Iowa farmers win top corn prize and state fire week declared
Ora Gard of Buena Vista county tops corn growers with 50 acres yielding 2.8 tons Evergreen and 2.1 tons Country Gentleman per acre and a $1,838.32 crop payment. Fire prevention week set for October with Iowa losses exceeding $6 million in 1929 and posters urging hazard elimination across schools and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Gard
Buena Vista County
Storm Lake
Fred Delbridge
Marchant
Hoover
Chambers of Commerce
John W. Strohm
Iowa
European mood and fears contrasted with American outlook
In a chapel address students were told Europe shows greater anxiety than the United States, with idealism shaping practical politics. The Northwest Iowa conference noted college costs per student: Cornell College $510, Iowa Wesleyan $478, Morningside $326, Simpson $326.
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Europe
United States
Northwest Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Storm Lake
Morningside College
Sioux City
Iowa
National Board of Education of the Methodist Church
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Simpson College
Indianola
Pheasant Damage Probed by Worth County Farmers
R T Nelson of Worth county Northwood surveyed 115 farmers on pheasant damage. Results show 68 call them a nuisance, 79 report corn crop damage, 86 report no other crop damage, totaling 4630 dollars in 12 months across all farms. County estimate: 56000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Nelson
Worth County
Northwood
Want Tomatoes After Frost
The ripe tomato season has not passed and home gardeners can extend it by artificial methods. Pick green or color starting tomatoes before frost and store wrapped in paraffin paper in light boxes in a cool place like a fruit cellar. Ripened fruit can last a month or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Holsinger
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Holsinger
Close Game Visualizes Monticello vs Galena Football Loss
Monticello lost its first interstate football game on its local field Friday 6 to 0 to Galena Illinois. The game featured a late third quarter turnover on a Monticello fumble that set up Galena’s rushing touchdown and unsuccessful extra point.
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Monticello
Galena
Ill
Tne
Monticello Monticello vs Galena Football Game Summary
In the game Monticello and Galena clashed with Galena scoring the only touchdown after a fumble early in the third quarter Yeoman and Bartlett traded substitutions as Monticello mounted a late game rally Langer Cooper and others rotated in for Monticello Eby received two completed passes but the run game and line proved insufficient Officials were Larson as referee DeLong as umpire and Brierley as head linesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeoman
Bartlett
Galena
Monticello
Langer
Howard McLaughlin
Cooper
Eby
Monti Boys
Hayden couple celebrate 61st anniversary at Oxford Junction
Mr and Mrs L E Hayden marked their 61st wedding anniversary in Oxford Junction on October 10. They wed in Olin and have resided in Oxford Junction for 40 years. Hayden is a Connecticut native, and Mrs Hayden, born Everhart, grew up in Wheatland. her father came from Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Hayden
Oxford Junction
Olin
Mr. Hayden
Connecticut
Hayden
Everhart
Wheatland
Ohio
Waverly
Harry J. Twinting
la Grange
W. F. Nolte
Monticello
Notable Local Deaths and Weekend Iowa News
Miss Hattie Lieb, 65, a Earlville pioneer, died last Sunday morning. Elmira Jewell, 96, of Centrality, hosted a reception on October 10. A 50 acre Horace Boles farm near Independence sold at auction for 30 dollars on the buildings and 18 dollars per acre for the remainder. Anamosa Legion tied Dyersville Independents 6 to 6 in a football game. Provan, Ames, and S. R. Ames were jailed near Traer after officers found sixteen gallons of alcohol, with bonds set at 1000 dollars. Henry and Katharine Koth celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Clarence. Iowa college football scores listed from the past weekend include Luther over Dubuque 46 to 12, Coe over Cornell 13 to 19, and Grinnell over..."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Lieb
Earlville
Adam
Rebecca Lieb
Elmira Jewell
Iowa
Horace Boles
Independence
Anamosa Legion Eleven
Dyersville Independents
Anamosa
Dyersville
William Provan
Traer
Leroy E. Ames
Lincoln
S. R. Ames
Koth
Mackelbach Schwerin
Germany
Marquette
Drake
University of Detroit
Grinnell
Augustana
St. Ambrose
Buena Vista
Upper Iowa
Mount Vernon
West Branch
Marion
University High
Iowa City
DeWitt
Weather follows rain turning brown fields to green for pastures
After a week of near eighty degree days and a good rain storm, pastures have revived and farmers report fields that were brown are now green and providing more feed.
