Jones County Fair Premium Awards List
Readable portions show 4-H club prizes for Castle Grove Fortune Finders Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls and others with firsts to sev enths. Personal accounts list county champions and numerous livestock class awards across breeds including Hereford Shorthorn Jersey and Hampshire with multiple names and towns such as Olin Anamosa Monticello Wyoming Martelle and Meadow Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Greenfield Good Luck
Fairview Oriole
Rome Tru Hearts
Wayne Rainbow
Hale
Blue Bells
Busy Bees of Clay
Castile Grove Fortune Finders
Jackson Wise Owls
Greenfield Goodluck
Hale Blue Bells
Fairview Orioles
Olin
Angus
Grover Lorenzen
Virtus Lorenzen
Irvin Sievers
Wyoming
George Fraser
Monticello
Edwin Andrews
Leo Waggoner
Duane Lincoln
Dean Nordman
Charles Eggerts
Chris Holmes
Anamosa
William Reade
Onslow
Arthur Ho
Bobby Fishwild
Reynold Fishwild
Shorthorn
John Eichhorn
Ard
Melvin Sievers
Richard Eichhorn
Raymond von Sprecken
Tarence
John F. Sievers
Clarence Hosford
Earl Coleman
Monument to Amundsen Is Unveiled Pig Show Results
A long list of award winners and prize money from a pig show honoring Amundsen features multiple exhibitors. Names include G. H. Gerdes Jr, O. J. Hess, R. P. Wilson, W. B. Meeks, Bert E. Miller, Orben Schoff, J. B. Seehusen, C. Jurgensen, C. Jurgensen, Willis Martin, and others. Prizes range from 1st to 3rd in categories such as aged boar, senior sow, junior sow, get of sire, and produce of dam, with totals up to several dollars per place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Herd
G. H. Gerdes
O. J. Hess
Produce of Dam
R. P. Wilson
W. B. Meeks
Herd
Bert E. Miller
Orben Schoff
Chester Whites
J. B. Seehusen
C. Jurgensen
Willis Martin
Youth hostels lead way to peace on New England trip
Margaret McNeill recounts a cycling tour of Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts visiting early American youth hostels. She notes the rise of youth hostels since 1910 highlights their role in international understanding and low cost travel for students and teachers with paths through Franconia Notch Sugar Hill and Mount Moosilauke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doxsee
New England
Green Mountains
Vermont
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Connecticut River Valley
Berkshire Hills
Richard Schirrman
Altena
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Orient
America
Isabel and
Monroe Smith
Michigan
Canada
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Montreal
West Coast
Kagawa
Japan
A.Y.H
Northfield
Massachusetts
Smith College
Watertown
Conn
A.Y.H. Association
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Brattleboro
Mt. Holyoke
Mt. Moosilauke
Dartmouth Outing Club
Franconia Notch
Sugar Hill
Presidential Range
Dorothy
Homer Aldrich
Stanford
Trinity
Hunter's College
Lost River
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Daniel Webster
Franconia
Warren
Ay.h
Keene
Monticello
Harry Hopkins
Federal Relief
Margaret McNeill
Surf Sled Patent by Los Angeles Editor
Miss Althea Martin displays a new surf sled designed to reduce rider danger in surf. The craft features a streamlined pontoon under the nose for buoyancy and a stabilizer shield at the tail to keep the rider on a straight course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea Martin
Los Angeles
Adventure Promises In The American Boy Magazine
The American Boy promises adventure themed issues with seamen sabotage San Francisco waterfront trouble and battleship feuds. Features include spaceflight jungled mountain routes a northland pursuit and a coast guardsman life pictorial stories plus how to run a broken field and ballroom correctness. Subscription offers at $1 yearly or $2 for three years with foreign rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Boy Magazine
San Francisco
Earth
Northlands
Tierney
Detroit
Mich
Fire on Illinois farm threatens threshing gear
Threshing at Henry Bell farm near Coon Rapids Carroll county was nearly interrupted when sparks from a tractor ignited a gasoline can. Jack Bell moved the can which landed on a wagon rack with bundles. The frightened horses bolted but were stopped and unhitched. The rack and its heavy oats load were destroyed while the wagon gears were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bell
Coon Rapids
Carroll County
Jack Bell
Boy Found Sleeping in Cornfield After Missing Incident
Lawrence Harmon aged 23 months disappeared from his home near Sac City Sac County. A search of about 60 men located him peacefully asleep between corn rows a quarter mile from the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Harmon
Sac City
Sac County
Robert Harmon
Larry
Planning Meals Made Easy For Warm Days
Inez S Willson advises practical planning to ease summer cooking. Prepare two meals at once or advance most of the meal, cook roasts early and use casseroles to minimize heat and effort. Includes meat and vegetable casserole steps and a recipe for meat croquettes with white sauce.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County
Jackson Wise Owl
Greenfield
Mary McLaughlin
Arlene Anderson
Eee Embree
Mechanicsville
Alice Benadom
John Benadom
Jones Counw
Dale Larson
Billy McDonald
Charles Eggert
Merlin Cook
Delbert Grafit
Herbert Martin
Douglas Moore
Galen Cook
James Glenn
Richard Moenk
Orval Dawes
Gene Denniston
Merlin K. Lyon
LaVern Kuhns
Scotch Grove
M. Ahrendsen
Oxford Junction
Dale Adams
James Miller
Martello
Richard Krutzfield
LaVern Nagel
Eugene ‘Walker
Holstein
Victor Richardson
Willis Fairbanks
Orlyn Peck
Marvin Seehusen
Wilbur Hinrichs
Robert Walton
Everett Walton
Lloyd Brickley
Robert Hollingsworth
William Hollingsworth
Guernsey
Willard Byerly
Galen Alexander
Leo Bonjour
Brown
Maynard Kuhns
Paul Messerli
John Messerli
Paul Gerdes
Ribbon
Poland
China
P. B. Litter
Dale Newman
Dean Newman
Martelle
Howard Calvert
Maurice Bonjour
Howard Eden
Ervin Eden
Frederick Faust
Thos. J. Hartley
Floyd Siver
Leo Levsen
Clarence
Frederick Foust
P. B. Shropshire
Ewe Lamb
Donald Peck
Robert Starry
Norman Biere
Shropshire
Shropshire Ram Lamb
Hampshire Ram Lamb
Chester Miller
Calvert
James Howie
Junior Kromminga
Ralph Kromminga
Montice
Bob Fagan
Olin Howie Jr
Maynard Marek
Hampshire
Claire Robertson
Claire
Robertson
Berkshire
Clin Howie Jr
Ist
Chester White
Dale Danneman
Amber
Donald Danneman
Duane Wilson
Dick Hartwig
Dale Porter
Clair Robertson
Kenneth Howie
Donald Howie
Chinas
Helgens Bros
Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Tromsoe
Norway
Carl E. Paulson
Lincoln Ellsworth
North Pole
Miss McNeill
Trip
Williamsburg
Mass
Charles Doxsee
The
Monticello, Ta
Mildred Johnson Garwin
Chicago
Ill
Scovill
Kaltenmeyer
C. S.T
N. B.C. Red Network
Monte Cleaners
Odd Fellows
West First Street
Monticello, Iowa
Goodyear
Clark Brothers Tire and Battery Station
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!