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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1920
Page
8
The engineering division at Iowa State College reports 75 percent of auto tires are damaged from under inflation. Tires should run at 20 psi. use a gauge for accurate testing. Hot weather does not reduce pressure and proper inflation prevents fabric damage and blowouts. Check valves by submerging the valve in water to spot leaks.
June reports from Iowa describe a local gas price surge in Hampton from $1.50 to $2.20 sparking citizen protests and a push for a reduction. Other notices include Waldorf and Jewell college consolidation talks at Jewell and Forest City, and Spencer aiming to host a moved Danish Evangelical Lutheran college after $250000 in local fundraising. Idia Grove notes two farmers lose 35 pigs to unlikely poisoning, with three vets unable to diagnose the cause.
Thieves pried open a rear window at Georke and Brodie in Le Mars Iowa and escaped early this morning with over $1,500 worth of silk skin and men’s furnishings. No trace of the robbers or getaway clue reported.
The sails department of the college at Ames in cooperation with the Tr. & Deparment of Agriculture will conduct 4 sail survey of Emmet county during the coming summer. Mr. D. S. Gray is in charge and will be assisted by Mr. Reich of Ames. Field work is starting this week.
Jack Williams, famed for scaling the Des Moines Register and Tribune building and a Boone National Bank front, was brought to Boone by the News-Republican. His mother joined him, traveling from Los Angeles, as he settles to make Boone his permanent home.
Canty Agent met with Farm Bureau boards in West Bend, Highland and Great Oak townships to set work plans. Townships will run cost records, spraying and demonstrations, and poultry culling and meat handling demos. Committees will prepare resolutions for county, state and national federations and arrange a county picnic this fall.
Maud Peterson notes O. L. Thoreson of Lost Island township near the Norwegian Lutheran church is modernizing his residence and making other improvements. She adds O. C. Oleson near Fallow is building a fine home with modern conveniences including a National Fresh Water system.
The asphalting equipment will be moved from Emmeraburg to Pomeroy in a week or ten days. The foreman has been busy repairing the machinery to ensure effective work when the change is made. Fire broke out in the Woodman ball at Gracttinger a few.
Henry Miller a noted collector of rare coins and historic parchments has assembled leases bonds and marriage contracts from monarchs and leaders. He plans a public display in Emmetsburg featuring items signed by King George II Cromwell James II William II Anne and others, valued for their rarity.
Messrs Breckenridge and O Halloran sold the Morrison farm one half mile west of Rudman to Bonstetter and Huskin of West Bend for 287 dollars per acre. The property is described as four choice quarters. The negotiators reportedly owned the place a month ago.
A soybean variety test is conducted on Clifford Wening farm east of Mallard to identify the best adapted varieties for Palo Alto County. Seven varieties are tested. once determined, efforts will seek farmers to grow the top varieties for seed to ensure home-grown seed and better results.
The I O Q O and the Rebeccas will hold a large district convention at Graettinger on Thursday June 17 with several hundred delegates expected to attend.
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