Rats and neighbors aid Elmer Pahre home fire recovery
In rural Iowa notes, rat killings gain ground as farmers share methods and assist each other. A December home fire at Elmer and Mrs. Padre’s place near Galesburg destroyed the house and furnishings, with neighbors rebuilding, donating and praising community spirit. Elmer and family plan to farm 200 acres as they settle into the new home on February 16. Nearby drought conditions are reported from Chariot to Winterset, with rainfall far below normal and AA A restrictions discussed as relief may come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Pahre
Galesburg
Pahre
Elmer Padre
New Home for the Padre Family and Area Farming Notes
A local discussion praises moving the Padre family north or west for soil riches and praises the F F A project. Instructor Dockendorf, a high school agriculture educator, is highlighted as a potato growing champion who could teach farmers to grow them successfully. The piece also reports on Iowa land values, corn crib concerns, and egg-feed price trends across the 1920s and 1930s with farm observations from the Pella region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dockendorf
Pella
Sully opens new Shell station with local family ties
Albert Buitenwerf launches a brick Shell Oil and Service Station in Sully with an office and grey attendant. In the scene Albert Buitenwerf stands with son Howard while Ward Ver Steegh handles the hose and Byron Ver Steegh, employed at Newton, works beside. The boys are sons of K. B. Ver Steegh, head of the Sully Telephone Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Buitenwerf
Shell Oil and Service Station
Buitenwerf
Shell
Howard
Ward Ver Steegh
Hose
Byron Ver Steegh
Newton
K. B. Ver Steegh
Sully Telephone Exchange
Farm notes on drought fears and crop reports from Pella area
A. Rietveld and Johnnie Vanden Berg report corn and small grain progress in sunny early May conditions. An inch and a half of rain on May 3 eased drought worries while Wallace’s Farmer tips include making a cultipacker from fencing and feeding silage to cows after milking to avoid off flavors. Gardens near Sully appear healthier with moist soil and less insect damage than those near Pella. Clover is thick, and a potato project is under FFA care as farmers urge local potato development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Klein
Iowa
Pella Overall Company
Des Moines Register
Great Plains
Kansas
Wallace
A.A.A
Chariton
Winterset
Pella
Clit Gregory
Scott Ellis
A. Rietveld
Johnnie Vanden Berg
Rose Hill
Dreuth
Mr. Rietveld
Broath
Sully
Newt Predicts No Visitors After Planting Closes at Krizer Farm
Newt thought none would remain once planting ended. Tourists and locals visited the Krizer place, with over seventy five cars on the Sunday after Tulip Time as rain delayed trips. The farm drew many to see its neat, landscaped grounds and meet the hospitable farmer and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newt
Krizer
Crowd at Rat Demonstration at Grundman’s Farm
A large crowd of farmers gathered at R. S. Grundman’s farm north of the city for a rat killing demonstration. H. D. Tate of the State Age College at Ames and Walter Town, Marion County Agent, attended. The corn stored in a large crib hindered rapid demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hero
R. S. Grundman Farm
Mr. Tate
Age College
James
Walter Brown
R. S. Grundman
H. D. Tate
State Age College
Ames
Waltertown
Marion County
Bait Preparation Demonstration Ends in Gas Test
The demonstration focused on bait preparation and cautioned on poison handling. Gas was introduced beneath a cement platform, and dead rats appeared quickly. Further digging was required to confirm gas effectiveness before stopping.
Musings of the Town Crier and Local Vignettes
A string of quirky questions and fleeting prompts about town figures and habits plus a note on the Kentucky Derby distance of one mile and one quarter. The items name Fultz Aschenbrenner Martin Fox Cook Wormhoudt Henry Vande Voort Klaus Intveld Dick Den Adel Happy Kuyper Otto Mathes Willard Kaldenberg W. W. Cook Leonard Allen Shorty Grandman Arie Schilder Mrs Scholte Pella Tulip Time and Derby details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fultz
Aschenbrenner
Martin
R. Fox
Cook
Dr. Wormhoudt
Henry Vande Voort
Klaus Intveld
Koffie Tijd
Dick den Adel
Happy Kuyper
Otto Mathes
Townsend
Willard Kaldenberg
W. W. Cook
Leonard Allen
Shorty Grandma
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Exchange
the Chronicle
Gysbert van Zante
Four Mile Crossing
Grundman’s
ATLAS
Louis DE Vries
Sevice
Brown’s
Brown’s Shoe Fit Co
Selby Orthopedic Arch Preservers
Shoe Fit Co
Knoxville, Iowa
Padre
Towa
Iowa Crop Reporting Service
N. H. Krizer
Sully’s New Shell Station
M. M. Dockendorf
Ag. College
Cae
Mons
Westinghouse
McCormick Deering
Cormick Deering
Ben Vogelaar
Vogelaars
Gary Vogelaar
Lee
Phillips 66
Angus Breeder’s Association
Keith
A. B. Kersbergen
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