Water from air and synthetic irrigation debate
In a 1959 note Babson Park, Massachusetts author Ruger Babson argues no-rain lands can be made productive via irrigation and synthetic water. He cites vast costs for dams and canals and mentions desert lands in New Mexico and Arizona. He envisions water manufactured from hydrogen and oxygen as a future solution.
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Ruger Babson
Publishers Financial Bureau
Babson Park
Mass
California
New Moxico
Arizona
Oxygen beam farming concept sparks heat and explosions
A letter describes a commercial hydrogen oxygen soil treatment using pressurized gas from two tanks in a dishing harrow machine. After a small explosion the gases form water and enrich the soil, enabling cheap oxygen supply and future easy hydrogen. The writer, not a chemist, suggests contacting manufacturers for insecticides or fertilizers and notes Holiday precision acts and ticket info for Sioux City events.
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Lam
Holiday On Ice 1960 World Premiere Sioux City Show
The all new Holiday On Ice of 1960 debuts at Sioux City auditorium from Wednesday August 12 through Sunday August 16. A lavish American spectacle with stars that toured Russia and a cast including Jinx Clark Arnold Shoda Joan Huldof Tommy Collins Paul Andre Johnny Debbie Robbie Williams Phil Hiser Alice Quessy and Baptists Schreiber and His Space Cadets featuring four skating chimpanzees. The 15th edition mixes comedy and spectacular skating for audiences aged 3 to 103.
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Sioux City
Russia
Jinx Clark
Armald Shoda
Joan Huldof
Tommy Collins
Paul Andre
Johnny
Debbie
Robbie Willams
Phil Hiser
Stors
Alice Quessy
Baptist Schreiber
ASC Vote Results Announced in Plymouth County
Results of the annual ASC community elections conducted by mail from June 25 to July 7 were announced this week by the Plymouth County ASC Office. 720 ballots were cast across townships, 21 fewer than last year, with newly elected chairmen and vice chairmen serving as delegates to the county ASC Office in Le Mars. The one year terms begin August 1. full list of community committeemen printed with chair, vice chair, member and alternates.
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ASC
Plymouth County
Varous
le Mars Lons
America
Le Mars Obituary and Local Election Roster Fragments
A long OCR fragment lists names across multiple towns and places including Le Mars and Portland, followed by an obituary notice for Mrs Henry Harms of Tacoma. The text references survivors and funeral details, with scattered dates and locations. The piece combines a roster of individuals by last name and a memorial obituary paragraph with incomplete facts.
Accident Near Highway 75 Involving Overlength Truck
A 1949 Plymouth driven by Romer Mueller of Le Mats collided near Thursday with a Diamond truck owned by Central Nebraska Packing Co. The truck, loaded with grapes and weighing at the scale house, had to be moved through the scale house driveway after state officials ordered Philip Drinklin to reposition it due to overlength. The semi then pulled out from the scale house north exit.
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Plymouth
Romer Mueller
le Mats
Central Nebraska Packing Co
North Planie
Highway 75
Philip Drinklin
Valley
Neb
Traffic collision near south driveway entrance reported
A two vehicle mishap occurred when a southbound car driven by Roman Mueller Je. of Le Mars slowed to gauge a truck entering a south driveway. The truck could not swing fully into the lane, striking the car’s left front. Police reported minor damage and no injuries.
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Roman Mueller
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