Old Pumpkins and Squashes in Early America
Remains of pumpkins and squashes have been found in ancient Basket Makers ruins, indicating long precolonial cultivation in the Americas. Likely originating in Mexico, pumpkin pie existed before the Revolution. The Hubbard squash emerged in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1855 after over six decades of growth, with another winter squash tracing to Iroquois seeds.
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America
Mexico
Marblehead
Mass
Early seeds and crops: flax oats corn and dairy notes
Agricultural guidance from the era covers flax and small grain sowing timing, mastitis losses to dairy farms, butterfat and cow production shifts, hybrid corn vigor decline, barberry eradication efforts, anemia in suckling pigs and pasture use, homemaking education interests, and spring horse conditioning with recommended feeds and feeding times.
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Towa
Lowa
Lawrence Tibbett Urges The Reader's Digest Appeal
Renowned tenor Lawrence Tibbett says he reads many magazines but cannot absorb every melody of the nation. He praises The Reader's Digest for keeping him informed and recommends it to readers as a stimulating magazine like The Editor.
Seventh Birthday Party and Dutch Themed Class Activities
Jackie Kiple celebrated his seventh birthday with a classroom party and games for the primary room. Marylin Falb brought wooden shoes to show the Dutch for study. Pupils colored a Dutch boy and girl and will create a sand table scene.
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Jackie Kiple
Marylin Falb
Robert Gruver
University Hospital
Iowa City
Real Estate Transfers Reported by W J Rogers Abstract Office
Transfers within two weeks to March 11 include H J Nehring to Elgin State Bank Lh D for 950 in Clermont NE NE SW and other parcels. Rosa Reed to John Howard Jr and Arleta for 1 and multiple sections in 2094-7. Leo F Stone Administrator to Louise Miller et al for 2884 Und 1-3 NESW etc. Lovika Barnhart et al to Louise Miller et al for same land. John O Anderson and wife to Andrew Anderson for 500 1-9 in W 1-2 SW 14-95-7. Herbert Anderson reference to W P Lauer for 5965.25 including multiple sections in 27-95-7 and 23-05-7. Henry Hackmann to Hugo Hackmann for 8500 NE NW 14-95-10.
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W. J. Roger
H. J. Nehring
Elgin State Bank
Lh. D
Clermont
Rosa Reed
John Howard, Jr
Arleta
Leo F. Stone
Louise Miller
Lovika Barnhart
John O. Anderson
Andrew O. Anderson
Herbert Anderson
W. P. Lauer
Henry Hackmann
Hugo Hackmann
Era of mimeographed copy from state candidates
A note about publishers receiving mimeographed campaign copy from state candidates, highlighting the era's demand for large free space and the practice of distributing many pages to fill newspaper space.
Meerschaum Fossil Substance Found in Asia Minor
Meerschaum is a fossil substance used in pipes found mainly embedded in red clay in Asia Minor. It formed long ago from shell creatures and is excavated in small oval lumps.
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Asia Minor
Goering Leads Troops In Hitler's Absence
Hermann Goering, with his field marshal baton presented by Adolf Hitler, reviews troops as acting chief of state in Hitler's absence during wartime.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Ef Studie
Hitler
Farm Bureau District Meeting Planned in Fayette County
Officers and directors from Fayette and northeast Town Farm Bureaus will attend a district organization meeting at the I O O F hall in Oelwe in Tuesday March 22. The conference aims to review the 1938 program and county officer duties with focus on township units and county board conduct. Counties to be represented include Allamakee Winneshiek Howard Chickasaw Fayette Clayton Dubuque Delaware Buchanan Black Hawk Bremer. Guernsey breeders plan their annual Fayette meeting March 19 at 11 o'clock to elect officers and plan the year. March 31 is the last day for federal sealed loan applications. seals must be placed and recorded with the county, or postmark for Commodity Credit Corporation loans by March 15.
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Fayette
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Howard
Chickasaw
Clayton
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Bremer
Guernsey
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
County Conservation Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Six Point 1938 Farm Program Outlined for Fayette County
W S Rothlisberger of Elgin leads Fayette county AAA in explaining the 1938 Farm Program. Six points from Secretary Wallace include sustaining soil conservation and making acreage allotments to ensure domestic needs, exports, and reserve stocks, with payments to encourage production.
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Fayette County
W.S. Rothlisberger
Elgin
AAA
Rothlisberger
Wallace
Provisions for national grain allotments and storage
The text outlines three loan provisions to store surpluses from bountiful crop years, with government loans enabling farmers to hold surpluses until needed. It also describes four marketing quotas with penalties to gain broad farmer participation and five release provisions to meet shortages at farm or county levels or national need.
Tit for Tat by J T Harahan and the Casey encounter
In an anecdote from The Garment Worker era Casey, a burly yard worker, demands a pass to St. Louis. Harahan dismisses rudeness and suggests a proper introduction. Casey returns and bluntly declares he has a job with Missouri Pacific, signaling a sharp workplace confrontation.
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J.T. Harahan
The
Illinois ‘Central
Casey
St. Louis
Harahan
Mr. Harahan
Patrick Casey
Missouri Pacific
Elgin Social News Highlights From Local Guests
Elgin residents hosted and visited relatives with Fayette guests dining in Jud Conner home. Fayette travelers L G Lehman and Wm Miller attended a Skelgas dealers meeting in Cedar Rapids. Several Fayette youths and parents visited Elgin over the weekend. A bake and candy sale at Elgin town hall is set for Saturday March 19 at 2 pm hosted by the Junior League.
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Albert Dummermuth
Fayette
Jud Conner
L. G. Lehman
Wm. F. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Skelgas Dealers
Paul Zurbriggen
Kenneth Evans
Ernestine Holzer
Vergil Cook
Helen Muehlethaler
Elgin
Frank Greenley
Rose Garber
Ern Schori
Geraldine
Arthur Herning
Wadena
Chas. Fuller
W. R. Stewart
Dale DeSart
Marshalltown
Lenox Co
Louis Becker
Atlantic
Roy Becker
Alne Becker
Earthworm Has Gizzard
A natural science note explains that earthworms possess a gizzard to grind food. The simple anatomical fact highlights a specialized chamber aiding digestion in the worm.
Humorous Snippets and Dialogues From Everyday Life
A collection of light anecdotes and quick quips. The pieces include a cattle or pig care tip about Bellamy Brand Hog Tonic at farrowing time and general moral reflections. Dialogue jokes cover marriage, mental balance, and playful wedding exchanges with brisk, period-tinged humor.
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Bellamy
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Elgin Cooperative Co
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Feller’s Hardware
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Manchester
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