Soil Conservation Week to center Iowa farm notices
June 7 to 13 marks Soil Conservation Week across Iowa as farmers gather in each county. Amid a recession and foreclosures, corn in northeast Iowa lags 10 days with risks of poor quality if cool, short growing season, while other regions face delays due to rains. Trials at Mt. Pleasant compare methods to improve pastures on state land with five treatments and a control, including manure top dressing, liming and reseeding, phosphorus and lime, nitrogen fertilization, and no treatment.
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Iowa
Town Agricultural Experiment Station
Mt. Pleasant
State Board of Control
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
State Board
Wool Pool Sale Planned By Fayette County Group
Farm Bureau News reports the Fayette county wool growers association and farm bureau officers will meet Saturday at 1 30 pm to auction the 1938 wool pool. No. 1 wool excludes burrs black braid cotted pulled and extra chaffy as in past practice. Last year about 200 sheep men pooled over 25000 pounds.
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Fayette County Wool Growers’ Association
Farm Bureau
Eight Fayette County 4-H Delegates Named for Iowa State College Meet
Ten girls from Fayette county were selected by their local 4-H club as delegates to the state 1A girls convention at Iowa State College from June 15 to 18. The 1938 theme is Heritages and Horizons with world influences shaping Iowa farm girls highlighted in talks and speakers. Iowa's centennial will be observed in discussions on heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Iowa State College
Iowa
Jersey Parish Show At Postville Fair Grounds
Jersey breeders in Fayette county will actively participate in the Jersey parish show at the Postville fair grounds Friday June 3 starting at 10 a m Special prizes for best 4 H club calf and reserve club calf First prize is 1 00 second 50 cents Local breeders planning to show include Roy Learn Clermont and Tom Han
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Fayette County
Jersey
Jersey Parish
Postville Fair Grounds
Roy Learn
Clermont
Tom Han
Northeast Iowa Breeders Exhibit 50 Head of Livestock
R F Learn of Clermont, president of the parish, says about 50 head are expected to be shown by breeders in northeast Iowa. The detail reflects upcoming livestock displays and regional farming activity spearheaded by local authorities.
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Son
Elgin
Iowa
R. F. Learn
Clermont
Plan Tour of Soils Projects in Fayette County
Preliminary plans by the Fayette county farm bureau and the 4-County Soils Improvement association outline a tour of soil conservation projects in the county on Thursday June 9 as part of Soil Conservation Week. Cars will assemble at 9 a.m. at the farm bureau office in Fayette with stops planned at W H Turner farm Westfield Lee Earl and W S Rothlisberger farms in Illyria Kenneth Sz Kerr farm in Clermont J F Miehe farm in Scott and additional sites to be announced.
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Fayette
Clermont Township
J. F. Miehe
Scott Township
District Holstein show to feature eighty head
Eighty head of purebred Holsteins are expected from Fayette and Winneshiek counties for the district Holstein show at the West Union fair grounds on June 8. Elmer Hanson of the Dairy Husbandry department at Iowa State College will judge, starting at 10 a.m. with the bull classes.
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Fayette
Winneshiek
West Union Fair Grounds
Elmer Hanson
Dairy Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Double Crossed Judge in Domestic Deceit Confession
In a courtroom exchange the judge asks if the wife deceived her husband. She replies that the husband deceived her, claiming he would go out of town but did not. The remark highlights a convoluted marital ruse and miscommunication.
Saint Augustine's Monastery ranked second Benedictine house
The monastery at Canterbury, England, in its prime, stood as Europe’s second Benedictine house and housed the first seven Archbishops of Canterbury around the high altar.
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St. Augustine’s Monastery
Cansterbury
England
Europe
Canterbury
Daily Iowan appoints Eulalia Klingbeil society editor
The University of Iowa student newspaper named Eulalia Klingbeil of Postville as society editor. A New York club anecdote, a brisk note on daylight saving in Dubuque, and musings on work in America are also touched upon in this compact clipping.
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United States
Eulalia Klingbeil
Postville
Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
C. Koroscil
New York Siars Club
Dubuque
Plow Left In Oak Tree Draws Visitors in Iowa Grove
In Audubon county 1883 farmer A J Leffingwell plowed a field then tucked the plow into a burr oak sapling near a grove. The tree grew around the implement sealing it inside. The grove between Extra and Brayton draws visitors and bids of 75 to 500 dollars have been offered for the tree, which remains unsold. Boyd Wheatley of Moline, Ill is shown in the accompanying photo.
