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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
1
Subscription price listed as 1.60 and 82.00 per year. Editor and publisher FRANCIS credited. Notice records second class mail matter at Gravity Iowa post office.
Locals AA are Me and Mra Lee Travia visit Mra Travie mother Mrs F D Smith in St Louis Missouri. The trip centers on family gathering and support during the visit to the area.
Mra Macy Psterale is reported ill at her home. Arthur Meyers dropped a cake of ice on his foot last week, causing a painful injury.
Eber Armour spent Tuesday in Des Moines while Mee Graan Moore and Lee Spriggz visited the William Lewin home in Bedford. Oak Bill Aid’s meeting was postponed to August 17 with Mrs la Corbin.
Mr and Mrs Frank Bush of Cornlog spent Saturday visiting relatives and friends in the area, stopping to chat with neighbors and share updates.
Mr and Mrs Pink Gold of Lincoln Nebraska hosted Mr and Mrs Carl Gold who spent the latter part of last week with their parents.
Oliver Lock wife and daughter of Cheyeana Wyoming arrived here Saturday for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs C B Lock and her parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Babcock.
Me and Mrs Keith Farrens and son Jimmie were dinner guests Sunday of her parents, Mr and Mrs Fred Shafer, and he called on his parents, Mr and Mrs Russell Farrene.
Hog buyers sought by New Market Hog Yards offering top prices daily. Call for current prices and arrangements. 47T-5pd.
A short grateful note expresses thanks for the many nice letters cards notices and gifts received while at home. Mr Jean Smalley and Diana Jean acknowledge the kindness and appreciation for support shown.
The article explains listerellosis in sheep, noting high losses in new outbreak areas and the disease's brain effects that cause circling and staggering. It highlights no effective vaccine yet, urges veterinary diagnosis for suspected cases, and recommends isolating sick animals and enforcing sanitary measures to save the flock.
Ohio veterinarian Dr. A F Schalk receives the 1948 Borden award for outstanding dairy cattle disease research. He originated a window to view digestion in cows, studied feed processing, and helped develop transfusion methods using dicoumarin from damaged sweet clover hay to prevent bleeding.
A New York mothers-to-be poll of 1080 women shows 83 percent rate good health as most important for their child. Social adjustment ranks second with 50 percent. college education third at 25 percent. A good marriage and starting a own business follow, while religion outranks wealth and politics attracts minimal votes.
British scientists perfect an electronic accountant that can instantly compile balance sheets, generate railway tickets, and sort thousands of letters. In a London lab a prototype processes vast accounts from many offices, totaling debits and credits to deliver a flawless balance sheet in seconds.
UC Davis poultry husbandry experts announce a method using synthetic vitamins to render linseed oil non toxic for chicks up to 30 percent in feed. The approach avoids prior stunting and death when over 4.5 percent oil, though linseed remains low in tucine. Chicks fed rations with vitamins gain nearly as fast as those fed linseed meal treated with water.
A new virus disease raises fears for poultry. It causes arthritis in chicken embryos and affects turkeys as well, bringing respiratory and nervous disorders. Authorities say it has been mainly eastern states but may be more widespread.
The county auditor warns that a highway examined from the southwest corner of section 16 township 69 north range 34 west in Taylor County Iowa may be vacated. Objections or claims for damages by Margaret V Query Myrtle M Caruthers Roy Hicks Equitable Life Insurance Company of America Fannie Ely Bert Ely and all others must be filed by noon September 28 1949. W A Houck County Auditor. Pub Aug 4 11 18 25.
Me and Mea Geo. Bicknell and son and Alfred Askin of Kansas City Missouri visited for the week at Mrs Bicknell’s sister Mrs Floyd Fickess and family. Alfred Askin remained longer for a longer visit.
Me and Mr Judson Beemer were dinner guests Sunday of Mer and Mes Lewis Coy in a family gathering.
Me and Mr H Foelkner and family of St. Joseph Missouri spent Saturday evening and Sunday here with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Fulton.
Mrs Clearance Churchill returned home to Omaha on Saturday after a hospital stay. Mr Churchill drove to Omaha on Friday. Their daughter Eleanor accompanied them on the trip back home.
Mr and Mrs Gail Ambrose left for Scranton after purchasing a Picture Show there.
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