Storage timing and farm safety tips from Iowa articles
The text covers lifting gladiolus bulbs in October for winter storage, fire safety tips including checks of flues chimneys and electrical wiring, and the impact of farm fires causing deaths and property loss. It notes Hereford hogs rising in interest at the Iowa state fair, eightfold demand for disease resistant cats, seed distribution limits, and livestock protein costs influencing ration efficiency alongside forage quality concerns and silage versus hay yield.
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Towa
New Monthly Chicks Plan Gains Poultry Interest
Farm Topics outlines a shift to year round chick production as a way to stabilize supply of pullets and eggs. New program emphasizes continual equipment use, correct breeding, feeding, and management, with Mediterranean and American varieties judged by age at first lay to optimize production before short days and cold weather.
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ROG Ogle
New York State College
Kareuiure WN
County Wide Meeting to Discuss 1940 Agricultural Outlook
Representatives from all agricultural agencies and businessmen's groups are invited to a county wide meeting on Tuesday October 3 at 1 00 p m at the U S chapel. The planning committee and local leadership will learn the agricultural outlook for 1940 and how action programs relate to each program, plus how county groups may cooperate for greater total accomplishment.
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U. S. US
Dates Set for Fayette County AAA Election Meetings
Fayette county farmers will hold community meetings beginning Oct 2 to elect men to administer the county agricultural conservation program for the coming year. Meetings start at 2 PM at Pleasant Valley Town Hall Elgin Oct 2 Union and Dover Court House West Union Oct 2 3 Illyria Alyria church Oct 3 Fairfield Christian church Artington Oct 4 Clermont Johnsons Hall Clermont All AAA Association members may vote including those cooperating in the program or with farm interest and written intent to participate.
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AAA
Fayette County
Pleasant Valley
Town | Hall
Elgin
Union
Dover
Court House
West Union
Illyria
Alyria
Fairfield
Christian Church
Artington
Clermont
Johnson's Hall
Agricultural Conservation Assn
Association
Canary Islands Name Origin From Latin for Dog
Canary Islands derive their name from canis the Latin word for dog due to early visitors noting notably large dogs on the islands.
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Canary Island
Canary Islands
Lice Affects Cows Says Missouri Farmer Writer
A Missouri Farmer writer notes lice cause scurfy skin and patchy hair loss in cattle, especially calves, and questions whether lice lead to thinness or vice versa. It suggests stock dips as effective treatment but highlights cost, advising hand brushing and borax powder as interim control on winter days.
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Missouri
Agricultural notes on poultry, crops, and farming practices
Agricultural notes discuss high cost of poultry on old ground, farm fires causing large losses, feed efficiency from long finishing, incubator hatch totals, multiple crops from single ground near Orlando, tenant moves in the Southeast, moldy grain and hay feeding caution, inheritance of thick egg whites, incubation periods for ducks geese turkeys, Nebraska peanut crops, dairy feed evaluation, inbreeding versus line breeding, and rural fire protection through fire districts by joining with nearby towns.
Assassination shocks Bucharest leader Calinescu
Premier Armand Calinescu of Romania, age 46 and a member of the National Peasant Party, was assassinated last week. Berlin radio flashes report the killing during his effort to suppress the Aron Guard since his March appointment by King Carol. He had lost an eye in childhood and wore a black monocle.
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Bucharest
Romania
Armand Calinescu
Berlin
Aron Guard
Carol
Calamescu
National Peasant Party
National W. C. T. U. convenes in Rochester with temperance program
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, president, will present a new temperance program at the 65th annual National W. C. T. U. convention in Rochester, New York, on September 27. A Willard event on September 28 will be a major feature of the program.
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E. L. Ray
Ida B. Wise Smith
Rochester
N. Y
Willard
Advice to Teachers on Balancing Rules and Public Opinion
A Sumner Gazette excerpt urges teachers to do their best, keep health, and stay loyal to authorities while engaging with parents. It argues that the ideal is independent yet helpful, respected by communities for steady practice rather than pleasing everyone. Also notes editors mistakenly chasing New Deal letter groups, introducing OMVI as operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Chhildren
OMVI
Sumner Gazette
Tax Tolls Tax Temper and the Taxpayer Rant
The letter rails at a maze of taxes and licenses from business and amusement taxes to health and life insurance. It laments legal and social obligations draining finances, claiming relentless inspection, fines, and boycotts. The narrator ends with a surreal line about selling wolf pups to enclose a check.
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Tor
Salvation Army
Community Chest
Red Cross
Purple Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Popes From Italy All the Popes Since 1591
A historical note states that all popes have been Italian since the year 1591, outlining a long period of Italian papal leadership. The claim highlights continuity of nationality among papal selections over several centuries.
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Italy
Counties in the United States total 3070
The article notes there are 3,070 counties across the United States. It references the nationwide count as a factual statistic within the historical context.
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U. S
United States
Greek Bedsprings Use in Ancient Beds Described
The ancient Greeks first used bedsprings formed from braided thong leather stretched between sturdy side boards of beds. This description notes the early construction method as a foundational bed support technique.
Toledo School Radio Equipment Gifts Raise Education Cost Concerns
A Toledo board discussion notes 16 radio receivers exist in 80 schools, yet no money has been spent on radio education. Equipment largely came as gifts to schools, highlighting funding gaps and reliance on donated devices.
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Toledo
Iowa Turkeys Rise to Fourth in U S Production
Iowa turkey producers plan 30 percent more birds than 1938, totaling 1,802,000. Iowa ranks fourth among leading turkey states, surpassed only by Minnesota California and Texas.
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Iowa
Minnesota
California
Texas
Neutrality Mail Swamps Senators' Offices
Washington D C photo shows Senator Guy M Gillette of Iowa reviewing thousands of letters daily urging him not to vote for repeal of the neutrality law. He receives nearly ten thousand letters daily with about ninety percent against repeal. On the left is Charles Bender assisting to open letters.
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Washington, D
Guy M. Gillette
Towa
Ing
Charles Bender
American Legion Twenty One Years Old
Veterans in Chicago showcase Legion ingenuity as the American Legion marks twenty one years of service and community involvement highlighting ongoing programs and local impact.
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American Legion
Roofing inspection ad urges pre-fall checks for Mule-Hide roof
A humorous ad copy sells roof inspection service with free check and mentions Mule-Hide Cordu-Roy asphalt roofing samples. It uses light dialogue about homes and weather to promote pre winter repairs. The piece includes jokes about belts and lies.
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Elmer Zieman
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