Interesting Events Of Iowa News
Leroy Burton near Battle Creek shot a chicken thief owl after it crippled a chicken and carried prey away. The owl, four pounds with a 54 inch wingspan, fell to Burton who pursued and killed it. Fred Jansen, an early Alton settler, recalls sod house life and farming seven bushels per acre. Well drillers at Lake Park, Dickinson county, struck a 275 foot air pocket causing an explosion and mud spout before finding water beneath.
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Leroy Burton
Battle Creek
Ida County
Burton
Fred Jansen
Alton
Sioux County
Jansen
Iowa Prairies
South
Holland
Harry Ihnen
Lake Park
Dickinson County
Vegetable King of the Corn Belt States
Sam Kennedy of near Clear Lake Cerro Gordo county completes vegetable harvest for the year. He grew 300 acres of potatoes yielding 200 to 500 bushels per acre with daily harvests of 3 000 to 5 000 bushels sold near one dollar per hundred. He also raised 120 acres of onions at about 600 bushels per acre, with roughly 80 carloads stored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kennedy
Clear Lake
Cerro Gordo County
Kennedy
Bakers flashlight saves night shift at Laurens bakery
C W Whitmer of Laurens Pocahontas county used a flashlight and two candles to finish his bake when lights failed and were out for hours. Parallel tale: Claude Shields near Dallas Center recovered 59 dollars from a damaged billfold after suspecting a calf ate his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Whitmer
Laurens
Pocahontas County
Whitmer
Sherlock Holmes
Claude Shields
Dallas Center
Dallas County
Shields
Rescued yearling colt from 15 foot creek banks near Danbury
At John Frandsen farm in Woodbury county a yearling colt fell into a deep creek. An engineer and tractor team dug away bank sections and hauled the animal to safety. Nearby, Schaller grain shippers use 500 pounds of dry ice to keep corn cool en route to Kansas City with no dockage. Beets in Wright county yield up to 13 tons per acre and sell for 87 to 8 dollars per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frandsen
Danbury
Woodbury County
Frandsen
Schaller
Sac County
Kansas City
Wright County
Mason City
Anton Anderson
Fires and Laughter in Wartime Denison Hotel Prank
Hotel lobby workers rushed to locate muffled cries of distress only to find the sounds came from a ventriloquist guest causing a burst of laughter on the mezzanine. Glen Moss faces a peat bed fire burning through 30 acres of his land near Madrid Boone county as smoke drifts across the field. Guy Coulter reports a 32 acre corn crop yielding 127 tons and net $2,200 after expenses, from seed hybrid corn near Conrad Grundy county. Heirs of Lawson Howell donate a 1855 breaking plow to the Iowa State Historical Society as an artifact of Madison county agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Crawford County
Glen Moss
Madrid
Boone County
Moss
Iowa
Guy Coulter
Conrad
Grundy County
Coulter
Lawson Howell
Madison County
Iowa State Historical Society
Howell
Two World War I Buddies Reunite in Iowa After Decades
Joseph N. Elsner of Dedham Iowa called on Irving G. Turner of Odebolt Sac County to renew their friendship. The two men served as buddies in the 31st engineers at Saumur France during the war and parted after the armistice. Turner returned home while Elsner spent a year in northern Russia before coming back to Iowa. They had not seen each other since their goodbye in France nearly twenty years prior.
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France
Iowa
Joseph N. Elsner
Dedham
Carroll County
Irving G. Turner
Odebolt
Sac County
31St Engineers
Saumur
Turner
Elsner
Russia
Fire Ravages Farm Barns At Nashua Area
Fire at the Lester Fisher farm near Nashua Chicka saw county destroyed a new 30 by 60 foot barn after a previous blaze four years earlier. Investigators suspect spontaneous combustion in the haymow and report all stock saved though hay and soybeans were a total loss of 688.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Fisher
Nashua
Chickasaw County
Parrot Tim Lived 38 Years With Canady Family
The A B Canady family of Lake View Sac county mourns Tim the parrot who lived 38 years mostly with the family. The old bird learned a large vocabulary from constant human contact and often answered correctly to questions. The Canadys plan to have him mounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Canady
Lake View
Sac County
Tim
Canadys
Height not reliable for corn says Paul Pierce
Paul Pierce of south of Fort Dodge notes a seven foot corn stalk he found with a single ear. The stalk was clean and tall like a bamboo pole, but bore only one ear. He concludes height is not a reliable judge of corn in this odd observation.
