Wind Break Plans Described by Jones County Farm Bureau
G. R. Ramsey extension forester from Town State college visited Jones County this week to plan three demonstrational wind breaks for next spring. Sites include Oscar Kinler farm Rome township E G Rawson farm Fairview township and John Morse farm Wyoming township. A woodlot tree planting will accompany the E G Rawson site with Ramsey returning early next spring to supervise planting as part of a Farm Bureau extension service program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Ramsey
Town State College
Jones County
Oscar Kinler
Rome Township
Farm Bureau
Annual Beef Cattle Tour Planned in Jones County
Cattle feeders in Jones County host an annual tour in the eastern part of the county today. The event begins at 10 AM at the Hans Ketelsen farm in Hale with stops at the August Thompson farm in Wyoming and the C M Holst farm near Onslow. Rex Beresford of Iowa State College will attend and an outlook talk is set for 1 PM at the Onslow Community Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Hans Ketelsen
Hale
Home Project Leaders Plan Meeting Next Monday
County home project chairman Mrs Bernard Cass announces a gathering of the county home project committee and township publicity chairmen to be held at Mrs Delbert Smiths home one mile north of Morley on Monday Oct 25 Plans for the coming year project work will be outlined and a publicity writing training school conducted by Miss Gertrude Dieken Iowa State College extension editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Cass
County Home Project Committee
Delbert Smith
Morley
Gertrude Dieken
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau Represented In Farm Bill Hearing
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation and most County Farm Bureaus in the state attended the Senate Agricultural Committee hearing in Sioux City on October 18 19 and 20. Witnesses urged incorporation of principles from the Farm Bureau bill introduced in the last Congress. A written brief by W D McLaughlin Jones county Farm Bureau president was prepared for the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Senate Agricultural Committee
Sioux City
Farm Bureau
W. D. McLaughlin
Jones County Farm Bureau
Senate
Home Furnishing Course Begins November 2nd
The Iowa extension service offers a Home Furnishing course from November 2 to 3 led by Miss Nora Workman. Women across the county are urged to form homemaker study groups and appoint leaders to attend the training schools for homemaking guidance. Information is available from local officers or the Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Ole
1938 Baby Beef Club Organization Underway
Twenty one boys have notified the Farm Bureau office they secured beef calves for enrollment in the 1938 Baby Beef club. Fifty one calves have been placed on feed by the group. Members are selecting calves early with enrollment expected to rise. final enrollment date is January 1, 1928. Names listed include Clarence Trofford Monticello and Virtus Lorenzen Olin among others Rowed through Wyoming Onslow and Martelle areas with more members expected before closing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Brrea
Clarence Trofford
Monticello
Olin
Gene Sievers
Melvin Sievers
Wyoming
Richard Eichhorn
John Eichhorn
Ralph Eggerts
Charles Eggerts
Duane Lincoln
William Laude
Onslow
Accidents on Farm Outnumber Those In Industrial Centers
Red Cross reports cited by the Farm Bureau show agriculture causes more work deaths than any other field. In 1936 farm fatalities reached 4,500, versus 2,800 in construction and 2,300 in manufacturing, out of about 100,000 workers in all occupations. The agricultural death rate stood at 42 per 100,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Farm Bureau
Manufacture Cross
Districts of safety measures prove their worth in centers
A report notes safety measures in industrial centers have shown value in reducing accidents and improving worker protection. Officials cite monitored protocols and training as key drivers of safer operations across multiple facilities.
REA Project Progresses In Jones County
The Rural Electrification project advances in Jones county with Greenfield Rome Jackson and Fairview townships chosen for the first construction. Eighty miles of line will be built as tree trimming crews clear right of way and poles are distributed at 150 per day. Earth boring machines to dig pole holes arrive, speeding work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Greenfield
Rome
Jackson
Fairview
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau Elects Officers at October Meeting
The Scotch Grove farm bureau held its October meeting with Bernard Cass as chairman, Mrs. R. A. Naylor as vice-chairman, and W. E. Carson as secretary treasurer. The program featured the Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls 4 H Club with Eloise Kuhns guiding reports, songs, and a play titled The New Maid.
