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Pumpkins and crops highlight Iowa news and events
Jarnagin surveys Des Moines pumpkin show champion L G Tulles of Elkhart weighing 175.5 pounds with runners up from Ankeny and Adelphi. He also notes Lake Okoboji’s beauty, the Bankers Life warning on garage gas, the Mid Western Horticultural Exposition in Des Moines, highway fund disclosures, a new Homemaker’s Handbook of Foods and Cookery from Iowa State College, corn harvest by hand and mechanical huskers, and local farm life in a broad Iowa perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Clothing Co
Des Moines
L. G. Tulles
Elkhart
W. N. Sargent
Ankeny
R. T. Parker
Adelphi
Coliseum
State Horticultural Society
Iowa State College
Homemaker’s Handbook of Foods and Cookery
Margaret Haggart
Iowa Homemaker
Foods and Cookery