Harvest Hands Shortage Haunts Kansas Backcountry
The Ro'k Valley Bee reports that Kansas overestimates harvest labor needs with posters demanding 60,000 harvest hands. A. L. Urick warns Iowa workers to stay away as crop output drops 30 to 50 percent below normal. Des Moines students urge action, while Dakotas may hire later. A traveling dairy tale and a Harrison County fee dispute also appear.
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Kansas
Aess
A. L. Urick
Des Moines College
Dakotas
Urick
Rews Items Of 20 Years Ago Highlights
Items from twenty years ago recall Mrs C M Elder and children visiting Mr and Mrs Jason Ferguson in Ireton returning home Saturday. WW Jacobs touring party reports Heidelberg progress and good health in the group. Mrs H K Hastings of Eagle Grove visits two weeks with relatives. Rev Hastings still recovering from a depot accident. Mr and Mrs W C Leonard travel to Jamestown VA for exposition and visit kin. Dora Parden of George visits friends. Rev M D Bush calls on local friends. C W Kent oil inspector Sioux City in town. Kent enjoys Rock Valley 3. Mrs F A Cornell of Fosteria visits relatives en route from Epworth League convention at Inwood. C A Walker visits by his aged Sioux Center father. auto ride pleased them both. WT Sunphy returns from Sioux City. Mr Murphy aided his brother Johnny rescuing a deaf mute from danger. Glenn Starr switchman on the scene. Mrs J C Thorne and daughter Freda leave for Colorado to visit relatives till August 1. Will Vandyke not faring well after Fourth of July explosion. Little Miss Mabel McKellar hosts a bubble party for friends Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 6 with a splendid time.
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C. M. Elder
Jason Ferguson
Ireton
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. W. Kent
Sioux City
Mr. Kent
Rock Valley
F. A. Cornell
Fostaia
Ellis
Inwood
Sioux Center
Sunphy
Jin Murphy
Mr. Murphy
Murphy
Johnny
Glenn Starr
J.C. Thorne
Freda
Colorado
Bee
Will Vandyke
Mabel McKellar
Real estate deal signs over Bennet Place to Harry C Johnson
Mir Harry C Johnson becomes owner of the Bennet Place a thirty acre farm in Treton city limits at 3940 an acre totaling 11800 He takes possession March 1 1928 The town reports multiple residents moving and visiting relatives including Albert De Land and family moving to Fred Vietho property and neighbors Elmer Ditmer Eldo Dagen Edward Johnson George Bartlett families and others on weekend outings and travels through Ireton and nearby towns
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Harry C. Johnson
Bennet Place
Treton
Fam
Thenis Vollink
Johnson
Albert de Land
Ireton
Fred Vietho
Treton Main
Clarence Walraven
Maurice
Nick Walraven
Melvin
Bobbie Bergsma
le Mars
Albert Mosher
Vermillion
C. C. Wills
Herman Hagee
Mildred
Leona
Lakes
B. T. Bay
Mona
Pasadena
California
M. D. Elder
Afr
Paul van Donge
Alhert
de Raad
Baby
Cawker City
Kansas
Elmer Ditmer
Spirit Lake
Eldo Dagen
Edward Johnson
George Bartlett
Sioux Center
Weaver Karr
Brookings
Helion Houston
Morningside
Evelyn French
Teachers urged local community involvement by Cedar Falls leader
President Homer H Seely of the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls told Creston summer extension teachers to engage with their communities by joining churches and local activities, spending locally, and viewing themselves as residents. He noted he had known every governor and U S senator from the state.
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Homer H. Seely
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Creston
Jone
Seerley
U.S
Law To Suppress Chicken Thieves With Purchaser License
The new poultry buyer license takes effect July 4 to aid peace officers in locating poultry thieves. Buyers must record purchase date, seller name and residence, and poultry number and description when bought from producers. Secretary M G Thornburg says buyers will cooperate and records will aid law enforcement.
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M. G. Thornburg
Agricultne
Hog Truck Marketing Claims Rise in Sioux City Area
Marketing notes say Sioux City receives more hogs at its packing plants by truck than any other point. Omaha plants report one third of last month’s livestock delivered by truck. Nebraska led states in June purchases, with sheep shipments totaling 20,274 and Iowa 13,080.
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Sioux City
Omaha
Nebraska
Blue Grass Seed Crop Boosts Value in Southern Iowa
Southern Iowa reports an unusual blue grass seed crop with seed strippers working across pastures highways and vacant lots. Dealers rush to source genuine blue grass amid misbranded varieties and strict state penalties. A new hard harvester enables efficient seed stripping with minimal waste.
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Iowa
Selevere
Cull your hens free of charge at Valley Poultry Words
Poultry service urges raisers to have their flocks culled annually. Readers are invited to arrange the cull at their convenience, with Valley Poultry Words providing the service free of charge. Phone number listed as 20.
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Valley Poultry Words
Public Auction of School Houses in Plato Township
The old school houses in Districts 3 and 4 in Plato Township will be sold to the highest bidder on July 18 at 2:00 PM. School House No. 4 will be sold as terms cash. By order of the Board. MARTIN T. MOELLER, Secretary.
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Plato Township
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing Rock Valley Iowa
The Town Council of Rock Valley Sioux County Iowa will meet July 25 1927 in the Town Hall at 7 30 o clock PM Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures at that time
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Rock Valley
Iowa
Sioux County
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Iowa Public Service Company
Neestingh
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W. G. Ray
Tyoi
Wisconsin
Centerville
Harrison County
Thomas
Vera Gage
Dunlap
State School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Dave
Keep
Ireton News
BM. Doherty
Fred de Jong
Fred A. Miller Lee
Trees
Rock Valley Creamery Co
R. E Palmer
Taw
Calso
Mr. Frisbee
R. E. Palmer
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