Jones County Farm Bureau Field Day Set for October 14
The Jones County Farm Bureau announces a field day at Paul Smith farm to review county corn yield test plots. Harvested corn will be observed on Saturday with entries including 25 open pollinated top classes and hybrids, judged on uniform stand and moisture content. A prize of one-half bushel of Iowa Hybrid 942 seed corn will go to the farthest attendee and another half-bushel to the driver bringing the most people.
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Paul Smith
Iowa
Crop outlook grim as 1933 drought hits yields
The August 1 USDA estimate shows the wheat crop the smallest since 1893 and corn below 2.3 billion bushels for the second time in 32 years. Oats fall below 700 million for first time since 1897 while hay matches drought years 1930 31. Wise Owl club met September 23 at the Porters with one guest and eight members. roll call, business, songs, games, and a lunch followed.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wise Owl Club
Nelda
Joyce Porter
Corn Hog Balance Seeks Production Cuts to Restore Parity
A government pamphlet urges coordinated cuts in hog and corn production to align supply with demand. It notes hog numbers remain high, corn fed to hogs is about half the crop, and reducing corn acreage is key to stabilizing prices and restoring parity in the corn belt.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
United States
Calf Show Winners And Financials From 1932 Cedar Valley
The report lists top calves by weight and earnings with owners Boyd Frantz Ernest Blohm and Lloyd Fairbanks. It details totals per owner and per hundredweight, plus gains for the five leading club members and summarizes feeding period averages and profits on Cedar Valley Farm’s 1932 business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Frantz
Hereford
Ernest Blohm
Lloyd Fairbanks
Angus
Don Meeks
Henry Weseman
Duane Lincoln
Lloyd Pair
Maurice McNeilly
Shorthorn
Doris Fairbanks
Phyllis Steele
Ernie Blohm
James J. Wallace
Cedar Valley
Farm profits hinge on management and market conditions in 1932
East central Iowa farms in 1932 show 25 percent with net income of 788 dollars and 95 percent with a net loss of 1708 dollars. High profit farms averaged 5142 in cash sales and 4033 expenses, while low profit farms had 4281 in sales and 3961 expenses. Net results depended on feeding efficiency, depreciation, and market luck rather than yields or debt alone. Management, feed conversion, and market choices explained the large gap between groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Town
Buchanan
Delaware
Benton
Linn
Jones
Centar
Johnson
Washington
Segular
Real Estate Transfers in Jones County Report 1933
September 22 to 28 1933 transfers issued by Lloyd Soper include Phebe Gardner to Sarah J Duniz one half of several parcels totaling 200 acres for 1.00, sheriff transfers of multiple parcels totaling 146 acres for 15000, James Snoddy to Hazel Mac Norton Edelmen's and Cronkhite's adds in Olin for 1.00, and others including Mary A. Thornton to Lorene Thompson and Warren Rees estate to R G Mead for 125, plus further deeds in Clinton and surrounding areas. About 17 percent of merchant tonnage under the American flag is tank steamers.
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Jones County
Lloyd Soper
Phebe Gardner
Sarah J. Duniz
Jerry Brodersen
Lana
Selo Eye
James Snoddy
Hazel Mac Norton
Edelmen
Cronkhite
Mary A. Thornton
Lorene I. Thompson
Varvel
Monticello
Warren Rees
James Myron Young
R. G. Mead
Adm
Center Junction
Anna Wozeniek Burian
Joe Koranda
Wapsie River
Secor
L. A. Andrew Rec
City
Clinton Reed
Death of Mrs Henry Stahlberg noted in Scotch Grove
Friends and family mourn the death of Mrs. Henry Stahlberg at the family home last Saturday. Born August 15 1896 she was married on her birthday in 1916 to Henry Stahlberg. Funeral services will be held at Wayne Center church with burial in nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stahlberg
Henry Stalder
John Stahtbers
Marvin
Aida
Puneral
Wayne Center
Ehuch
Jean Beveden
McDonald Hospital
C. BR. Carson
Paul Paulsyn
W. R. Clark
Gearse Moats
Bernice Kuelh
W. B. Henrichs
M. M. Sinclair
Laura
D. O. Sinclair
Esther
C. P. Abbott
Ethel Courtney
Center Junction
Constance Naylor
R. A. Naylor
Miss Kaste
Monticello
Verna Loomis
Caroline Kiburz
Carol Naylor
Wilma Kuhns
Lauretta Cooper
Dorothy Sawyer
Scotch Grove Cemetery Association
Presbyterian Church
Grover Hudson
Wilma Lee
Wallace
Iowa City
A. B. Nichols
Hedrick
D. O
Henry Dirks and
Jean Stahlberg
Sunbeam Mission Band
Aid
Imogene Moats
Joyce Otten
Alice Clark
June Henricks
Mary Ann Otten
J. Hughes
Chicago
Frederick Black
Seattle
Wash
Olive Hughes
John Hughes
Winifred
Hughes
Frederick
Julian
Clara Moses
Des Moines
Will Hughes
Council Bluffs
G. J. Hughes
E. C. Hughes
Scotch Grove
Fred Minney
William
George Bohlken
Henry Husman
Wayne Rizer
Randalla
Scotch Grove Friends Thursay
Funeral Rites For Mrs Bessie McManus In Hopkinton
Funeral services were held at the Hopkinton Methodist Church for Mrs Bessie McManus who died Monday at University Hospital Town City Mars. Born Feb 4 1877 near Monticello she married twice first to Joseph R Morrison and later to John F McManus. She leaves two sons two stepchildren three grandchildren and siblings. Burial was at Monticello. Albert Johnson elected buttermaker of Hopkinton creamery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Chorch
