Local residents visit relatives and neighbors this week
Franklin Mrs Nellie Haines returns home after visiting relatives in the area. Mrs Evie Runnells calls at E F Stansberry home. Mr and Mrs Leonard Wilson and children call at Firkins home Thursday evening. Mrs John Repps and son Leo spend Thursday at Wes Scott home. Arch DeCoursey family at parental Wes Scott home last week. Dwight and Doyle Stansberry callers at Herbert Dodge home. Tom Burdock and son Junior visit Iconium Wednesday. Roy Moffatt calls at Wes Scott home Saturday. Families Brown Argo Beatty Swift Repp DeCoursey visit at Wes Scott and John Repp home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Haines
Evie Runnells
E. F. Stansberry
Leonard Wilson
Firkins
John Repps
Leo
Wes Scott
Archie DeCoursey
Dwight
Doyle Stansberry
Herbert Dodge
Tom Burdock
Junior
Iconium
Roy Moffatt
Harry Brown
LeRoy
Ned Argo
Guelds
Bobby
Keith
Laura Jo
Leo Beatty
Dale
Billy
Earl Swift
John Repp
Davis and Hayes families visit Albia area
Hedge College hosts Mr and Mrs O G Davis and Ralph spent Sunday at John Johnson home. Don Hayes and family were callers in Albia Friday afternoon. Mrs Maude Anders and Cheree Dy-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Davis
Ralph
John Johnson
Don Hayes
Albia
Maude Anders
Cheree Dy
Sunday visits and local social gatherings in Albia
Phen and Agnes Epperson had dinner at Eph Wilson Esther Dewitt who has been doing housework for Mrs U Mangle for the past four weeks returned home north of Albia Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Lathan and son Gene visited at Mr and Mrs G E Luse home Sunday evening. Dorothy Davis spent ten more nights with Helen McCrory. Edna Dyphion helps Mrs John Hicks this week. John Johnson and family and Vivien Wright called in Albia Monday afternoon. Cecil Parcel and children and Junior Smith spent Sunday evening at Don Hayes home. Dickie Johnson visited Bonita and Richard McDanel Monday afternoon. U S Mangle and wife spent Sunday with Ernest Mangle. Bert Luse visited Mrs O G Davis Friday. G E Luse and family spent Sunday with Mrs Vone Jones. Dorothy Davis called at Eph Wilsons Monday evening. Fern Wright spent Friday at Zell Wilsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phen
Agnes Epperson
Eph Wilson
Esther Dewitt
John Hicks
John Johnson
Vivien Wright
Albia
Cecil Parcel
Junior Smith
Don Hayes
Dickie Johnson
Bonita
Richard McDanel
U. S. Mangle
Ernest Mangle
Bert Luse
G. Davis
G. E. Luse
Vone Jones
Dorothy Davis
Eph Wilsons
Fern Wright
Zell Wilsons
Largest 4-H show planned at 1935 Iowa State Fair
Des Moines reports the 1935 Iowa State Fair will host the nation’s largest farm boys and girls 4-H Club congress with a record $15,000 in premiums. Every county is expected to send champions in demonstration, judging, and livestock events. Top prizes include $4,300 for baby beeves, $2,700 for home economics, $1,170 for pure-bred heifers, $2,045 for 4-H pigs, and $1,275 for pure-bred dairy heifers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States
America
Iowa
Congress
Rising hog prices may climb this summer
The May issue of Agricultural Economic Facts from Iowa State College extension circular notes a sharp hog shortage could push prices higher through the summer. It explains typical seasonal declines from March to September, but current supply tightness may counter that trend, supported by consumer resistance to price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Extension
Corn Hog outlook tempers relief funds impact on hog prices
The article notes relief money arriving, with 1935 hog marketing forecasts showing a 19 percent year over year drop in federal inspected slaughter for the first half of the year. It highlights higher hog prices despite smaller output, $128 million in subsidy payments, and the corn hog ratio widening, signaling caution for farmers expanding herds amid export market weakness and potential normal crop yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Iowa
America
Pioneer Iowans Fought Prairie Fires
Early Iowa settlers faced recurring prairie fires and used preventive plowing and backfiring to protect cabins, stock, and fields. A vivid account by Miss Marie Haefner appears in the February Palimpsest from the State Historical Society of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Llame
Iowa
Marie Haefner
Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Night softball lights spread to Lucas and Williamson
A Chariton Herald Patriot report highlights the growing popularity of night softball to extend recreation. It notes Lucas plans a lighted field this season and Williamson ponders a similar project, arguing lighted fields expand participation and accessibility beyond daylight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Wiliamson
Chariton
Chariton Herald Patriot
Community Notes From Ida Grove Area Visits
A roundup of local visits and family activity in Ida Grove and nearby towns. Salem Tarr and Mrs. Donald Tarr summer with relatives. Floriene Perry traveled to Oskaloosa to see her hospitalized mother. numerous calls and gatherings include the Tarr, McCord, Hellyer, Main, Gladfelder, Whitehead, Tart, and Davin families visiting in Oskaloosa, Des Moines, Iconium, and Louilla. A crowd of about 110 attended the Charivari for Mr and Mrs Edward McCord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Tarr
