Fat Steer Sweepstakes Shines at Jones County Fair
Ray Kurt wins first with a thick Hereford steer among 52 head shown from within 25 miles of Cascade. Judges from St Paul Chicago and Dubuque select top prizes. total prize money amounts to over $1,400 with a charity gift to Red Cross from the champion steer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
Monticello
Charles E. Lee
St. Paul
Central Livestock Order Buying Company
H. C. Overman
Chicago
Wilson and Company
Jack Ruddy
Dubuque Packing Company
Kurt
Cascade
Clinton County
Delaware County
Ray Kurt
J. F. Mommsen
Miles
Red Cross
Wilson-Flynn Commission Company
Kansas City
Rath Packing Company of
Waterloo
Rath Packing Company
R. E. Coverdale
J. P. Flanagan
Cedar Rapids
J. P. Kurt
Jones County Fair
George Kurt
Gatens and Sons
Iowa City
Cascade Cattle
Gasette
Chadae
Lee Raneppee
Ae Ened
Dairy Concentrate News and Feed Advertising
A historical dairy notice explains high protein feeds boosting production beyond pastures. It promotes BIG GAIN SPRING PASTURE 3267 DAIRY CONCENTRATE as a tailored ration, advising farmers to consult the BIG GAIN catalogue from SHAFFER IMP. STORE in Monticello Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Concentrate
Backward Happily Dressed Fireman Delays in Morning Alarm
Mediapolis firefighter Niehaus rushed to a 6 30 Sunday morning blaze only to realize he had his overalls on backwards after reaching for cigarettes. In Pella officials enforce bicycle licensing with Chief DeHoog confiscating and safekeeping bikes until owners claim them. Mayor Frush presents riders license cards with stickers. Land prices rise in Palo Alto county with a deed showing $3 56 purchase on 1855 taxes and farms selling over 200 per acre. Eldora’s Mrs Cronk, 70, works night shift at Grundy Center hemp plant, guiding 11 children and 130 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Happy” Niehaus
Mediapolis
Pella
Joe DeHoog
Frank Frush
Palo Alto
Fred Kerber
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Cronk
Eldora
Grundy Center
Wyoming Feeder Tops Chicago Market At Aug 21 Sale
Jones county cattle from Joe Straka Wyoming led the Chicago Stock Yards market with 22 prime Hereford beeves averaging 1399 pounds. They brought the top price of the day at 18.25 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Chicago Stock Yards
Joe
New 4-H Chairman Named For County Girls' Activities
Mrs Merle Meeks of Martelle named county 4 H girls committee chairman succeeding Mrs Lloyd Robertson of Anamosa who resigned after six years on the county 4 H committee and two years as chairman. Meeks active in 4 H work for many years and has twin daughters entering 4 H. Demonstration winners at the county fair received blue and red ribbons in home efficiency, posture revue, and Food for Victory exhibits including names of 4 H clubs and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Meeks
Martelle
C. B. Jessen
Lloyd Robertson
Anamosa
Robertson
Meeks
Olin Ship Ahoy
Wilma Hawley
Abbie Ann Tudor
Madison Merry Maids
Ruth Ellen Storm
Ruth James
Wayne Willing
Leanna Mae Wehling
Arlene Monk
Blue
Lovell
Patricia
Tarbox
Oline Blue
Lois Cole
Ruth Kromminga
Monticello
Charlotte Deischer
Vivian Palmer
Onslow
Joan Miller
Constance Bobst
Helen Mardorf
Olin
Virginia Hansen
Oxford Junction
Alice Clark
Scotch Grove
Geraldine Monk
Virginia Martin
Red
Lima and Soy Beans For Winter Preservation
Extension home economists at Iowa State College outline preserving lima and green soybeans. Select fresh pods, shell and blanch briefly, then cool and pack in jars with a 2 percent brine. Can using pressure canner or boiling water bath with 10 pounds pressure. times vary by bean type and jar size, then store frozen or canned for winter use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Iowa State College
National Nutrition Month Focuses on Better Breakfast and Lunch
