Jones County Farm Bureau Sets Postponed Meetings and Soil Plans
The Jones County Farm Bureau announces rescheduled dates for the 1930 training series with Ruth Cessna Iowa State College nutritionist to discuss “Peecing the Sick.” The Holstein breeders banquet was postponed and will be held later when roads and weather permit. The county agricultural committee met to outline a soil fertility and erosion prevention program as the new federal farm measure impacts local plans.
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Ruth Cessna
Iowa State College
Jones County Agricultural Committee
Farm Bureau
Washington
Congress
Jones County Farmers to Receive AAA Payments Soon
Congress passed an appropriation enabling all corn hog and wheat program payments to farmers who met contract terms. Jones county farmers stand to receive about 165000 dollars, with 1224 contracts mostly cleared by the county allotment committee before January 6. Checks are expected to be paid promptly as auditing and compliance forms proceed, while Farm Bureau notes hay measurement methods and seed germination concerns amid cold weather.
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Congress
Jones County
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Washington
4-H Sow and Litter Project Sees Enrollment Rise
Indications point to a large increase in the enrollment of 4-H club boys in the purebred sow and litter project for 1936. Enrollment in this project will be accepted unto April first. Boys taking up this project obtain a purebred sow at least three weeks before she is due to farrow.
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Farrow
Purebred Swine Feeding and Mineral Mixes For Growth
The article discusses purebred swine practices with emphasis on summer pasture and grain diets, and mineral supplements to aid growth. It outlines simple mineral mixtures for pork production, cost savings, and notes on buying ready mixed blends versus home mixing. It also mentions local community notes about residents and church services.
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Monet Investec
Westphal Delivers Heifers to Chicago After Snow Delays
Onslow County M Westphal traveled to Chicago Tuesday with a load of heifers. He loaded the cattle Monday but had to unload and truck them due to snowbound freight. The trip took eighteen hours by truck amid drifted roads and one-way track. Heavy shrinkage was reported on cattle shipped in cold weather. The load sold for 7.85 dollars per hundredweight. The week also notes local social visits and a funeral notice for XN Stich Geeurmd Mout Wie Whiaue round son ar Rapids.
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M. Westphal
Chicago
Roy Beck
Join Jansen
Mary Clare
Henry Moen
Margaret le Crilman
Dunie
H. Willison
Wook
R. Smith
Maersen
E. Chapin
Marvin Hurechurlen
Norma Rickels
Seuth Grave
Alvina Awulben
Louise Uchtortf
Davenport
Lee Hanson
L. B. McKinstry
Maquoketa
Duane
Ruth Ann Wilcox
Nave
Monmouth
Edwin Wilcox
Mary Tavdy
Center Junction
George Sears
Ruth
Ralph Orr
Cedar Rapids
Snowblockade and warmups mark Castle Grove week
Castle Grove road from Stony Hill has been blockaded as crews clear drifts. Snow plows spent days in the area before reopening. A new telephone line was installed at the G Harms home after long reach by mule and skis. Several residents traveled to nearby towns for work and errands as cold snap continues.
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Stony Hill
Nily
Marion
G. Harms
Kenneth Hosford
Ronald
Hosford
Ben Eben
Dubuque
Arthur Fairbanks
Chicago
Alva Hahn
Manchester
H. Hahn
I. A. Heiken
Raymond Kernen
Monticels
John Dietiker
F. D. Deischer
Union Township
Delaware County
of Deischer
Will Ahtrichs
Deischer
Center Junction
John McDonald Hospital
Montiselio
Henia
Miss Clara Wilson and Archie Benz Wed in Hopkinton
Miss Clara Wilson and Archie Benz married at 3 oclock Monday February 18 at the Hopkinton Methodist parsonage by Rev A B Souim. The bride daughter of Thomas and Mrs Wilson of Buck Creek and attended by her sister Miss Lucile Wilson. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the Lux home and the couple planned to travel to Hopkinton in a bobsled.
