Expert Calls Cow Sow and Hen Triumvirate of Safe Farming
Sioux City March 13. C M Long chief of the Blue Valley Creamery Institute outlines why the cow the sow and the hen form a triumvirate of safe farming He likens them to a three engine airplane saying all three are needed for maximum progress and weathering storms He urges farmers to cut 7 000 000 unprofitable cows adopt soil building crop rotation to feed five cows on eighteen acres and notes dairy profits may rebound in 1930 with abundant feed and profitable uses for byproducts He stresses the cow as the cheapest human food producer and the need for balanced rations and stable prices for dairy products.
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Sioux City
KSOJ
C. M. Long
Farm Service
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Mr. Long
A Mile On Life's Highway Poem Card Tone
A reflective verse about walking life’s road with a friend. It speaks of roses along a harsh path, fragrant moments, shared happiness, and companionship as life’s journey continues despite rough parts. The speaker offers companionship and promises a joyful, unregretful distance together on life’s highway.
Let Us Be Happy and Smile with My Dear Friend
A brief verse by Esther Keables Brunner from Los Angeles California extols happiness and carefree friendship. The speaker vows to cling to a dear friend through the last mile, celebrating enduring companionship and joy.
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Esther Keables Brunner
Los Angeles
Cal
Pella High School Busy With Play And Contests
Pella High moves ahead with the junior class farce Nobody But Nancy directed by Miss Kirkpatrick. Student Council monitors named for six weeks. Pella basketball loses in district tourney 53 to 14 to Oskaloosa. Sub district music contest draws 1200 to 1500 students from 19 high schools in Des Moines area with East North Roosevelt hosts. Earl Van Rees to violin solo at central district event. Colfax to host state declamatory contest with Pella represented by Alfred Van der Ploeg and Hospers Kuypers.
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Eugene C. Hafer
Nancy
Miss Kirkpatrick
Pella High
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
East High School
L. E. Watters
Pella
Prairie City
Runnells
Valley Junction
van Meter
Walkee
Grundy Center
Guthriel Center
Indianola
Nevada
Toledo
Earl van Rees
Vieuxtemps
Earl
Shrine Band
Glee Clubs
Colfax
Alfred Vander Ploeg
Hospers Kuypers
Junior High Pupils Start Instrumental Music Program
About 145 Junior High pupils begin instrumental music under Richard Lewis. A small band and orchestra form, with weekly practice for each group and two class groups receiving four weekly lessons. Pupils progress to high school bands when ready. Dr. T. G. Fultz and C. F. Dykstra win reelection. Rev. Carrie Butler speaks on liquor for W C T U. Spring vacation slated March 17–22. district teachers convention March 21.
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Earorty
Richard Lewis
Lewis
T. G. Fultz
C. F. Dykstra
Carrie Butler
Daniel
654 Miles to Be Paved This Year
State highway commissioners awarded contracts totaling 4,125,977.44 in a historic letting. The bids cover paving 181 miles grading 39.9 miles and bridges and culverts across eight counties including Boone Polk Adams Cass Dallas Johnson Mills Montgomery Pottawattamie Cedar.
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Iowa
Iate
Boone, Polk, Adams
Cass
Dallas
Johnson, Mills
Montgomery
Pottawattamie
Cedar
Iowa paving plans stretch across multiple counties in 1930
The Iowa highway program lists bids for 654 miles of paving this year with contracts covering Dubuque Johnson Ringgold Winneshiek Woodbury Adams Boon Clinton Hamilton Iowa Keokuk Shelby Tama and other counties. The commission notes rapid progress versus 1929 as no road bond dispute blocks activity. bid lettings set for March 8 include 24.2 mile stretch on highways 7 16 17 in Dallas county and 23.57 mile segment of highway 65 from Iowa Falls to Story county line in Hardin county. Other projects include long runs on highways 6 in Appanoose county and more roadwork toward the Polk county line.
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Muscatine
Jackson
Jones
Union
Webster
Taylor County
Dubuque
Johnson, Ringgold
Winneshirk
Woodbury
Adams
Boong
Clinton
Hamilton
Iowa
Keokuk
Shelby
Tama
Dallas County
Perry
Polk County
Iowa Falls
Story County
Hardin County
Appanoose County
Moravia
Chariton River
Knoxville
Instant Relief From Bunion Pains and Soft Corns
A two ounce bottle of Moone's Emerald Oil is advertised for bunions and soft corns. The ad claims quick relief from inflammation and pain within fifteen minutes and swelling reduction with regular use. Night applications are said to shrink corns and cause scaling.
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Moone
Highway and bridge projects set for March 18 award
Plans call for graveling 11.22 miles across Appanoose Jackson Lucas Madison and Monroe counties and for grading in Fremont while constructing bridges and culverts in Dallas Johnson Page Fremont Ringgold Tama Union Washington and Webster counties. The Warren county line and 10.7 miles on the same highway from Knoxville east to highway 156 are also included in the awards. A closing quip notes a dentist joke about telling a woman when to open and shut her mouth.
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Warren County
Knoxville
Marion County
Appanoose
Jackson
Lucas
Madison
Monroe
Fremont County
Dallas
Iowa
Johnson, Page
Fremont
Ringgold
Tama
Union, Washington
Webster
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Mahaska Book Store
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Mahaska Co
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