For Sale: Potatoes and Produce at Arlington farm sale
Arlington hosts a two day sale offering No 1 Pontiac and Kennebeck North Dakota potatoes by bag lots and singles with price breaks. Cabbage and onions listed with Len Cordes as contact. Also an advertisement note about portable Smith Corona homework aids at Eeho Office.
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Arlington
Pontiac
Kennebeck North Dakota
Kennebeck
Len Cordes
Smith-Corona
Eeho
Iowa cropland payments set per acre in state plan
The cropland reserve pays 10 to 13 dollars per acre under the soil bank. Rates are 13 for 27 counties, 12 for 38, 11 for seven, and 10 for 27 counties. Contracts span 3 to 15 years with annual per acre payments. Mental health plan from ex-Iowan Dr. Graves urged coordinated Iowa program with a part time policy board. State senators Dailey and McManus critique taxation study committee as partisan and warn of possible tax increases. Rail abandonments rise, with 24 miles authorized this year by the Iowa commerce commission. A 1.3 million vote forecast cited for November elections, and newly elected officers of the League of Iowa Municipalities named.
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Max Soeth
ASC
Charles C. Graves
New Jersey State Hospitals
Iowa
Iowa Board of Control
Iowa State Medical Society
Thomas Dailey
Burlington
Edward McManus
Iowa Commerce Commission
Tomato plants climb to twelve foot fruit by Lew Wanamaker
Lew Wanamaker of Ma Tengo built crates for ordinary tomato plants last spring and trained them to climb. He now reports producing tomatoes reaching about 12 feet in height, a surprising result from pruning and staking.
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Lew Wanamaker
Visitation and social rounds in Elgin area
Local residents hosted numerous visitors and attended events across Cedar Falls Prairie du Chien Fort Dodge and Decorah. Notable names include Jorgensen Falk Frieden Capper Meinhard Gilson Grether and Olsen among many others. Family ties linked to the Schari and Snyder households with travel to Des Moines Bloomington and California mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kjaer
Don Jorgensen
David
John Jorgensen
Linda
Freddie
Bobby
Cedar Falls
Leo Falk
David Roberts
Louis
Penish
Prairie du ‘Chien
Wis
Iowa City
Ben Schori
L. L. Kiple
Walter Kohler
Gary
Curtis Gilson
Floyd Frieden
Henry McMillan
Charles Capper, Jr
Richard Frieden
Jorris ‘Martin
Charles Christianson
Elliot Olson
Donna Meinhard
Max Medberry
Clifford
Leo Grether
Wallace Oldfather
George Falk
Walter Falb
Norris Capper
Gee, Howard, Jr
Don Page
Keith Kohler
LeRoy Rothlis‘berger
Ployd Frieden
Herbert Ash
Leo Meyer
West Union
Felco
Monona
Fort Dodge
Earl Garmoe
Fairfield
Paul Zurbriggen
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Education Association
N. E
John Kiple, Jr
John III
Garnavillo
Walter ‘Mediberry
Jim Davis
Wadena
Melvin Mason
Gill
Millers Home
Belva Snyder
Ida Grether
Elsie Popenhagen
California
Mdms
Anna McNeil
Pauline Petratz
Walter Medberry
Alta Klingman
Libbie Larson
Gust Gilbertson
Loren M. Olson
Roy E. Johnson
Clifton Hill
Luella
Waukon
Harvey O. Gilbertson
Stanley
No. Dak
Stephen Lansing
Decorah
Jerry Lansing
Discovery mounds opened west of Adel uncover ancient remains
State and federal archeologists unearth mounds northwest of Adel revealing pits about 15 feet underground. The site yields finely carved arrow and spear heads, bone needles, petrified bones, and other artifacts dating roughly three centuries back.
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Adel
Iowa
Want Ad Promises Job at Two Overheads Cost
A brief want ad indicates a job opportunity available at a cost of two overages.
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches Events Schedule
Bruce Boyce, Pastor, lists services and activities for St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches. October events include elections of officers, Dorcas and Ladies Aid sales, confirmation classes, Sunday services, Sunday school sessions, a Lime Concert with free will offering, and choir rehearsals. Also notes Marion church meetings and local Brotherhood gatherings and a hen hatching tale from Lake City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Boyce
Bergan and
Norway Ladies’ Aid
Dorcas Society
Marion Church
Norway Church
St. Olaf Chapel
St. Olaf
Norway
St. Olaf Ladies Aid
St. Olaf and
Marion Brotherhood
Clermont Brotherhood
Cave‑in erases pond area amid mine shafts near Lorimer
A cave‑in destroyed a pond once 400 feet wide and 0.25 miles long with 10 feet of water, leaving a 30 foot diameter hole and 20 feet deep amid undermined ground from old coal mine shafts. Nearby, ten year old Johnny Erickson of Lorimer was attacked by several men after being thrown from his horse, sustaining gashes and braids.
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Lovilla
Indus
Johnny Erickson
Lorimer
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Hampshire
Keith Thoma
Clermont
Elgin
Edward F. Krueger
Elgin Echo
Joe ‘Baker
Clermont Co-operative
Elgi
Echo Office
Henry Talle
Len Wolf
Joe Smiths
Washington
Congress
R. P. Strauch
Dresser
Mrs. U
Torkelson
Echo
R. F
Bob
Swehla
Fayette, Iowa
Nelson
Sitie
Storm
J. J. Mulford
Elgin, Te
Roberta Wilson
Elmer Lembke
Dial 3904
Doyle Baker
Torkelson Motor Co
State News
Study Unit
Melvin Synhorst
Bureau of Census
League
League of Iowa
Marvin Wedig
George Mendon
Mason City
St. Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches
Louis Grade
Lake City
Hole, Inc
Mike Kurimski
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Ritchie
Amana
John M. Tillotson
Elgin, Iowa
Tire Sale
John Falk & Sons
Wadena Livestock Exchange
G. W. Alderson
Aiak
Elgin, Jowa
EerThe Broadcasters
Storm Window
Papa Bird
Mama Bird
Schori & Kuster
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