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Clara Wilson
Archie Benz
A. B Souim
Hopkinton
Lucile Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Buck Creek
Russ. Lux
Pridelimium
Betz
J. A. Wolugr
Metnon
Conedo
H. E. Morrow
Buck Creen Cemetery
Eye
Petar
W. C. Shaw
L. Beitz
Samuel Carter
Oelwein
Randall Morgan
P. R. Wheeless
Helen Whee Jess
Clinton
Jane Lamb Hospital
Donald W. McDonald
Hubbard
Downy Woodpecker In Iowa A Common Small Resident
The Downy Woodpecker is a small, industrious Iowa resident found in orchards, shade trees, and fencerow vegetation. It forages for insects by tapping near bark Borers, stores food, and winters in tree cavities with nightly roosts around 4 am to 4:30 am and morning departure near 7 am.
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Iowa
Lenox junior college team to play Red Oak in Mason City
Local notes report fifteenth birthday celebrations, student sports plans, and a string of social calls. The Lenox junior college basketball team will travel to Mason City to meet Red Oak on Wednesday night. Several residents suffer minor injuries and recoveries are noted, with various visits to relatives and friends across Hopkinton, Cascade, Dyersville, Monticello, and Worthington.
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Ning
Pearl Henkel
Viola Cornell
Frances Smith
Geraldine Trousdale
Ira Boots
Mary Ethel Morton
Frank Irish Jr
Duane Billings
Wendell Kirkwood
Donald Morton
Lenox
Mason City
Red Oak Junior College
H. Jeffries
F. C. Cramer
Lorenz Balster
Monticello
Hopkinton
W. S. Beels
Larkins
Dora Miller
Manchester
Earl Brutsman
Dorothy Moulton
McDonald Hospital
Joe Moulton
Scotch Grove News Briefs and Local Updates
Mrs Nora Streets suffered a stroke Monday and is improving. her daughters Mrs Marion Clark and Mrs Hazel Perkins care for her. Several rural schools reopen next week after weather and road delays. John Hill ill with pneumonia at McDonald hospital in Monticello, improving. Kathleen Hughes home for vacation due to blocked roads, planning to return to Marion next week. Temporary roads and coal deliveries by sled amid shortages. Women's Community club did not meet due to closed roads. Maurice McNeilly ill with pneumonia. local court term list limited to one name. Various residents' travels and errands noted amid continuing travel disruptions.
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Nora Streets
Marion Clark
Hazel Perkins
John Hill
G. J
L. J. Hughes
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Kathleen Hughes
Marion
Olin
Anamosa
Women's Community Club
Scotch Grove
Maurice McNeilly
J. R. McNeilly
Hay Sanford
Irving Ellers
Amber
Edwin Craig
Canver Junction
Wolinda Craig
Local Socials Report From Anamosa and Nearby
Mrs Charles Stevenson and family from near Anamosa visited the Stanley Bright home for Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs Bert Walters and their children Donald and Shirley also visited Colesburg. Mrs Fred Welter attended a shower for Miss Carrie Till at Cascade last Sunday.
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Bert Walters
Donald
Shirley
Anamosa
Stanley Bright
John Blaker
Larry
Colesburg
Fred Welter
Carrie Till
Cascade
Sunday Return From Des Moines Visit
After spending weeks at the home of Mr and Mrs Dean Morton in Des Moines Dickie Morton accompanied her home this Sunday.
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Dean Morton
Des Moines
Dickie Morton
Center Junction Debating Contest Postponed At School
The postponed declamatory contest will be held in the Center Junction school auditorium on Wednesday evening March 4. Contestants include Oratorical Louis Bohlken and Lloyd Goldsmith. Dramatic Evelyn Courtney Miriam Courtney Reva Hetken and Jean McNeilly. Humorous Lucile Bohlken Helen Himebaugh Roy Martin Glen Goldsmith. Miss Jean Downing coaches. The week also covers a miscellaneous shower for Miss Mary Leech with out-of-town guests and musical solos.
