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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
2
Farmers weigh exporting turkeys for Thanksgiving and shipping eggs abroad as breeders assess long distance transport. Officials note airplanes could move poultry faster than rail express routes. The fragment mentions Iowa farm kernels and red canary grass but lacks complete details.
The article urges farmers to feed grain to dairy cows when pastures shorten and to hasten corn harvest by using machinery peaks in September. It discusses husks slowing drying, mentions caraway seed trials, and provides U S corn crop use breakdown from 1943 showing 40.1 percent for farm use, 23.8 percent cattle feed, 14.9 percent poultry feed, 8.5 percent horses and mules, 0.6 percent sheep, and 12.1 percent industrial and other use.
Locals Gran Mies and family of Ed ford were guests in the Bidon Valentine horns Sunday. Mrs Oliver Lock and daughter of Conway spent the weekend with Mrs Lock's parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Bebcock.
Mrs Frank Greeley of Bedford is seriously ill at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles Weler.
Mr Wayne Lovitt travels to Des Moines Saturday beginning a two week stay. Mrs Imma Humphrey of Clarinda is a weekend guest of Mrs Neilie Sparkes.
Mrs Perry Williams returned Thursday evening of last week from Dewson where she had visited in the home of her daughter Mrs van Goodman.
Mrs Floyd White of Wichita Kansas came Saturday evening to visit her aunt Mrs Kate Earle and to attend the funeral of her aunt Mrs Rile Richards on the same occasion.
Mr and Mrs P A Price returned last Thursday from a visit with their daughter Mrs Elvin Sivage and family at Paola Kansas.
Lois Smelly spent a couple of days last week with her grandmother in Corning, enjoying family time and catching up on life.
Me and Mr Rile Richadeon accompanied their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Tom Roberts to their home near Bedford Tuesday evening. She fell ill Wednesday and passed away at noon Saturday after a brief illness.
Mra A L Hamblin and Arth ur Meyere drove to Northboro last Wednesday to visit their brother Bert Meyere who is very ill.
Mrs Fern Joslyn of Clarinda visited here last Wednesday with her daughter Mrs Willis Kimpton and family. Mrs Ewing Bradley of Creaco visited last Thursday and Friday with her sisters in law Mrs Cecil Morgan and Mrs Oliver Posten.
Miss Geraldine Ambrose returned Thursday evening of last week from a visit with her sister and family at Iowa City.
Miss Evelyn Stearna returns to Clarinda after a short stay at home to recover from an operation on an ingrowing toe nail. She attends three aside training sessions at the Municipal hospital in Clarinda.
Mer and Mra James Johnson of Harlinger Texas and Mra Brooks Terry of Merceides Texas arrived here last week for a visit with their sisters Mrs Homer Beemer and Mrs Frank Davis and their families.
Mrs Marion Nelson Mrs John Niel and daughters and Miss Betty Ginn spent last Thursday and Friday in Omaha for a brief family outing visiting relatives and exploring local sights.
Walter Greer, son of Mrs Dorothy Greer, a Municipal Hospital nurse and Curinda high school member, formerly of Bedford, received a 700 dollar cash award from WHO of Des Moines for urban boys who contributed to farm work during the sugar vacation.
Jim Wilfong and his Fresno wife visit Mark Warner and family at their home. Bur Werner and Me Wilfong are brothers-in-law.
Mr and Mrs Ray Walker and Mr and Mrs Pink Gold drove to the Hawley Mahaffey home near Saymour Saturday afternoon visiting there and also the Vernon Gold and Willard Lewis homes in the same vicinity until Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Batty Lou Cooper has departed from here after visiting wives and friends. She is returning to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Lester Parke near Siam.
New Bedford, Massachusetts, once famed for whaling, rises as the third largest U S port for fresh fish handling behind Gloucester and Boston. In 1943 it landed about 62 million pounds of fish and shellfish, with flounder and yellowtail dominating the catch. The port now handles half of New England flounder landings and a quarter of the U S total, with yearly landings of 25 to 35 million pounds, up from 10 to 15 million in 1940.
Practical tips for anglers include keeping the elbow near the body during casting to avoid snagging and stressing wrist action. Rewax rods during the season and revarnish as cracks appear, rewrap guides with silk when wear shows, wash lines with mild soap and rub with felt before first use, coat silk lines with paraffin to close breaks, dry lines in loose coils after trips, clean reels and apply oil, keep gears greased, save leaders and retie hooks from old flies with new lures.
The pilchard fishery produced 486 816 tons this season, down from 501 114 tons last year. San Francisco up 9 percent and Monterey up 16 percent while San Pedro and San Diego fell by 338 percent. Washington and Oregon ports landed about 13 400 tons versus 500 tons prior year.
Safe stepladders should be built with level front treads when open, with secure trussing bracing and solid attachment to side rails. A rope or chain spreader on the second rung prevents spreading after use. Non slip covers are common, electricians need non conductors, stairs ladders have two back legs set shorter than front. Do not lean any material or weight against a ladder.
The city-state of Florence in the 12th to 14th centuries stood as Europe’s wealth hub with over 30,000 wool workers and global trading reach. Florentine prisoners fetched higher ransoms, the florin became Europe’s standard money, and wealth drew military and political pressure from princes and rivals like Pisa.
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