Detasseling Corn Jobs Open as Farmers Seek Workers
Nearly 80 people have signed up for detasseling hybrid corn in Palo Alto county with 60 cents per hour and 60 cents on Sundays. Many boys are weed pulling elsewhere, while R B Plantz of Ellington township employs seventeen Emmetsburg youths for cocklebur removal across 160 acres, with meals provided and satisfactory progress reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siz
Palo Alto
Farm Bureau
Emmetsburg
R. B. Plantz
Ellington Township
Rodman Soldier Honored With Family Gathering
A July 13 gathering at the T. B. Douglas home honored Pfc. Clifford Douglas before he returns to camp. Relatives from Fenton Ringsted Rolfe Mallard Depew Whitte more and others attended. Community Club notes a July 6 meeting and a future wiener roast on August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodman
T. B. Douglas
Pfc
Clifford Douglas
Harland Kramer
Larry
Lyle Douglas
Fenton
Bilis
Sois, Douglas
Ringsted
Earl Hudson
Stella Rose
Rolfe
Eldon Douglas
Roger Heedson
Havelock
Bennell Douglas, Sr
Mallard
Ralph McQuan
Depew
John Stamer
Everett Johnson
Whitte_more
Community Club
Scommuunity Club
Frank Burgess
H. Baker
Jensen
Earl Shriner
Amerella
Texas
Kessler Field
Dan Urquhart
O. Pierson
Payton
Elmer Lawman
Thames Lawman
Boone
Leonard Silver
H. Andersen
Gerald Firkins
E. Firkins
Belle Hilborn
Palo Alto
Calif
Leta Turner Arived
West
Stephen Watts Kearny Sketch Tells Why Iowa State Park Bears His Name
A biography by Ora Williams recalls General Stephen Watts Kearny, a lifelong soldier and explorer, for whom the state park near Emmetsburg in Palo Alto County was named. The sketch highlights his 1829 expedition from Council Bluffs toward Camp Cold Water, his role in founding U S Dragoons, and his broader service across New Mexico, California, and Mexican conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Watts Kearny Tered Tr Eee
Ree State Park
Stephen Watts Kearny
Five Island Lake
Kearny
E. H. Soper
Ora Williams
Tephen Watts Bearny
United States Army
Missouri Territory
Missouri
Cold Water
Council “Bluffs
St. Paul
Minet
Queenston's Heights
Quebec
Prairies
Iowa
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
New Mexico
Valligiuia
Stockton
Los Angeles
Hollywood
United States
Keamy
Towk
Méseuri
Manuel Lisa
General Kearmy
Boyer
Leve Grove
Elk Lake
Des Moines
Blue Earth
Gotmcil Bluffs
Lake Pepin
St. Peters
Kearny State Parks
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Littre Sioux
St. Peter’s River
Fort Snelling
Pacific
Keay
Fort Crawford
Congress
Zachary Taylor
Jefferson Davis
Winfield Scott
Robert E. Lee
Nathan Hoone
James Allen
Albert Lea
United States Dragoons
Camp Des Moines
Michigan Territory
Fort Des Moines
Raccoon Forks
Old Fort Des Moines
Albert M. Les
Dragoons
Towra
Wabasha
Missiestopi
Mearny
San Diego
Missions
California
Towa
General Kearny
Tows
Norivated Abundance
Enrollment Deadline Sets 4-H Eligibility in Palo Alto
July 1 is the cutoff for 4-H farm project enrollment in Palo Alto County for 1944. Only enrollments filed by July 1 are eligible for state or interstate competition. late entries will compete only within the county. A large list of enrollments in baby beef, dairy, and purebred sow projects is published, with counts and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Farm Bureau
Baby Beef Club
Mildred Baxter
Rolland Baxter
Wendell Christensen
Richard Clasing
Homer Cox
James Depenbusch
Leander Depenbusch
Marvin Ferguson
Glen Flint
Keyron Fogarty
Terrance Fogarty
Martin Fogarty
Dolores Gade
Milford Gade
Joe Gappa
August Herke
Edmund Herke
Mary Lane Herke
Richard Herke
Eugene Howard
Donald Kassel
Marice Lezson
Dennis Martin
Theron Martin
Lary Montag
Pat Montag
Adlo Nelson
Clifford Nicol
Orville Nicol
Howard Norland
James Norland
Luetta Norland
Donald Olesen
Dale Oppedal
Dean Op
Jim Chapman
Gene Cullen
Irene Cullen
Kitty Cullen
Andy Hermanson
Dale Jensen
Ronald Jensen
Glen Peterson
Vergene Rose
Wall
Cyril’ Rouse
Dewayne Rouse
Shirley Siems
Harold Berkeland
Dean Lufkin
Robert Berkeland
Dean Larson
David Rouse
Donald Rouse
Eugene Rouse
Merle Gates
Donald Leners
James Leners
John Leners
Michael Len
Notice of appointment of executors in Mary Kerwick estate
State of Iowa Palo Alto County. Notice given that Thomas F. Kerwick and William P. Kerwick have been duly appointed and qualified as executors of the estate of Mary Kerwick late of Palo Alto County deceased. Creditors to pay promptly and claimants to file claims with the Clerk of the District Court for allowance. Edward D. Kelly attorney for executors. Dated June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Iowa
Palo Alto County
Mary Kerwick
Thomas F. Kerwick
William P. Kerwick
Edward D. Kelly
Occupational accident deaths and employment trends in 1943
The report states 1943 saw 18 000 occupational deaths a drop of 43 percent from the prior year. Nonagricultural employment rose, manufacturing jobs up, while overall employment increased by a small percentage.
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Minneapolis
Hugh Salisbury
John Salisbury
Ballenback
Owattonia
Minn
C. M. Barber
Homer Keller
Kasson
John Shriner
Carl Satern
Ralph Wickman
Amd
Equitable Life Insurance Company OF
Pioneer Farm Loan Company
ED McNally
Harold
U.S. Gov’t
Hockless
Dechker
U.S
Kraft
ABC Pancake
Jackson
ABC
A.B.C. Pork & Beans
Sunkist Oranges
Jibc
MR. Farmer
Prince Albert
Carnation Milk
Royal
Ivory
Wheaties
Heinz
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