Potter’s prize potato tuple at Ashton draws praise
Frank Hatting reports exceptional results from his potato crop at Ashton. One potato exceeds nine inches in length and weighs over three pounds, highlighting an outstanding harvest this season.
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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1954
Page
2
Farm Census to Be Finished Within Two Weeks
The 1954 Census of Agriculture is near completion locally and can be finished in about two weeks if farmers prepare questionnaires for the enumerator. Questionnaires were mailed beforehand to aid accuracy and speed, with about 45,003 farms already enumerated across 29 counties.
Governor Elthon keynote at town highway opening
The former lieutenant governor Leo Elthon spoke at the Highway 93 opening in Town, later becoming governor after Wm. Beardsley’s death. The event highlighted his non partisan, thoughtful address and future leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trivoli
Town
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Commercial Club
Elthon
Wm. S. Beardsley
Des Moines
Bremer County Surpasses Savings Bond Quota
Bremer County reached 113.75 percent of its savings bond quota for the year through October with $1,291,855 in sales against a $1,135,700 target. Nearby counties showed Butler 98.20 percent, Chickasaw 87.90 percent, and Fayette 95.72 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
United States Savings
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
Guide to Partitizer Use at Tripoli Adult Farmer Night
The Acutt School will host a fertilizer topic Monday night at 8 at the high school. Ralph Goodnow, vocational agriculture instructor, notes fertilizer use has risen over 100 percent in five years and stresses applying it to fit soil and crop needs. Public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Ralph Goodnow
Goodnow
Youth Found Dead From Carbon Monoxide Near LeMars
Near LeMars court ney Sullivan a 19 year old Sioux City youth was found dead the next morning from carbon monoxide poisoning after stopping his car by the highway for rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMars
Courtney Sullivan
Sioux City
Army school graduate from Fort Eustis earns Airframe Repairman
Pvt. Lyle J. Kammeyer son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Kammeyer Tripoli graduated last week from the Airframe Repairman course at the Transportation School Fort Eustis Virginia The program trains repair techniques for structural members sheet metal surfaces and plastic parts with blueprint reading diagram interpretation and aircraft material familiarity Kammeyer is a Tripoli High School graduate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Eustis
Lyle J. Kammeyer
Edwin Kammeyer
Tripoli
Army
Ft. Eustis
Mainenance
Pvt
Kammeyer
Holstein Breeders Press Meeting Set for December 13
The Bremer Butler Holstein Breeders will hold their annual meeting Monday evening December 13 in the Community basement of Waverly. Secretary Glenn Ingham urged all families interested in Holsteins to attend with a special invitation extended to 4 H club members with Holstein interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer - Butler
Waverly
Glenn Ingham
Fifteen Club Members to Receive Prizes at Meeting
Fifteen club members will receive prizes of five dollars for good club work. Refreshments will be served.
Infant Hurt In Fall Protects Head But Breaks Arm
The nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Claypool of Williamsburg was injured when the mother fell while carrying the child. The mother protected the infant's head but the baby sustained a broken arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Claypool
Williamsburg
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Frank Hatting
Wavre Thomas Burlington
Don Oberman
Danville
Thomas
Clarence Hemann
Stacyville
Albert Dervant
Maquoketa
Roger Harris
Afton
Ertilizer
Acutt
ROMPT
Block & Klemp
Iowa
Army School
Gerari Bess
USDA
Eastern Iowa
L. J. Magnall, D
Aber
Carnation
Waverly Dairy
Mr. Farmer
Bell & Sons Company Limestone Quarries
Frederika
Denver
YOKOM
Janesville
Ionia
New Hampton
Plainfield
Bremer
Guernsey
Hampshire
McCormick-Deering
Iowa Dairy
John Deere
Oliver Superior
F. J. Biesterfelt
Arnold Hexom
American Savings Bank
Hasbrouck Lumber CO
Black & Decker Portable Electric Tools
Black & Decker
Electr
Electric Tool Chest
B&d
Sander
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