Fall pigs may fetch high prices next spring says expert
Rex Beresford livestock extension specialist notes that the fall pig crop was small and losses were heavy. He urges farmers to push fall pigs this winter with dry clean quarters, ample feed including hay and mineral mixtures, and indoor water access. A Iowa plan mixes linseed meal with tankage or adds oilmeat and ground alfalfa for protein.
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Iowa
Rex Berz
Mr. Beresford
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa corn show at State College Ames promises top exhibits
Readings note critics will return samples with evaluations at the close of the show. Plans call for one of the best corn and small grain shows yet held as Joe Robinson, secretary, announces premium lists. The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association offers about 2000 in cash premiums and 92 silver cups funded by banks across 62 counties. Grand champion trophies and more than 5000 dollars will be awarded to the largest and best exhibits.
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Town ‘State College
Ames
Criticiama
Pote
Plana
Stolta
Joe .L. Robinson
Towa Corn
Pressure Cooker Time Saver With Special Racks
A historical note explains pressure cookers save fuel and time. It highlights features like special racks and sets of pans allowing multiple foods to be cooked, noting the device can pay for itself after months of use. Miss Rapp is cited on fuel savings.
Hampton merchants draw game of chance halted by law
An Iowa Hampton business association ran a Saturday drawing where each $1 purchase or deposit put a ticket in a box. Five tickets were drawn weekly for $5 prizes, with autos and radios promised later for a $2,000 total prize pool. State officials halted the contest after four neighboring towns complained the event resembled gambling. Rex Manatt, council chair, said the merchants will drop the contest.
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Hampton
Attorney. General of
Iowa
Retail Merchants Council of
Franklin County
R. R. Stuart
Merchants’ Council
Retail Merchants
Iowa road plan promises temporary relief from mud
Governor Hamill and the State Highway Commission released details of a stopgap road improvement program. They say it will provide Iowa with temporary relief from mudridden conditions, though critics argue permanent construction would be cheaper in the long run.
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Davenport
Hammill
Iowa
Towa
President may revise court martial rulings questioned
The article notes President may review court martial decisions, though doubt remains on action. It highlights respect for proper authority and suggests Col. Mitchell should prepare for potential martyrdom rhetoric on chautauqua circuits.
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Council
Coolidge
Col. Mitchell
Jones county youth to Ames for junior short course visit
About twenty Jones county boys and girls depart for Ames this week with leaders to attend the junior short course December 28 to January 1. The trip is funded by local groups including the Jones County Bankers association the Farmers Mutual Creamery company and the Poultry Association of Monticello. Nora Workman Ames specialist led a home furnishings lesson in Jones county and 28 leaders and 28 visitors attended training schools with 28 meetings reported. The farm bureau reports seed corn germination tests over 2 000 kernels showing wide variation and advice to ear test and select seed before planting with a call for more samples by January 1.
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Jones County
Ames
B. EF. Tyrrell
Folowing Court
Hilda Brodersen
Frieda Anna Lorenzen
Genevieve Streeter
Vada Coleman
Helen van Buren
Margaret Caspers
Esther Mac Donald
Avelda Hanssen
Mildred Wilcox
Nora Workman
Farm Bureau’ Office
Hundredth birthday celebration at Hopkinton marked
Mrs Martha Gienapp of Hopkinton turned 100 last Saturday with many relatives in attendance. She remains able to manage household duties as Rev George Coleman of Renue the Convent church resigns after thirteen years. Cedar county plans a September vote to fund hard surfaced roads with bonds up to 1 500 080.
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Martha’ Gienapp
Hopkinton
Gienapp
George Coleman
Renue the Covent
Harvard University
Cedar County
Sacred Heart overwhelms Xavier High in high school hoops
Sacred Heart defeated Xavier High of Dyersville 30 to 4 at Sacred Heart gym. The hosts dominated from the start with Hookstra Ferring and Schlemmer scoring repeatedly as Xavier, a veteran, could not find offense. Tauke led Xavier with the only field basket, while Dunn and Standing Guard contributed on defense and playmaking.
