Seven and a Half Pound Boy Born This Weekend
Whitten Roy Eggleston and wife greet a seven and a half pound boy born Saturday July 1 1925. Community notes list visitors shoppers and travel to Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Waterloo Eldora and Union with church events, picnics, rodeo attendance, and plans for a school bus bid deadline of July 25 1925. Names include Mabie Long Lyon Hauser Mabie Lyng and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Eggleston
C. L. Mabie
Byron Schryver
Marshalltown
Cora M. QW Long
Bernice Long
Eulah Long
Opal Long
Lepley Park
A. R. Nordquist
Olive Reynolds
Ray Daffer
Ariene
Chicago
Hazle McAnnulty
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Lyon
Misa Eva Corless
Deep River
Frank Berneids
Raymond Burke
Pine Lake
Carl ©. Thompson
L. W. Thompson
Benson
Jessié
Hazle Thompson
Gee, Larson
Nevada
Cora M, Ng
Ands
L. L. Lyng
Eldora
A. Lyon
Telede la
L. Hauser
Sean Herbert
Eugene Day
Geo. Blaha
R. M. Hauser
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Urza Hauser
Mike Ryan
R. Long
Clara Gould
Ezra Longs
Avery Norman
Belle Plaine
Elmer Carter
Geo. Mabie
Gilbert
Hattie L. Smith
Union
E. D. Herron
Local notes on Farm Bureau, clubs and travel in Eldora area
The community reports a well attended Farm Bureau meeting with ice cream cake and salad. Many residents, including Mrs Thel May Gast and F A Dowd, are mentioned with visits, haying, harvesting, and travel to Iowa Falls Eldora and Eldora church. News includes a death in New York of Mrs Fannie Soutspan and local visits by Rev Kinney and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Thel May Gast
F. A. Dowd
F. M. Cable
Iowa Falls
Ruth
Florence Gast
Florence Northup
Marjorie
Marlene
Bailey Home
Gast
A. J.hayden
Margaret Latch
Eldora
G. A. Cross
Ernest Gunn
New York
Fannie Soutspan
Fan
G. A
Bruce Lynk
A. M. Doud
Floyd
Robi. Kinney
F. A
Wm. Lomis
G. R. Bailey
American hens dominate egg supply as imports dwindle
An analysis notes that Chinese eggs flood U S markets through 1910s to early 1920s, but tariff changes cut imports. American hens alone meet home demand and export a large surplus, with 30 million dozen exported last year. Despite tariff, high quality eggs remain primarily produced for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
China
Buying Power of the Farmer Rises in 1929 Study Finds
The Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation reports farm purchasing power up 4.8 points in the first eleven months of the year. The Farm Price Index shows a 134 value in 1924 terms, with grain and meat prices driving the gains while overall consumer costs stay well above 1918 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
United States Department of Agriculture
European Cows Yield More Milk In 1920s Comparison
The article notes European cows producing more milk than American cows, citing 1920 US cattle totals of 23,722,000 shrinking to 14,875,880 by January 1, 1924. It explains gains from better feeding and breeding, with US per cow averages around 3627 pounds, and urges dairymen to boost production to meet consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars
Blue Valley Créantery Institute
Bureau of Dairying
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Ivester Community Busy With Visits and Socials
Ivester residents seeking relief from the heat hosted Franklin County church youths at Pine Lake. A Sunday picnic followed by an Eldora outing, an evening program by the Hampton group, and ice cream and cake in the church basement marked a lively social stretch. Also noted are visits by Ike Peterson, Harry Wells, and the Bowers family, rodeo day trips to Cedar Rapids, hospital stays, and a community pageant planned for July 28 with an ice cream social and bake sale to support a cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Wilson
