Five Members Attend Newton Indies Luncheon In Rain
The June schedule notes that five members Jo Smorenburg Pat Ulrich Dora Buer Ruth Ray and Judi Allen traveled to Newton for an invitational luncheon. Rain canceled golf. Hostesses included Mr and Mrs Bootsma Mr and Mrs Vriezelaar and Mr and Mrs Heerema.
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Jack Bootsma
Lee Vriezelaar
Mart Heerema
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Ulrich
Smorenburg
Grinnell
Pella
Iowa Farm Prices Steady in Mid June Report
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes prices received by Iowa farmers on June 15 show no change from mid April for the all commodity index at 331 percent of the 1909-14 base. The all crop index at 268 declines 6 points from mid May while the livestock and product index rises as hog prices climb. Living costs rise to 297 percent. The price paid ratio dips to 111, while hog-corn, butterfat dairy, and egg-poultry feed ratios shift with changing prices and costs.
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Catfish Run High In Upper Des Moines River Fisheries
Fisheries biologist Harry Harrison reports abundant channel catfish in the Upper Des Moines River near Esther ville Emmetsburg Bradgate Rutland and Humboldt. Hundreds of fish have been trapped weighed measured and tagged for recapture with nets yielding 8 to 15 inch fish and even fish weighing 15 to 20 pounds. Anglers are asked to report tagged fish to the State Conservation Commission Des Moines Iowa.
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Age Does Not Bring Any Immunity to TB
The article warns that tuberculosis does not spare any age and increasingly affects older adults. It notes rising average ages of death, urges annual chest X rays for all adults, and cautions against ignoring symptoms in the elderly, who may unknowingly spread TB. There is no safe age for TB.
Water Safety Week urged after drowning toll in Iowa boats
The Iowa Safety Congress partners with the State Conservation Commission to sponsor Water Safety Week. Demonstrations across the state at lakes including Clear Lake Black Hawk Lake Lake Okoboji and Storm Lake teach boating safety. Key rules emphasize staying with capsized boats avoiding overload keeping low positions and anchoring safely.
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Dozens of Contests at Iowa 1951 State Fair
Dozens of contests will mark Iowa 1951 State Fair from August 25 to September 3 with events ranging from a horseshoe pitching tournament and old fiddlers contest to a team pulling contest and sheep shearing. Prizes total several hundred dollars across divisions, plus 4-H contests including a sheep shearing event and a style revue.
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Cookie Baker
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Midwestern Fair Offers 150000 in Prizes Across 4000 Classes
The livestock showmanship and 4 H demonstrations highlight a fair featuring livestock grains and other farm and home products. About 150000 in prizes will be awarded across nearly 4000 competition classes.
Wild Canada Goose Colony Forming in Winnebago County
Officials move to establish a nesting Canada goose colony on Rice Lake Winnebago County securing twenty five goslings and four adults to create the nucleus of the state s first wild migratory Canada goose nesters in fifty years The plan pins the current flock to Rice Lake with some young allowed to migrate to build breeding stock Michigan has seen success with a similar program and Iowa officials aim to replicate the approach Les Faber a Federal Aid Superintendent says the herd will be kept at Rice Lake until about fifty pairs with permanent retention of the breeding stock and continued migration of the rest
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Michigan
Les Faber
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Iowa's Coal Palace Visit by President Harrison in 1890 Ottumwa
In 1890 a Coal Palace was erected at Ottumwa in Iowa's coal mining region. President Harrison visited the site during his tour, marking a notable moment for the local industry and community.
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President Harrison
Tragic Highway Crash Involving Speeding Truck
A highway patrolman describes a two year old child killed when four young men in a loaded gravel truck drove through a Town residential area. The child ran toward the street and was struck in front of his home as shocked relatives watched from the yard.
Four youths fled after truck crash with broken wheel
A fragment from a Highway Patrol report describes four young men exiting a stalled truck against the curb. It notes driving without a chauffeur license, excessive speed, and broken brakes. A small boy ran very fast. details remain uncertain.
Pioneer Dies in Laurens After 63 Years in Business
Laurens ironworks founder Laurens Southworth, a harness maker, died at his home early this month. He spent 63 years in business in Laurens, leaving a lengthy local imprint.
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