Local notes from Des Moines and surrounding towns
Unclear local items report on Sgt Dale Dotts at Highland Memory Gardens in Des Moines. Mrs. Fred Vander Schaaf dismissed from Mahaska hospital after major surgery. Updates cover families, birthdays, relocations, births, travel, and community events with names such as Elvin Ber, Cynthia Sue, Max De Jong, Janse, F. Groeveweg, Bob Mast, and Bertha Ocheltree among others.
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Dale Dotts
Highland Memory Gardens
Des Moines
Fred Vander Schaaf
Mahaska Hospital
Thomas and
Baby
Mahaska
Pei Elvin Ber Pital
Os Feal
Bob Mast
Mahacka” Hospital
Oskaloosa
Cynthia Sue
E Little Mies
Masterton
Toll
Cran
Nes
Herman Tol
Corn storage cribs urged for farmers by Vick
Vick urges farmers to add cribs for corn storage amid price uncertainty. Plans for semi permanent and rectangular cribs are available from Iowa State College Agricultural Engineering Extension Service. Semi permanent cribs offer longer storage, with loans and government purchase options requiring proper storage and weatherproofing.
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Vick
Consor
Agricultural Engineering Extension Service
Iowa State College
van Vinck
Traffic Mishaps Slightly Less In June than in May
June accident records show declines from May across fatalities, motor vehicle crashes, and property damage in Iowa. Total accidents 3201, drivers involved 7926, property damage 2,033,725, fatalities 38, injuries down to 1,231. District 1 reported 7 deaths, 695 accidents, 1540 drivers. Polk county led with 164,030 in damage. Marion County had 25 accidents and 67 drivers, totaling 30,165 in damage.
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Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Edgar C. Faber
Highway Patrol
Polk County
Marion County
Should Repair Farm Terrace Breaks in Fall
Mahaska County Extension Director L A Parker warns small breaks in terraces can become gullies after spring rains if not repaired this fall. Regular maintenance is essential. walk fields to spot breaks and repair with hand tools. Replowing to remove silt restores terrace capacity and prevents soil and water losses.
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Mahaska County
L. A. Parker
Parker
Summer drinks for hot weather refreshment ideas
In late hot weather, milk and cold fruit drinks offer refreshing nourishment. Milk blends with juices for calcium while fruit drinks provide vitamins and vivid flavors. alternatives like cold chocolate milk and fruit punches suit summer gatherings. Easy recipes include raspberry milk drink, tomato whip with cinnamon, and a pineapple grape mix with sugar and color, served cold with ice.
Cut Pig L to Make Use of More Grain
Dr. K W Stouder of Iowa State College urges hog raisers to save every pig from each litter to boost meat supplies and supply an on farm market for the bumper corn crop. Pregnant sows need exercise on legume pastures with shade in hot weather and must be protected from hog cholera exposure. Sanitation includes clean stalls, DDT spraying, and scalding floors to kill worm eggs while farrowing pen moves help ease sows. Naval iodine on newborns, trimming tusk teeth, guard rails, dry bedding, and sunlit stalls reduce losses and injuries.
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K. W. Stouder
Iowa State
Stouder
Contour cultivation guides for terrace building
The text outlines permanent guides to contour cultivation and multiple terrace construction points. It emphasizes finishing with gently sloping sides, an upper side sloping from water channel bottom to the top, and lower sides extending down the hill as practical. Terrace tops should be broad and rounded with a wide water channel bottom and gentle side slopes.
Get On the Ball If You Plan to Join Marines
Technical Sergeant Charles Straw of the Des Moines Main Corps Office announced that August enlistments topped all months, marking a third straight month of record hiring. A strict quota governs September, likely lowering competition, so prospective enlistees should apply now as space is first come, first served. contact Sgt. Straw in Room 105, Old Federal Building, Des Moines.
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Charles Straw
Des Moines
Sgt. Straw
Marine Corps
Federal
Definitions exhibit urges viewing art by personal aims
An art column discusses the Definitions exhibit and its goal of teaching visitors to evaluate works by the creator’s objectives rather than the observer’s. It notes the inclusion of Franz Marc’s Blue Horses to illustrate painting from imagination and highlights art’s rapid change across decades.
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Franz Mare
Egypt
Injured Sioux Center man after machine malfunction
Injured while handling a flax roller in a combine, Art Franken was struck by an iron bar released by two large coil springs after a pin gave way. He was knocked unconscious, with a smashed nose and a skull fracture above the eye, remaining unconscious for several hours.
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Art Franken
Sioux Center
Twin boys born to Mr and Mrs Dick Ver Wey in Inwood
On Friday the 18th twin boys arrived for Mr Ver Wey and his wife in Inwood. Mr Ver Wey, born on September 18, reached age 18 on a Friday the 18th, tying his own name length to the date in a curious note.
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Dick Ver Wey
Inwood
Very Himself Wan
Planned program means more eggs for pullets
Whitfield advises staging changes to pullet feed and housing to boost egg output. He stresses avoid simultaneous ration shifts and relocations, culling excess pullets to fit space, and thorough cleaning to prevent disease losses before new pults move in.
Farm folk seek social focus in 1949 extension plan
Town farmers from across the state form an 18 member advisory committee to shape the 1949 Town State College extension program. They seek a well rounded plan combining family living youth education, community development, public problems, and production with emphasis on housing, funds for roads and schools, rural urban relations, land use, soil conservation, weed control, and livestock care.
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Town State College
Upset Involving Tractor Believed Caused By Frisbie
George Frisbie of Ringsted reports a tractor loaded with baled straw went left and struck Frisbie’s car into a ditch before continuing. The driver likely unaware of the upset he caused in the incident.
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George Frisbie
Proper sodding of intercepting ditches prevents gullying
Sodding of intercepting and roadside ditches is described as preventing gullying, undercutting, and sliding of slopes. The note emphasizes the soil conservation benefits of using vegetation to stabilize banks and drainage channels.
Iowa Cattle on Feed Shrinks Across Corn Belt in 1948
The United States reports a 12 percent drop in cattle on feed on August 1 across the 11 Corn Belt states, led by Iowa and Nebraska. Numbers indicate the second smallest on record, with 54 percent on feed under four months, 25 percent from four to seven months, and 21 percent over seven months.
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Iowa
Towa
United States
Cornett States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
East Corn Belt
West Corn Belt
Nebraska
Colorado
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mini
South Dakota
Kansas
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Mrs. Jersey
Max de Jong
John Schakel
Iting
Mra
Janse
Erakker and
Om Jackson
Ff Heights
Certified Public Accountant
Bert Baron
Rudolf Wurlitzer Co
Bankers Building
Chicago Loop
Bertha Ocheltree
Minnie Hoogenakker
Pasadena
California
Pella
John Hoogenakker
Biom
Sor
Gordon
Jean
Chicago
Mr. Farn
Warren
Farndell
Mather
Rene
Red Lautenbachs
Northwest
Belfast
Olympia
Washington
Ruth Lautenbach
Oregon
Henry Huizenga
Laramie
Wyoming
Henry
Wyoming State University
Fred
M. J. de Jong
Rochester
Minnesota
Rand
Cook
Ed and
Jobe
Phillips 66
Phillips 66 Products
South Pella
Donald Kamerick
Oskaloosa St
Pella, Iowa
Marines
Whitfield
Family Living and Youth Committee
Wolverine
Adax
Omar
Farmers Union
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