Elgin Residents Visit Across Week in Local Homes
A sequence of visits unfolds as Paul Hackmann stops by the M. Zurbriggen home Tuesday while Betty Wenger spends Wednesday and Thursday with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Matt Frey in Wadena. Mrs E C Olesen and Clifford visit Mrs Geo N Schori's home Tuesday with others. Chas Gruver recalls a family relic, a large print German Bible once owned by his aunt Mrs Anna Hunsberger. The Bible then passed to Mrs Mary Spahr and returned to the Grover family after her death. W J Grove and Marie of Eagle Grove visit the Kuster home from Friday through Tuesday with Mrs S W Kuster and family. Mrs Carl Alleman and Annette of Broken Bow arrive to stay through the week. Kenneth and Gene Schori drive to Cedar Rapids Monday with Mary Skarshaug’s household goods, then reload corn boxes in Waterloo for the canning factory, assisting their father Leo Schori. The Martin Minihan family host a Sunday party honoring Henry Owens of Los Angeles, with a long list of guests including Selmer Holm, Roger, George Leuehtenmacher and Hubert and Lorraine, Jerome Yearous, Martin Hanson and others, plus many Minihan relatives and North Dakota visitors.
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W. J. Grove
Marie
Eagle Grove
S. W. Kuster
Carl Alleman
Annette
Broken Bow
Okla
Kuster
Kenneth
Gene Schori
Cedar Rapids
Mary Skarshaug
Waterloo
Leo Schori
Martin Minihan
Henry Owens
Los Angeles
Calif
Selmer Holm
Roger
George Leuehtenmacher
Hubert
Lorraine
Jerome Yearous
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Robert
Pat
Maurice
Irene Minihan
Ernest Christen
Orlin Mason
Edwin Hanson
Lucy
Reuben
George
John
Will
Elmer Christen
McKnight
Henrietta
North Dakota
Call
Well fed layers produce heavily, poultry tips
Dossin of Pennsylvania State College notes flock performance hinges on feed consumption. To sustain 80 percent production or more, about 25 pounds of feed per 100 birds daily is needed this season. Factors include bird size, housing, heating, production rate, and lighting. Techniques such as feeding mash daily, stirring mash, noon fleshing pellets, and daily checks help boost intake and monitor weight.
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C. ©. Dossin
Pennsylvania State College
WNU
Good Care and Feeding Prevents Shipping Fever
Dr. W. L. Boyd of Missouri university veterinary unit says protection during shipment and careful after arrival management reduce shipping fever losses. Regular feeding and weather protection for young stock lessen risk. vaccinating should be done by trained vets and given soon after arrival.
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W. L. Boyd
Missouri University Farm
Boyd
Litter Choices for Poultry Houses Described
Litter serves to warm the floor dry the interior and give birds a scratching medium. Poultry houses require floor litter for pullets with highly absorptive materials that do not pack. Straw peat and oat balls are used at depths of about 2 inches and six to eight inches when straw is used.
Agricultural tips and notes from a 20th century bulletin
The passage compiles diverse farming guidance and trivia. It covers pig feeding for growth and efficiency, pre-slaughter fasting, disease and hygiene cautions, egg storage, sausage production, a Louisiana vegetable, machinery maintenance, and state college advice. It also notes women saving money on bedding, diversified farm incomes, and discussions on pedigrees in scrub stock.
Contented Chickens and Farm Trends in Iowa Notes
An Iowa State College summary covers July sowing near fruit trees to strengthen trees, the market and price outlook for hogs and pigs through October, and the benefit of cooperative marketing. It reports farm population changes from 1938 to 1939, notes on pests, and guidance on timing pig sales amid anticipated price fluctuations.
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Towa
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
Iowa
Bolson
Elgin
Ic. M
Kneeland Clermont
Mary Cromer Seeks a Church Memento in Sussex
Mary Cromer travels from America to England to visit the village where her parents wed. She meets the rector and Tom Walker, learns of an offertory bag keepsake, shares tea in the rector’s house, and receives the old church memento. Mary later mails news of her visit and joy at standing beside Tom at the same altar.
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Ary
Mary
England
Sussex
Mary Anne Smith
Mary Cromer
America
Misa Cramer
Tom Walker
Tom
Cramer
Seventeenth Century Love Tokens Grow Tomato Gifts
Temate finals recount romance as Love Tekesa delivers tomato plants to wives and sweethearts as tokens of affection in a seventeenth century telling.
Bridges Examines Evidence in Deportation Trial
Harry Bridges, west coast CIO leader, is captured at Angel Island poring over transcript in his deportation trial. The candid shot shows a grimace as Bridges studies the evidence amid legal proceedings on the San Francisco Bay march.
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Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Harry Bridges
CIO
Venice Early Glass Center Overview
The glass industry arrived in Bohemia from Venice in the 1200s, shaping major centers such as Prague Eger and Carlsbad with early craft and trade development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Bohemia
Prague
Eger
Carlsbad
Greyhounds Known Since Ancient Egypt
Historical note states greyhounds existed several thousand years before Christ, with evidence from ancient Egyptian monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Emigration Surges to the United States in 1901 1910
The decade 1901 to 1910 saw peak U S. immigration with 8,795,386 persons entering the country. The note also mentions Ernest Thompson Seton and a wildlife concept about animal tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Detasseling Machines Driving Hybrid Seed Corn Work
A CFI photo shows a detasseling machine at a hybrid seed corn plot in El Paso Illinois. Twenty seven machines operate locally employing about 250 men detasseling corn and supervising. Each machine carries six workers to detassel six rows while two pollinator rows are left intact.
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el Paso
Ill
Marvin W. Pace
Noisy Exchange Sparks Nurse Nickname Joke
A lighthearted dialogue about a nurse nicknamed "Appendix" prompts a quip from an old timer about doctors wanting to remove her. The piece closes with a playful line about “good clean fun” and a number 24.
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Mississippi
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