Millsap Family Visitors Share Cedar Rapids Weekend
Mr and Mrs Lyle Millsap and daughter Jean Lois of Cedar Rapids visited Mrs Millsaps parents Mr and Mrs Will Cassady. Mack McChigh of Iowa City stayed several days in the Cassady home. Try Want Ads for quick results.
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William van Schreven
Howard Chase
Sioux City
University of Iowa
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Panama
South America
Chile
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Africa
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Spain
Europe
Palestine
Arabia
Persia
India
China
Borneo
Australia
Philippines
Hawaii
James C. Wilson
Lyle Millsap
Jean Lois
Cedar Rapids
Voice Recital Of Young People Held Tuesday
A group of Mrs. Beaven pupils presented a voice recital at the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening. Performers included Blake, Carey, Maxine Redmond, and others with accompanist Bertha Mae Goldin. Selections ranged from songs to readings with several pieces by Luc ia Schoon and Emil Prult and featured Vivian Smith and Edna Schoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Oiltman
Hawley
Ashford
O'Hara
William Kettlitz
Bertha Mae Goldin
Lucia Schoon
Metcalf
Kramer
Sylvia
Vivian Smith
Keel
Woodman
Dana
Megill
Emil Prult
Curran
Martin
Edna Schoon
Taps Sounded For Civil War Veteran Monday
William G. Ruhl, 91, a Grand Army of the Republic member, died Saturday in Anamosa after months of ill health. He served as a musician in the 10th Illinois infantry and was born in Stewartstown, Pa. He was buried Monday at Forest Church.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Anamosa
William G. Ruhl
Forest Church
F. C. Worcester
Ruhl
10Th Illinois Infantry
Stewartstown
Ruhl Family Roots In Forest Area Near Anamosa
John Ruhl and Lydia Groves married in Pennsylvania then moved to Iowa after the Civil War. They settled near Anamosa, raised seven children, and Ruhl served as a rural mail carrier before moving to Anamosa. His wife died in 1882, he remarried Etta Mae Buck, and he survived by thirteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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John Ruhl
Pennsylvania
Lydia Groves
Iowa
Forest
Anamosa
John
Edward
Seth
William G
Davenport
Alma Ruhl Woodman
Cedar Rapids
Etta Mae Buck
Waipaca
Wis
Ruhl
Monticello Pastor Attends Davenport Church Meeting
Rev. Samuel G. Gutensohn of Monticello and Messrs. Frank Hayden and John Hoult attended a Davenport Association of Congregational Churches meeting held in Muscatine last Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Gutensohn
First Congregational Church
Monticello
Messrs
Frank Hayden
John Hoult
Davenport Association of Congregational Churches
Muscatine
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J. W. Jarnagin
Hawkeye State
Iowa Falls
Shankland
Polk County District Court
Strief
J. H. Strief
State Board of Control
U. S. Department of Justice
Washington
J. A. Grubbs
Grubbs
Clayton Lane
Foreign Service
Department of Commerce
Warsaw
Poland
Lane
Simpgon
Methodist
Halil
Plymouth Co
Merrill
Plymouth County
Puna
Sepember
John Dell
John Halwey
Emmet Co
Grover
Emmet
Alfred Nelson
Des Moines
United States Veterans Bureau
Frank L. Williams
Bureau
Chuck” Eby
Lindy” Null
Cramer
Hughes
Reich
Henry Koth
Clarence
Fighteen
Mark Hanna
New York City
Hanna
Ricklefs
Ricklets’ Dry Goods Store
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