Hampshire hog meeting aims for meatier hogs with less lard
A recent Marshalltown gathering discussed shifting hog production toward meatier types with reduced lard content. Hampshire association officials, led by Lawrence T. Hibbs, emphasized bacon over lard and urged market exploration. E M Harsch advocated meatier hogs as key to better markets and profits.
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Marshalltown
Wallace Farmer
Breed Association
E. M. Harsch
The
Hampshire Association
Lawrence T. Hibbs
Town Hampshire Association
310 Baby Beeves in County Sets County Record
The Marshall county 4 H club reports 310 head of baby beeves on feed, a new county record. Herefords lead with 149 head, many bought in Nebraska and Wyoming, plus 100 Angus and 64 Shorthorns. Entries will be classified by weight at the county fair next fall.
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Marshall County
Nebraska
Wyoming
W C T U June Meeting at Gertrude Kaisands Home
The June meeting of the W C T U was held at Gertrude Kaisands home with Edna Beane presiding. Eleven members and three visitors attended. the program featured songs, devotions from 2 Chronicles, and readings on moral topics. The August meeting will be at Miss Della Richards. Mrs Amanda Frundle of Madrid and companions visited Des Moines and Madrid during a weeklong trip.
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Gertrude Kaisand
America
Cora Hoover
Lincoln
Mattie Pemberton
W. C. T. U. Benediction
Della Richards
Amanda Frundle
Madrid
Des Moines
Amile Frundle
Cal Dougherty
Local News and Personals from Le Grand Area
Local notes report visits by Tow, Ewald, Ewers, Adair, Tjossem, Krughel, and others across Le Grand and nearby towns. Guest lists include Marshalltown, Tama, Clinton, Humboldt, Oviedo, and Vega Texas connections. A library donation, birthday observances, and a marriage notice wrap the community update.
Read All My Thoughts They Read Me Through and Through
A speaker reveals that others see through deception and read their true self. Financial strain and social exposure trigger a sense of being found out as the crowd calls them out for being broke. The poem emphasizes persistence in masking one’s inner state while others perceive every action.
LeGrand Friends Church Service Schedule and Notes
Leonard E. Wines, pastor, leads Sunday 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. Morning Worship with sermon The First Requisite to Salvation. Evening services at 7:15 p.m. Christian Endeavor and 8 p.m. Evening Message on Five Things Worth Knowing. Two meetings planned for Ministry and Oversight and Monthly Meeting. A thought to ponder Give the Church a Chance.
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Christian Endeavor
Prentiss Jubilee Singers Delight Friends Church Audience
Four colored students from Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute performed at Friends Church Tuesday evening. The quartet Eugene McLeod Curtiss Holloway Horace Bridges Archie Mernis sang Jubilee melodies with strong harmony and goodwill. Trustees including Dr George W Carver were noted as influential. The group travels with northern concert circuits and aims to uplift the negro race.
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Prentiss
Ling
Eugene McLeod
Curtiss Holloway
Horace Bridges
Archie Mernis
George W. Carver
Carver
North
Mission Circle hears Indian mission talk at Walken home
The Missionary society met last Friday afternoon with Mrs. Herman Walken. Rev. J. G. Patterson spoke on Mission work among the Indians near Tama, clearing up misunderstandings about daily life. A social time and refreshments followed. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sandeen visited Tama.
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Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Herman Walken
George Coffin
Jesus Savior
America
Sarah A. Piper
Jesus
J. G. Patterson
Tama
Tow Family Reunion Held in Marshalltown at Riverview Park
The Tow family reunion gathered on Sunday at Riverview park in Marshalltown with members from Norway Iowa to Worthington Minnesota attending. Officers elected for the coming year were Samuel Tow president and Mrs. Stanley Vance secretary-treasurer. The 1941 reunion is set for the last Sunday in June at the same location.
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Tow
Riverview Park
Marshalltown
Samuel Tow
Stanley Vance
Chester Towe
Norway
Ana
Cyrus ‘Tow
Famil
Edward Towe
Facuty
Dysart
Margaret Tow
Mary Tow
Julia’ Tow
Bertha Tow
Sarah Tow
Anna Kjollivek
C. M. Svoboda
Gedar Rapids
Harold Peteson
Kenneth Tow
Lewis K. Peterson
Liscomb
Jesse Tow
LeGrand
Conrad Roseland
Gilman
Jean Tow
Cedar Falls
W. R. Stevenson
Auburn
C. A. Parrish
Frank M. Parrish
Franklin
Jimmie Parrish
Worthington
Minn
L. R. Tow
Rodney
Huron Lake
Willard Warnock
Thornburg
Sam Tow
Brewster
Lizzie Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Atkins
Stella Vance
Ashland
Nebr
Marvin Nodland
West Union
GC. W. Welsh
Marengo
Axel Norlano
LeGraun
Mary Rosellano
Alic Jacobson
Merle Frandle
Montour
S. O. Tow
Paullina
IB. E. Thomas
T. G. Tow
Carl Tow
Elmer Tow
Ed Rinderknecht
Lena
Tungland
Garden City
Thea Tow
Hodnefield
Marguerite
Irvin
Avonelle
Francis Hodnefield
Albert Tow
Radcliffe
Sunday Services at the Christian Church
The Christian Church hosts church school at 10 a.m. followed by a preaching service at 11 a.m. Evening services at 7 45 p m are conducted by Rev. Wiley Hinecker with a welcome to all attendees.