September is named National Nutrition Month with themes to Eat a better breakfast and a better lunch. County and town nutrition committees coordinate with social, civic, school and church groups to promote September programs. The state endorses Make Iowa Strong, and home economics teachers will guide rural schools. Mrs. Ruth Seaton Hicks encourages homemaker cooperation with school lunch programs and community canning centers will preserve surplus food for lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Iowa Nutrition Committee
Fire Chief Uses Glow Paint on Virginia Fire Lines
A Virginia fire chief applies phosphorescent paint to all department lines to identify them by number at night, enabling faster late night navigation and response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Funeral services held for two Onslow residents
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Minnie Reid at the Onslow Presbyterian Church with Rev. B W Green and Rev. Frank Schroeder officiating. The obituary notes her death Monday at her son Edwin’s home and lists casket bearers and attendees from several towns. Interment followed in Clay Cemetery. Onslow School opened with a full staff headed by Superintendent Wilson Briggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Minnie Reid
Edwin
Onslow Presbyterian Church
B. W. Green
Clinton
Frank Schroeder
Wilson Briggs
Isle of Somewhere
C. R. Smith
J. C. Hanna
Floyd Chatterton
George Paulsen
James and
John Kennedy
Charles Taylor
Grand Junction
Mary Weston
Strawberry Point
Lovell Green
Frank Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Philena Koon
Yankton
S. D
Merlin Bickford
Maquoketa
Fred Ladehoff
Washington
Monmouth
Schmalfeldt
Mary Chanute Schmalfeldt
Harrington
Wyoming
Clinton County
Hamilton County
Peter Schmalfeldt
Harvey
John
Delmar
George
Clifford
Vina Thompson
Christine Womatche
Anna Gould
Olin
Henry Chanute
Boone
Arizona
Wilfred Wherry
Phoenix
Ariz
Marion
Wilmer
Gordon Mann
Ruth
Doris
San Diego
Calif
Real Estate Transfers In Anamosa and Monticello
Real estate transfers involve James M Bray and spouses Martha Hector and Winifred Bray to G Irving Graver for $1 plus transfer lines along Main Street in Anamosa and a parcel excepting east 50 ft. W F Rohn and Jennie to Elden B and Harriet Rohn lots 285 286 291. Monticello related deeds include a railroad deed of $1 love and affection and transfers involving Jennie Rohn and Andrew Carmichael with Frances Barlow and irregular lot lines along Locust Street and Main Street with references to lots 135 136 185 186.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Bray
Martha
Hector E. Bray
Winifred
G. Irving Graver
Main Street
Shaw
Anamosa
Mary Dutton
W. F. Rohn
Jennie
Elden B
Harriet M. Rohn
Monticello
Jennie Rohn
Andrew Carmichael
Margaret H
Frances R. Barlow
Locust Street
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Coverdale
Roy Coverdale
Ford Schmidt
Schmidt Brothers
John Porter
Low Moor
Coggan
Nerefords
John P. Kurt
Shaffer Imp
Pfister
Mt Nue Jane
TTD
Dale Adams
Carl Heiken
Frank Digman
Hopkinton
T. Lyle Joseph
John Trumm
Cascade, Iowa
Margery Paulsen
Nedra Kromminga
Willene Walderbach
Lucretia Fairbanks
Marjorie Behrends
Delores Harms
Mary Jo Brewer
Lorraine McDonald
Georganna Grabbe
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank
Harold B. McTavish
Third Avenue SE
Over Light Company
Charles Matthes
Ford Lynch
Dubuque
Lowell Lincoln
Wilma Mackrill
Will Mackrill
Rapid City
J. Wasson
Joseph Wasson
R. C. Walters
Betty Jean Lathrop
T. H. Lathrop
Paul Ritenour
California
Jerald Ritenour
G. R. Reid
Kyle Alden
Bunco
Loren Frances
Ida Propst
Ronald Orris
Fern Bearinger
E. Horton
Otto Allen
Mercy Hospital
Alice Ripperton
Pauline Ball
Frank Ripperton
Washington, D. C
W. H. Orr
Elva Hall
Lyle Allen
Texas
Elsa Schroeder
Dubuque Hospital
Chester Condit
General Insurance Agency
Bernard Kuriger
Tom MIX
National Rock
Mid-West Insulation Co
B. J. Murray
Sand Spring
Joe E. Messerli
George Seehusen
Montigélie
Carl Seehusen
Center
Iniclion
Louie Hanken
Albert Schrader
Harold Hartman
Joe Hinrichsen
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