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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
2
Locals Me and Mrs Reed Merrick and children of Humeston visited Sunday with Mr Merrick's aunt, Mrs L. T. Reed.
Glen Baker passed through a major operation at the General hospital in Des Moines Friday morning. The report notes the surgery took place and includes immediate post operative updates from hospital staff.
For Sale. An electric washlog machine offered by Mrs A Spiers at the Henry Stafford home in East Gravity. Call for arrangements.
Mrs Fayne Davie of Zillah Washington visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Parks and other relatives and friends during a family gathering full of local ties and familiar faces.
Mr and Mrs John Walker of Qomahs Nebraska visited here Saturday at his mother Agnes Walker home and at her parents Elmer and Mrs Kelley home, sharing time with family.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Franklin of Red Oak visited on Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs J. S. Francis and her husband.
A fresh delivery of wallpaper has arrived with a few remnant pieces still available at the Drug Store.
Mies Zona Posten drove to Omaha Monday morning with Mrs. Francis accompanying to Red Oak to visit her sister Mrs. Ralph Franklin. They returned Monday evening.
Frank Wallace and his wife from Excelsior Springs Missouri arrived yesterday for a visit with relatives and friends, reported by local residents.
Mr and Mrs Stuart Jamison and family of Clarinda were dinner guests Sunday of her parents Mr and Mrs Chas Leck.
Rev. Weber assists with high school duties in Miss Laura Gaebler’s absence. Gaebler plans to return to school work on Monday.
Mere Anna Brokaw and Mr and Mrs Ralph Brokaw of Clarinda visited with Mrs Ina Henninger on Sunday reflecting a social exchange among area families and neighbors in the community.
Full stock available at the Drug Store for floor refinishing including an electric polisher for rent.
Mrs Claude Gray joined her daughter Mrs Ralph Lucas at their Omaha home on Sunday. She returned Monday evening with Miss Zone Poaten in tow.
Sally the 3 year old doe, freed by Mrs. William H. Russell when two months old, returns regularly to the Lake Denmark New Jersey Pica tinny arsenal home. Found as a newborn on the army reservation, Sally has since mothered two fawns and awaits another, staying with her human caretakers but keeping her fawns in the yard.
The piece weighs the British coal and power crisis and argues socialism and planning hinder growth. It cites Shinwell and Cripps urging restraint, warns against nationalization, and urges the United States to lead by a dynamic free economy as a model for the world.
Iowa State College agronomists urge clean plowing of cornstalks to combat corn borers and recycle nutrients. Stover from 60 bu corn adds about $9 value in nitrogen phosphorus and potash per acre, though decomposition is slow. Leaving residue renews soil organic matter. burning loses nitrogen and wastes ash value.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station researchers Dr J D Sayre and R E Yoder report corn requires about 142 pounds of nitrogen per acre for a yield around 100 bushels per acre. The study shows uptake totaling nearly 1 (pounds) of nitrogen per bushel, with major uptake in July and August at about 68 pounds per month and a peak daily uptake near 242 pounds per acre.
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