Interesting Iowa Food Trade Echoes and Odd Tales
Iowa spotlight notes canned corned beef from South America despite local beef production. Des Moines Iowa Packing and Heinz mills in Muscatine supply brands. Gypsy fortune tale in Correctionville ends with a $21 shortfall. Knoxville worker loses a leg of wood left in foot for six years. Des Moines opens a home for self supporting women. Cherry crops forecast mixed across Iowa with 67 percent statewide yield. Bees stored honey found during siding work at Carroll home. Missouri Valley road shift aims prompt change to Primary No. 30 after Chicago conference.
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South America
Swift
Iowa Packing Company
Des Moines
Chicago
Heinz
Muscatine
Pittsburgh
Grimes
Royal Holbrook
Iowa
Carroll
L. P. Hufford
Hufford
Rutford
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Missouri Valley
National Association and
State Highway Engineers
Amana colony faces shift from communal to stock economy
The Amana colony in Iowa county is shifting from its long standing communistic system toward a stock company model amid youth demand for modernization. The change follows extensive historical notes on the colony's 1842 settlement, 26,000 acres, seven villages, and a renowned woolen mill.
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Amana
Iowa County
Germany
Buffalo
N. Y
Town
Descendant Count Noted for Mrs Kerkove of Deep River
Mrs Margaret Kerkove 87 of Deep River Poweshick county has 172 living descendants from 8 children 65 grandchildren 98 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild She is a native of Germany and married at 16 Canned horse meat appears on Des Moines grocery shelves initially thought for animal feed.
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Margaret Kerkove
Deep River
Poweshick County
Kerkove
Germany
Cedar county buys land for Clear Creek fish hatchery
The state has acquired 16 acres in the northwest Cedar County area for a new fish hatchery. Clear creek runs through the site, fed by springs ensuring cool water. The hatchery sits a couple of miles south of the Lincoln highway, with a surfaced road planned to connect to it.
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Clear Creek
Cedar County
Local Chats At Sand Spring And Creamery Notes
Sand Spring visitors call on Mrs. Hanna Carpenter and others in Onslow this Sunday. Paul Dean Heeren of Dundee stayed with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Jake Lang. Sand Spring creamery paid 25 cents to patrons for May butterfat with an unusually high average test of 32.11 percent. The ten top patrons delivered the most cream to the creamery for May.
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Ray Chaplin
Hanna Carpenter
Clara Chaplin
E. J. Hicks
Onslow
Paul Dean Heeren
Dundee
Jake Lang
Sand Spring
May supplied large butterfat totals and social visits noted
May totals list butterfat weights for P. J. Kurt and others led by 803 pounds and 788 787 778 639 615 535 533 514 pounds. Local social rounds include Joyce Bright visiting Doris Bright in Monticello and relatives returning from Deer Grove to their home. Mrs. Cap Arduser and others attended a Monticello bridge benefit for the Parent Teachers association at the Legion hall.
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P. J. Kurt
H. Becker
Roy Sisuson
Smith & Egger
Weber & Gestel
N. Wilgenbusch
Egger & Egger
Ernest Gearhart
Trenkamp Bros
Joyce Bright
Monticello
Doris Bright
Mary Jean
Illa Heeren
Deer Grove
Fred Heeren
Howard Smith
Mapleton
Stanley Bright
Dave Wilson
Neva
Gordon
Betty Lou
Cecil Roff
Doris
Norma Jean
Esther Heeren
Monmouth
Cap Arduser
Ray Chaplin
Fred Welter
J. L. Batchelder
Legion Hall
Parent-Teachers' Association
John Batchelder
Langworthy
The Number of Farms Increase Decline in Iowa Census
A census bulletin shows Iowa farm numbers rising from 213,439 in 1920 to 214,928 in 1930 with breakdowns by size. Of the 214,928 farms in 1930, 111,333 were owner operated, and farm sizes range from 50 to 174 acres up to 500 acres and over.
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Bureau of the Census
Iowa
Farm land and crop figures show shifts from 1920 to 1930
Data shows land in farms declining from 33,474,896 acres in 1920 to 33,280,813 in 1925 but rising to 34,019,332 in 1930. Farm land and buildings value fell from 1920 to 1925 and 1930, while machinery value climbed by 1930. Livestock counts include 1,047,527 horses and colts, 4,136,156 cattle, and 10,055,591 swine on farms in 1930. Crops harvested in 1929 totaled across 22,275,868 acres with major outputs in corn, oats, hay, barley, wheat, and vegetables valued at 3,236,242.
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Vane
Record crowd at Riverside Park races sets 1931 Memorial Day attendance
Nearly 15 000 spectators packed Riverside Park in Kansas City for the 1931 Memorial Day program marking the largest crowd ever to attend the races.
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Riverside Park
Kansas City
Inside Information For The Busy Housewife
Practical kitchen and home care tips for busy homemakers. The article urges canning produce within an hour of harvest, warns keep fabric shears for sewing only, advises rotating rug wear, cautions against high heat on cheese, and suggests pairing cheese with bread and fresh produce.
FDA Permits Sulphur Dioxide Benzoate With Label Disclosure
The FDA discourages artificial preservatives but allows sulfur dioxide and benzoate of soda when not in injurious quantities and clearly listed on labels. It bans boric acid formaldehyde and salicylic acid as preservatives due to their harmful effects.
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Federal Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drugs Act
Protect Your Health During Summer Travel
When touring this summer, check sanitation water supply and milk supply before staying at a camp. Vaccination against typhoid fever for the whole family can prevent illness after vacations with three doses a week apart, avoiding hospital bills doctor fees and burial expenses.
Quote on Ballots and Voter Suppression by Sir Martin Conway
The remark argues that using a ballot design that fools would spoil their vote to disenfranchise the less informed part of the population. It reflects a viewpoint on electoral tactics and voter manipulation attributed to Sir Martin Conway.
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Sir Martin Conway
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Steig
Mr. Steig
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Hampton
Franklin County
Boards of Education
T. E. Cooley
Knoxville
Cooley
Home For
The
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
National Training School
United States
New York City
Cincinnati
J. M. Williams
A. B. Gillette
City
Southwest
State Department of Horticulture
Missouri River
Blair
Nebraska
Federal Commission
Cape Cod
Denver
Davenport
Milton
van Buren County
Columbus Junction High School
Lillian Bliven
B. H. Shearer
Bliven
Epworth Legue
Osceola
Kenneth
Leonard Lowery
Edith Latham
California
Rev
Cook
Albia
Colfax
Jasper County
Cedar Co
H. W. Duncan
Cedar Rapids
Superior Permanent Wave Co
Los Angeles
Superior Permanent Wave Shop
Shelley
Hazel Stoner and
Velma N. Schneiter
Clark ® Bros. Tire& Battery Station
McLaughlin
Buick Co
Gan
W. A. Beery
Robertson Bros
Schultz Bros. Stahlers
A. J
Ricklefs
E. C. Ricklefs
J. B. Zimmerman Legg
Kash
Karry
Vor
Ford
Detroit
F.C.B
Ford Finance
Universal Credit Company
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