Death and obituaries mix with local society news in Hopkinton
Obituaries tell of Rev John M Johnston dying Oct 7 1937 in Los Angeles after illness. He served as missionary in Selma Alabama and taught theology in Ireland. Services were held in Los Angeles and Beaver Falls Pa burial followed. The piece also notes marriages engagements and social events including Mrs Hattie Livingstone hosting guests and Julius Gerlich winning butter prizes in Portland and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Johnston
Hopkinton
Anna Johnston
Los Angeles
Calif
Johnston
Lenox College
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Ireland
Reformed Presbyterian Negro Mission School
Selma
Ala
East
Mr. Johnston
David Johnston
Charles Williamson
West Union
Samuel Johnston
Orlando
Florida
Grossman
Francis W. Grossman
Indianapolis
King City
Empire Prairie
New Albany
Ind
Livernon
Georgetown
Ohio
Indiana Synod
A. P. Hiniebaugh
T. Lyle Joseph
Bethany
Raymond Sires
Julius Gerlich
Hopkinton Creamery
Portland
Ore
Gerlich
Waterloo
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
W. J. Petrie
J. D. McAllister
Will Dennison
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Reeder
Evanston
Oxford
Miami University
Raleigh
N. C
Lorena
Dorothy Martin
Herrick
Oxford Junction
W. W. Morgan
Community Socials and Visits Across Barns Town Neb
Local families from Barns Town Neb share visits and gatherings with relatives and friends including Zimmer, Behrends, Seehusen, Danemann, Cross, Eden, Otten, Folker, Helgens, Bodiker, and Herr en, with multiple dinners, suppers, and a surprise at the schoolhouse. Vernon Herren’s furlough and a California station noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Behrends
George Behrends
Barnstown
Neb
Behrends
Otto Danneman
John Seehusen
George Seehusen
John Freese
William Martin
Fred Barrack
Mark Cross
Mr. Cross
C. W. Eden
Henry Eden
Carl A. Eden
Mary Dorothy
Henry Wehling
Vernon Ray
Donald
William Otten
Cross
J. Willms
W. J. Zimmerman
F. H. Otten
Wayne Ladies Aid
Lutheran Brotherhood
Rickies Menken
Herman Helgens
Brotherhood
Herman Zimmerman
John Rickels
Willms
Harm
Louie Helgens
Herman Folker
George Rickels
Henry Tobiasson
Ed Helgens
Carl Folker
Lena Folker
Claire Westphal
Arlington
Iowa
George Bodiker
George Schoon
Carl Schoon
Wilmer
Nyles Deeny
Cedar Rapids
Cletus Boland
Warner Helken
Ed Harms
Henry Harms
Irene Bodiker
Clara Bodiker
George Harms
Louie Hagen
Clarence Herren
North English
Ben Herren
Herren
Vernon
Navy
California
Fred Lorenzen
Otto Dannemann
Mrs Lane and Mrs Morrison Vacation in Milwaukee
Mrs Thomas J Lane and Mrs A L Morrison left Wednesday for a two week vacation in Milwaukee staying with Mr and Mrs A H Renier and will visit Chicago before returning. Miss Anne Moore and Mrs G E Fall of Dubuque visited here Friday. Raymond Noovan a Sheda Brothers clerk slipped on a stump while felling a tree Saturday causing a deep chin laceration needing several stitches. Peter's parochial school Temple Hill was completely destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Morrison
Milwaukee
A. H. Renier
Chicago
Anne Moore
G. E. Fall
Dubuque
Raymond Noovan
Sheda Brothers
Peter's Parochial School
Temple Hill
Cascade School Building Burns After Furnace Fire
A frame school building 30 by 60 feet in Cascade burned last Thursday at four o'clock after an overheated furnace ignited the blaze. The janitor Joseph Lindeman discovered it after dismissal. The Sisters of St. Frances conducted the school and the pastor Rev E J Lorenz says the loss of about 3000 dollars will be rebuilt at once. The bazaar planned in the ruined building moved to the K of C hall with large turnout. Mrs Mary Donnelly has returned to Cascade after an operation in Mercy hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lindeman
Cascade Fire Department
Sisters of St. Frances
E. J. Lorenz
K. of C
Cascade
Father Lorenz
Claude Miller
Monticello
Maquoketa
Marguerite Miller
Maquoketa High School
Mary Donnelly
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Michael Dolphin
Leo
Dora van Driel
Real Autumn Breakfast Picks Include Ham and Eggs De Luxe
A home economist urges a real breakfast as autumn returns and energy demand rises. A ham and eggs dish de luxe follows, with eggs Mornay on broiled ham, croutons, white cheese sauce, bread crumbs, and butter dots finished under the broiler.
Dangers Lurked In Iowa Wilderness
Two Delaware county youths under 15 set out from Colesburg in 1857 to fetch laths, face a thunderstorm, night of rain and fog, lost on a timbered trail with a broken harness. They trek through wolf calls, find a fork, drift until exhausted, and finally reach a farmhouse five miles from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Delaware County
D. R. Witter
the Palimpsest
Noah
Colesburg
Fayette County
Elk Creek
Prayerful Hope for Peace Warns Against World War
The Cherokee Times prints a message urging prayers for peace to avoid another global war. It cautions that a second world war could cost millions of lives and severely damage the nation financially and morally.
