Barney Oldfield Sets A.A.A. Tractor Record at Indy
Barney Oldfield drives an Allis-Chalmers tractor at the Indianapolis State Fair to set a new A.A.A. speed record of 89.045 mph. His challenger on the track was Denny Duesenberg, son of the late Fred Duesenberg, with A.A.A. official Charles Louis Chevrolet present. The event highlighted Firestone pneumatic tractor tires allowing high performance with just 12 pounds of air pressure.
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Indianapolis State Fair
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
Denny Duesenberg
Fred Duesenberg
Barney
Charles Louis Chevrolet
Indianapolis
Louis Chevrolet
General Motors
Gaston Chevrolet
Louis
Firestone
Local Growers to Enter Soybean and Alfalfa Exhibits
Bremer county alfalfa and soybean growers plan to participate in the dairy cattle congress hay show running October 2 to 8. Exhibits include bales weighing 10 to 15 pounds tied, and alfalfa sheafs with full stems at least ten inches diameter. Entries must be delivered to the Farmers Exchange in Waverly by September 30 and wrapped in burlap placed in a box.
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Bremer County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Farmers Exchange
Waverly
Crate Contact Rules Don’t Include Excelsior
A brief note states that the crate should not be placed in contact with Excelsior material. No further context or parties are provided in readable text.
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Excelsior
Fremont Hustlers Have Meeting
The regular meeting of the Fremont Hustlers 4-H girls club was held at Irene Schlichting’s home on Monday September 18. Norma Tegtmeier called the meeting to order. Charlotte Bennett demonstrated whole wheat muffins and Zatha Schmidt spoke on muffin variations. Marie Snelling and Florence Bunger demonstrated candy making. Margaret Webrand led the social hour.
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Fremont Hustlers 4-H
Irene Schlichting
Norma Tegtmeier
Charlotte Bennett
Zatha Schmidt
Marie Snelling
Florence Bunger
Iowa State conducts cabbage maggot spray residue test
An experiment at Iowa State College seeks to reduce danger from arsenic spray residue on cabbage maggot control. Researchers test methods to limit residue while maintaining pest control effectiveness, aiming to improve food safety and crop protection.
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Iowa State College
Home Project Training Schools This Week
Miss Helen Swinney from the extension service visits Bremer County this week to present the first home project lesson on poultry and its diet uses. Township groups meet daily at homes and churches, with menus like tomato juice cocktail escalloped chicken squash baked apples celery rolls grape jelly and baked fudge featured in the noon meal.
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Helen Swinney
Extension Service
Bremer County
Home Project
Washington, Warren
East Lafayette
Jackson Townships
D. D. Offringa
Jefferson
Maxfield
Franklin Township
Mary Mether
LeRoy
Sumner
Dayton
Henry Ruhrmeister
West Lafayette
Polk
Douglas
Plainfield
Fremont
Frederika
C. B. Kelsey
Tripoli
Polk Township Meeting at Gritzner Home
Polk Township farm bureau members and friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gritzner's home on Thursday evening September 21. Readings by Romaine Briner and Gladys Sears, piano duets by Hazel Boyd and Vivian Wilson, and a report by Margaret Harrington on her trip to the Iowa State Fair as Bremer county champion 4-H health girl. Discussion covered the wheat and corn hog program led by D. D. Offringa, followed by the film Golden Hearts and a comedy. Refreshments ended the gathering with an oyster supper planned for October.
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Polk Township Farm Bureau
Chas. Gritzner
Romaine Briner
Gladys Sears
Hazel Boyd
Vivian Wilson
Margaret Harrington
Bremer County
D. D. Offringa
Milk Maid's Marathon entrant Helen McCumber to represent Bremer
Helen McCumber of Jackson township will represent Bremer county in the Milk Maid's Marathon at the Hippodrome during the Dairy Cattle Congress on Tuesday evening October 3 at 7 30 p m. The Dairy Cattle Congress provides the costumes an attractive white coverall apron with yellow trim and a milk maid cap. McCumber won first place in the Bremer county 4 H club fair milk maid contest.
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Helen McCumber
Jackson Township
Bremer County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Trip to the World’s Fair by Raymond Kuethe
Raymond Kuethe recounts a courtesy trip to the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago with Harold Mueller Wesley Dorn Fritz Dettmer and Ben Gambaiani. Over three days he tours Sears Roebuck Japanese and Sinclair Oil exhibits and modern kitchen and transportation displays, noting progress from old to new.
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Raymond Kuethe
4-H Club Fair
Chicago
Harold Mueller
Wesley Dorn
Fritz Dettmer
Ben Gambaiani
Fair Grounds
Sears Roebuck and Company
United States
Sinclair Oil Company
Firestone Tire Company
Travel and Transportation
Pullman
A Century of Progress Exposition Highlights Modern Advances
The exhibit compares old and modern travel, lighting, heating, and farming. It features the General Motors display detailing Chevrolet car production, the Belgian village with street festivity, champion log rollers, a multi-state display, a 625 foot observation tower, a sky ride over the lagoon, and a planetarium. The author praises the fair as a true Century of Progress and valuable for readers.
