Hallowe'en rights and youth pranks in a civilized state
A column urges respect for others property and law during Hallowe'en pranks. It notes German and British wartime actions, reports on failed German bombing attempts, and emphasizes government duty to maintain order. It also details a Iowa vaccination drive by the Iowa State Medical Society and Health Department, citing smallpox costs since 1930 and advocating vaccination as cost effective and protective.
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Hallowe’en
Hallowe’en Ridters
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
Farmers Weather War Price Hype Warned by Editors
Wallaces' Farmer and other editors urge farmers not to push production in hopes of war price gains. They note few war orders, large foreign competition, careful buyers, and domestic growth boosting prices only gradually. Experts warn against repeating 1918 dynamics and losing profits.
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Agricultural Journal
United States
Spencer Times
Gallup
Hitler
England
France
Atlantic Ocean
Apples and markets amid wartime disruption noted
The Sioux Rapids Press urges strong apple marketing despite a major competitor’s strike and reports on planned nationwide apple sales October to February. The Oelwein Register argues Versailles failed to settle postwar Germany and Poland, suggesting alternate splits avoided by diplomacy.
Iowa Fall Hunting Prospects With Open Pheasant Season
Wildlife specialists from Iowa State College say the state will have plentiful pheasants rabbits and squirrels this fall. An open pheasant season covers 86 counties plus portions of Story Delaware Webster and Monona. The Hungarian partridge hunting extends November 12 to 14 in 11 counties. Quail season runs November 15 to December 15 in 15 counties. Rabbit season is August 1 to March 1, ducks October 22 to December 5, and squirrels ended October 15.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
State Conservation Commission
Story
Highway 30
Delaware
Webster
Monona
Panora Boys Paint Local Funeral Coach
Billy Brown and Ronny Mincer, both 3 and 4, from Panora, reportedly entered the painting business last week. They found paint and a brush and performed a paint job on the city’s most expensive automobile, the local funeral coach.
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Billy Brown
Ronny Mincer
Panora
Feeding lambs: eight practical tips from Schmuecker
County agent E. J. Schmuecker outlines four key aims for successful fattening of western lambs and lists eight concrete steps. Home lambs carefully, limit water and roughage on arrival, rest before full feeding, provide ample water, cap grain at two pounds per animal, ensure adequate racks, maintain a fixed feeding system, and verify fatness before sale.
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E. J. Schmuecker
Mr. Schmuecker
C. W. McDonald
Iowa State College
Iowa State College Extension Service
Virus Causes Cholera Not Linked To New Corn In Hogs
Dr. K W Stouder of Iowa State College states hog cholera is caused by a virus not present in new corn. Outbreaks may coincide with introducing new corn due to fall hog populations and digestive stress, but the virus infection is not sparked by corn alone.
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K. W. Stouder
Iowa State College
Stouder
Sealed Pullet Baffles Iowa Corn Crib Mystery
Ed Ringgenberg discovered a pullet trapped inside a sealed corn crib at the George Wright home seven miles northwest of Lake City. Officials say the crib was sealed in 1937 and re sealed in 1938, yet the chicken could not have entered through an opening. The bird stood in a seven foot high space and drank water when offered.
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George Wright
Lake City
Ed Ringgenberg
Iowa landholders hold farmland by size and power
A report from Iowa State College economist Ky Soth shows large holders control 54 percent of state farmland while the majority owning a quarter section or less hold 46 percent. About 20 percent own 160 to 240 acres, 28 percent own 240 to 480 acres, and 12 percent exceed 480 acres.
Beckord's Hatchery Incorporation Notice in Rolfe Iowa
Notice of incorporation filed under Iowa law for Beckord's Hatchery a hatchery business in Rolfe Pocahontas County Iowa with 100 shares of common stock par value 100 dollars issued after full payment and 20 year term. Board of directors minimum two maximum five stockholders to elect at annual meeting held second Monday of January in Rolfe Town. Pending first annual meeting and stock issuance.
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State of
Iowa
Rolfe
Town
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