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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
2
Graettinger residents attended a rare Friday radio broadcast sponsored by I G A grocery with many listening from home. Carl Miller manages the local I G A store as neighbors shared in the event and holiday activities.
Report says around 3200 muskrats trapped on Green Slough this fall. State property authority allowed public trapping under open season. Twelve groups encamped along the slough as the area posted the highest musk rat population in the locality.
The play Business Picks Up will be presented Friday night December 6 at the OsHnderschack gymnasium. The junior class cast includes Charles Salyen and Margaret Freeman with Lucille Goeders Viola Chasm Iola Frye Wanda Shorts Dorothy North Viola Peterson Marion Benny Henkeling Jot Hanser and Clyde Bounds. The plot centers on Paul Malloy a young dentist tangled with jewels and romance in a light comedy full of clever twists.
Iowa State College expert B Caine warns farm horse prices will stay elevated for several years. He notes dwindling foal and heavy draft horse supply due to feed shortages and past low prices. Breeding will continue to rise but full supply to meet demand remains years away.
A prisoner, Ross An Gerson, broke from his room after smoke was detected in the janitor’s supply room of the inouve house. He is held in county jail for a minor offense and aided the blaze by unlocking a door. Firefighters arrived with gear to extinguish flames damaging walls and stairways.
A Des Moines warehouse of the Town Liquor Commission is depicted as nearly devoid of drink with only a small third floor room housing damaged items. The building enforces strict prohibition for staff and visitors, with immediate dismissal for violations while the basement stores fine wines and champagnes unseen to the public.
The Sheldon Armory board voted to offer the building and property to the city for 38500 to aid financing a combined armory and community building project. City heads approved the offer and will seek legal steps to present it to voters. The project totals 19920 in labor and materials with 7260 from a WPA grant and 12660 to be financed locally. Also notes Thanksgiving guests and travel by local residents.
Iowa farmers seek malting barley premiums up to 26 cents a bushel as quality criteria tighten. Buyers favor Oderbrucker Manchuria Wisconsin No 38 Velvet Glabron and other malting varieties while feed types like Colsess and many 2 rowed kinds miss the mark. Proper cleaning and fanning improve grades and samples sent to Ames for testing guide marketing toward malting use.
County agent Randall Hoffmann says hog prices for the 1935-36 year ending Sept 2036 will edge higher than the post marketing year but likely ease as 1935 highs give way to rising hog supplies by late 1936. The 1936 outlook, from the Iowa State College extension study, predicts a downward trend with Hoffmann in Ames for the state farm outlook conference.
Jim Hogan informs the Champion he has sold his feed grinding business to Ben Zaugg of West Bend and handed over possession last Saturday. Hogan is undecided on future plans but has several enterprises in mind and recommends his customers to the new operator while thanking all for past business.
agricultural outreach will be held soon in Palo Alto County to explain the general outlook and to present crop and livestock prospects of interest to farmers in the region. The meetings aim to inform farmers on market trends weather impacts and resource considerations for the upcoming season.
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