Regional social notes and travels across Iowa and Nebraska
Local residents and guests share visits, family reunions, and vacations across Ames Glenwood and surrounding towns. Reports note trips to South Dakota Yellowstone and Salt Lake City, attendance at fairs and reunions, plus health updates and school openings.
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Ris
Robert Arm
Clead
Red Oak School
Fred Hail
Atland Stanford University
Khous
Town
A. A. Benton
300 Hall
Clift Mackey
Joanna
Anna Bacon
Clinton Robbins
Franklin
Will Powles
Hame
Bob Davis
Glenwood
Alice Bender
Gordon Soderbere
Henry Ostenberg
Edna Jepson
Mead, Nebr
Provisions Improve 1941 Soil Building and Farm Payments
The 1941 plan expands erosion resistant crops acreage rules with penalties for noncompliance, boosts incentives for small farms, and increases soil-building payments. It allows up to 35 dollars on special acreage and adds forest tree planting to earn the full soil-building allowance, plus local practices in designated areas to ease budgeting and implementation.
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National Conference
Clip Weedy Pastures Urges College Botanist
Iowa State College botanist E. P. Sylvester urges farmers to clip pastures now to control ragweed vervain ironweed and mare’s tail. He recommends a hot dry day for mowing and clipping close to prevent long stiff stubble that bothers grazing stock.
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E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State Cal
New Grass Growth Noted After Recent Rains
Sylvester reports new growth of grass following a fresh rainfall, indicating improving pasture conditions after the wet spell.
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Sylvester
Grammar Lesson on Plural Rules and Exceptions
The text playfully questions standard plural forms by proposing mismatched pairings where familiar rules would lead to odd outcomes. It contrasts mouse with mice and ox with oxen to test consistency, then playfully suggests improbable parallels for gouse, box, man, and child to provoke thought about irregular language patterns.
Methodist Church Lists Fall Schedule and Conference
Evan R. Stroud leads morning worship with sermon on Participation the Every Member Church. Epworth League social hour and devotional service precede evening worship. Iowa Des Moines annual conference at Grace Church Sept 10 to 15, Bishop Magee presiding. public except executive sessions. Baptist Church resumes regular services with Sunday school and 11 am worship. Labor Day picnic planned. welcome to all.
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W. H. Dye
W. Wolfe
Iowa
Fred Hall
George Nabley
Lincoln
Nebr
Merion Wise
Hickman
Nabley
W. L. Hasselquist
Ed Harmon
Black Hills
Denver
John Longstreet
T Ames
Longstreet
D. M. Hannah
Donnas Marie
Marilyn Joyce
Barnard
Harve Knight
Fred Colby
Beaumont
Tex
Charles Jett
Jefe
Des Moines
Northwestern University
Gummer
Clycle Heaton
C. R. Brewer
Marion
Water Hilton
Paul
C. W
Waubonsie Bute Park
Harry Walker
Kenheh
Englewood
Sal
Walker
Caliernia
Leland Page
Otumwa
Ivan Durbin
Page
Otremwins Schools
Dick Hyde
Winona
Viet
O R Hyde
Debe Morgan Wanamaker
Hamburg
Lis
Rayrerd Blutcte
Davia
Marcia
Alles
Radkeshige
Thare
Methodist Church
Evan R. Stroud
Epworth League
Iowa-Des Moines
Grace Church
J. Ralph Magee
Greenback Period and agricultural shifts noted in 1930s report
The Greenback Period spanned from the start of the Civil War to January 1, 1879 when the currency became irredeemable paper. Town farmers reduced intertilled crop acreage by five percent this year but kept gains in soil conserving crops, even as AAA participation declined.
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United States
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Highway Commission
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Yellowstone Park
L. A. Talbott
W. A. Rash
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W. R. Byington
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Rotary
Albert Johnson
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Charles Johnson
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Albert Nelson
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Empress Theater
the Doctor Takes A Wife
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