Townline Cowboys Hold Weekly 4 H Meeting
The Townline Cowboys 4-H club met Monday evening at Frank Lageschulte's home with 22 members, including two new ones Arland and Wayne Thieking. Lavern Lageschulte showed a club calf and D. D. Oftfrings demonstrated calf feeding. Officers outlined fair premium divisions and future plans.
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Townline Cowboys
Frank Lageschulte
Lavern Lageschulte
D. D. Offring
Arland
Wayne
Harold Sehaver
Milton Epley
Mr. Offrings
Perry Epley
Washington Herdsmen Meet at Scully Home
The Washington Herdsmen 4-H boys' club met at Ganley Scully's home Monday afternoon July 3. Neil Cave presided, Kenneth Keller kept the roll and minutes, and the county agent discussed fair classings. After adjournment, members judged a class of Holstein cows with two older members aiding.
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Washington
Ganley Scully
Neil Cave
Kenneth Keller
Dairy club demonstrates cow selection practices
Club members conducted demonstrations on selecting a dairy cow. Mrs. James E. Scully provided refreshments at the close of the afternoon program. Willard Meyer, reporter.
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James E. Scully
Happy Hustlers Hold All Day 4-H Meeting
The Happy Hustlers 4 H club met at leader Mrs Rose Briner's home for an all day session on quick bread. Bernice Miller reported on baking powder and Helen Hoffman on meal planning and table service. A business meeting selected the demonstration team and a noon picnic was served.
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Happy Hustlers 4-H Club
Rose Briner
Bernice Miller
Helen Hoffman
Pot of Gold Myth Bursts in Estes Park Rainbow View
In Estes Park Colorado this summer daily mountain showers produce rainbows often arching to reach homes and pastures. The story of a pot of gold at the rainbow’s end is dismissed as a fairy tale, with the village bowl surrounded by 12 000 to 15 000 foot peaks framing the spectacle.
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Estes Park
Colorado
Local families gather for July Fourth across Frederika area
A long list of Frederika residents and relatives from Waterloo, Readlyn, Nashua and nearby towns visited kin, attended picnics and celebrations across Readlyn, Alta Vista, and Spring Pond. The report notes weddings, births, travel to Minnesota and Canada, and a birth of Theodore Franklin Morkal, son of Alec Morkal and Doris Mowatt.
Giant Meteor Lights West Across Five States
A spectacular meteor event, the most notable in years, illuminated five states and possibly disintegrated before reaching the earth. People in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado reported sightings and fragments. A Texas farmer found a four pound metal mass near a wheat field, with surrounding vegetation burned. The meteor’s sonic rumble rattled doors and windows as it sped overhead and Oklahoma residents felt a tremor.
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United States
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
Strattford
Altough
Oklahoma
Career of Hope Diamond
The Hope diamond has a notorious career traveling the world and enchanting rulers and merchants. It has graced Versailles and been worn by a queen of song, with a long pattern of misfortune accompanying its journey through history.
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Versailles
Grand Louis
Turkey
Bosporus
Cocos Palm Favored For Southern California Street Plantings
The Cocos or Queen palm, praised by the Los Angeles Times, is a graceful palm suited for narrow parkways in Southern California. Varieties include flexuosa and Romanoffiana, with flexuosa noted as hardier. The palm reaches 25 to 30 feet, trunks up to 18 inches, and needs warm, well drained soil. Rearing in 3-foot parkways is possible but wider spaces are better. cold exposure can stunt growth.
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Los Angeles Times
Florida
California
Brazil
Naming Passenger Ships Requires Good Judgment
A discussion on ship naming highlights pronunciation issues with Cunard’s Tyrrhenia. Officers mispronounced it as Tie-rhinnia, others as Tie-rhenia, and crew joked as Try-and-ruin-you. Cunard renamed Tyrrhenia Lancastria to honor Lancashire and ease usage.
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Weekly
Telegraph
Qunard
Lusitania
Portugal
Mauretania
North Africa
Tyrrhenia
Lancashire
Hawk Moth Adaptations and Feeding Habits
The hawk moth is an insect that feeds on flowers using a long feeding tube often twice the moth body length. The tube curls under the head during flight and does not impede movement. It hovers over plants like a hummingbird while feeding. The tomato worm and tobacco worm are larvae of the hawk moth.
California Peppers in Mission and Rancho Gardens
California has long valued peppers since mission founding with peppers occupying key garden space. In the splendid idle 40s peppers were prized in ranchos kitchens and red pods appeared in many dishes. Today peppers remain a decorative element for early California style homes.
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California
Mission Gardens
Ranchos
Los Angeles Times
Tailor Bird Builds Nest In India
A dark brown tailor bird in India sews its nest rather than building haphazardly. It selects two large leaves or one big leaf, threads vegetable fiber, bores holes with its beak, and stitches edges together to form a deep cone like an ice cream cone.
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India
Owls as Pest Controllers in Washington DC
The National Farm Journal notes owls as valuable pest controllers, with barn owls and their young consuming 1,596 mice 184 rats 59 shrews and 87 other mammals in one year in Washington DC. Owls excel in hunting vision hearing and silent flight aid prey capture. They tear prey feed on meat bones and fur with indigestible matter disgorged.
