 16,098 city and 9,744 rural teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Samuelson
Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
Junior high schools educate thousands as last year ends
The report notes 198 junior high schools were in operation last year with 26 749 pupils. Mrs Libbie Longfield of Marshalltown was a Sunday guest at the John Johnson home. Longfield and Johnson are cousins. A Seal flour car will arrive in Bigin by Feb 18 with Pure Middlings at 29.50 per ton and Pure Bran at 29.60 per ton from Welbel Mill Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libbie Longfield
Marshalltown
John Johnson
Mra Longfield
Mrs. Johnson
Bigin
Welbel Mill Company
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gage
Jess
Stoehr, Drug CO
Fayette County
Marion and
Highland Townships
Clayton County
Elgin Savings Bank
Elgin, Iowa
THE
Elgin Echo
R. P. Strauch
Iowa
Anova, Entroniat Assocune
F. G. Spahr
the Echo Weekly
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Ladies
Rayon Bloomers
Jersey
J. A. Boleyn
West Elgin
Elgin Furniture Store
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