Ida Grove
Iowa
F. A. Tarr
Jefferson
Floriene Perry
Oskaloosa
Mia
Edward McCord
Ray McCord
Hazle
Helen Hellyer
Sunday Visits and Local Social Guests Around town
Brompton Lloyd Stafford and family spent Sunday at the O S Miller home. Francis Robinson of Bloomfield visited his brothers Ed and Howard Robinson. Richard Burton and Clifton Boardman were dinner guests at the Wilson home. W C Bivins and family visited the Boardman home. Herman Johnson called in the afternoon. Melbourne Clayton visited with Mr and Mrs John Clayton. Leo Stafford stayed at the Henry Clayton home in Des Moines. They later went to Story City where Melbourne works on a farm. Mrs Katie Miller is not well. Clifton Boardman spent Saturday night at the W E McCrory home. Lula Tillmont and mother visited the M M Darby home. Mr and Mrs Homer Newburn also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Stafford
O. S. Miller
Francis Robinson
Bloomfield
Howard Robinson
Mia
0. D. DuVall
Madge
Otha Lee
Maxine DuVall
Richard Burton
Clifton Boardman
W. ¥. Wilson
W. C. Bivins
M. EB. Boardman
W. F
E. F. Boardman
Herman Johnson
John Clayton
Melbourne
Leo Stafford
Henry Clayton
Des Moines
Story City
Katie Miller
W. E. McCrory
Lula Tillmont
M. M. Darby
Homer Newburn
Local visits highlight weekend social rounds
Velma and Charlotte Huff visited at the E. F. Boardman home. Chas Roberts, recently at the John Clayton residence, returned home to Des Moines Sunday evening. Miss Fern Thompson of Union visited the F. B. Thompson household. Kenneth Johnson spent Sunday in Foster. M. E. Boardman and wife visited the John Clayton home Sunday evening. Leo Stafford called at the Max McCoy home Monday morning. Carl Bettis and family visited the A. O. Van Dorin home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma
Charlotte Huff
E. F. Boardman
Chas, Roberts
John Clayton
Des Moines
Fern Thompson
Union
Best Roosters Sold Early As Broilers Cautions Iowa Expert
N F Waters of Iowa State College warns that careless culling of young cockerels for broilers can remove strong breeding birds. He advises marking and separating breeding stock, planning for 50 percent extra, discarding slow pullets, and using alfalfa ranges with shade and diverse land to prevent disease and worm infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Waters
Poultry Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Favor Continuing Wheat Probam in Iowa Referendum
Town wheat growers favor continuing a production adjustment program beyond 1985. Of 3,400 ballots, 8,002 supported continuance and 856 opposed. Contract signers voted 2,806 to 355 for the program, non signers 202 to 48, with 3,161 signers in 80 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Extension Service
Voters in Iowa Expressed Opinion on Contracts
In Iowa, 84.1 percent of the 3,757 contract signers expressed their opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William Salter and the Fight Against Slavery in Iowa
The article recounts William Salter’s life from Brooklyn born 1821 to Burlington pastor and abolitionist. It notes his role in anti slavery advocacy, Underground Railroad activity, Civil War stance for Union and Emancipation, and his later health decline. Phillip D. Jordan discusses Salter in The Iowa Journal of History and Politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William Salter
Brooklyn
Salter
Andover Theological Seminary
Maquoketa
Burlington
Daniel Webster
New York City
Farmington
Missouri
New
United States
Phillip D. Jordan
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
State Historical Society of Iowa
Boy Defies Lesson on Fighting Proves It to Billie
A brief dialogue shows a boy named Johnny defending fighting while another child, Billie, learns a lesson about right and wrong. The exchange highlights a coming of age moment as guidance and discipline unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Billie
Come Over on Our Side Said the Chairman
A Liverpool Standard line records a speaker lamenting ribald interruptions while the Guv'nor is told not to worry since little is being missed. The brief exchange captures a newsroom style quip between speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool Standard
Notice of Probate of Lucy Coulson Will
Appanoose County Iowa notice announces May 24 1935 filing of Lucy Coulson last will and the June 27 1935 date for final proof and probate with interested parties invited to show cause. Clerk Howard D Evans presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose County
Iowa
State of Iowa
Wheeras
Lucy Coulson
Said County
Howard D. Evans
District Court
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Franklin
Hedge College
W. C. Bivin
Balan
Teyma
HN. Main
U. S
State College
Miles Nervine
Salem
Edith Tart
Donald
RBC
Whiteheads
Brompton
Turner & Son
R. R. Pennington
M. H. S. Alumni Party
Moravia High School
Josephine Scott
Chevrolet
Flint
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
Mary G
Coastal Motors
Universal Car Co
Centerville
Moravia
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