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Paul Pierce
Fort Dodge
Pierce
LeMars native Robert Bellaire reports from Shanghai
Radio listeners in LeMars, Plymouth County, heard Robert Bellaire speak by short wave from Shanghai. He gave a summary of the Chinese Japanese war up to that time. Bellaire is a former LeMars boy now with the United States Press stationed in Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Plymouth County
Robert Bellaire
Shanghai
China
Bellaire
United States Press
Sheriff O Malley Delinquent on Road Poll Tax
Webster City Police Chief W F Kidder reports Sheriff O Malley paid a 50 cent penalty on top of the $2 50 road poll tax. The exchange highlights local enforcement of tax compliance in Hamilton County.
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W. F. Kidder
Webster City
Hamilton County
O’malley
Coroner's Jury Blames Bus Driver in Mason City Crash
The coroner's jury returned a verdict placing blame on the bus driver who was also a victim of the accident. Evidence showed he failed to stop look and listen at railroad crossings, warning motorists to heed those three words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Advertiser
Mason City
President erred in proposing many items for special session
The Freeman Journal says the president’s agenda for the special session overreaches. Only the farm legislation matters, while the rest can wait without harming interests.
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Webster City
Township Meetings Schedule For Week Of November 15
The Jones county agricultural conservation committee outlines a full week of township meetings from November 15 to 19 to discuss the 1938 Soil Conservation program and corn loan details. Elections for township committeemen follow each session to oversee program details in every township.
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Jones County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Lovell Township
Greenfield
Center School
Fairview
New Court House
Wayne
Wayne Center
Hale
Nigger Point
Clay
Frozen Hill Church
Madison
Center Junction High School
Rome
Olin High School
Oxford
Scotch Grove
Balster’s
Richland
Asa Whitney Praised Iowa As Finest Country In 1840s Survey Notes
A 1845 Milwaukee expedition led by Asa Whitney surveyed a transcontinental railroad route through southern Wisconsin and Iowa. Whitney praised Iowa as pure air and healthy, calling it the finest country on the globe after crossing the Mississippi and traversing Clear Lake, Okoboji, and the Big Sioux region.
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Milwaukee
Asa Whitney
United States
Whitney
Pacific
Congress
Mississippi
Chicago
Wisconsin
Fort Winnebago
Prairie du Chien
Winneshiek
Chickasaw
Floyd
Charles City
William J. Petersen
Clear Lake
Lake Okoboji
Big Sioux
Missouri
Iowa
Wapsipinicon
Yowa
Dangerous Crossings in Iowa Call for Survey
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes many rail crossings in Iowa offer limited visibility in both directions. These obstacles could be removed without great expense, and each community should conduct a survey to determine needed improvements.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Slogan Urges Iowa Stations Not to Sell Gasoline to Drunks
The Globe-Gazette of Mason City Iowa suggests a universal slogan for all Iowa filling stations: Don't sell gasoline to drunks. It argues many stations already follow this policy and endorses the idea as broadly applicable.
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Sioux Falls
the Globe-Gazette
Mason City
Iowa
Birthday and social notes from Amber area gatherings
Social reports recount Wilmer Zimmerman's fifth birthday at the Zimmerman Schoon home with grandparents War ner Heiken and George Schoon among others. In Irvin Wilken’s home three birthdays were celebrated including Milton Harms thirteenth with family and friends. A noon picnic and horseshoe games followed. Will Dirks family visited Langworthy. A surprise shower at Carl Fokk ers home featured Julia Toenjes and Josephine Hackstahl with H A Toenjes and son George.
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Carl Schoon
Wilmer
Warner Heiken
George Schoon
Haye Schoon
H. E. Dirks
Rex Reuter
George Siebels
W. J. Zimmerman
Clara Bodiker
Clarence Herren
Irvin Wilken
Wilken
Howard Soper
Milton Harms
P. H. Paulsen
B. H. Bohiken
Henry Harms
G. F. Tobiason
Donald Rickels
Alva Oaken
Will Dirks
Langworthy
Diedrick Dirks
Carl Fokkers
Julia Toenjes
Josephine Hackstahl
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Toenjes
George
Local Families Entertain During Weekend Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Warner Heiken and son Rex along with multiple families hosted visits and meals at their homes. Mantle clocks were presented to Mr and Mrs Folkers. Several guests from Oelwein Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Manchester joined in Sunday events and social club meetings. The county plans snow fences along highways A and C as winter work continues.
Local Social and Market Notes from Castle Grove Area
Cast le Grove and nearby towns report social visits church events and farm activity. Hosford and Specht families attend meetings while C A McLaughlin sells cattle in Chicago at 18 50 per cwt. Delays to Chicago for the automobile show. multiple family visits noted in Richland Monticello and Buck Creek areas.
