Facts for Farmers on Livestock, Pests, and Crops
Farmers receive guidance on caring for poultry and dairy cattle, pasture management, and weed and pest control. Topics include age-mixed flocks, alfalfa pasturing, worm prevention, garlic in milk, fleece handling, grass grazing, rattlesnake aging myths, milk production limits, and sweet clover safety. Pest notes cover cabbage worm control with arsenicals and proper cabbage waste removal. watermelons face stem end rot risks with disinfectant pastes.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Laxative Fame Endsure
Fifteen years after graduation Caldwell became famous for a laxative formula that still endures. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, made from pure ingredients, is praised as pleasant tasting and effective for various stomach and digestion issues, including constipation and loss of appetite.
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Caldwell
Orpheum Des Moines Hosts The Arizona Kid Week
At the Orpheum Theatre Des Moines two sensational bills led by an all talking feature The Arizona Kid starring Warner Baxter headline a Joy Month kickoff. The film follows The Cisco Kid in a romance of the old west with Mona Maris and Carol Lombard. vaudeville includes Rhea and Santora Diver tissements and The Three Jests. The Radio Pictures musical The Cuckoos with Wheeler and Woolsey opens Sunday, plus a rich vaudeville lineup and several novelty acts.
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RKO
RKO Orpheum
Des Moines-to
Usher
Jane
The
Orpheum
Arizona
Mona Maris
Carol Lombard
Kid
Baxter
Mia
Jiminex
Theodor von Eltz
Arthur Stone
Hank Mann
Wilfred Lucas
Rhea
Santora
Mile Rhea
Pavions
the Cuckoos
Radio Pictures
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
June Clyde
Hugh Trevor
Dorothy Lee
Ivan Lebedeff
Marguerita Padula
Mitchell Lewis
Jobyna Howland
Joe Rhea
California Nighthawks
Melody Boys
Jerry Eby
Jim McNamara
O'Connor Boys
Sid Lewis
County Farmers to Ship Wool on New Board Plan
Marion County Wool Growers Association voted to ship their wool after a talk by extension specialist C W McDonald explaining the Federal Farm Board plan. First carload leaves June 28 from Knoxville to Des Moines where warehousing for the National Wool Marketing Corporation is arranged. Over 65 counties are marketing under this plan. An advance up to 90 percent of appraised value, minus freight, is paid after grading. Details and contacts for various counties are provided by Textrum and local leaders<head>
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Knoxville
Iowa
Marion County Wool Growers Association
C. W. McDonald
Federal Farm Board
Des Moines
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Textrum
Rumbaugh
West Knoxville
Herb McCoy
East Knoxville
Bill Welch
Dallas
D. B. Craven
Liberty
W. L. Sheppard
Red Rock
Joe Templeton
Summit
Albert Dykstra
Indiana
Walter Maddy
Clay
W. R. Hanna
Polk
H. W. Holmes
Lake Prairie
Simon de Haan
Swan
Oscar Rodgson
Pleasant Grove
Ernest Dawson
Union
Charlie Dawson
Washington
T. M. Wood
Otley News Local visits and a fiftieth anniversary
Miss Maggie Wonda returned to Pella for a brief visit from Otley while Mrs. Mary van Gorp visited Pella last Monday. Gerrit Steenhoek traveled to Ravana Nebraska to fetch furniture for Earl Klein who is relocating to Pella. Mr and Mrs Edie Beintema celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Thursday the 22nd with about forty relatives present. John and Gust Tilma joined Wm van Iperen and daughter Jennie in Des Moines to visit Conrad van Iperen.
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Des Moines
John Stineman
C. Breen
Monroe
Lutheran Hospital
Matt’ Seydens
Clara
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Klaas van Buren
Clarence
Pella
Maggie Wonda
Mary van Gorp
Gerrit Steenhoek
Ravana
Neb
Earl Klein
Edie Beintema
Fifield
John
Gust Tilma
Y Wm. van Iperen
Jennie
Conrad van Iperen
The Perils of Bathing Warned for Summer Season
The warm weather signals an approaching bathing season with advice to teach children to swim and to rely on competent life savers and first aid. The piece warns of drownings in Iowa last year and lists safety rules and disease reports for May 15, 1920, including counts of diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox, typhoid, measles, and more across counties.
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Baing
Towa
Dubuque
Polk
Pottawattamie
Wapello
Woodbury
Lyon
Linn
Story
Scott
Black Hawk
Boone
Johnson
Seven Millionth Chevrolet Car Delivered in 1929
Detroit reports the seven millionth Chevrolet car completed at Flint Michigan, joining the historic one millionth milestone in a rapid rise of six cylinder models since January 1929. President W S Knudsen cites strong public reception and affordability of the six cylinder car.
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Chevrolet
Detroit
Mich
Chevrolet Motor Company
America
Flint
Chevrolet’ Motor Company
W.S. Knudsen
Krusalts Salts Claim Easy Weight Loss Miracle
An advertisement touts Kruschlen or KruschEN Salts as a fat burning cure claiming mineral salts balance body glands and nerves, purge waste, boost energy, clear skin, and restore vitality with an 850 bottle lasting four weeks. If unsatisfied, it promises even greater fat loss and health gains.
Illness tallies by county and disease show varied counts
Report lists disease totals by county such as Whooping Cough 10 Black Hawk 8 Linn 3 and Tuberculosis 5 with other entries including Mumps 87 and Pneumonia 2 for Story and Gonorrhea 47 and Syphilis 30 for the state. County figures name Adair Kossuth Linn Monroe Woodbury Cerro Gordo Mills Dubuque and Black Hawk with multiple diseases.
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Black Hawk
Linn
Tuberculosis
Adair
Kossuth
Monroe
Woodbury
Story
Leo
Jasper
Polk
Blackhawk
Cerro Gordo
Mills
C. S
Dubuque
Iowa Inventors Grant Ten Patents Including Toy Flying Machine
Des Moines May 28 Iowa inventors were granted ten patents on new ideas. Barr Freeman and Sinclair list shows collaborations on five inventions. Notables include a toy flying machine propelled by wing flapping, airless tire, flooring block shaper, rotary internal combustion engine, adjustable wrench and street light with sign among others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Barr, Freeman and Sinclair
Lorenzo R. Heston
A. L. Anderson
Fairfield
Ray C. Hoss
McClelland
William P. Owens
Cresco
Frederic D. Pfeffer
F. Trotter
Fort Dodge
John L. Schubert
Hillsboro
J. E. Caldwell
Mount Ham
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Bureau of Dairy Industry
Enone Son
Lautenbach
Ins. Agency
South Side Square
Rivola Fionacy
Te EL Brendel
Marjorie White
Hollywood
Orpheum Theatre
J. Z. Van‘Zante
Viretta van Zante
B.H. van Nese
Prairie ‘City
Earl ‘Klein
J. P. Klein
Nell
Simon de Haanis
Lake Prairie Two
Otley News
Westfield
Sylvie
Double Chin
Hipa
County Credit Board
Pioneer Service Co. Inc
Iowa City
Chronicle
Lloyd
Westinghouse
Oppenheimer
ALSOP
Mr. and
Mrs. Taxpay
Er and
Vater
Walter Kester
Clerk of the
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