Around Iowa News Snippets and Local Tales
A roundup of light local items from Clarinda to Dysart, Waverly to Knoxville. Falls, quilts, a buckshot window incident near Waverly, a large husking bee in Kildare, a captured young bald eagle, a Knoxville hunter fined after shooting, and Halloween window slogans stand out among short notes on community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Joe Casey
Will Whitmore
Dysart
Knoxville
Dan Nichols
Pheasants hidden in boots and other wartime relics
A fragmented account reports suspects hiding pheasants in rubber boots during a pre season pheasantry dispute. It also notes farm sales in Tama county, an immigrant farmer’s arrival from Germany, a near fatal incident involving a 4 year old boy, a fatal shotgun discharge to a farmer in Mitchell county, and speculation Jasper county may own the Victoria sanitarium at Colfax.
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Jasper County
Victoria
Colfax
Sanitarium repossessed over back taxes in county action
The historic sanitarium once linked to Colfax mineral baths has been owned by an Ex calisior Springs facility but recently transferred to the county with 3000 dollars in back taxes. Owners have three months to redeem. Carol Ann Wilburn of Corning, who died last week at three pounds, was reported doing nicely. In Iowa, 11 of 99 counties reported no auto fatalities in 1939 as of November 1. Richard Rolfs, 40, was found dead under a tractor at the Nelson farm in Winneshiek County last week, marking a second such fatality in four years.
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Tama County
Equitable of
New York
Henry Houstman
America
Colfax
Excelsior Springs Sanitarium
Carol Ann Wilburn of
Corning
Vale of Tears
Iowa
Richard Rolfs
Nelson Farm
Winneshiek County
Farm tragedy recalls four years since Surly death
A historical farm incident notes that four years ago Peter Surly died in a tractor accident on the same property. The brief record underscores the long memory of the site and marks the anniversary of the fatal farm accident involving Surly.
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Peter Surly
Not a Flaw in the Program at C of C Meeting
An informal talk discussed radio stories and the networks via which broadcasts reach audiences. The speaker predicted television and improved transmission, noting Major Armstrong's circuit as distant. The event featured a program manager and gifts for attendees.
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C. OF C
Armstrong
Hill
Three Little Girls in Blue and the entertainers
Attendance prizes provided by H. B. Smith and sales manager R. McDowell were awarded. Dr JG Wormhoudt and Mrs Ed Van Gorp drew prizes as Mr Harry Sixsmith was praised for his service to the Chamber and the community in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Smith
R. McDowell
JG. Wormhoudt
Ed van Gorp
Lsten
Jy Sixsmith
Pella
Chamber
Rexrer
Harry A
Wooden
Ehven
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Peash
Sixsmith
Des Moines
Vander Linden Dell
Harry
Sixsmiths
Ood
Mrs. Sixsmith
Federated Club
County Agent Delivers Club Calves Across State Lines
Marion county club members have most of their baby beef calves from Oklahoma imported by the county agent. Some members lack their annuals but will receive replacements by year’s start. Von Rinner, the 4.1 club agent, drove nearly 700 miles into Oklahoma and back seeking calves and supplies.
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Marion County
von Rinner
LIT
Oklahoma
Hereford calves bought for club feeding projects
The article notes ten excellent Hereford calves were brought back in a truck from the Turner ranch near Sulphur Oklahoma at fair prices. County Agent Walter Brown and Mr. Rinner arranged calf availability for local club boys on a pay out basis suitable for feeding programs. The piece closes with a note about Chaucer’s works.
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Hoe
Turner Ranch
Sulphur
Oklahoma
Rinner
Walter Brown
Knoxville Journal
Fragmented exchange on daily care in a domestic quarrel
A quoted quarrel reveals a spouse complaining about self care duties being done alone. The speaker describes scrubbing and drying their own back and brushing their hair, while another line attributes similar tasks to JT. The language suggests a tense household moment.
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Will London
Clarinda
O. A. Bishop
Greene County
Waverly
Great Western Railroad
Myrtle Dow
Kildaw
New Hazard Wendell Cloyd
Monroe County
Moravia
Frazer and Cooper
Anamosa
Don Brady
Hallowe'en
Eagle Grove
Ron
Leonard Wells
William Wells
Milford
S. U
Joe Novak
Mitchell County
Northwood
Ancy
Oregon
Zim
Younginger
King Turk
Baker's Chocolate
Benteco Fancy
Benteco
Campbell's
Borden
Wei
Cascade Inn
Pillsbury Flour
van Camp's National Biscuet CO
Lux
Lia CR
Cass
Rinso
Velvetta and
Imento-Velvetta
Cau Bar
Horlick
BIG PG
Morrell
Bentees
Crisco Or
Era Nurs la Grocery
Marvin
Prunes
Cookie Sale
Hershey’s
Sussex
Pillsbury’s Lg
Ocean View
Chesapeake Bay
Wisconsin
California
Brazils
Pecans Lg
Stuarts
Virginia
Hall
U. S
Prince Albert
Big Ben
Velvet Kentucky Club
Tin
P& 7 Giant
del Monte
Bree
Alec
Pineapple Purley Tos de
Gheneb
Chaucer
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