City Council Proceedings August 1 1939 Amendments and Requests
City council met August 1 1939 with Mayor Fultz presiding. Minutes approved. Petition granted for joint sewer connection at Lot 1 and 4, Block 17 N.P. Reserved removal denial for driveway on Jefferson Street. Night marshal request for $5 raise and extra deputy granted. Electric dept reports added connections. treasury shows balance 59332.29. Budget hearing held with no objections. tax levy adopted. Bills listed and warrants issued across funds. Exemption petition for tax on Lot 1 Block P endorsed for savings. Repairs and truck maintenance discussed. various department funds detailed. Exemption subject to council consideration.
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Fultz
N.P
Jefferson Street
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Marshall
D. C. Thomas
Electric Department
General Fund
Atoll
Water Works Fund
Electric Light Fund
Bob Sie
Aline Eee Diving Board
Light and War Committee
Hog Marketing Shifts as Sows Reach Farrow Season
Iowa State College economists report a 25 percent rise in sows farrowed last spring and a surge in packing sow sales this summer versus last year. Hog prices declined in July with heavier losses for packing sows and heavy butcher hogs, widening weight-based price spreads. Farmers market packing sows at lighter weights as an apparent corn-saving move.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Future Farmer Boys and Their Projects
Lawrence Tysseling and Ernest Brummel, Future Farmers of America members near Pella and Leighton, showcase turkeys and Hampshire hogs as project animals. Brummel also pitches for the FFA kittenball team, which tied Knoxville 11 all after a game in Knoxville High School’s ag room. Storm Lake hopes to host MGM film work with Bob Burns and Van Buren, eyeing a lake backdrop for a potential location shoot.
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Lawrence Tysseling
Ernest Brummel
Wm. Tyssel
Pella
Wishman
Agriculture Department
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Ames
Lawrence
Walter Brummel
Ernest
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Knoxville
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Knoxville High School
Storm Lake
Bob Burns
MGM Movie
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Marketings and lard prices impact hog market trends
The article notes lard price declines pressuring hog prices, with a wide spread between lard and live hog costs shrinking in early 1939. Economists expect worsening lard issues due to hog slaughter growth, weak export prospects, and consumer pork demand, plus shifts in storage and spending.
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Chicago
The Children Are Broadened By Camp Life
The Ferguson family story shows Doris, Joey, Ted, and Fanny reuniting after camp. Ted seems more grown and cooperative while Joey keeps his room tidy and appears proud. Joey’s precamp boredom fades as he stays engaged, carving and helping around the house.
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Fanny
Ferguson
Psychology Department
Town University
Doris
Joey
Ted
Joe
July Fourth Tragedies Raise Toll Across State
July fourth, normally a day of celebration, became a day of tragedy for about 400 families as highway accidents and drownings mounted. Iowa reported several automobile and drowning deaths with aviation fatalities near Waterfall.
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Iowa
Aviation
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Star Brand Shoes
Children’s
the Fashion Shop
Future Farmer Boys
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Kent
P.P. A
James Fisher
Branch
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Hampshire Hogs
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Crisco
Kellogg’s
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Kraft American
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Oxydol
Camay
Ivory
Bartlett Pears
Red
Atlas Mason Jar
van Camp Pork & Beans
del Monte
Kominie
Argo
Cracker
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