Local News Notes From Ramsey and Vicinity
Local items mention Dr Hess Poultry Inhalant for sale at the Drug Store and a dry winter dip for swine. Lions Club meets Thursday evening with an updated program and all members urged to attend. Various social events include church society meetings on November 20 hosted by Mrs Harms, and several Sunday visits and dinners at local homes. Armistice Day program at the high school featured a 1918 memories dialogue and period songs.
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Pridgé
Army
Signal Corps
Garret Welhausen
Harold Krantz
Chas. Cooper
Osta ‘Blanchard
Dr. Hess
Peter Koppen
Lakota
George Breen
Clarence Cooper
Thor
iChas, Cooper
B.hw. Meyer
Wesley
Bert ‘C. Meyers
Buffalo Center
Good Hope Lutheran Sunday School
Woden
Plla Jensen
Ruth Wellemeyer
Velma van Nest
Beulah Thompson
Gladys Groom
Phyllis Dougan
Iowa Falls
Norris Keil
Henry Hauan
Hilmer Hauan
Henry Hauan Syr
Fred Madison
Thompson
Kenneth Lockrem
Norman Lockrem
Carpenter
L. G. Gartner
W. K.denton
Dougam
Irwin Hden
Marshall Friest
Harl Stott
John Pink
Ida Haden
Friest
Ben A. Meyers
Marjorie
B. H. Meyers
Wiley
Dick Sloper
Dorothy
John 6
Rippentrop
Local social notes and community events recap
A wave of petty social items from town life spans visits, illnesses, and celebrations. Notable mentions include family visits in Mason City and Laurens, Armistice Day hospital stays, a birthday party in Wesley, a funeral in Rolfe, football trips to Lincoln and Cedar Falls, a Dad's Day banquet, and a wedding in Algona. Wildlife and weather affect local pheasant hunting, with a destructive snowstorm and a rail accident injuring Art Loata.
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Bruns
Guy Bruns
Earl Blakley
Mason ‘City
B. Mitchell
Woden
Wm. Schram
Victor Drummond
Minneapolis
L.G. Gartner
Allyn Brink
The
Game Commission
Oliver Young
Wesley
Ronnie Young
al Young
Kenneth Swan
Virginia Ixay
Swan
Britt
Fred ‘Baade
Rolfe
Reka Baade
Ernest Senne
Howard French
Jean
Russel
Lincoln
Nebraska
al Missal
Einer Raven
Interstate Power Co
atLakota
Lermond Intermill
T. A. Dunmire
Holdie Rippentrop
Raymond Rictkleff
Donald Michaelson
Titanka
Conrad Schmidt
Irvin
Irene
Cedar ‘Falls
Conrad
John Stott
Eden Valley
Minn
Leo (Westrup
Jean Tryon
Roy ‘Budlong
Wim. Peterson
Cedar Falls
Teachers College
Marjorie Peterson
Alice
Dorothy Budlong
Hmmy Krueger
Lester Callies
Algona
Leonard Callies
Jim Hansen
Burt
Ike
Art Loata
Jay Budlong
Jay
Art
Falls by Garry Mumm Amazingly Unhurt After Window Drop
Garry Mumm of near Voorbies fell from a second story window at his home. His mother hurried outside to find him around the house smiling and uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Mumm
Near Voorbies
Garry
Pedestrians urged to help safety drive in Iowa
Iowa safety leaders report 111 pedestrian accidents last month with 12 killed and 99 injured. O F McNulty cites many incidents involve school children and blames parental neglect of safe walking training. Pedestrians urged to stay alert and learn safe walking before costly injuries occur.
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Iowa
O. F. McNulty
Iowa State Safety Council
McNulty
Gany
State Safety Council
Mulching Strawberries Aids Winter Protection
C V Holsinger extension horticulturist advises straw mulch on strawberries when ground freezes around mid November to prevent bud heaving and winter kill. Snowless winters worsen damage. leave mulch under leaves in spring to conserve moisture and deter weeds. Use weed free straw, preferably wheat straw. avoid seeds and horse manure. Prairie hay or swamp hay can be used if clean.
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C. V. Holsinger
Town State College Extension Horticulturist
Holsinger
Iowa Dairymen Seek Cows' Rest to Boost Milk Output
Iowa dairy expert H N Hansen of Iowa State College urges vacations for cows, noting dry periods raise milk and butterfat before calving. Experiments show second-lactation heifers gain up to 88 percent with six weeks rest, two months boosts 39 percent, and older cows 19 to 22 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
H. N. Hansen
Iowa State College
Hansen
Iowa Auctions Decline Across State With 185 Remaining
Iowa State College economist Dr. Sami Thompson reports 185 active livestock auctions in Iowa, down from 195 four years earlier. Losses are concentrated in western and southern regions, with 29 percent fewer Western auctions and 6.4 percent fewer in Southern Iowa, while northeastern and eastern areas rise, driven by farmers' shift to auction selling amid drought liquidation and steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sami H. Thompson
Iowa State College Extension
Thompson
Drouth
Towa
All-Mash System Least Economical in Poultry Feeding
H L Wilcke head of State College Poultry Husbandry Dept says all mash is least profitable after Washington State College trials. Five rations tested. results show per-bird egg output and cost per dozen favored other methods over all mash. Extension Circular 200 offers feeding guidance.
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L. Wilcke
State College Poultry ‘Husbandry Department
Wilcke
Washington State College
Washington
Iowa State College
Ames
Monster Mass Meeting Handbill Found in Southwest Town Home
An 1896 handbill advertising a Monster Mass Meeting for Republicans of Southwest Town was found in a living room column at the T. GC. Murphy home in Red Oak. Contractors at the house reportedly left the note during renovations, preserving a fragment of political activity from the era.
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Town
T. GC. Murphy
Red Oak
Corn stalk yields potato growing from roots discovery
Delmar resident Freak A.W. Helde reported an unusual finding after spotting a corn stalk with a potato growing on its roots. Local observer notes the oddity sparked curiosity about plant mutations and agricultural anomalies in the area.
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A.W. ‘Helde
Delmar
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Titonka Savings Bank
ARM & Hammer
Jonathan
Callies Bros Store
Johnny
Mother
Susie
Will Senne
I.G.A. Store
Mary Stevens
Notary Public
A. M. Petersen Insurance and Real Estate
Titonka
Bonacker
Pillsbury’s
Wheaties
Staley
Jeleo
Town State College
Woodmen
R. J. Ricklefs
Royal Theatre
Burt, Iowa
PrigRy
Old
Missouri
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