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Eye
Opporellis
Sacred Heart High School
Xavier High
Dyersville
Sacred Heart
Hookstra
Ferring
Xavier
McAleer
Dress
Schlemmer
Monticello
Albuni
Gump
Simmons
Dunn
Tauke
Naviers
Ff Schlemmer
Bae
Hookstri
Ogni
FT Pettinger
Koelker
Fangman
Manley
Skuiley
Mid-winter Scout hike down the river to camp
A Scout troop recounts an overnight midwinter hike starting at 9:30 on Tuesday. They sledded five across ice y, reached camp in two hours, built a tepee, cooked meals by a fire, kept warm, and returned home enjoying frosted trees and icy scenery, with logs and singing by the fire.
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Shomont Farm
Tce
Wil
bankers and fraud losses reach 1.4 billion in twelve months
Collier's Weekly cites the American Bankers Association estimating 1.4 billion dollars lost to fraudulent stocks in the past year. The figure equals about 138 dollars per person for every man woman and child in the nation. The piece urges the public to consult bankers and to rely more on banking.
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Collier's Weekly
American Bankers’ Association
End of the Labor Party in the State
The former labor party is dead as former leaders Tom Ayres and Alice Lorraine Daly concede there is no use continuing. They acknowledge the party’s decline and surrender to the inevitable.
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Tom Ayres
Alice Lorraine Daly
Moving picture exhibitor faces busy season in Shenandoah
Boston Transcript notes a Shenandoah Iowa exhibitor who informs patrons when a show is poor. if his judgments reflect genuine quality concerns, he may be very busy as such notices spread.
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Boston Transcript
Shenandoah
Iowa
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Iowa State College
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John van Meter
Andrew
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Blair & Doolittle
Manchester
Des Moines
First National Bank
Doolittle
Delaware County
Iane Stoddard
Herman Stoddard
Lenox College
Ernest J. Reed
Delhi
Thressa Dolley
Will Dolley
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Irene Miller
George Sugsden
Clarence Olson
Minneapolis
Dorrance Lyons
Dubuque
Fort Madison
Leo Hemmer
Earl Stearns
P. J. Nelson
Mary Miller
Iowa City
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Crowell Ice Cream Company of
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Crowell Company
Cedar Falls
Oelwein
Webster City
Hutchinson Company
Mason City
Iowa Falls
Waverly
Estherville
New Hampton
Vinton
Tama
Oxford Junction
Forest City
West Liberty
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake
Clarion
George Schley
Mount Vernon
Joe Bitterman
George Smythe
G. G. Schnafelt
Tom Avery
Schley
Wilbur I. Walton
Bitterman and
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Walton
W. P. Butler
Dunbar
G.’ B. Cross
Co. H. Kelley
Robert McLaughlin
Joe Ferro
State Reform School
Ferro
Robert
Joe
Allen
Ray
Anamosa Davidson
Martha Monticello Dirks
Harm Langworthy
Dethman
Oscar Clarence Dirks
Adolf Monticello
Eichecker
Anamosa Grassfield
G. A
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Fred Anamosa Orr
Jennie Morley Hanold
C. H. Wyoming Hart
Anamosa Hanken
Fred A. Haeussler
Peter Langworthy
Ohingon
Otha Onslow
Koranda
Frank G., Jr
Oxford Jet Keating
B. J. Onslow
Lorenzen
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L. H
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Jet. Moran
Katherine Cascade Miller
Nettie Olin Mercer
C. A .Anamosa Morning
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Roy
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C. Martelle
Porter
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Peck
Thomson
John
Wyoming
Tobiason
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W. E
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BE. Leee
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Henry
Olin
Westphal
Fred
BOY Scout Notes
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Salton Sea
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St. Paul Ry
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Southern Pacific
W. Jackson Blvd
Es Moines, Tow
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Monticello State Bank
Jones County Trust & Savings Bank
Piex
Harry J. Rudman
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