Iowa Farm Notes Warn of Sept 28 Planting Window and Pure Sire Advice
The bulletin urges planning for winter wheat and rye planting after September 28 with low Hessian fly risk. It notes Kentucky’s scrub ball history, promotes purebred sires for beef herds, advises ram timing by October 1 for March lambs, and stresses quality fleece in rams. It also covers cattle market info from 84 feeders, apple storage maturity cues, and silage feeding now to avoid winter shortages.
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Iowa
East Central
Towa
Fall Fashion Trends Slim Skirts and Soft Silhouettes
Fashion notes from 1941 emphasize slim skirts to save fabric, with smooth tailored lines and soft draped styles. Shoulder padding recedes while sleeve shapes like raglan and dolman gain attention, and colors run bright with greens, reds and browns. Attention to hats, accessories, and long torso jackets continues, plus new wool labeling rules.
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Raglan
Saddle
Dolman
Kimono
Bishop
Airforce
Kerosene Weed Control Advised Over Digging in Lawns
Farmers urged a kerosene spray as a safer alternative to trenching for lawn weed control with precise measures. Use water white kerosene at 4 pints per 100 sq ft, avoid after Oct 15 in central Iowa, spray 2 to 3 weeks before dates, and never use gasoline or distillates.
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Iowa
Druid Hill Baptist Church Broadcasts News During Sermon
In Atlanta Georgia a Sunday service at the Druid Hill Baptist Church kept laura D Newton pastor, the church used a radio near the pulpit to relay the latest European crisis news bulletin during the sermon, providing continuous updates to the congregation.
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Ie Aeth
Atlanta
Loura D. Newton
Bulait
Halta
Hia Cegetion
Cow Electrocuted in Nevada Dairying Accident
Rancher Frank Andrews near Gardeeraville Nevada reports a cow was electrocuted when lightning struck his electrical transformer and sent current through the milking machine chain to the cow’s neck. The incident highlights dangers in rural electrification during dairying.
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Frank Andrews
Gardeeraville
Nev
New Type Sheep Bred for Small Farm Operators
A dual purpose sheep producing both good wool and mutton has been developed for small farm operators. The new breed combines efficient wool quality with solid mutton production, aiming to fit limited space and resources while delivering steady flock performance.
Crime and Prohibition Records from the FBI report
Records compiled by the FBI since 1931 show that among major crimes known to police, in 73 cities over 100000 population the average during prohibition years was 377000 while the average during repeal years was 344400.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Broad humor and home life quips from a movie house
A collection of backstage quips and family in jokes from a vintage entertainment page. It riffs on parental authority, flirtations, and comic misunderstandings, ending with a brittle exchange about a couple's intimate scene. The bits lampoon social norms and consumer ads of the era.
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Jacob Gehring, Jr
Elgin
Poland
Mervin Hunsberger
Torkelson Bros
McCormick-Deering Farm Machinery
Chrysler
Plymouth
Guernsey
White Rock
Bernard Hanson
the Avalon
Victolie Martie
Route 1
Echo Office
Kenneth Mark
Elmer Pinney
Bridge
West Elgin
O’neill Drug Co
Chester
New Hampton
J. W. Weigel
Elmer H. Larson
Tfp
Lawrence Gehring
Avalon Theatre
Harold Opland
Lehman’s Hardware
Ge A
Echo
Torkelson Bros. McCormick-Deering
Belle Starr
Avalon
Lloyd Aanes
Clermont
Elgin CD. Company
G. & J. Tires
DIAL
Walter
Haigh
Manchester
Gander
Orvin Thompson
Posville
Union County
Kentucky
West Union
Uouldus
Gide
U. S
The
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Amarics
Reed Fell
Dirvctiona
Poskags
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Lew Ayres
Lionel Sree
Lorraine Day
Dr. Kildare
Judy Canova
Frances L “Puddin Head
Bob Sieele
Claire Carleton
Randolph Scott
Gene Tunney
Belie Starr
Carol Landis
Cesar Romero
Geo. Montgomery
Osa Massen
Accent On
Dorothy Lamour
John Hall
Aloma
South Seas
Elgin Farmers Coop
Eli Metzger
Mgr
Red
Mr. Smith
Billy
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