Stray Notes From Last Week In Graettinger Area
Local notes recount a Moping sale, Hoping Red Cross dinners, and several family updates. Baby Lowell Clifford arrived June 27 to the Larson home, marking five generations with Hutson as great great grandfather. Visits include Elsen's west of Graettinger and Masters family at Harry Bailey’s, plus Christianson of Graettinger staying with Ray Young. A Studebaker Six change hands and a fence injury near miss are noted amid community happenings and a Theo Greve concert in Graettinger.
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Moping
Red Cross
Lowell Clifford
L. A. Larson
Ather
Hutson
Andrew Christianson
West
Graettinger
Lewis Tyerson
Mabel
Ray Young
Everet
Melvin DeGeest
McCarty
Johnson
Studebaker
Theo. Grevre
Eradicate the Common Barberry In Palo Alto County
J Snyder of the U S Department of Agriculture teams with the Farm Bureau in eradicating the common barberry, a host for black stem rust. Spring spore stages require barberry, so residents must inspect properties and remove bushes. Emmetsburg reports presence, with owners set to destroy them. contact County Agent Bert L France for details.
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WF. J. Snyder
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Palo Alto County
Farm Bureau
Emmetsburg
Futher
Bert L. France
County Agric
Iowa Growth Since 1861 Shown in 1862 County Map
The Des Moines Register discusses Iowa’s population growth from 1862 to 1910 using a county population table. It contrasts midwest counties with eastern river counties, listing figures for several counties such as Polk, Dubuque, Clayton, and Louisa, illustrating substantial regional expansion. The data highlights the rise from early counts to 1910 census totals.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa
Middle Northwest
Palo
Clay
Emmetee
Dickinson
Humboldt
Pocahontas
Polk Veeevee
Tee
Comicon
Boot Syiseeene
Clayton Iessees
Fayette
Dubuque
Louisn
Allamukee
Only One Third Of Wheat Supply For Domestic Use
The text warns that current press reports mislead about wheat scarcity, urging strict conservation of wheat and flour. It cites a June forecast by the Food Administration showing about 66 million bushels available for harvest and imports, with 40 million slated for export to support the army. After exports, roughly 26 million bushels remain for domestic use, equating to about one third of normal American consumption. The point stresses severe constraint on domestic supply for two months.
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Birape
Food Administration
Ain Tilh
Wlles
Barley Biscuits From a Laboratory Recipe
A scanned recipe describes barley biscuits using barley flour and leavening, mixing dry materials with fat, adding squid, rolling into one half inch thickness, and baking in a hot oven. The text reflects OCR errors such as misspellings and inconsistent measurements.
Make Your Own Potato Flour at Home
A compact home method for making potato flour from sound potatoes. Wash bake and rice then dry thoroughly in a warm or cool oven before grinding to a fine powder. Use hot water to soak soups or as a flour mix and avoid scorching to preserve quality.
The Hard Working Woman at the Red Cross
Mrs. Britt, a hard efficient woman with a cold smile, dominates the Red Cross auxiliary. Mrs. Farlow, soft and tearful, struggles with bandages for wounded soldiers while Britt’s memory of a lost son in Guantanamo motivates a stark lesson about duty over self.
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Red Cross
Mrs. Britt
Mrs. Farlow
Guantanamo
Meyer
Stella
Flo
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Windsor
F. E Schurmann
Carpenters and Masons Contractors and Builders
Grachtinger
Telephone
Peter Miller Graettinger
P. J. Hession
M. D
Newamerican
American Steel & Wire Company
Rey
Reid
Scumbay National
Royal Lumber Go
John Jackman
Prop
Hn Bondhus
Jergen Andersen
Ert
V. L. O’conner
Farmers’ Grain Co
V. L. O’ Connor, Ysitoinhar
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Cha United States Fool Administration
The
American Red Cross
Frank Godwin
Maximilian Foster
Vigilantes
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