Duck Season Reopens October 25 In Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission announces the split duck hunting season restart on October 25 at sunrise. The final 37 days run through November 30 with daily bag limits up to 10 ducks and a possession limit of two bag limits, using a point system to reach 100 points for a daily bag. The 1975 point values list various species, including Hooded Moon Mergansers and Gadwall. Weather conditions may boost hunting versus 1974.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Canvasback
Mississippi River
Commission
Autumn Harvest Notes and Soil Care From Garden Talk
Joe Gabrielson surveys autumn in the Midwest noting colorful foliage, impending dormancy, and drought influenced harvests. Soybeans have yielded fairly well. corn harvest runs day and night with chisel plowing gaining favor for soil enrichment and erosion control.
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Jack Frost
Midwest
Football Contest Entrants Fooled on Many Games
The Times football contest saw most entrants miss about half the 24 games. Brian Simington of Graettinger Com munity School won first place with 17 correct picks and a tie-breaker forecast, predicting Ruthven 34 24. Eddie Bekx claimed second with 34 points in the tie-breaker.
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Brian Simington
Graettinger Community School
Brian
Ruthven
Graettinger
Eddie Bekx
Bekx
Pirate
Pete Hanson
Hanson
Garry Barkve
Cylinder
Mike Elsenbast
Barkve
Eisenbast
Frances Bortint
Tom Murphy
Loris Alger
Phyllis Alger
Estherville
Swea City
Armstrong
North Iowa
Ilcc
Sheldon
Cherokee
Sibley
Spirit Lake
Storm Lake
Spencer
Kansas
Iowa State
Mallard
West Bend
Green Bay
Dallas
Houston
Washington
The
Times
Plowing soils and weather chaos warned for coming year
The piece argues plowing leaves soil bare and exposed to sun wind and rain and buries valuable organic matter. It contrasts with mulch systems, notes erosion lessons from a heavy rain last summer, and forecasts variable weather ahead including possible hot dry or cooler cooler cycles influenced by sunspots and jet streams. It ends with a pragmatic outlook.
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Ed Faulkner
Earth
Sahara
Ethiopia
India
Europe
Graettinger Dismissals Include Local Names
Names listed include Marcia Thu admitted on Wednesday and Nellie O Connor dismissed on Sunday with Joseph Hauge and others dismissed Thursday and Friday at Graettinger, indicating a sequence of admissions and dismissals through the week.
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Marcia Thu
Graettinger
Joseph Hauge
Nellie O'Connor
Albino Carrot Found in Rural Iowa Garden Tale
Benton Curray of Graettinger harvested a twelve inch albino carrot from his rural garden. A second albino carrot appeared about ten inches long two weeks later. Seed from Hy Vee Estherville, possibly Burpee, led to the discovery. Curray, a longtime resident, now lives on the Todd Suss farmstead and farms with Lucille Campbell.
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Benton Curray
Graettinger
Curray
Hy Vee Food
Estherville
Herbert Besaw
Todd Suss
Lucille Campbell
Obituary for Elmer LeRoy Iverson of Estherville
Elmer LeRoy Iverson 74 of Estherville former Graettinger area resident died Wednesday night at Holy Family Hospital funeral held Saturday Oct 18 at 1 30 p m Estherville Lutheran Church with Rev Stan Eyberg officiating and burial at High Lake Cemetery He was born December 1900 in High Lake Township to Louis and Ella Johnson Iverson educated in rural schools attended Waldorf College married Mabel Evinge February 28 1924 at Huron South Dakota and farmed in High Lake Township until 1967 when they retired and moved to Estherville He served as Emmet County Supervisor and was active in church and local committees Survivors include wife Mabel son Donald Iverson Boulder Colorado daughters Lynn Marilyn Bubb Concord California and Maxine Robertson Walnut Creek California ten grandchildren three great grandchildren two sisters Gladys Herke Estherville and Edith Elsenbast Graettinger He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
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Elmer Elroy Iverson
Elmer LeRoy Iverson
Estherville
Graettinger
Estherville Lutheran Church
Stan Eyberg
High Lake Cemetery
Holy Family Hospital
Mr. Iverson
High Lake Township
Louis
Ella Johnson Iverson
Waldorf College
Forest City
Mabel Evinge
Huron
Emmet
Boulder
Colo
Lynn
Marilyn) Bubb
Concord
Calif
James
Maxine) Robertson
Walnut Creek Calif
Gladys Herke
Edith Elsenbast
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Sheila
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Iowa
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Chicago
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Pocahontas Rural
Hospital News
Lorraine
Oko Boil
Joe Schultz
Birdseye Cool Whip
Tony
Plymouth
Blue Bunny
California
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