Toledo
Mary Jean Ronchar
Clutter
Thelma Mabie
Church OF Christ the Christian Endeavor Society
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
M. E. Church
Mr. Bobs
Gen. Haskin
Eldora Speed
J. H. Movwre
Glohas Gehner
Long Beack
Calif
Chas Stanbrough
Eldera
Ivester
Pine Lake
Franklin Co
Eldora
Hampton
Ike Peterson
Marshalltown
Chas. Schwab's
Harry Wels
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
Harlo Bower
Wells
Floss Swark
Orla
Ralph Dinnes
Louis George
Rolly Aiken
Irve Cakerice
Cedar Rapids
Martin Schwarck
Leonard Pierce
Alva Sayre
Fred Essigs
John Cunkerlce
Treaconess Hospital
Irve Miller
Baby Ar Jene
Minn
Edmund Olmstead
Des. Moines
L. E. Millers
Ladies Aid
Walter Schachtle
Cornell Nadland
Marshelstown
Robt
Hess Briday
Alice Newell
Eldora Hospital
Gleen Clile
Usue
Cvommunity
Roy Smith
Deaconese Hospital
Ami Mys
Harry Wells
Aurio Bowers
Irv
Cakerlce
Lawn Hi News Highlights Local Pulpit and Family Life
Community notes from Lawn Hill describe Audrey Smith’s improving health under Dr Nyquist care. Visits by the Rutzens and Lillian Hoisington, revival tent services north of town, and funeral rites for L. M. Crosby are reported alongside fishing trips, gatherings at the Herman Widering and Mike Riske homes, and a bountiful Union Services day with a Chapel tie in. Church leaders Rev Moore Rev Deedrick Rev Kinney entertainments, birthday dinner, and several calls frame a week of social and religious activity amid planned nightly services and a children’s meeting. Temperature trends forecast a March-friendly rise to deter tornadoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Smith
Nix
Boyd ‘Smith
Nyquist
Woh Dedrick
Jeanette Drebers
Frank Perry
Kinney
Eldora
Rev. Moore
Miner
Brother Miner
Mike Riske
Jake Clingerman
Forest Rodgers
Clayt Trout
S. L.,clemons
Henry
J. O. Copeland
Carl Clemons
Archie Clemons
Marshalltown
Local Gossip and Visits Across Eldora and Surrounding Towns
Mrs May Caylor of Omaha visits in the Laughlin home while many locals share calls and dinners. Edgar Van Patter and family visit Pine Lake, with multiple neighbors hosting gatherings at Eldora and area homes. Birthdays notable as Loella Barnhart’s thirteenth party with relatives present. Regular social rounds include drivers to Hampton and Iowa Falls, church picnics at Pine Lake, and numerous neighborly calls across towns like Hubbard and Alden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Caylor
Omaha
Melvin Laughlin
John van Patter
Edgar van Patter
Pine Lake
Clark Whitney
Eldora
Clarence Harmon
Belle Mossman
George Snevel
Frank Raske
Alden
Warren Mossman
Alta Reace
Mike Messmin
Chester Medlin
Medlin
Crewge
Clarence
Harmen
R. E. Harmen
Tewa Falls
Viola Bridgens
Ben
Eldera
Mike Mossman
Vera Whitney
Leroy Melwan
Donald
Iowa Falls
Clyde Knowles
Philip Knowles
Rollie van Patter
Norma
Gladys Pers
M. E
Little Miss Shirley
Mika Mossman
Tubner
Hubbard
Alva Harmon
Shirley Sheldon
Oxie Ganfield
Alta Reese
Evelyn Sheldon
Chester Modlin
Charley ‘Tesko
John van ‘Potter
Hampton
Hilmar Harris
T Emmett
Emmett Mossman
Laverne Harmon
Ildora
Knowles Bros
Yowa Falls
Job
Stuart
Maggie
Lows Falls
Short fat men excluded from clothing ad billboards
The notice indicates that short stout men are not included in clothing advertisement pictures on billboards. It highlights bias in visual marketing and underscores the exclusion of a demographic group from standard fashion imagery.
Howdy King Greeting in London Draws Royal Handshake
A Des Moines, Iowa visitor John Downie met King George in London. The king warmly shook hands with Downie as the tourist, in true American manner, exclaimed a cheerful blessing and thanked the monarch for the greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howdy
King
King George
England
John Downie
Des Moines
London
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