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Newspaper
Hardin County Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
7
A collage of vintage ad copy touts a new model with dramatic claims and celebrity art. It features snappy lines on design by Fisher and Parrish, a gearless drive, and humorous jabs at price cutting, ending with a quip on quality and honesty.
The text compiles quirky mishearings and Spoonerisms from a Princeton and Boston weekly, with jumbled phrases about a cat, a car, and family figures. It presents humorous language shifts and garbled captions reflecting early 20th century light prose.
The Fordham Monthly discusses a division among boys with cars into two classes those who sell and those who eye. The piece presents a general observation on behavior and attitudes toward firearms among youth with vehicles.
Baby announcements report births at the Sheffield and Cordes homes while a six month old child of Snitzer dies. Coal deliveries, farm work, visits, and road work are chronicled, with mentions of Gerdes wind mill construction, J Jasper cattle sale, and road graders progressing north of town.
Union and area residents shared visits and homecomings from Missouri and Marshalltown. Embroidery Club hosted by J R Alexander and W H Corfe featured a two course luncheon. Farm Bureau met in L O Q O F Hall with music, papers on pure bred sires and poultry, an Irish trio, and basket sales led by W S Mason. Graduation gifts noted at Leslie’s Eldora Iowa.
University of Minnesota dairy expert J W Gullickson urges timely housing and nutrition to prevent fall milk loss. Clean, ventilated stables and ample hay plus 20–35 pounds of silage daily ease the pasture to barn transition. A practical grain mix, including ground corn and oats with bran and linseed, supports milk with a ration of one pound per three to four pounds of milk depending on cow type.
Clemson college dairy chief J P LaMaster notes cows milk best and stay in peak condition on spring pasture. He advises farmers imitate near year round June pasture conditions, since fall and winter pastures are dry and less nourishing for cattle and young stock.
An extension dairy specialist from South Dakota State College notes dairy cows lack thick flesh and need warmth. No drafts and even temperatures protect their milk production, with affordable options like adding building paper, straw banking, or sod construction. Emphasis on light and ventilation remains essential.
Eldora residents attend seeding chores and a busy Market Day Sale. Womans Farm Bureau meets with next gathering planned for May 1. Grippe illness affects Mrs. F M Cable while multiple families visit, attend church, or host guests around Eldora. Additional notes cover hog shipments, rainfall impact on farming, and local social visits through mid spring.
In Hardin County Iowa notice announces proof of the will of William Smith deceased with hearing set for May 26 1924 at Eldora Court House. Also Emma Granzow Administratrix petitions to mortgage estate real property to liquidate debts with hearing scheduled May 7 1924 at Eldora Court House before Judge Sherwood A Clock.
Government bulletin No 1355 from Washington stresses that dairy herds should note black leg its nature cause and prevention. It highlights that cattle aged six to eighteen months are most at risk while sucking calves and two-year-olds are less affected. It also notes alfalfa’s value for dairy cows and growing stock for its high protein and mineral richness and its usefulness for wintering brood sows.
An agriculture notes item urges breeders to use pure bred sires to ensure farm success. It warns that the right sire can make or break a breeder and promotes a scrub-free farming stance.
When La was young Schopenhauer recalls the bell’s arrival as good news. As he grew older the same bell brought shuddering fear, signaling calamity at the door in a reflection quoted by the Virginia Pilot.
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