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Louis Bohlken
Informer
Lloyd Goldsmith
Evelyn Courtney
Miriam Courtney
Reva Hetken
Jean MccNeilly
Lucile Bohlken
Helen Himebaugh
Roy Martin
Glen Goldsmith
Jean Downing
Mary Leech
Howard Leech
Claude Beech
Clinton
Henry Heeren
Onslow
Kathleen Paulsen
Miss Leech
Margaret Greer
Hazel Nelson
Mary Diserews
Ollie Hopkins
Anamosa
Beech
Clara Stephenson
Wyoming
Edwin Wilcox
Heeren
Annie Norris
Stephenson
Leech
Ethel Courtney
Frank Himebaugh
Prahm
Presbyterian Church
A. Alyea
Shippers’ Association
J. B. Sechusen
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
F. L. Himebaugh
Peter Prahm
Maquoketa
Estella Stingley
Cedar Falls
W. FE. Spohn
Earl Stingley
Cedar Rapids
Harry Stingley
Rance Brady
Martello
Elmer Schrader
Leroy Dirks
East Cass residents gather for pinochle social evening
East Cass community members including Mr and Mrs Lou Ehrisman and families Jim and Ruth, and Earl Benedict shared a pinochle evening at the Will Lubben home with ice cream and cake. Other locals visited relatives in Langworthy and Monticello as winter travel eased.
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Lou Ehrisman
James
Ruth
Earl Benedict
Will Lubben
Lubben
Lyle Clark
Allan Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Gay McConaughy
Dale and
Kenneth
Near
Morley
Helen
Laura
Freda Pruit
Abe Prull
Langworthy
Donald Poppe
Monticello
John Rieken
Carl Rickless
George Dirks
Dedrick Dirks
Melpess Men Danbury Review
The past 40 days reveal how puny mankind is when nature shuts down upon him. reflections on human limits amid environmental forces.
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Melpess Men
Danbury Review
Mars Two Small Moons Allow Baseball Throws
Mars hosts two tiny moons each only a few miles wide yielding minimal gravity. A baseball player on Mars could throw a ball around the planet and catch it as it circled back to him due to the weak pull.
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Mars
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Holstein Breeders’ Meeting
Agricultural Planning Committee
Ames
Purebred Litter Club
Fiir
Tata
Harry Maar
Uae
Vane
Myro
West Union
Potter
Castle Grove
Monticello Express
T. G. Scott
George Hendrickson
Matt Clement
Wiliam Conley
Dyersville
John Wright
F. M. Johnson
William Lang
J. L. Batchelder
Glen Eilers
Matt Seibold
New Hampton
Farley
George Helms
C. C. Stevenson
Eldon
Louis Smith
Worthington
Mrs. W. Blanchard
Perry DeShaw
Henry Krogman
Clement
Margaret Murray
Jack
Charles Stevenson
Miss Gearhart
Arthur Blaker
Dave Wilson
Mary
Edna Behrends
John Batchelder
Charles Martin and
Anna Ratcliff
Henry Helms
George
Fred Egger
Mrs
Waving
Anamosa Sale
Lem Postel
Lee Bebee
D.E. Buckley, Mer
Kermit
L. F. Lovet
Paul Smith
Barbara
John Perrine
May Himebaugh
Paul Paulsen Jr
John Livingstone
Lucile
Frank Story
Lucelle
Henry Hanken
J. B. Hanken
Alvin Hawkins
Robert Eye
Town
C. M. Holst
Letts
Imogene Chase
Center Junction School News
Robert Meade
Ernest Paulsen
East Cass
Frida
Frontier Fury
Dick FG
Alma Lloyd
Don and
Mazie Dixon
Edmund Lowe
Jeanette Macdonglf Nelson Eqoy , Rose Marie
Gene Fagan
C. E. Fothergill
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