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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
7
Theda Baronest Tuesday December twelfth in Under Two Flags with matinee at 3 00 and second show at 4 30 All seats ten cents night lower floor six teen cents balcony ten cents Iowa Theatre presents the program featuring Theda Baronest and the two showtimes.
Surprised on Thanksgiving night, Mrs. H. C. Shadbolt hosts a birthday gathering with old friends who had been intimate associates of Mr. Shad belt years ago. She highly appreciated the thoughtful affair and will hold the friends in grateful remembrance.
Don L. Butler, 18, son of J. M. Butler, grew 124.3 bushels per acre on a bottom land parcel near Burns bridge and tested seed before planting. He was edged out by H. Hale of Polk County with 125.5 bushels. The farmer replanted after moisture, laid twelve tons of manure, drilled rows three and a half feet apart, and had expenses of 24.92 dollars. Butler plans to attend the International Live Stock show in Chicago. Farmers' Savings Bank funded his prize. Also notes large 6,000 bushel corn deal by Wm. Gist and Jerome Hal Jenbeck.
Ames Iowa State College stock judging team chosen after tryouts to represent the college in the stock judging contest at the International Livestock Show in Chicago December 2 to 9. Seventeen teams from eleven colleges and universities compete with eighty five students, the largest entry in show history. Members include John L. Evans Des Moines J M Buoy Corydon L V Wilson Grinnell F L F DeButts Melbourne L E Wheeler Fairfield and Chris Christenson Humboldt.
Latta of near Magnolia headed the Chicago hog and cattle market findings. Hogs sold at 31 0 per hundred and cattle at 31 2 per hundred, totaling about 1597 per head. A farmer shipment of hogs worth 310.090 topped Chicago markets.
Reports of a new foot and mouth disease outbreak in cattle in Missouri Nebraska and Kansas prompt Dr. J I Gibson state veterinarian to consider quarantine. Telegrams sent to Kansas City and Omaha seek confirmation of livestock arrivals. Colorado already quarantined the three states. Officials warn big stockyards may face heavy losses if the disease returns, with cattle held at Clinton under embargo and Chicago stockyards closed to shipments from the three states.
John Fitzpatrick paid Capt. Wi B. Soper $1,700 for his share of corn from 100 acres. Fitzpatrick’s farming plan aims to cover landlord costs and his own. John Oringer from Whittemore handled business in the city Monday. Helen Holmes in Medicine Bend attends a matinee at the Iowa Theatre on Saturday December 5 at 2:30.
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