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Wright Brothers
General Motors Company
Chevrolet
Oregon
Washington
California
Union
Fair Grounds
Fairgrounds
Bluegrass Pasture Vacation Improves Next Spring Growth
Prof. H. D. Hughes urges fall rest for bluegrass pastures after heavy summer grazing. Allow leaf-prioritized feeding for robust root reserves, while avoiding overgrazing on permanent pastures. Suggest grazing on clover hayland or plowed plots for corn next spring and careful alfalfa use to prevent winter damage and frost-time bloat.
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H. D. Hughes
Town State College Farm Crops Department
Hughes
Cattle Show Opens Monday at Waterloo Special
The twenty fourth annual dairy cattle congress begins Monday October 2 in Waterloo, featuring cattle of top quality, modern machinery, a women’s building with culinary and textile displays, a garden show, a Belgian horse show, exhibits from across the country, and a 4-H pageant with 550 participants. Major acts include Marcelle and Williams and the Four Petleys in the hippodrome. Auto admission is 25 cents. reduced prices for seats.
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Waterloo
Cattle Congress
Congress
United States
Oregon
Massachusetts
Canada
Oklahoma
Hippodrome
Marcelle and Williams
Four Petleys
England
Clean Poultry Houses Warned By Iowa State Expert
R L Cochran of Iowa State College poultry husbandry urges immediate winter prep by cleaning and disinfecting houses and yards. He says sanitary conditions and proper management boost egg production, offsetting likely low prices, and stresses thorough cleaning before birds move into laying houses.
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R. L. Cochran
Poultry Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
What Better Course In A Philadelphia Engagement
An amused Philadelphia family engagement notice notes Miss Alice will be married in the fall and has left for a course in domestic silence. A visitor, greeted by the maid, learns of the plan in a humorous exchange reflecting social mores.
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Philadelphia
Alice
Globe
Toronto
Impulsive moment as he hints at a kiss
A nervous man blurts, I think I’m going to kiss you, while she responds with amused surprise at the impulsive move. The exchange captures a playful, romantic tension.
Court notes from Waverly Iowa court actions 1933
Court notes report not guilty verdicts in State of Iowa vs Chris Hirsch and Town of Sumner vs J F Brayton. Dismissals for lack of evidence in State of Iowa vs Howard Hall. Several judgments and estate actions recorded, including guardianship closings and real estate petitions. Judge Clark returned home Tuesday afternoon.
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Waverly
Iowa
State of
Chris Hirsch
Sumner
J. F. Brayton
State of Iowa
Howard Hall
Geo. J. Kaiser
Clarence Balcolm
W. A. Rohlf
Julia Struckmeyer
Geo. A. Clark & Son
Carl Rasmussen & Sons
H. Herschel Mfg. Co
Northwestern Mutual Ins. Co
Walter
Anna Schmudlach
Ernest Kuewer
Henry Kueker
D. H. Murphy
Ernest Gunther
Helene Wescott
Clarence N. Anderson
Clara Schumann
Judge Clark
Andrew Johnson Rise From Extreme Poverty and Rise to Presidency
Andrew Johnson rose from a poor Raleigh North Carolina upbringing to become Tennessee tailor, mayor, legislator, governor and U.S. senator. He served as vice president under Lincoln in 1865 and became the seventeenth U.S. president after Lincoln's death, retiring to Greenville Tennessee after a long public career and dying at Carters Station on July 3 1875 at age 66.
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Andrew Johnson
Sexton
Raleigh
N. C
Greenville
Tenn
Derman
Tennessee
Lincoln
United States
United Sta
Carters Station
Friday Court Work Plan For Fut Court
Friday is set for court work related to fut matters. The schedule includes hearings and related tasks to advance pending filings. Stakeholders venue and exact times are to be confirmed by the court clerk.
Special Election Notice for Tripoli ISD Iowa 1933
A special election of Independent School District of Tripoli Bremer County Iowa will be held October 12 1933 at the Town Hall Tripoli Iowa in the district.
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Tripoli
Bremer
Iowa
Independent School District
State of
Town Hall
Law
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Farm Bureau News
Farm Bureau
D. D. OF
Fringa
Margaret Webrand
Star Brand Shells
Tripoli Hardware Co
B. F. Morf
Polk Township
Gritzner
Grace
Christian Register
Belknap
RBI
PO Ak
Sy Hankner
Holmes
Homan
AM Kasemier
MQ Krueger
S17 Meyers
Niemeyer
Stahlhut
Sommers
Vanderlinden
Tripoli, Iowa
M. W. Bennett
Board of Directors
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