Wee and neighbors host visitors in Wallingford area
Community notes from Wallingford describe Mrs. Anderson attending Ole Simonsen’s funeral in Riverside after his body was shipped from Iowa City. Relations include the Keuline r family connection and relatives in Riverside cemetery. Other items mention visitors from Gradttinger Estherville and St. Paul, church attendance, a miscellaneous shower for Miss Ethel Lisener, a sick child under Dr. Bradley care, and upcoming moves of the Odegaards to Estherville with job transfer.
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Wallingford
John E. Wee
Cedar Rapids
Anderson
Iowa Falls
Ole Simon
Ole Simonsen
Iowa City
Keuliner
Oliver Larson
Riverside Cemetery
Severtson
Riverside Church
M. O. Grodland
Gradttinger
Hnd
Merklin
Frank Sewell
Bradley
Estherville
L. E. Crim
A. J. Odegaard
Gus Merklin
Misener
Ruth Rokenbrodt
Mrs. Odegaard
Odegaard
M E Church Weekly Service Times Listed
The church announces morning services at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Sunday school, Epworth League at 6:45 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. preaching service. A Wednesday midweek service is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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M. E. Church
Epworth League
West Bend youth joins U S Navy amid war drive
Albert Spencer of West Bend enlisted in the Navy as wartime recruitment intensifies. A national food commission leader urges beans as prime war food and calls for large acreages. Nine Spencer freight yard workers quit to farm this summer, saying $65 monthly won’t cover living costs. Rock Island plans new stock after a strong year. Iowa City agent P D Sowers gets six months jail and $500 fine for selling liquor.
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Albert Spencer
West Bend
U. S. Navy
National Food Commission
Spencer
Rock Island
P. D. Sowers
Iowa City
Oroville
California
Iowa
Uncle Sam
Federal
Oregon
Nnd
U. S
E.R. Erickson
E. B. Rivers
Treat seed potatoes to prevent scab with chemical methods
A guidance notice from the National Crop Improvement Service urges treating seed potatoes before planting to prevent scab and protect children and stock. It outlines two chemical methods using formaldehyde or corrosive sublimate, with precise mixing ratios, soaking times, vessel cautions, and post treatment rinsing and drying steps to ensure healthier, higher yielding seed potatoes.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Seed Corn Yield Returns From Intensive Cultivation
Burlingtion Wisconsin farmer Helron J Black reports raising 30 bushels of seed corn per acre and earning 105 dollars from seed at 3.50 per bushel. He details soil fertility, manure, fall plowing, spring disking, seed-ear selection, May planting, a 450 pound per acre fertilizer, hill planting, and a September harvest for drying and sale.
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National Crop Improvement Service
lIlelron J. Black
Burlington, Wis
Proper Seeds Shortage Reassurances For Farmers
National Crop Improvement Service notes farmers may plant less acreage due to seed worries. Seed wholesalers and experiment stations report a moderate supply of pedigreed barley and some corn ready for shipment. Potatoes remain hardest seed to obtain though quick gains are possible. The value of a Potato Growers Association is emphasized.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Potato Growers’ Association
National Crop Improvement Service four seed fundamentals
The program outlines four core practices for grain production. Establishment of a single best seed variety per soil and climate. Fanning and grading to produce uniform seed free of trash immature grain and weed seeds. Treatment of grain diseases with formaldehyde. Testing seed vitality with community school involvement.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Whiskers on Barley And Crop Improvement Berries
Considerable complaint has been made about barley beards during harvest but this objection has largely been removed since the binder self feeder attachments to threshing machines and self straw stackers. There is little danger in using straw for stock feeding or bedding.
Farming Community Question Explores Aid for Farmers
A National Crop Improvement Service piece urges farmers to secure needed money labor power or seeds to maximize acreage. It frames aid as a public question and calls for immediate solutions to prevent limitations on farming expansion.
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Nationa Crop Improvement Service
Fire at Clarion round house blamed on engine sparks
State fire marshal ties the Clarion round house blaze to sparks from an outgoing engine. Fire started in the roof after an engine had departed the round house. In a separate note, Cleveland boxer Jimmy Berry is jailed for manslaughter after knocking out his opponent in the eighth round.
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Jimmy Berry
Cleveland
Wanted House to Rent by September First
A notice seeks a house for rent by September 1. Respond to Box 167 Graetlinger or contact the Times office at 4-4-5.
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Graetlinger
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Sapp’s
Sapp’s Restaurant
Graettinger
Americas
C. K. Pierson
Prop
Omaa
Eee
National Bank Graettinger
A. R. Cuthbert, Graettinger
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Jno
P. Kirby
B. A. Gronstal
Vincent Kelly
Plymouth Rock
L Lewis Montgomery
Baby Carriage
H. B. Moraine
T. J. Slaven
A. FE. Cuthbert
Lottie Hendricks
Fred Hulbert
G. C. Coolidge
USA
J.W. Robbins
Lewis Lippold
L. L. Wheeler, Grete
George’s Guaranteed Evergreens
George
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