Wallingford News Highlights Local Movements and Visits
Mrs Dr Anderson of Estherville visited Wallingford with Mrs Schacherer and Mrs Crim. Several residents, including Mr and Mrs Moore and Miss Ruth Rokenbrodt, attended events in Estherville. Students and workers such as Nellie Moore, Bernice Booman, Gusta Skattebo, and Gunda Egertson prepared for Ames and Milford. Community notes cover travel to Northfield and Des Moines, farm interests, and Choral Union performance at the Lutheran church.
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Wallingford
Dr. Anderson
Estherville
Schacherer
L. E. Crim
Ruth Rokenbrodt
G. E. Moore
John Wee
Olen Anderson
Otto Larson
Minneapolis
H. A. Gunderson
Northfield
Minn
Ms. Gunderson
Tom Moore
Nellie Moore
Art Amdal
Des Moines
Randina Sando
Ames
Iowa
N. E. Durkee
North Dakota
Bernice Boomann
Milford
J. Heidecker
Palo
Kans
C. Larson
St. Paul
Bernice Booman
Select Seed Corn Early For Shortage Prep Advice
Iowa State College agronomists urge planning to pre select three or four times as much seed as needed from standing stalks before frost. Benefits include early maturing seed, avoidance of freezing damage, picking disease free ears from three stalk hills, and higher yield potential per hill. Extra seed covers replanting and a future shortage, with market demand for surplus seed.
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Iowa State College
Long Iowa youth study shows endless college workload
A mathematician-calculated claim argues that the liberal arts college at Iowa's state university offers enough regular work to occupy a person for 75 years. After that, entering the eight other university colleges could keep one out of mischief for another 150 years, the remark implies.
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Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
State University
Cow Testing Association Report for August Fat Yields
The Wallingford Cow Testing Association lists cows producing over 39 pounds of butter fat in August. Despite dry pastures and harsh conditions from flies and heat, several cows achieved strong records, reflecting good performance this month.
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Cow Test Association
Wallingford
Cow Testing Association
Drying Squash and Pumpkin Preparation Guide
This article explains selecting ripe squash and pumpkins for drying. Cut into inch squares, blanch six to eight minutes, cool dip, then dry on trays using sun or a fan. Drying with a stove drier starts at 110 F and rises to 130 F. Dried pieces become hard and tough and store well in sacks. Soak eight to ten hours before use. Blanching is optional but reduces color richness.
Yankee Laddies War Song Ballad Air Casey Jones
A World War I era marching song extols American resolve against Germany. It frames the U S as Yankee laddies challenging German forces, boasting defiance and unity. The chorus pledges strength, with lines about Kaiser bluffing and Sammy defending U S ships and zones. Composed by Fred Blacker Sr of Monticello Illinois.
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U. S.A
Fred Blacker
Monticello
Corn Silage Value Rises As Corn Prices Climb
Eight years of Indiana station experiments show higher corn yields enhance silage value by conserving corn and grain in beef cattle rations. The study notes silage becomes especially valuable during grain shortages and high priced concentrates.
Silage Boosts Profit Ranges in Indiana Experiment
Indiana trial shows eight year averages where silage added to clover and corn ration raises ton value from $7.12 to $12.60 as corn price climbs from 56 cents to 1.75 dollars per bushel. An acre yielding 50 bushels of corn and 9 tons of silage nets higher crib and silo values. Iowa reports similar margins. With hay shortages and high prices, silage offers cheaper feeding for cattle and urges full silos this fall per Iowa animal husbandry experts.
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Indiana
Iworth
Iowa
Women Physicians Proposed for Town Schools in Iowa
The State University survey committee recommends employing a full time woman physician to care for school children and supervise sanitation in Wapello. The study, the first of its kind in Iowa, argues the arrangement would be worth it for a town of 400 and could be adopted statewide. The report also suggests naming the physician as school physician and health officer, potentially replacing the need for a school nurse.
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State University Survey Commission
College of Medicine
Wapello
Iowa
Iowa i
Boards of Education and Health
Board of Education
Board of Health
Make Spelling Practical The Public School Focus
The piece argues spelling in public schools suffers from too many taught words and poor focus. It urges concentrating on core fundamentals in spelling and arithmetic, standard handwriting for business and social life, and teaching history and geography more practically.
Insight into Nation’s Industries for Student Learning
The text argues that hands on projects like making paper, printing, building reinforced concrete arches, and furniture design give students practical skill. It states such activities deepen understanding of paper, publishing, construction materials, and furniture industries, offering a level of proficiency comparable to standard manual training courses.
How They Originated Noah and the Olive Leaf Joke
Noah sent the dove to seek land. After three days the bird returned with a green item in its beak. Noah confirms it is an olive leaf, then jokes that it is a rain check.
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Noah
Ark
Telegraphers Needed for State University Telegraphy Course
The State University offers an intensive telegraphy course linked to U S Signal Corps enlistment. Students reaching twenty words per minute can enlist but may continue studies. no college credit earned. War department notes urgent demand for trained telegraphers, with Iowa interest high and two women planning government service.
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State University
United States
War Department
A. H. Ford
He Who Laughs Last Finds Ticket In Mouth
An elderly passenger on the train is mocked for losing his ticket. The conductor reveals the ticket was in the man’s mouth all along, the old man explaining he chewed off the date on an old ticket.
Farm labor shortage warned for spring harvest
Iowa State College agricultural extension official warns fall work should be maximized due to expected farm labor shortages in spring. Draft contingents, increased corn acreage, and volunteer labor bureaus effects drive urgency to complete plowing and fall seeding of winter wheat.
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Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Labor Bureaus Placing Farm Workers Nationwide for Spring
Volunteer labor bureaus in the state report unusually successful staffing for spring wheat work. By July 27, 4,013 were placed, including 3,572 single men and 387 married men and 54 women across 214 bureaus. Total placements may reach 10,000 as conditions worsen and 25,000 enlist in the army every six months.
Pat Runs Engine in Yardhouse Prank
A roundhouse worker named Pat challenges a yardmaster and borrows an engine. He starts the engine and blasts it into the round house twice, then reverses away. The yardmaster taunts him, and Pat replies with a quip about leaving her in there three times and asks why the door wasn’t shut.
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Pat
Sabbath Violating Crew Sparks Rural Toast of Justice
A farmer sought arrest of a neighbor’s Sabbath breaker. County attorney busy in his garden suggested filing with a justice of the peace who was out fixing a windmill. The sheriff was loading cattle, and the farmer’s wife said the boys had already taken the horse to town for baseball.
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Justice of Peace
Pronunciation disputed for Cantonment word says university expert
A State University official states two correct pronunciations for cantonment, one with stress on the first syllable and a second with stress on the second. He notes French nasal and other variants lack authority and predicts the cantoonment form may become more common in America.
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America
Get your sale bills and advertising at the Times
Local notice announces sale bills and advertising services available at the Times office. Readers are invited to submit listings and promotional materials for upcoming auctions, sales events, and commercial advertisements through the newspaper.
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the Times
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