Collins Farm Co to Operate Frank Fay Farm Near Oran
Collins Farm Co of Cedar Rapids will operate the Frank Fay farm near Oran as part of a 35,000 acre Iowa program in 1932. The unit farms, 1500 to 2000 acres each, are managed by a foreman with tractor crews and modern machinery including four row cultivators and rotary hoes. Major drainage and liming projects have been completed, with crops such as corn oats wheat soybeans alfalfa and sweet clover widely grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Farm Company
Cedar Rapids
Bremer County
Oran
Frank Pay
Iowa
A. G. Thurman
Do-R-Best Club Presents Old Timers Bureau Play
Do-R-Best girls club of West Lafayette township led by Mrs. P. A. Colburn presented the one act play The Old Timers Bureau at the Polk township farm bureau meeting in Plainfield park on Thursday evening July 23. The play showcased farm bureau work, women and junior club projects and was one of twelve plays selected by the American Farm Bureau Federation from 500 amateur entries Last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Farm Bureau
West Lafayette Township
P. A. Colburn
Old Timers Bureau
Polk Township
Plainfield Park
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ebenezer
Blake
Gladys Remley
Fhebe Ann Blake
Vivian Colburn
Anna Remley
Plainfield
Club Members Present Program at Jackson Township Meeting
Washington township junior club members led the Jackson township farm bureau gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Wm Ducker on Tuesday evening July 21. L C Myers presided as meeting opened. Readings included piano solo Mildred Pipho talk on club work Irene Mundt state 4 H girls convention report Evelyn Albright vocal solo and reading Grace Miller clarinet solo Marion Miller. Dairy calf club members of Washington township staged a stunt of one member being tried for failing to complete a 4 H project. County agent gave a short talk and movies were shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Township
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Wm. Ducker
L. C. Myers
Mildred Pipho
Irene Mundt
N. R. C. Club
Evelyn Albright
Grace Miller
Marion Miller
Ruth
Esther Kuethe
Colorado Beet Grower Visits Bremer County
J D Pancake secretary of the Mountain States Beet Growers marketing association met at the Bremer County farm bureau office last week. Representing 5500 members he promotes beet sugar and ties his Iowa visit to the Bremer county farm bureau program The Way Out film is shown at township meetings across the county as he argues there is no difference between beet and other sugar sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Pancake
Mountain States Beet Growers Marketing Association
Farm Bureau
Beet Sugar Economics and Local Growers
A discussion on sugar sources notes cane sugar costs less while beet sugar remains a Growers association product. Beet sugar production keeps money within the United States and at home, including for Iowa beet growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Growers Association
United States
Lowa
The Way Out shown at Bremer County farm bureau meetings
A film titled The Way Out will be screened at all Bremer county township farm bureau gatherings in the coming month. The movie promotes farm cooperative efforts to place farm foods in national menus, ties the county farm bureau to a butter campaign, and advocates corn product use while delivering romance and humor through a city girl and a young farmer storyline. It has already screened in Jackson and Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Jackson and
Polk Township
Canada Thistles Look “Sick” on Sprayed Patch
The Lloyd Knapp farm patch east of Wa verly sprayed last week shows signs of weed kill with chlorates. Both the thistles and a small brush area with chlorates are withering. Experts say the patch will likely need one to three more sprays to fully eradicate the weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lloyd Knapp
Waverly
Mr. Darby
Bremer County
N R G Girls Meet at Allendale for Talks and Games
The N R G club girls met Wednesday July 15 at Allendale. Irene Mundt spoke on Woolen Materials Mildred Pipho on Invitations Grace Miller reviewed The Golden Stream Alberta Guether discussed Exercise and Health The afternoon included games a picnic supper and a bonfire with popcorn. A second item described an ingenious gas lighter using a platinum catalyst to ignite gas by oxidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. G. Club
Alae
Eld
Irene Mundt
Mildred Pipho
Grace Miller
Alberta Guether
Marion Miller
Bad Conditions in 1894 Shown in Drovers Journal Files
The article recalls 1894 market chaos with crop failures and low prices, citing Drovers Journal records. It notes ideal June crop conditions followed by heat and drought, widespread strikes, impaired rail service, and virtually no markets for livestock or grain, while prices and yields varied across regions. It includes farmer letters from Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio and other states describing losses, high hay and grain prices, and advice to hold or feed wheat to stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drovers Journal
India
Russia
Argentina
Europe
America
Packingtown
W. H. Reynolds
Abingdon
Ill
Ohio
Indianapolis
School Board Meeting Notice for Tripoli Iowa 1931
The Board of Directors of Independent School District Tripoli Fremont Township Bremer County Iowa will meet August 10 1931 at 8 p m at the School House. Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures. M W Bennett District Secretary.