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F. A. Royden
Scotch Grove
Castle Grove
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
J. E. Ahlrichs
C. A. McLaughlin
Chicago
Bertha Harken
Will Hiller
George F. Specht
F. C. Cramer
S. M. Hosford
Nora Workman
Ames
William Balsiger
Richland
Thomas Warner
Mildred
Lee
Monticello
Lyle Hosford
George Specht
W. D. McLaughlin
Mary Esther
Clarence
Jones County Farm Bureau
G. H. George
W. M. Delay
Clyde Thompson
James Thompson
Buck Creek
Scotch Grove community notes and events in Scotch Grove township
The annual party of the Association of Past Presidents of the Jones County Farm Bureau was held at Henry George’s home. Red Cross organized in Scotch Grove with Mrs. W B Clark and Mrs. R A Naylor as chairmen and district solicitors named. Sunbeam Mission band met with ten members under Mrs. W B Clark. John Alyea of Center Junction visited. G J Hughes bought a new McCormick Deering corn picker and used it. Rev Hugh Robinson and Laura Sinclair attended Spillville with M M Sinclair. George Long of Dell Rapids died October 16. he preached here from 1924 to 1929. Lyman Moats involved in a Center Junction car accident near Truman Stantons. other occupants not mentioned.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Henry George
G. J. Hughes
Kathleen Hughes
Scotch Grove Township
W. B. Clark
R. A. Naylor
Scotch Grove
May Himebaugh
L. J. Schlemme
M. M. Sinclair
Wilma Kuhns
Naylor
Clark
Red Cross
Bernard Cass
L. A. Oltman
Howard Zirkelbach
John Alyea
Center Junction
McCormick-Deering
Hugh Robinson
Lisbon
Laura Sinclair
Spillville
George Long
Dell Rapids
S. D
Lyman Moats
Truman Stantons
Timber Fire Near Husman Farm Recalls Hunters Caution
A large timber fire near Carl Husman’s and north of Henry Carson’s farm burned Sunday night. Rain helped extinguish it as hunters were blamed for fires this season. Fire threatened Husman corn and spread rapidly due to dry weather. many volunteers kept watch until out.
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Carl Husman
Henry Carson
Husman
Scotch Grove Township
Raymond Naylor
L. J. Schlemme
Wilma Kuhns
Floyd Sinclair
W. B. Clark
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Bernard Cass
M. M. Sinclair
James Hughes
Irving Eilers
Harry Paulsen
William Wilson
Maquoketa
Ed Zirkelbach
Jean Royden
Ames
Henry Hedden
Iowa City
Russell Rickels
Anamosa
Onslow Residents Visit in Chicago and Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Thompson and others from Onslow spent Sunday and Monday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cass in Chicago Wisconsin. Accompanying were Miss Tangeman and others, with Norbert Kuehl of Elkader and Ivanel Kuehl noted among the visitors.
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Hans Thompson
L. R. Himebaugh
Lee Byerly
Lee Lin
Tangeman
Coin
Onslow
Norbert Kuehl
Elkader
Chicago
Wis
Bernard Cass
Ivanel Kuehl
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Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Harry W. Brigham
Rolfe
Brigham
Werthana
Radio Thrill
Amber
Philip Perricone
Beaumont
Texas
Anthony
Bernard
Carl
Donald
Rex
Edward Herren
Gee
Siebels
George Harms
Folkers
Otto Danneman
George Seehusen
William Martin
George Andrews
Mary Thuman
Robert Schoon
Oelwein
George H. Schoon
Harry Schalle
John Behnken
Henry Wehling
Vernon Ray
Mark Cross
Magaret Peet
Lawrence Otten
Carl A. Eden Jr
Herman Ricklefs
Will Ricklefs
Adolph Scheen
Kenneth Hosford
Manchester
Idle
Ben Eiben
Farm Bureau
Herman Hahn
Anna Rusman
Coggon
Cc. C. Livingston
D.A.R
S. G. Hutton
O. R. Howie
BM. Hosford
D. O. Sinclair
Arend Balster Stores
Nash
K. C
Graham
A. B. Nichols
C. P. Abbott
Nichols
Courtney
Dale Ladehoff
Dorothy Himebaugh
Helen Warren
Jerry Naylor
Mabel Otten
Timber Fire
Firemen’s Hall
Delen and
Joe McAleer
Peggy Fuller
Ator
Airlines
Shaffer
BUICK
Flint
Mich
McLaughlin Buick Company
Cedar Street
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