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Wiley Hinecker
Quarry Chapel Sunday Schedule Posted
Rev. L. T. Hibbs presides at 10 a.m. Sunday School with Mrs. Jeroms Lunde as superintendent. Services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Evening worship follows the Wednesday prayer meeting.
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Jeroms Lunde
Strand Lutheran Ice Cream Social and Norway Relief Talk
Strand Lutheran hosts an ice cream social Friday evening July 5 at 7 p m at Strand church. Sunday school and morning worship are at 11. At 3 p m Mr Jennings Feroe, former student pastor, returns from Norway to recount wartime experiences and Norway’s condition. Norwegian relief offerings will be collected. Public welcome. Wednesday Luther League meets at 8.
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Strand Jchurch
L. D. R. Elcomel
Jennings Feroe
Norway
Luther League
Letter from 1852 seeks drug shop partner for Dr Youngs
A late 19th century style missive from Roy to Dr Youngs asks if he remains in business and would consider a drug shop partnership or clerical role. Christiana is recovering from illness. Roy reports good health. The note was found between timbers, mice damaged, mentions LeGrand pioneer physician Dr Youngs and Cordelia Youngs.
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Quincy
Logan Co
Ohio
Doctor Youngs
Christiana
Quirky animal households and odd local notes from Avoca to Indianola
A cat at the Elmer Holtz home has four kittens and also mothers six rabbits and a baby skunk. Clayton D Lackore found a diamond ring on a quack grass digger. Gary Anderson, a 1 a half, caused a disturbance by eating arsenate or lead with no ill effects. Delores Kruse, 8, was treated to Pasteur shots after a mad squirrel bite. Algona residents seek a lost banded Chicago pigeon's return. Augustin Kirby crashed into an electric pole breaking it. Vernon Borgio faces DUI costs after a guilty plea. Dale Swanson plans to irrigate potato fields from Nishnabotna river. A Chicago visitor at Grinnell brags of pickpockets, later cashes a bad trip home. Mrs Points nearly shot by husband mistaking her for a prowler. Mrs Mary Green Brosshard seeks Iowa county birth and marriage records and Aryan purity proof for marriage plans. Worm-eaten rock used to build a three-room house near Indianola explained by Dr. Louise Fillman as worm burrow fossils.
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Elmer Holtz
Avoca
Clayton D. Lackore
Hayfield
Gary Anderson
Delores Kruse
Peter Kruse
Grundy Center
Pasteur
Algona
Chicago
Augustin Kirby
Anamosa
Albert Lea
Vernon-Biorgo
Lee
Dale Swanson
Harlan
Nishnabotna
Grinnell
Fred Points
Woodbine
Points
Mary Green Brosshard
Framingham
Mass
Iowa County
Brosshard
Zurich
Switzerland
Missouri
Jim Sayres
Indianola
Louise Fillman
Simpson
Asea
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. Tow
Emma Ewald
Grace
E. W. Dunham
Katherine Eyers
Anna Joyce
Margaret Smaha
Garwin
Everett T'jossem
C. B. Adair
Max Adair
Will Brintnall
Louise O’néal
Kokoma
Ind
Corwin O’neal
Everett Tjossem
O’brien County
Simon Tjossem
John Krughel
Clinton
Bernadette Dickerson
Harold West
Guy Eastman
Rosa Beechout
Omer Manship
Joan
Humboldt
Mattie Manship
J.L. Harrison
LeGrand Library
Ole T. Larson
Vega
Texas
R. H. Duncan
Fred Phipps
Anna Prescott Ostrom
le Grand
Carl
Betty
Register and Tribune Company
Cutler McGrew
Marion, O
McGrew
J. C. Penney
Marion
Penney
Camden
N.J
Phipps
Will Dunham
Robt. Dillman
Dale
Glen
L. K. Dunham
Edward of
Charles’ Dunham
George Dunham
John A. Stover
LeGrand Friends Church
Leonard E. Wines
Missionary Circle
Albert Sandeen
C. W. Kellogg
Lucie Stevens
William Stevens
Evanston, Ill
Mrs. Corwin’ O'Neal
Hazel Knode
Wichita
Kan
E. W. Dunnatn
Knode
Frank
Ella Knode
Sarah M. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
E. A. Bersagel
Roy
College Hill
W. G. Benedict
Dr. Youngs
Cordelia Youngs
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