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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
1
Joseph A Kumhera of Muscoda Wisconsin a former clerk at Meinert Drug store departed Monday after a ten days visit at the J B H Me oven ome.
Friday gatherings at local homes included Muskogee and Milwaukee guests and a California departure. The Sharks club hosted Mrs Russell Bowers at a sand pit picnic. Out of town attendees, club teas, and weekend hosts were noted across multiple households with a Lions club picnic at Cleveland Park and a Friday club year book release.
The article outlines key factors in judging good laying hens by shank pigmentation, body width and depth, abdomen, comb color, plumage, health and vigor. It emphasizes assessing egg-laying potential, suggests separating good layers from culls, and notes practical tips for market returns, including selling culls with a mongrel rooster to boost profits. It also includes local social notes about residents and visitors in Merrill and nearby towns.
Public records show licenses granted to Frank A. Lauters 22 and Laura Meyer 18 of LeMars, William C. Eberle 24 and Luella Thompson 23 of Hinton, LeRoy H. Rowse 23 and Murial L. DeWitt 22 of Sioux City, all in Merrill area.
The article notes Sequoia trees as the largest on earth with an average height around 275 feet. It cites the “Father of the Forest” in California, 110 feet in circumference, about 435 feet tall and likely 1,000 years old. It also reports a college or local baseball game: Remsen defeated Merrill 6-4 on Merrill home grounds, with Lotz striking out 11 for Remsen and Williams 6 for Merrill, details of innings, lineup, and injuries.
Western Stanton special correspondence details visits and calls among families in Sioux City and Johnson township. Miss Viola Hoffmann and Miss Gertrude Hoffmann visit relatives. nurses from LeMars attend. several residents host guests. Threshing finishes amid dry weather. fall plowing begins. farm bureau activities noted. cattle shipped to Sioux City. water shortage prompts interior redecorating of district school No.5.
Stanton notes entertainments with relatives from Chicago and visits to Marcus for mission services. A sewing demonstration on middy suits is announced by Mrs. M J Bixby requiring fabric, needle, and thread. Local families host relatives while George Plender’s son George injures a finger in a toppled table incident. Hog prices move, a rain shower aids crops, and other visiting kin stay with E J Delaney in town. James Bunch reports well digging underway.
Kingsley residents welcomed relatives and friends from Sioux City Anthon Lake Andes and Missouri Valley this Sunday and Saturday. Local couples and families hosted or visited kin in nearby towns including Galva Council Bluffs Watertown and a hospital trip in Sioux City.
Miss Bessie Juhl of LeMars Iowa praises Snow's School of Dressmaking and instructor Alaa-Mia Warren for the course. She claims to now do all her own sewing and can draft and design clothes from any picture in style books.
Mrs Summers suffers neuritis. Henry Holland visited at A B Price's east of Pierson. Herb Foster from Mapleton was a Kingsley visitor. Floyd Thompson of Hinton visited over Sunday at Eva Fike’s home.
REMSEN J T Victor and J E Greenen travel to Moville on business while Theodore Moeller family trips span the Black Hills to Parkerton Alonzo Moeller. Cletus Reker heads to Wolsey for farm matters. Grace Mills and Clarence Offerman wed at Savanna St John’s. The couple will live in Chicago. Christ Elsner visits Remsen with Spieker family. Alice Helms visits Remsen. Wentz and Kass plan a Canada vacation. A. G. Guse visits Remsen. Remsen defeated Merrill in a ball game, standout in both teams. Remsen oil station reopens on Main after two weeks pavement work. Ladies Aid met at Mrs Moser’s. Births reported at Soukup and Harnack homes. Orla Harder et al depart for Des Moines camp.
A Star automobile owned by c. EB Jones of 2012 Clark Street Murphysboro Illinois survived the March 18 Wall cloud tornado. The battered vehicle rolled end over end, lost a fender, but was righted and driven again as Jones notes his family’s Sunday outing continued. He praises the Star’s endurance and declares the storm strengthened his faith in the car.
G L Stevenson of South Dakota State College argues for culling a flock during August moult to cut losses. He says any one can cull and stresses sending non producing or poor hens to market while noting some early moulters may still lay well. He cautions using multiple factors to decide which hens go to the packer.
Merrill and Flandreau families spent days at the A B Barnett home while others toured Lake Okoboji and visited relatives. Guests included Mr and Mrs B D Parks and Mrs Woodworth from Sutherland and Mr and Mrs James B McGuire from Spencer. Bobby Elskamp returned home to Fulda after six weeks with grandparents. Carl Martine and family are on a two week vacation trip.
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