Hopkinton
Bessie McManus
University Hospital
Town City
Mars
McManus
Frank
Naomi Butler
Monticello
Joseph R. Morrison
Sand Spring
John Harald
Chicago
Joseph Merle
Morrison
Amin
John F. McManus
Methodist Church
Hop
United States Civil Service Commission
Hendee
Will Plank
Presbyterian Church
Lenox College
Archie Wheeless
Buck Creek
George Hucker
Geneva
Fletcher Aitchison
Cascade
Earl Dunlap
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Will S. Beels
Howard House
Morton
Mary Warrel
Blanche
Sioux Falls
S. D
Charles Thing
A. R. Stanger
Gladys Pulver
Ruth Johnston
Eleanor Marolf
Preston
Ryan
Stanger
F. A. Cline
F. E. Stimson
F. A. Bart
Fred Taylor
Hattie Livingston
Hendee Jastwack
E. V. Laughlin
Mabel Briney
Cedar Rapids
Akers
J. M. Bacon
N. Y
Hucker
Ames
Cornell University
Forrest Hutton
Jean French
Adrian Loomis
Duane Billings
Frank Irish
Don Smith
Kenneth Boots
Frederick Smith
Frederick Smith Went To Town City
Clarence Smith
Wyoming
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
H. Livingstone
Ethel Morton
Ibid Bridge Club
Center Junction News Briefs Highlight Local Events And Moves
Center Junction reports freshmenInitiation party at the high school gym with boys dressed as girls. several residents mourn Olive Blake death in Seattle. Women’s Missionary Society to meet Oct 12 led by Mrs Nell Moses and Mrs John Thompson. Local residents Mary Ellen Andrews returns home from Mercy hospital Anamosa. Mary Ann Lindauer undergoes arm procedure in Anamosa. Buttermaker Al Johnson resigns to join Hopkinton creamery effective Nov 1.
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Center Junction High School
Donna Dreibelbis
Jenn McNeilly
Robert Hanson
Dwaine Stickley
Donald Dreibelbis
Clara Moses
Olive Blake
Seattle
Wash
Mary Ann
Lindauer
Anamosa
al Johnson
Johnson
Hopkinton
Heron Lake
Minn
Center Junction
E. H. Bethurum
Newhall
Big Rock
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Bethurum
J. F. Livingstone
Lucy Dodge
A. Tomlinson
Peter Prahm
Pauline
Monticello
Elizabeth Young
Hammond
Indiana
Merle Mather
Century of Progress
Chicago
Howard Porter
T. BE. Stanton
Marshall
Central City
Lynn Bulgren
Prahm
Local residents visit family and attend fairs across towns
The report lists numerous people visiting relatives and friends in neighboring communities. It notes trips to Chicago for stock and a day at the fair, visits to Maquoketa to see family, and Sunday gatherings in centers like Monticello, Anamosa, Wyoming, Scotch Grove, Center Junction, and Stanwood, with various celebrations and carnival events.
Sunday Guests and Local Notices Highlight Anamosa
Children visited the Ed Levien home in Anamosa while Mr and Mrs A Nichols of Hedrick stayed with their daughter Mrs Ethel Courtney. Center Junction fire company thanks community women for serving dinner on firemen's day. Rally day at Presbyterian church set for Sunday Oct 15 with committee members H E Stingley R B Robbie Ethel Courtney and Peter Prahm listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Robert Serbousch
Lyman Thompson
Chicago
Peter Prahm
Pauline
Maquo~ Keta
N. C. Holm
Beulah Holm
Theresa Moyer
Anamosa
Chris Levien
Emma Buol
Freda Widmer
Monticello
Thelma Husman
Roy Snell
Tlinois
Henry Carson
Scotch Grove
John Carson
Tony Miller
Percy Dodson
Vernon Carson
Wyoming
Stanwood
J. W. Livingstone
Mme. Drinkwater
Sunny
Sam Moncrief
Willis
Dickeyville
Prairie du Chien
Wis
John Holub
Ed Holub
Arthur
C. M. Holst
Charles Vanderham
Platte
S. D
Center Junction
Philip Bailey
Amber
Fred Preas
Preas
Mayme
Carrie
Bailey
John Bailey
G. J. Hughes
Clara Moses
H. E. Stingley
C. H. Nelson
Irving Eiler
Margaret
Mary Dawes
Lou Ahraken
Earl De-Shaw
Lottie Wells
Olin
Lucy McMurrin
Henry Eiler
Chris Levnen
Ed Levien
A. Nichols
Hedrick
Ethel Courtney
Center Junction Fire Company
Presbyterian Church
R. 8. Robbie
Rhomberg Seeks New Fur Styles in New York
Carl J. Rhomberg, president of Rhomberg Manufacturing, is in New York this week obtaining new styles for fur garments. The firm’s advertising now runs in The Express-Ady columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Rhomberg
Rhomberg Manufacturing Company
New York
The
Express
Ady
Democrats in Washington Try Almost Everything
In Marshalltown Times-Republican commentary the author notes that Democrats in Washington are attempting a wide array of policies, suggesting they will try nearly anything. The piece implies bold, unconventional proposals are on the table as they pursue new approaches.
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Marshalltown
Washington
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Jones County Farm Bureau
C. V. Holsinger
High School of
Farm Bureau
Weers
Jacobs
Hedden
Vesta Boots
King
O. R. Nelson
Delaware County
R. E. Lux
American Legion
Emil Flindt
Globe Flying Circus
R. H. Balster Farm Equip
Town
A. M. Bollinger
Milwaukee Road
D. McCarn & Son
American Title Association
State Title Association
A. C. McKean, M. D
South Maple Street
J. G. Schoon
Life and Fire Insurance
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