Iowa Farm Notes Highlight Barley Smut Mayhem and Crop Care
The county agricultural digest notes farmers in south central Iowa lead in 1939 farm program participation. It warns about loose and covered barley smut, recommends lime sulfur dips for mange in hogs, and urges midsummer planting of vegetables for fall harvest. It also covers pruning black raspberries, reducing chinch bug populations after recent rains, and strawberry bed rejuvenation through mulching removal and burning to kill pests.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Farmers Read Echo Want Ads for Quick Deals
Farmers rely on the Echo for affordable selling or buying options. The column urges use of the want ads to find buyers, sellers, or work opportunities, highlighting the cost effectiveness of this method for the local community.
Farm Bureau Tour to Iowa State College June 26
Several auto loads of Fayette county people will visit the campus of Iowa State College at Ames on June 26. The group will meet at Morrill Hall at 9 45 a m. on the campus. Similar delegations from neighboring counties will participate in the same tour.
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Iowa State College
Fayette County
Ames
Morrill Hall
Guernsey Breeders to Picnic in Fayette County
Guernsey breeders and families will hold a picnic on the U S A campus on Thursday June 29 starting at 1 p m Estel secretary of the Waterloo Cattle Congress and Joe Gelinvaux breeder of Black Hawk county will be the speakers.
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Fayette Co
Estel
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Joe Gelinvaux
Black Hawk County
Canton Show June 30 Brown Swiss Breeders Plan Picnic
Brown Swiss breeders of northeast Iowa will hold their Canton Show and state picnic at the Postville fair grounds on June 30. Judging begins at 10 a.m. and runs to 11:30 a.m. Picnic dinner will be served, followed by a noon concert by the Postville band. Talks will be given by Wm Knee land, Postville Commercial club president, Adrian Gamble, Smith-Hughes instructor, and State Brown Swiss officers.
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Canton
Iowa
Postville Fair Grounds
Postville
Wm. Kneeland
Waukon Rodeo Opens Summer Fair Run
Waukon hosts Joe Greer's Rodeo from Lancaster Wisconsin at Alla makee county fairgrounds July 2 3 and 4 featuring 125 head of stock and a 30 member troupe with trick riders steer riders bucking horsemen and rope artists. Greer's show is rated among the two best in the U S and has appeared at the Iowa State fair and Chicago in prior years.
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Joe Greer
Lancaster
Wisconsin
Waukon
Allamakee County Fairgrounds
Greer
U. S
Chicago
Gallows in Repair Since 1676 Clauses on Eastwich Farm Lease
A Hampshire county lease for Eastwich Farm binds each occupant to keep a gallows on the land in repair. The structure has never been used since the execution it commemorates over 250 years ago and is now the third gallows to stand on the site, Collier’s Weekly reports.
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Eastwich Farm
Hampshire
England
Collier's Weekly
No towns within the District of Columbia
The notice explains that there are no towns in the District of Columbia. It clarifies that areas such as Anacostia Georgetown Brightwood Takoma Park Chevy Chase Benning Brookland Hillcrest Congress Heights Mount Pleasant Petworth Tennallytown are parts of Washington, not separate towns.
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Columbia
District of Columbia
Anacostia
Georgetown
Brightwood
Takoma Park
Chevy Chase
Benning
Brookland
Hillcrest
Congress Heights
Mount Pleasant
Petworth
Tennallytown
City of Washington
Italy Has Choice Fruits Delight Readers Across Markets
Italy offers a wide array of fruits described as among the world’s finest. Big sweet cherries and grapes rival plum sizes, while plums reach lemon scale and lemons approach grapefruit size. The nespera is noted as a tasty home-grown hybrid of plum and apricot.
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Italy
Tobacco Prohibited in China After Early Introduction
An imperial edict banned tobacco production and use as its spread through China, notably among the military, prompted a harsh decapitation penalty for violators.
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China
Blue Moon Triplet Heifer Calves Shine at Hillings Farm
Special CFI photo to the Echo by Phil J. Palm shows a Guernsey dam and sire with their three lively heifer calves at the Hillings county farm Montana. The pair were so active that two calves were tied together before the posed portrait, underscoring their healthy status akin to famed Quintuplets.
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Phil J. Palm
Guernsey
Hillings
Montana
Dionne
Fenske Upsets Wooderson in Princeton Mile
In Palmer Stadium last Saturday at the sixth annual Princeton Invitational track meet Chuck Fenske defied expectations to win the mile in 4 11 flat. Sydney Wooderson, famed as a great running machine, finished fifth while Glenn Cunningham Archie San Romani and Blaine Rideout placed second, third and fourth.
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Princeton
N. J
Palmer Stadium
Chuck Fenske
Sydney Wooderson
Glenn Cunningham
Archie San Romani
Blaine Ridéout
Fenske
Blaine Rideout
Echo
French Submarine Phenix Lost Off Indochina Coast
A photo shows the French submarine Phenix missing after failing to surface off the coast of French Indochina. The French Ministry says the vessel lies on the bottom of the Bay of Camranh. It follows two recent submarine disasters, the US Squalus and the British Thetis.
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Phenix
Indo-China
Bay of
Camranh
United States
Squalus
Thetis
Echo
Ruth Andrews seeks division of livestock in Sioux City divorce
In her suit for divorce Mrs Ruth Andrews of Sioux City demanded possession of 14 calves 7 sows 2 cows and a flock of chickens arguing she did all the work to raise them. The text also notes US property value and federal debt figures and a linguistic note on the word salary from Latin salarium meaning salt money.
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Ruth Andrews
Sioux City
Power Plant Site Near Genoa Wisconsin Approved
Announcement from Washington indicates war department engineers tentatively approve a new rural electric administration power plant near Genoa Wisconsin opposite New Albia. The project connects with the electrical plan forming to serve rural northeast Iowa southern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Rural Electric Administration
Genoa
Wis
New Albia
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Waukon Democrat
Eggs Candling Law Enforcement Targets Peddlers
Iowa inspectors from the department of agriculture are cracking down on egg buyers who skip candling before purchase. The campaign aims to protect consumers and legitimate producers, with penalties already imposed. B W Patsey of Fayette county filed prosecutions in Clayton county, resulting in fines and a jail stay for an Illinois man.
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Ajike
Department of Agriculture
Laws
Iowa
B. W. Patsey
Fayette County
Clayton County
Elkader
Jone
Luana
Maywood
Sumner
Armored Chinese Ships Breached Siam Defenses
The first armored vessels are believed to have been used by the Chinese in conquering Siam. These ships relied on hides stretched over frames to armor crews, protecting them from arrows and stones hurled by enemies during combat.
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Siam
Roofers and salesmen warned by readers
Seasonal roon and junk dealer blare warns readers to beware. The tongue in cheek dialogue hints at home improvements and modernizing old houses while noting questionable contractors. The piece closes with a paint plug and stray quips about local characters and a Hawaiian night spot.
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Elgin Echo
John Falk & Sons
Timothy Hay
Tofield Lehman Farm
Carl Schori
Bolson
Elgin Cooperative Co
Max Medberry
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Chicago Tribune
Elmer Pinney
Bridge
First
Louis Agaspiz
Penthese
Woods Hole
Mass
Towa
Bossy
Farm Bureau News Letter
Atu
Wooderson
Cunningham
Washington
Allamakee Co. Fair Assn
FELCO
Farmers Coop Y Knight, Asst
Junk Man
Tadyt
Woos
Grace
Marie
M. C
Martin-Senour
Schori & Kuster Ler. CO
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McCormick-Deering H.C. Twine
Torkelson Bros
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