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Independent School District
Tripoli
Iowa
Fremont Township
Bremer County
M. W. Bennett
John Bull and John Wilkes Booth in Early 18th Century satire
The piece compares John Arbuthnot who coined the term John Bull and praised Tory peace efforts with his witty portrayal of Scotland’s character, alongside Walter Booths stage career notes from the Vancouver Province and Washington Star detailing Booth’s rise from Philadelphia failures to a Boston tour and acclaim for Richard II.
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John Bull
Queen Anne
Swift
Pope
John Arbuthnot
John All
Arbuthnot
France
England
Scotland
Vancouver
Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Philadelphia
Richmond
Montgomery
Ala
Boston
Richard II
Booth
New York
Washington Star
Property transfers prepared for week ending July 25 1981
Legal transfers prepared by the Bremer County Abstract Company list H J Zacharias to Minnie Krueger for 500 dollars covering lot 4 block 44 in J H Hayes plat Tripoli and Clarence E Hastings to C W Farnsworth for 1 dollar covering lots 3 4 5 6 block 6 Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer Count Abstract Company
H. J. Zacharias
Minnie Krueger
J. H. Hayes
Tripoli
Clarence E. Hastings
C. W. Farnsworth
Plainfield
Seattle official faces embezzlement charges over big thefts
Ahira E Pierce, Seattle based, charged with embezzling from Home Savings and Loan and affiliated firm Ahira FE. Pierce, under $10,000 bail, allegedly confessed and plans to plead guilty. Burgunder, prosecutor, notes Pierce held top posts as vice president and GM of the loan association and as president and treasurer of the Washington Loan and Mortgage corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Home Savings and Loan Association
Ahira FE
Pierce
Robert N. Burgunder
The
Loan Association
Washington Loan and Mortgage Corporation
Medicine Beachy Head Cuprate Miracle At St Thomas
A Montreal Family Herald article notes Chalk of this chief ingredient in a new bowl for stomach relief at St Thomas Hospital London. It claims relief for trout stomach and uses chalk in outpatient care. Chalk mixture costs 11 shillings four hundredweight with bismuth offering similar results.
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St. Thomas
Spital
London
Montreal Family Herald
William I Skinner dies at 66 in Chicago
William I. Skinner longtime first general superintendent of the International Staab exposition, died after a period of illness in November. He was a prominent figure in organizing the event and resided in Chicago.
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Ww. E. Skinner
Chicago
William I. Skinner
Icken
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Collins Farm Co
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Polk
Jackson Township
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Allendale
Minneapolis
RITZ
Washington
2Nd Ave. S
Nebraska
L. M. Long
van Orin, NL
Brewster
Neb
W. H. McGillorne
Bennett, Neb
New Shoe Store
Wear-Awell
Garland
R. J. Muller
Fergeman & Selck
City Laundering Co
Oelwein
Goodrich
Wise
Buechele Lumber Co
A. W. Buechele
Mer
Tripoli, Lowa
New Goodrich
Super
Side Wall
Cavalier
C. T
N. R. Ambrose Oil CO
Tripoli, Iowa
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