Asto Boycott Foresees Quick End to Far East Slaughter
The Times-Republican notes that though boycotts in principle are objectionable a universal boycott of Japan could be the fastest way to stop the slaughter in the Far East, reflecting wartime sentiment and economic pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Japan
Far East
Pleasure Unalleged: A Suburban Coffee Moment
A curious local note describes a man’s long life yielding less pleasure than a woman’s simple joy as she sits in a restaurant after shopping, kicking off her shoes under the table. The scene captures a quiet, relatable moment in everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Debts and Interest Weigh Britain France Against United States
The Webster City Freeman Journal notes that Britain and France may rue not paying interest on debts owed to the United States, a reflection on wartime loans and postwar financial tensions. The comment frames allied financial manners as a looming grievance in international relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Sell the best cockerels for breeding then sell 5 pound birds
A hatcheryman cautions against selling chickens at 5 pounds to the end of the season. Early maturing birds sold as soon as finished improve breeding stock. Select breeding cockerels at twelve weeks, leg band rapid growers, then sell remaining birds at 5 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Waters
Iowa State College
Social notes from Sand Spring and Monticello area
Local social roundup lists visits and gatherings across Sand Spring Monticello Colesburg and Davenport. Families including Stevens Eden Moser Cox Wilson Baxter and Behrends are featured with numerous dinners waffles and church events noted alongside hospital and funeral attendance.
Funeral services held for J. Ramey in Onslow
Mrs Blanche Mose and Mr Stanley Bright attended the funeral of Mr J Ramey in Onslow on Wednesday. A Halloween program is planned at Sand Spring school on Thursday evening October 28 with teacher Collins a bar pee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eden
Monticello
J L. Batchelder
B. H. Cox
Phyllis
Donna Jeanne
Joseph Baxter
Blanche Moser
Colesburg
Moser
Faye Kauffman
Walter First
Fred Welter
Ray Chaplin
Dave Wilson
Hopkinton
S. Bright
W. Behrends
John Wien
Neva, Wilson
Onslow
Lem Berlin
Clement
Fred Egger
Adolph
Egger
Davenport
John McDonald
Don Nordman
Chas. Stevenson
Will Hart
Clarence Jacque
Betty
Cedar Rapids
C. Rollens
Marion
Will Wenger
Henry Eiler
John Wenger
Edna McCoy
John Hoult
Ed. Eiler
Glen’ Eiler
George Arduser
Batchelder
W. H. Behrends
Brandet
Indane
Blanche
Mose Business Nec
Sdanchaster
Stanley Bright
J. Ramey
Hallowe’en
Sand Spring
Collins
B. Batchelder
Glen Eiler
Woman's boycott of Japanese articles sparks thrift talk
A fragmented note discusses women urged to boycott Japanese goods and buy American products to save money. It mentions housewives, unions, and nonunion groups, and notes price pressures and imitation concerns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Bill Hearing
Nora Workman
Extension Service
Baby Beef Club
REA
Scotch Grove
R. A. Naylor
W. E. Carson
Linn
Leo Kremer
Scotch Grove Township
Smith
Sunshine Girls
Eloise Kuhns
Farm Bureau Organization
L. E. Moats
Caffin
Conesville
Leo Sweesy
Mason City
Lucy Dodge
Center Junction
Naylor
William Blank
Leslie Leggett
Strawberry Point
N. E. Iowa
Future Farme of America
Maynard Kuhns
Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
W. B. Clark
Presbyterian Aid Society
L. J. Hughes
A. Alyea
John Wright
Frank Johnson
Laurel Naylor
Alberta Husman
Monticello High School
L. J. Schlemme
Janesville
Wis
Laurel
Lois
Alva Freese
Lamont
Connie
Graceland College
L. R. Himebaugh
May Himebaugh
Paul Darting
Wilton Junction
Elkader
Les Himebaugh
George Kuehl
H. J. Hedden
St. Paul, Minn
Clarence E. Michel
Scudder
Virginia Ysabel
James Harvey Littlefield
Rachel R. Littlefield
Hattie Livingstone
C. Spence
New Mexico
Jacob Matthiessen
Ethel Morton
F. A. Irish
Jay Boots
R. F. Billings
C. L. Dunlop
Max Ferran
Elizabeth Phillips
A. B. Soule
Wild Rose
Soule
Robert McDonald
Doris Kehoe
Manchester
James Kehoe
Amber
W. J. Zimmer
Thomas J. Lane
Inez S. Willson
Asto
Charles Stevens
Wilbur Shaw
Keent
Clark’s Super Service
Oak
Arend Balster Stores
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