Van Nimwegens Content on Sixty Acre Farm
A farm visit to Ben and Mrs. Van Nimwegen on a sixty acre tract reports a well-kept homestead east of Elk Creek bridge. Ben tends a wet garden with tile lines protecting plants, while the couple's electric household runs cooking, refrigeration, laundry, brooders, and lights. Ben, ten years on the farm, rents out his corn ground this year and notes excellent soil though uneven terrain.
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Ben van Nimwegen
John and
Clarence Boot
Elk Creek Bridge
Sully Road
van Nimwegen
Ben
van Nimwegens
Farm Home On Twelve Acre Oat and Rye Plots
Ben Van Nimwegen tends twelve acres of oats with a clover understory and a spring rye plot that emerged after a rocky fall. His hogs and cows fare well with an efficient, modern setup, while his chickens produce strongly. He recalls early planting in March and notes improved road access from a neighbor-driven rock road project.
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van Nimwegen
Ben
Jasper County Association
van Nimwegens
Alice Groenenboom
Gysbert Groenenboom
Pella
J. C. de Bruin
Highway 163
Running to stand still in a fast moving era
A compact reflection notes how rapid change makes it feel necessary to hurry constantly. The speaker frames pace as a social pressure and parable of modern life, highlighting velocity as a defining trait of contemporary existence.
Game Bird Hatchery Output Cut 30 Pct
State Conservation Commission reduced state game farm hatchery output by 30 percent at its April 22 meeting. Spokesmen cited limited value of stocking for increasing populations and emphasized the need for improved habitat. The commission will continue to supply limited numbers of young game birds to sportsmen clubs and other programs.
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State Conservation Commission
Commission
Towa
Iowa deer season 1953 harvest report summary
Conservation Commission biologists presented results from Iowa's 1953 deer season. Licenses sold 3,782. total kill 4,004 with 40 percent of hunters farming and most deer killed by local residents. Average buck weight 130 pounds, doe 108. first deer seen fired upon by about 85 percent of hunters.
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Iowa
Avoca
Spirit Lake
Deer herd size reaches about 12,500 in March 1954
In March 1954 officials report the present Town deer herd at about 12,500 animals, a figure just below the herd size at the start of the 1952 deer season.
Home for the Aged News Notes Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Martin Klein traveled to Oskaloosa on Friday afternoon. Dirk Geenen went to Ottumwa last Wednesday to visit John Ver Heul in the Ottumwa hospital. Nellie Kuiper spent an afternoon with her children Andrew and wife in Otley. Maggie Regink visited Jacol Rozendaal and family in Otzey. Jake Langstraat Paul Langstraat and Mrs Pete Pol visited L Langstraat and Dick Kuiper of Otley called on their mother, Mrs.
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Martin Klein
Oskaloosa
Dirk Geenen
Ottu
John Ver Heul
Ottumwa Hospital
Nellie Kuiper
Andrew Kuiper
Otley
Maggie Regink
Jacol Rozendaal
Otey
Jake Langstraat
Paul Langstraat
Pete Pol
L. Langstraat
Dick Kuiper
Bedroom Decor Combines Cocoa and Aquamarine Scheme
A subtle blend of cocoa and aquamarine blue provides a distinctive decorator look for the bedroom. The ad highlights a new bedroom group in traditional mahogany, with provincial birch and maple in a modern mood, offering individual pieces or a complete ensemble bed chest and nightstand priced from 179.50.
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Kilgore
Nebraska
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Rock
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Verp
Chronicle
American Serum Company
Sioux City
Ova
Colfax Sale
Packer
Colfax Sale Company
Floyd Vander Zyl
Franklin
Vander Linden Drug
Lowa
Cibwin Ly Sinney
Jack Boatsma
Vandermeulen
Hoeksema
John Deere Farm Machinery
Revere Ware
Mother
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