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Audubon County
Iowa
A. J. Leffingwell
Leftingwell
Elwood
Extra
Brayton
Boyd Wheatley
Moline
WPA Projects Backed For Clayton County Work Soon To Start
Congressman Biermann informs Clayton county authorities that two WPA projects have been approved pending Comptroller General review. Elkader courthouse renovation costs may not exceed 737 dollars with most labor by women. A drainage system improvement at 1 St Olaf is set at 4658 dollars. Dublin portrait of former Miss Dahlman connects to U S Minister John Cudahy. Harold Ickes to marry Dahlman in a Dublin ceremony. his first wife died in 1935.
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Clayton County
Biermann
Elkader
St. Olaf
Dublin
Ireland
Jane Dahlman
Milwaukee
Wis
U. S
John Cudahy
Dahlman
Harold Ickes
Presbyterian Church, Dublin
Ickes
Smith College
Dewey labels Hines connected to Dixie Davis racket
District Attorney Thomas Dewey calls Democratic District Leader James J Hines a key figure in Dixie Daviss policy racket, as Hines laughs with an attendant at police headquarters after being fingerprinted. Dewey sought bail at fifty thousand dollars.
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New York
Thomas Dewey
Dixie Davis
James J
Jimmy) Hines
Dewey
Surf casting lesson at Allaire Beach draws women anglers
Spring Lake notices Charlotte Mount, an athletic anglerette, holding a heavy black fish in the surf at Allaire Beach while awaiting the gaff. The Allaire beach patrol trains many women in surf casting for sport and the workout of heaving the lead.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Charlotte Mount
Allaire Beach
Elgin and area residents host visitors and attend events
A string of Elgin area social notices lists visits from families and individuals across nearby towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilson of Oelwein, the Torkelsons, the Chapmans of Strawberry Point, and many others visiting homes in Elkader, Adella Chapman’s, and Elma. Also noted is the death of H W Bauder of Tulsa, with ties to Elgin, and a Wartburg quip about a student.
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Albert Stahr
West of Elgin
Will Wilson
Oelwein
Elgin
Torkelson
Ole Thorson
Elkader
Myron Chapman
Strawberry Point
Adella Chapman
Mary Skarshaug
Cedar Rapids
Ern Bauder
Warren Harrington
Postville
C. J. Hartington
Ethel Kohler
Harvey Gilbert
Marshalltown
Melvin Hanson
Ina Matthews
Wm. Reardon
Sandra
Constance Ronalds
Farmersburg
Francis DeSart
Nancy
Mason City
Franc
Ray DeSart
Edwin Anderson
Frederick
Iowa Falls
Edith Berg
Lulu Schmid
Elma
John Lyford
C. C. Harrison
West Union
Val White
Bobby
E. H. Appelman
New Hampton
W. R. Stewart
C. J. Harrington
Chester
T. F. Shipton
Robert Kohler
Alfred Jenson
Waterloo
C. O. Torkelson
Wadena
S. W. Kuster
Chas. Feller
Ed Klingman
J. J. Snyder
Marian Gee
P. F. Zoschke
Charlotte Tebbe
Aplington
Fred Lehr, Jr
Mary Keiser
C. L. Huisinga
H. W. Bauder
Tulsa
Okla
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Nextra
Mel Kohler
Vern Roberts
Towa
Ern Baechler
Capper's Hatchery
E. E. Gulsvig
Norge
Elgin Furniture Store
Echo Office
Peller’s Hdw
West Elgin
Leslie and
Harris Olson
The
Echo of Bee
Fel- Ser’'s Hardware
Orvin Thompson
Monona
Walter Haigh & Sons
Manchester
Tharpen
Elmer Pinney
Bridge
Hunsberger & Schori
Georgia
Republican Party
Maine
Vermont
Carter
Sudan
Chicago
Farm Bureau News Letter
Secretary of the Interior
Hines
Martin-Senour
Rube
Scotch Golf Club
Dad
Gal
Bere
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
Elgin, Iowa
McCormick-Deering
Torkelson Bros
Chrysler and Plymouth
1. H.C. Farm Machinery
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