Road Bond Election Draws County Interest
Farm Bureau meetings in Anderson Oak White Cloud Rawtles and nearby townships discuss a road bond vote set for August 3. Large crowds attend, with the bureau urging full information from both sides. Thanks are extended to Senator H. A. Darting Representative Roy Haney K. R. Cook T. A. Hougas L. W. Boehner and Wayne Choate for cooperation with the program committees. Citizens should study the issue to vote their convictions on election day.
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Farm Bureau
Anderson
Oak
White Cloud
Rawtles
T. Marty
H. A. Darting
Roy Haney
K. R. Cook
T. A. Hougas
L. W. Boehner
Wayne Choate
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction Holiday Auto Tale
An old anecdote features Harvey Firestone Henry Ford and John Burroughs on a West Virginia trip. A stalled tire at a crossroads prompts a shopkeeper to quip about Edison and Firestone being in Fords car while Burroughs salutes with a humorous Santa Claus joke.
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Harvey
Firestone
Henry Ford
John Burroughe
West Virginia
Ford
Edison
Mr. Ford
Mr. Edison
Burroughs
Santa Claus
Vaccinate Spring Pigs Now Warned By Dr K W B8touder
Dr K W Btouder urges vaccination for spring pigs to prevent hog cholera. He warns of high serum prices and possible supply shortages, noting pigs weighing forty to fifty pounds are ideal for vaccination and stressing county risk of a new outbreak this year.
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K. W
Ninety Five Percent Of Towa Land Farmed
Ninety five percent of Towa's 36 784 000 acres is in deeded farm land. The Weather and Crop Bureau reports Iowa Department of Agriculture assessors show 34 174 847 acres in farms, 1 609 000 acres elsewhere including cities railways and parks. In 1928 211 637 farms were listed, up 80 772 acres and 738 farms since 1915.
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Towa
Farma
Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agiculture
Great Boundary Rivers
Plattville Women Hold Fifth Millinery Lesson
The Plattville township women attended the fifth millinery lesson with Mrs Safe Lincoln on June 15 to celebrate her two daughters birthdays. Two data were completed with several others in progress, and attendees enjoyed refreshments at the close while noting the flood conditions.
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Plattville
Plattville Township
Mra
Safe Lincoln
al BO
Lincoln
Dust Cucumber Vines to Save Pickles
Gardens tip on using a lime or gypsum dust spray with lead arsenate and nicotine to kill striped cucumber beetles and prevent wilt. It warns that cutting knives can spread wilt between plants and recommends disinfecting tools or destroying wilted plants.
Mills County Club Boys offered gold medal for top calf
Producers Live Stock Commission of Chicago offers Mills County boys a gold medal for the best calf and silver medals for the best market pigs. The Chicago firm, a leading commission house, has long topped receipts on the Chicago market and now targets Mills County youth in its program.
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Mills County
Association of Chicago
Chicago
Dip for Re Dr Bronder hem Ames hog mange remedy
Re Dr K W Bronder recommends a hog mange dip using one gallon Uguid Mine sulfur in seventy five gallons of water. Three pounds of lime sulfur equals one gallon of Ugquid and should be mixed in advance to settle sediment before pouring off the clear mixture for use.
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K. W. Bronder Bf Ames
Mangy Hoge Ships Shift Dockage Burden to Farmers
In a shifting regional trade, mangy hogs formerly shipped to Chicago cause grave losses to the packing firms now passed to farmers as dockage. The sediment and terrain stress the route, threatening the market and costs for local producers.
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Chicago
Clover Leaf Club Meeting With Vita Ninis
The Clover Leaf club met at the home of Vita Nine on June 17 with nine members present. They planned the Club Tour and discussed basics of memory, floor gain tips, and a lesson on collars and cuffs. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is set for June 20 at Lettie Bradley’s home.
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Clover Leaf Club
Vita Ninis
Hogue of Vita
Frieda Fellows
Lettie Bradley
Vita Nima
Collara
Cuffa
Bathing Suit Lost During Better Homes Week
Mrs. C. F. Davia reports a black two wool bathing suit with a white stripe on the shirt left in the Community Building dressing room during Better Homes Week last spring. It is believed to have been an 18 year old attendee. Anyone with information should return it to the Farm Bureau office.
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Better Homes
C. F. Davia
Atteryone
Farm Bureau
Graduates at Iowa State College Fifty sixth commence
Mills County is listed as the home of two graduates. Iowa State College awarded 3876 four year degrees 60 master's 8 professional and 6 doctor of philosophy as part of its fifty sixth annual commence. Agriculture led in degrees with 164 followed by Engineering 146 Home Economics 143 Industrial Science 72 and Veterinary Medicine 24.
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Ames
Iowa
Mills County
Iowa State College
Town State
Editors Tour Black Hills Continues With Wind Cave Visit
An editorial party toured Wind Cave in the Black Hills, then proceeded toward Lookout Mountain and the State Game Lodge known as the summer White House where President Coolidge and his wife vacationed. Lunch featured elk meat at the Gideons hotel dining room nearby.
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Black Hills
Wind Cave
Hijly
Lookout Mountain
White House
Goolidge
Gideons
Coolidge Receives Editors at Black Hills Summer White House
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge greet editors and families at the Game Lodge in the Black Hills. The group toured Needles, Switchback, and Sylvan Lake, with photography, praise for the scenery, and a buffalo meat supper after a sudden shower.
Evening entertainment travels through South Dakota to Custer
The group found Elk meat tastier than expected and enjoyed a modest dinner before a courteous drive with South Dakota residents to Custer for the evening's entertainment at a small hotel that served as a charming summer resort option.
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South Dakota
Custer
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Coolidges
United States
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Coolidge Collie
Coolidge
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Sky
Sylvan Lake
D. M. Kline
Gateopathic
Iowa State
Jlis
Green Bay Lumber CO
W. D. Slothower
Mar
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Burlington
Rocky Mountain
W. A. Caldwell
Salyers Auto.Co
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Malvern, Iowa
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