Butter crisis shadows Iowa butter market in 1940s
Delegation led by Chas B Thatcher urged Gov Blue to push OPA for higher butter price ceilings as creamers shift fat to cream, threatening butter shortages in Iowa towns. Iowa creamery leaders warn of black market risk if ceilings stay, amid a broad wartime food crisis and hunger reports.
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Chas. B. Thatcher
C. A. Iversen
Dairy Industry
Iowa
State College
Julius Bruner
Osage
Jawa Creameries
Mason City
Towa
OPA
Bruner
Provernor
Iverson
John Quist
Ames
Iowa Creameries
Farm welding offered by Gus Hanson at Spies corner
Notice from Gus Hanson offering electric and acetylene welding services at his farm nine miles west of Spies corner. All work guaranteed.
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Gus Hanson
Test Plot To Determine Value Of Nitrogen Fertilizer On Oats
Dr. Lewis Nelson and Ed Dyas from Iowa State College Agronomy Department helped establish a fertilizer test plot on Ross Wilson farm in Freedom. The study tests three nitrogen sources at 20, 40, and 80 pounds per acre across thirty-two 15 by 30 foot plots. The plot sits on the praver road west of Wilson’s farmstead and will be marked for season-long observation.
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Lewis Nelson
Ed Dyas
Iowa State College Agronomy Department
Ross Wilson
Freedom
Praver Road
Savings Bond pledge from miner near Wilkes Barre
Uncle Sam notes a coal mine worker in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania buying a Savings Bond each month to plan for marriage. Joe says he has $375 in War and Victory Bonds and expects to save $25 a month for ten years, hoping for financial security for Irma and possible children if mining slows. U.S. Treasury Department
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Wilkes Barre
Joe
Irma
U.S. Treasury Department
Broad Street
Nassau Street
New York
Hal
Wall Street
Inaugural U S Building and Loan Association City Origins
The first Building and Loan Association in the United States was organized in Philadelphia in 1835. The text also notes that bungalow homes imitate Ben gal thatched cottages and mentions Buffalo N Y as a residence of Presidents Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland. It cites butterfly diversity and an English child labor law from 1802.
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Building and Loan Association
United States
Philadelphia
Bengal
India
Millard Fillmore
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Peterson announces candidacy for Fourth District supervisor
Roy T. Peterson announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for supervisor in the Fourth Supervisor District. He asks Republican voters for their support at the June primary. The statement is reprinted with selective spelling variants and a signature line from Theo W. Hermanson.
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Roy T. Peterson
Wm. H. Mecconnell
Theo
W, Hermanson
Graettinger Walnut School District Quarterly Financial Report 1946
The Graettinger Walnut School District presents the quarterly financial statement for the quarter ending March 31 1946. It lists fund balances warrants drawn and disbursements including salaries supplies repairs and transportation with total end balances and a notarized certification by Secretary Pauline Stueve witnessed by Dorothy M. Horswell on April 10 1946.
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Graettinger
Walnut
Palo Alto
Pauline Stueve
SEAL
Dorothy M. Horswell
History and landmarks of wonders and parks
P T Barnum introduced the circus to the United States and Cleopatra’s Needle survived Egypt’s dry climate before needing protective washing after arrival in New York City. Yellowstone National Park covers 3471.51 square miles, the nation’s largest park.
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United States
P. T. Barnum
Connecticut
Yellowstone Park
Cleopatra’s Needle
Egypt
New York City
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ED Herke
Osgood, Iowa
West Bend Journal
Europe
United States Department of Agriculture
European
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Germany
Austria
Finland
Poland
Hungary
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
France
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Norway
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Belgium
Sweden
Denmark
H. A. Elsenbast
N. A. Elsenbast
Electric Park
Ruthven
Philip Johnson
Electric Breoders
Gractuteer
Maynard Holland
Oak Buffet
Times Office
Morse
Einer Petersen
Julius I. Masted
Graecttinger
Horswell Insurance Agency
G.I. Bill
John Deere
George Winters
Maynard Peterson
Wallingford
Miller & Son Contractors
Bor
Grachtinger
Critchett Piano Co
Des Moines
Hamilton Hatchery
Bancroft
Cameron Hatchery
O. S. Olson
Crows
Dan Fitzpatrick
Uncle Sam
W. A. Marley Real Estate
Graettinger, Iowa
State OF Iowa
Palo Alto County
E. B. Osher
Gilford Osher
England
Wisconsin Lumber Co
Tone Insurance
SKOW
General Fund
School House Fund
Graettinger State Bank
Tee Attene
Withhol
Jani Mike Weinholzer
Henry Westergard Register and ‘Tribune
J. P .McManus Mitchell
McWilliams Hardware Highley Chemical Co
W. A. Rasmussen
Vinton School Farm Co
Standard Office Equip
Vonnigut Hardware Co
Cadmus Books
Metropolitan Supply Co
W. L. O'Connor
O. N. Palmer Co
Missouri Kansas Chemical Co
Spencer Music Co
Typewriter Exchange
Graettinger Telephone Co
Farmers Grain Company
Graetetinger State Bank
Universal Bleacher Company
K. M. Chase
Russell Grover
Ins
Bob Simonsen
Bat of the Aces
Ois
Dwight Hauft
Algeros
Estherville
Seibiske
Frank Rodgers
John Rezac
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