Fire Prevention Week Aimed at Reducing U S Fire Toll
The article highlights Fire Prevention Week Oct 8 14 with reminders that matches smoking and electrical misuse cause about a quarter and a fifth of fires. It recalls Chicago’s 1871 disaster and notes yearly fire deaths around 11,350 and over $1 billion in losses for four straight years, urging care with fire year round.
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United States
Tripoli
Chicago
America
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Wapsie Whirlwinds Open Year With Officers Installed
The Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H club met September 29 in Frederika Town Hall with two leaders two mothers one visitor and twelve members plus a prospective member Karen Bergmann. Judy O'Connell installed officers Carolyn Lahmann president Carol Zwanziger vice president Mary Lahmann secretary Janis Davison treasurer Judy O'Connell historian Ruth Leuenberger reporter.
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Wapsie Whirlwinds
Frederika Town Hall
Karen Bergmann
Judy O'Connell
Carolyn Lahmann
Carol Zwanziger
Mary Lahmann
Janis Davison
Judy O’connell
Ruth Leuenberger
Carolyn
Ruth
Linda Leuenberger
Joyce Schnurstein
Judy Bahlmann
Leroy Gopherettes and 4 H Camp Activities Recap
The 4 H club at Madrid planned a $3.00 4 H camp donation and distributed new home furnishings record books and materials. Sara Thoms led a Parliamentary Procedure talk with illustrated points. Officers were installed by Pat Michael. The group meets October 16 to plan the year.
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Betty Judas
Barbara Ann Dietz
Madrid
Sara Thoms
Pat Michael
Bremer County
4-H
Catherine Schrage
Leroy Gopherettes
Joann Fay
Betty Figanbaum
Becky Strottman
Margaret Kirchman
Rural Cooperatives urged to spark new Iowa industry
Iowa Falls editor Carl Hamilton told the Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative Association annual convention that rural coops should push local and state projects to attract new industry. He warned co ops focus on kilowatts and loan relief rather than job creation and noted Iowa’s emphasis on corn and hogs over diversification. Hamilton, set to lead ISU journalism in Ames next year, urged broader economic development.
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Iowa
Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Carl Hamilton
Iowa Falls
Hamilton
Iowa State University
Ames
Hawkeye State
4 H Beef Rules Issued By 4 H Committee
The 4 H Committee states only steers and heifers born after January 1 1960 may show and animals must not have worn permanent incisors at the fair. The rule aims to keep the show age appropriate and consistent with its purpose. Beef projects will be weighed December 9 with no weight limit this year.
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4-H
Iran Life and Agriculture From Field Notes of Heffernan
A field report from Rezaieh and Gilan describes village life in Iran, detailing livestock like fat tailed sheep and Jersey cattle, CARE aid kits, and local attitudes toward Americans. It notes bread and water as staple sustenance, wheat as a central crop, and the salt lake of Lake Rezaieh, with planned travel toward the Caspian region.
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Jersey
Iran
United States
Iowa
Delivars
Rezaieh
Lake
Iran Wheat Shortage Drives Food Crisis in Rural Villages
The article explains how Iran relies on a minimum 2.5 million tons of wheat yearly and how a poor harvest threatens hunger. It notes government controls on price, silos, and subsidies, with bread types like Sangah and Lavash, and describes traditional hand harvest, threshing, and winnowing methods amid low rural incomes.
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Iran
United States
India
William D. Heffernan
Lf.y.e. To Tran
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William A. Buckley
Robert J. Sassman
County
County Women’s Chorus
Tripoli Town Hall
Leroy Copherettes
Heffernan
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Gorgon
Caspian Sea
Gilan
Caspian
Bock’s
Ford
Alaxie
Victoria
Ambrose Auto Coo
Lor A
Tripoli Grain
Dan Mast
Mar
Sumner
Brooder
Allis Chalmers
John Deere
McCormick
McCormick-Deering
Sears
Sears Hammermill
Jamesway
Monarch
Franklin
Fred A. Nieman
Wayne Opperman
Don Roose
First National Bank
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