Financial transparency urged for township trustees
The Estherville Vindicator urges detailed itemized financial statements from township trustees to inform taxpayers about expenditures. It notes past overdrawn accounts, discusses school district finances, and calls on the Board of Supervisors to publish meaningful reports. It also covers local politics, dairy pricing concerns, and civic issues.
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Inwand
Ters
Ruianey Wa
Board of Supervisors
Estherville
How the Turk Works Told by One Who Knows How
Miss Marie Jacobson recounts her experiences after fleeing Harpoot in 1915. She describes the terror of that first Sunday in July when soldiers drove 30 000 women and children from homes to Mesopotamia, with many murdered or left to die. The narrative portrays depopulation of Christian communities and the guarded cemetery as part of the atrocity.
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Miss Jacobson
Miss McCormick
Near Fast
Methodist Church
Syria
Constantinople
Marie Jacobson
United States
Harpoot
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Aanonsen Brothers Store Closing Sale Near Swan Lake
Mrs Evie Aanonsen of Wakaha Manitoba writes friends that her husband and his brother Oliver will hold a closing out sale on February 24 and return to Iowa. The Aanonsen brothers once farmed at Swan Lake born and raised on a nearby farm. RR A Q Peterson left Tuesday evening for Des Moines to attend to business interests.
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Owa
Evie Aanonsen
Wakaha
Manitoba
Canada
Oliver
Iowa
Aanonson
Swan Lake
A. Q. Peterson
Des Moines
Poultry give good returns in flock improvement contest
Iowa State College poultry extension men report 5945 hens produced 19 834 eggs in December at 12 cents per hen with an average 3 3 eggs per hen and a net gain of 15 5 cents per hen over feed cost Irving King of Johnson county owned the top flock a 354 Leghorns group laying 391 eggs at 9 6 eggs per hen for the month and fetched 7 12 per dozen. Starter dairy calves right to gain milk for first days after birth dairy head A C McCandish urges keeping calves with the dam for a week to obtain colostrum and prevent dam udder inflammation. Calves should receive warm whole milk 2 4 pounds three times daily then 16 18 pounds skim milk after three weeks. Avoid alfalfa hay early. use clover instead. Calves eat small amounts of grain a winter ration of corn bran oats and a little oil meal, starting with cracked corn then whole corn. When weather allows, let calves out and keep barns clean with good straw bedding. a divorce was granted to Ruth Stanerson of Emmetsburg from Gayle M Stanersen of Spirit Bake.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Irving King
Johnson County
A. C. McCandish
Poultry Feeding Contest Shows Peak Egg Laying
In Johnson county and smaller flocks, hens laid up to 45 percent daily. John Reddit notes the value of proper feeding with mash of corn meal oats and tankage plus green sprouted oats yields best results. Some flocks fed only scraps produced 2 percent lay. The contest promotes better feeding, management, and handling for profit. Records kept monthly. extension department suggests culling and proper equipment. entrants may join by keeping records.
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Johnson County
John Reddit
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