Open letter to threshermen of Algona county aims to cut grain loss
An open letter from W. A. Wentworth, secretary, outlines actions by Algona county threshers after meetings in Algona and Bancroft. It details forming a county organization, issuing Food Administration pledge cards, and adopting uniform threshing prices and grain saving measures including tight bottom racks and careful staging to reduce spoilage and hog cholera spread. It lists township committeemen and calls for a 50 cent membership fee to cover postage and stationery.
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Algona
Iowa
Bancroft
A. 0. Stevenson
Burlington
United States Food Administration
Frank C. Newel
Fenton
Food Administration
Food Administrator
United Staes Food Adminstration
Regea
Newel
Harrington
Hebron
Jensen
Buffalo Center
Springfield
Simon Blome
Elmore
M’n. Grant
John J. Ramse
Swea
Hagit
A. BE
Hovey
F. C. Swanson
Armstrong
Harrison
Roal Realson
Swea City
Ledyard
Conrad Blome
Lincoln
R. H. Batten
Germania German
Fred Ubben
Titonka Ramsey
Anton Stork
Greenwood
J. P. Mousel
Seneca
Fred E. Jensen
Fenton Fenton
Corn Feeding Economics in Silage Versus Crib
The article argues corn feeding is more economical in silage than in crib, detailing how silage can replace grain and hay as corn prices rise. It cites Indiana cattle feeding data showing beef produced per ton of silage and compares value when corn prices vary, concluding silage offers greater feeding value.
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Indiana
Lover
Two Chances Cheer Up Text
The passage presents a playful, recursive tally of chances from drafting to potential outcomes. It uses a humorous, hypothetical countdown of options and fates, culminating in a nihilistic punchline about enduring many rounds of chances.
Council Warns Against Spreading Fake Stories
The Coun cil of Defensa in Palo Alto county warns it will prosecute anyone circulating stories alleging disloyalty of community citizens. The council accuses some individuals of injuring competitors in business or seeking revenge and urges caution with rumors.
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Palo Alto County
Council of Defensa
Des Moines
Titonka Chautauqua Set for August 17 18 19
Titonka plans a three day Chautauqua from Saturday to Monday in August. A meeting at Sayings Bank named organizers for tickets advertising tent entertainment piano lumber and related tasks. Naming included Lee Wolfe J J Costrove A M Peterson Win Woolf W F Callies Roy Ball Otto Callies Howard French Lamoreux J E Kiel and others.
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Titonka
Sayings Bank
Lee C. Wolfe
J. J. Cosrove
A. M. Peterson
Win
Woolf
W. F. Callies
Lee C. Wolfé
Boy
Farmers Will Keep Accounts on Farm Enterprises
Farmers across Towa adopt cost accounting for corn hogs beef cattle and dairies under county agents and Itwit State College extension staff. The aim is to boost war production efficiency and labor use while guiding enterprise mix and pricing discussions. Other chosen enterprises include sheep oats wheat and sweet clover.
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Towa
Itwit State College
Italso
Hettla
Winter Wheat Drive in Kossuth County Iowa
The Food Administration and U S Department of Agriculture push winter wheat acreage in Iowa to one million, with Kossuth County allotted 2000 acres up from 300. Local fields by Carl Paetz and H B Ward show high yields, Myron Schenck promotes seed supply, and farmers are urged to plant before mid September with well drained fields and rapid stubble burning for moisture conservation.
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Kossuth Co
The
Food Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Kossuth County
Carl Paetz
Sexton
H. BE. Ward
Algona
Paetz
Ward
Ames
Myron Schenck
Union
O. Cromwell
Aviator Quentin Roosevelt Dies in War Action
The Swea City Herald notes Quentin Roosevelt, son of a former president, killed in combat while contrasting his service with Kaiser era soldiers. It mentions Roosevelt’s four sons in the war effort, honors earned, and the tragedy of loss amid broader German and American wartime actions.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Hea
Potsdam
Swea City
Nelson Killed in France During World War I
Sergeant Arthur Nelson brother of H A Nelson West of town was killed in action in France on July 8 according to a telegram received yesterday. He served with Co C First Pelbd Bat Signal Corps and was 20. His brother Herbert Z Neilson also fought in France and their father lived in Texas.