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Washington, D. C
National Farm Journal
Readlyn Area Fourth Of July Family Visits
Warren Towns and Readlyn area residents spent the Fourth with relatives across several towns. Many families from Tripoli Waverly Cedar Falls Westgate and Old Tripoli gathered for celebrations at the Hagenow and Hennings households and at the Rhode and Pries homes. Visitors included Mr and Mrs George Heidemann Mrs Mary Carstensen and numerous children and grandchildren.
Old Tripoli Residents Visit Multiple Homes
Mr and Mrs Henry Niemeier and family near Frederika spent Tuesday afternoon at the Will Bergman home. Mr and Mrs Geo H Heideman son Howard and Mrs Mary Carstensen spoke with Harry Heine near Bremer. Mr and Mrs Fred Luebs of Tripoli and Mr and Mrs Herman Plagens visited Will Schumacher. Mary Carstensen dined with Geo H Heideman on July Fourth. August Kuker and daughters with Ernest Boderman visited Louie Gaede. Ida Kuker and daughter Alice visited Louie Gaede Sunday. Fred Bock Jr with Virgil and Marlys visited Geo H Heideman. Albert Meier and Edwin Gaede visited Louie Gaede Friday evening.
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Charles Golding
Donald
Minnesota
Canada
Lawrence Cronkhite
Elmer Link
Minneapolis
Will Green
Ray Gillett
Waterloo
L. S. Gillett
Estherville
Taylor
Harry Barker
Beatrice Bee
Fredericksburg
C. E. Dease
Elmer Johnson
John Johnson
W. L. Alcock
Victor
Mr. Alcock
Guy Taylor
Jimmie
Chester Taylor
Ervin Taylor
John Buehner
Gladys
Jack
Carl Smith
F. W. Sherman
Walter Sommer
Tripoli
F. C. Renoldt
Main Street
Washington Avenue
George Bode
Charles City
Gustave Hanuschke
Joe Alcock
Craig
Stephen Sievers
South Dakota
Frank Leach
New Hampton
Golding
William Jahnke
Roy Austin
Robert
Arthur Jahnke
Sumner
John Schildbach
Russell Pierce
Nashua
H. A. Parson
Marjorie Marsh
LeRoy Township
Geo. Pepin
Cedar Falls
Ernest Hanan
C. B. Evans
Fred Rewoldt, Jr
Fairbank
H. J. Bockholt
Henry Bockholt
Duane
William Sassmann
Denver
Arthur French
Raymond
Dorothy French
Henrietta Dettmer
Milwaukee
Dan Harrigan
R. E. Austin
August Breme
George Heidemann
Old Town
Mary Carstensen
Harry Heine
John Hagenow
Henry Hennings
Arthur Pries
Arthur Hennings
Will Blume
Herbert
Ed Hagenow
Readlyn
Ernest Carstensen
Emil Pries
Wm. Oestman
Lawrence Heine
Fred Bortz
Werner Heine
Waverly
Arthur Wente
Henry Wolf
Wente
Fred Wedemeier
Louie Wedemeier
Carl Wedemeier
Westgate
Floyd Wedemeier
Siegfried
Old Tripoli
Elda
August Flege
Henry Niemeier
Frederika
Will Bergman
Geo. H. Heideman
Howard
Bremer
Fred Luebs
Herman Plagens
Will Schumacher
August Kuker
Ernest Boderman
Louie Gaede
Ida Kuker
Alice
Fred Bock, Jr
Virgil
Marlys
Albert Meier
Edwin Gaede
Also Mentioned on This Page
Offringa
Scully
LeRoy
Dayton
Fremont
R. A. Bonnell
Iowa
Florence
Tripoli, Iowa
Sullivan
Helen McConkey
Albert Borcherding
Waucoma
Arlene Carroll
Borcherding
Christina Jensen
Leslie
Melvin
Woodward
Mary Jean Carroll
Neva Tucker
Kenneth Wills
Janet
J. H. McDonald
B. L. Harper
Darwin Seeman
Theodore Mowatt
Cyril Bowers
Leslie Alcock
Ernest Shellhorn
Henry Shorteau
Lawrence
A. W. Gable
James Gable
John Dense
C. E. Dense
Alta Vista
A. H. Jahnke
L. G. Haag
Genevieve Jensen
Harry Parson
Lawrence Parson
Will Carney
J. C. Carney
F. B. Ager
Seth McGee
Lea Holm
D. W. Ager
C. L. Bowers
Will Ager
Jennie Hale
Anna Bowers
Carol Rice
Marian Gable
Imogene Sherman
F. E. Bagnard
R. J. McGowan
Spring Pond
Douglas Township
Alec Morkal
Theodore Franklin
Morkal
Doris Mowatt
Giant Metetor Lights
Warren Towns
Wm. Ocatman
Anna
Spring Branch
Loretta Woodruff
Martin Rhode
American Savings Bank
State of Iowa
Bremer County
Ss. We
W. H. Notdorf
H. H. Nevermann
L. H. Fink
August Krueger
Carl C. Drape
Farmers Savings Bank
TOTAL
Federal Reserve Bank
Wee
C. W. Pennington
L. C. Hagedorn
Fred Rewoldt
G. F. Johnson
John Wendt
Wm. Boeckmann
C. E. Ladage
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