Social Hour Club elects officers at January meeting
The Social Hour Club met at Mrs Archie Howard's home on Wednesday January 12. Officers for the coming year were elected with Mrs Reuben Howard as president and Mrs Clifton Wilson as vice president. Other officers include Mrs Thos Howard secretary treasurer and Mrs Woodrow Reed publicity chairwoman. Prizes were won by Mrs Herbert Ash and Mrs Glen Little. Guest Mrs Alice Winkler attended. A luncheon was served and the next meeting is set for February 2 at Mrs Walter Dennler's home.
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Archie Howard
Hilda Little
Reuben Howard
Clifton Wilson
Thos. Howard
Alice Winkler
Walter Dennler
Ice Harvest Begins and Local Events This Week
The week opens with a 12 inch ice harvest cautioned by the ice man. The second annual Carn Show arrives January 24 and 25 at the opera house, open to farmers within eight miles of Elgin, prize money from Elgin businessmen. Other notes cover sales, store possession, school events, band activities, and local birthday celebrations.
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Opera House
Elgin
Helmer Loftsgard
Coventry
Wadena
Martin Nelson
Walter Falk
Fayette
Gordon Mosby
Rudy Crandall
Floyd Knudtsan
Otto Olson
Wenger
Harry Wenger
Albert Kohler
Chris Wenger
Marion Do-R-Best Club Meeting and 4-H Training
The Marion Do-R-Best 4-H club met at Jeanne Cook’s home on Saturday January 15. Carol and Gayle Nickels spoke and members attended the 4-H officers training school at Elkader. A lunch followed with games played. Harold Gunderson urged farmers to order DDT now to prepare for a potential corn borers issue next summer, noting stock shortages and dealer hesitation without confirmed demand.
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Marion
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowatate College
Clarence Patterson obituary notes service at Brainard church
Clarence Edgar Patterson born October 28, 1869 in Pleasant Valley township. He married Emmet Vinton October 7, 1887 at the Patterson homestead. Survived by five children including Joseph of Phoenix and Lillian in Chicago, siblings Martha McAloon and Grace Carpenter, twelve grandchildren. Funeral at Muehlethaler funeral home with Rev. Bruce D. Jones. burial in Elgin cemetery. Iowa leads timothy seed production and ranks fourth in red clover seed.
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Clarence Edgar Patterson
Joseph
Mary Patterson
Pleasant Valley Township
Emmet Vinton
Patterson Homestead
Christian Church
Brainard
Joseph Patterson
Phoenix
Ariz
Alben Kimpston
Fayette
Lillian Patterson
Chicago
Eugene Iliff
Sioux City
M. A. Powlishta
Cedar Rapids
Sidney Pattergon
Martha McAloon
New Hampston
Grace Carpenter
Monroe
Wash
Muehlethaler
Bruce D. Jones
Elgin Cemetery
Selling mange infected hogs cuts Iowa farmers’ value per head
Selling hogs infected with mange could cost Iowa farmers up to four dollars for each hog, signaling potential losses as producers struggle with disease impact and market penalties.
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Iowa
Sutter-Friederich Wedding in Elgin
Beverly Louise Sutter daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Sutter and Jacob Friederich Jr son of Jacob Friederich both of Elgin were united in marriage Tuesday January 18 at 2 PM at St Pauls Methodist Church with Rev Bruce Jones officiating. The bride wore a cocoa brown suit with a red rose corsage. sister Shirley Sutter as attendant in lime dress. George Friederich best man. ushers Oma Butikofer and Arlene Medberry. A reception for 100 followed. Camp Fire Girls attended. couple to reside on Friederich farm west of Elgin.
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Beverly Louise Sutter
Louis Sutter
Jacob Friederich, Jr
Jacob Friederich
Elgin
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Bruce Jones
Shirley Sutter
George Friederich
Oma Butikofer
Arlene Medberry
Darlene Schneider
Bonita Gruver
Donna Jacobson
Alice Grimm
Ardis Butikofer
Camp Fire Girls
Beverly
Ardis Groth
Gc. H. Falk
Seeor
Cattle on Feed in Iowa Jan 1 1949 Figures Released
Iowa reports 955 008 head on feed as of January 1 1949 up 24 percent from 770 000 at start of 1948 and 10 percent below the 1 056 000 high on January 1 1945. Total cattle inventories likely unchanged. more cattle on grain feed shifts noted. Also tips on laying house waterers to boost profits and keep litter dry over drain pits.
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Iowa
Soybean Germination Hit By Rough Handling
Rough treatment in improper combine settings or rough handling after threshing reduced soybean seed germination below expected.
Iowa 1948 Prosperity Review Highlights Record Farm Output
A 1948 summary by the State Development Commission’s Market and Research Division notes postwar prosperity in Iowa. The economy expanded with wage and employment records, retail sales at an all time high, and banks reporting strong activity. Farm receipts led the nation with 1948 crop yields and production approaching all time highs, including a corn harvest of 666.73 million bushels and an average yield of 61 bushels per acre.
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Iown
State Development Commission
Iowa
Iowa crop weed control reach surpasses past yields
Record weed control efforts in 1948 covered 72 Iowa counties with about 1.1 million acres of corn and 500000 acres of small grain sprayed. The program beat prior yields, eclipsing the 0 bushel benchmark set in 1942 and surpassing the 30.5 bushel yield noted in 1947.
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Iowa
Fertile Eastern Soils Far From Original Plowed State
Some soils in the eastern United States are more fertile after 200 years of cultivation than they were when first broken by the plow. But these are only the well-managed soils.
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United States
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R. P. Strauch
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Iiane
Ems
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Marion Do-R
Cargill’s
Mindo
Bond Cross
Minnesota University
Clinton
Bonda
Kansas State College
Towa State College
Cargill
Elgin Produce
R, J. Mulford & Son
Clarence Patterson
Friederich Farm
Chevrolet
General Motors Proving Ground
America's Choice
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Lowes
Cos
Uwe
Fisher
Bre Cera
Gee Alle
Santiago
Point Busia
John Falb
Elgin, Iowa
Falb Motor & Implement
Postville, Lowa
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