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Arthur Nelson
H. A. Nelson
France
Co. C
Signal Corps
Herbert Z. Neilson
Texas
Questioned legality of county convention nominations
Audit of recent Democratic county conventions questions the legality of nominations made when no nominations occurred at the primaries. The Iowa attorney general issued a ruling that such nominations are unlawful, and future actions may target the county auditor.
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Kas+ suth
Glenwood
Mims County
C. H. Cook
Algona
Peetlan
Genera
The Boy Scout in Army Recruiter Prank
A short humorous tale describes a underweight young man who fabricates being a slacker to join the army. At the recruitment office he gains entry, then fools a guard by claiming to be a Boy Scout in uniform. The story praises his nimbleness and irascible pluck.
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Army
Officinls
Horn
Ike Me
Three More Local Men Enter Army Ranks
Three additional soldiers from the area were mustered into the U S Army Monday. Forty six men from the county reported at Algona at 1 pm and departed for the south at 2 10 pm over the Northwestern. The local trio listed are Clarence Mechiar George Beenken and Dick Harda. Howard Andrews, who mails from Burt, also departed Monday.
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Uncle Sam
Algona
Giebity
Clarence Mechiar
George Beenken
Dick Harda
Howard Andrews
Burt
Tommy Fights At Close Range During Trenches Skirmish
A World War I trench scene describes a British Tommy using a bayonet in a near hand to hand encounter as a German attacker fires from close range. The German shouts for a Kamerad and mentions his wife and eight children before surrendering.
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Tommy
Kamera
Kamerad
Aix Childran
Dodger
Red Cross Bulletin Seeks Nurses and Helpers for War War Service
The Red Cross appeals for graduate nurses for hospital war service and enrolls student nurses, with recruitment stations opened in the Algona Library. Men and Catholic and Y M C A workers are sought for foreign service, with restrictions on passport issuance for people from certain countries. Current magazine numbers are requested for troops, and sock and kit precautions are noted. Training camps near Geneva Wisconsin and Chicago outline programs for men and high school boys, with fees and contact details provided. Mrs. Peterson resigns Surgical Dressings Chairmanship. Mrs. Agnes Sealey assumes duties.
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Army Schools of Nursing
Algona Library
Council of National Defense
Red Cross
Y. M. C. A. Wats
Henry
Wallace
Des Moines
K. GC
Frank Zender
Algona
Algouns
Ike He Roy Senuts
Camp Steeves
Geneva
Wis
War Department
E.W. Reals
Asagejation
Consumers’ Guildiing
Chicago
Aw Ti
Peterson
Felerson
Agnes Sealey
Sungleaf
When the Missionary Lady Lift Our Laughter
A reminiscence from 1909 recalls a Sabbath car trip ending in a stalled engine and an empty gas tank. A missionary lady aboard kept calm as a quart of gasoline was fetched, and the group chose to laugh rather than lose temper. The anecdote anchors a memory of gratitude toward the traveler.
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Federated Churches
Angie
Spring Wheat Blight Damages County Crop
Spring wheat in the county suffered severe scab blight over the past week. The disease causes kernels to shrink and heads to die, with pinkish mold at the attack point, though overall yield may not be materially affected.
Preachers’ Outing Ends With Flat Tire Mishap
On a Tuasday morning Mrs. Rev. Cuthbert drove to Wm. Helmer’s for oat shock and returned to find a front tire missing from the Ford tar. She retraced and met Ray Mueller in his Ford, also with a damaged tire. The report blames the pace of the preachers and their wives on the gravel roads.
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Cuthbert
GovernmentORDER to dispose of all scrap iron and magazines
By order of the U S Government you are hereby ordered to dispose at once of all scrap iron bones and magazines to the public advantage. A M Potraon township chairman authorized notice. LOST front the one Ford auto between Wim Helver and Thonka contact Rev Cuthbert. ROOMS FOR RENT Otto Calitos.
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Ford Auto
Wim. Hélfver
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