Summertime Resolutions for Easy Home Living
Home management expert Fannie Gannon of Iowa State College suggests July is a good time for summer resolutions to simplify family living. Emphasizing roughing it at home, she advises reducing household tasks, tidying rooms, simplifying wardrobes, using easy care fabrics, and preparing simple meals to cut ironing and canning stress while allowing more family time and outings.
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Fannie Gannon
Iowa State College
Elgin Home Telephone Company Incorporation Notice
Notice of Incorporation announces Amended Articles for a twenty year term starting April 2, 1949. It lists business to construct operate lease and sell telephone lines exchanges instruments and related property. Capital stock 1800 dollars, board of five directors with officers, officers and directors named from Elgin Iowa, dated June 11 1949.
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Elgin Home Telephone Company
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
Andrew Braker
Levi Frieden
Lawrence Butikofer
Wilbur Peake
John M. Christen
Lewis’ Butikofer
Elgin State Bank
Wage Gap: American Pay Surpasses British and German Rates
An analysis shows the average American worker earns about 60 percent more per hour than the British worker and roughly 67 percent more per hour than the German worker, highlighting a sizable pay premium in the United States.
Town Council Budget Hearing in Wadena Iowa 1949
The Town council of Wadena Fayette County Iowa will meet August 1 1949 at 8 00 P M at Town Hall. Taxpayers will be heard for or against the estimate of expenditures for the year beginning April 1 1950. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements will be available at the hearing. Keith Jennings Town Clerk.
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County Board of Education
Fayette County
Iowa
General Assembly
Morse
Board of Edu
Wadena
Keith Jennings
No Fire at McGregor Station After Smoke Report
McGregor fire department detected smoke last week at a building from which smoke streamed. A passing truck driver triggered an alarm and firefighters rushed to the scene. Inside the building commercial fisherman Dave Mead was smoking carp.
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McGregor Fire Department
Dave Mead
Best for Weeds 2 4-D Drug of Choice in Weed Control
A laboratory evaluated weed killer 2,4-D remains the standout product among a range of chemicals for weed control. The report highlights its superior performance and potential applications in field trials and garden use.
Erysipelas Threat to American Swine Farms
The article outlines steps to identify and manage swine erysipelas, stressing accurate diagnosis, vaccination after farrowing, and rapid containment measures. It notes the disease’s rapid spread, high mortality in acute cases, and sizeable annual losses, with outbreaks expanding nationwide over twenty years.
Birthday Party Honor for Keith Agnes At Clermont Home
Attendees at a Saturday birthday party for Keith Agnes at his parents Lloyd and Agnes included Charles Thorson Howard Kittelson Karl Meyer Larry Jacobson Gary Gilson Robert Nelson Robbie Wilbur and Kenneth Halverson. The Garl Westpfahl family with Don Hauser visited Hawkeye homes Friday. Johnny Werner from Cedar Rapids visited Elmer Olson. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Hyde and Carol Jean were guests Wednesday at Fre mont Sullivan’s. Lyle and Edward Krueger traveled to La Crosse Wisconsin on business Tuesday. Florentine Westpfahl and Don Hauser from Minneapolis spent July 4 with her parents Carl and, Westpfahl. Hauser returned to Minneapolis and she stayed longer.
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Keith Agnes
Lloyd Agnes
Charles Thorson
Howard Kittelson
Karl Meyer
Larry Jacobson
Gary Gilson
Robert Nelson
Robbie Wilbur
Kenneth Halverson
Garl Westpfahl
Don Hauser
Minneapolis
Jake Kocher
Herman Westpfahl
Hawkeye
Johnny Werner
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Olson
Woodrow Hyde
Carol Jean
Fremont Sullivan
Lyle
Edward Krueger
la Crosse
Wis
Florentine Westpfahl
Carl Westpfahl
Hauser
Miss Westpfahl
Electric fences block rock falls to stop rail wrecks
Electric fences prevent railroad wrecks by rock falls. In danger zones along bluffs they automatically set block signals to stop when a fence is broken by a rock fall.
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Rock Falls
Summer Iowa Drive Through the Country July Nights
Vague reminiscence of a July Iowa drive through green corn fields. The narrator notes Ed makes an interesting point and reflects on America’s vitality. The fragment hints at conversations during a roadside journey and a sense of national pride.
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America
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Miss Gannon
Lewis Butikofer
Filing County Board of Education
Clermont
TAS
Date Lohaek Ltd
Starline
Onananee SC
Harvard
Aldaddy
Schori & Kaster
Elgin, Lewa
Tenn
Elgin Furniture Store
Elgin, Iowa
Joe Marsh
United States
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Laurence Enudieon
Cox
Sanff
North Whottan Beit Thlopkone Company
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