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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1928
Page
9
Halfa and surrounding families held a flurry of visits andCaller notes. Neilsens, Monsens, Cruthers, Hansons, Bilhart, and many others shared Sunday gatherings and weekday calls across Armstrong Ringsted Estherville and surrounding farms. A church supper and school events added to the community bustle with trips to Des Moines and Hollandale mentioned.
Community notes from Jack Creek area record visits and gatherings. Many names, farms, and events appear including weddings, illness, travel, and local club activities. Hornets of local churches, IOOF initiation at Lake Park, and a new post office building project are noted alongside farming tasks and family visits.
Emmet Lodge No 533 and Emmet Chapter No 223 held a joint installation after a 6 pm dinner. Officers installed included R A M John Kingston W M Curtis Henaman S W Otto Severson J W George Canon Sec Geo Stewart Toy Hayworth S D Milton Erickson J D and Eastern Star officers Mrs Emma Willson W M Charles Robinson W P Lillian VanDurer A M Amy Kingston Sec Rebecca Felkey Treas George Johnson Cond Cassie Christensen. Other items note visits and upcoming meetings along with various local shresings.
The item notes a correction naming Mr Harry Rosberg as unmarried. It also lists visits and gatherings including Miss Sophia Buckles of Ames visiting Mrs George Brix, Mae Anderson with Carrah Smith, Mrs Ernest Harvege hosting her ladies club, and the Larson family dining with the Lake Fremont Farmers Club at Lynn Silcox home. R N A visits to Dunnell camp, Jan 15 attendees at Sidles home, Epworth League rally with about seventy people, and next rally planned for Graettinger in February. Ladies Aid dinner at Mrs Peter Andersen home on Jan 18.
Des Moines, Jan. 14. Alfred L. Fisher of Yale was granted a patent for a spring driven flashlight and generator last week. Albertus N. Nixon of Sue City received a patent for a harrow. Other patents issued to Iowans in the period.
The list includes Fred J. Campagna Independence bag filler Glen D. Cooper Leon automatic record file John F. Gehrts Kingsley fence wire splice John C. Holst Everly drag cart Bernard L. Michaelson Sioux City latch for gas valves William H. Payne Eagle Grove lineman's staff George PP Rasch Des Moines rotary engine and Raymond Al Reid Cedar Rapids grinder and polisher.
Poultry experts from Iowa State College recommend cod liver oil in winter rations to boost egg production and shell quality. Vitamin D powered by sun exposure may raise vitality in chicks. Research on oil effects on hatchability is ongoing with cautions about untested products.
Nutrition specialists in the Home Economics Division at Iowa State College warn that many children get insufficient sleep due to radios and picture shows. The lack of rest hinders tissue repair and proper growth, reducing regular gains.
Shifting the hen’s working season to night hours using electric lights is becoming a profitable practice though it does not increase each hen’s yearly egg output, according to R.
Ip Cochran and Professor of Poultry Husbandry at Iowa State College note that electric lighting can boost production only with proper care and feeding. Three plans are outlined including evening, night, and 9 o'clock lunch lighting, with cautions against using lights in breeding pens to avoid overworking prime hens.
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