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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
5
A reflective piece contrasts paved main streets with muddy roads and lists a single memorable town, a self-respecting growing place whose thoroughfares are paved. The speaker envisions leaving the crowded city for a gentler town with lamps, cots, and orderly streets.
A garbled excerpt from multiple columns shows dialog about marriage finances and social behavior. It includes phrases about income sharing, kindness to animals, and a brief exchange involving Mrs Blunt and Mr Blunt with the judge or bishop referenced, attributed to the New York Journal.
Agricultural engineers at Ames estimate silage costs about 2.50 a ton including cutting hauling and storage. The report notes 3,000,000 western ewes may be slaughtered next year, prompting Iowa State College to study moving 200,000 to 400,000 ewes to Iowa farms to ease wool shortages with help from a Retail Clothiers' association.
A long fragmentary notice lists numerous names, likely donors or honorees, with varied monetary amounts and references to individuals such as Rosanne, Peterson, Blomberg, Larson, and Halder. The unclear source presents a dense catalog of people tied to sums, without a clear event or date.
The Thursday Study Club arranged a canning demonstration with Ames. An expert will speak Monday forenoon at the high school building. All community ladies are urged to attend. The program runs half a day with emphasis on drying vegetables and fruits.
Stitchers met Wednesday afternoon June 27 with invited guests from out of town. Decorations featured patriotic toliers and small flags. Mrs Frazee and daughter Mrs Nelson plus others enjoyed plan selections and readings by Mrs Nelson. Hostess served a dainty lunch. gracious flowers adorned the rooms.
Last week the county announced cold pack canning demonstrations to begin next week. Two meetings daily for two weeks will cover food preservation methods. Grace Bradshaw the County Leader will provide meeting locations and times.
Weather favors late blight on potatoes and recommends mixture as remedy. Millet sown now resists light frost. Cresote dip or crude carbenic acid helps clean poultry house. Cover milk cans with a web blanket when delivering milk.
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