Local notable Emmet county figures and happenings
James Ressell rose from Wallingford days of common wages to president of Farmers Savings Bank. He owns farms in Twelve Mile Lake township and thrives in local business. Miss Clara Salmonson joins Shadley Son's store while Ira Overholt becomes Estherville Mercantile clerk. Linder buys Wertz interest in Citizens Bank and Wertz moves post office back to his building. Various residents travel to Chicago and Des Moines for education and expo.
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Graettinger
James Ressell
Wallingford
Farmers Savings Bank
S. D
Jesse Cox
Hallie Woods
Sioux Falls
Laura
Nancy Klopp
Minneapolis
E. W. Bachman
Canning Roosters: Iowa State Guide For Preservation
Miss Alma Riemenschnieder of Iowa State College advises disposing of excess roosters by canning. Dress birds for frying, wash thoroughly, rub with soda, then rinse. Cut into pieces, brown or pack raw, place breast first, add meat-rich portions around, and reserve giblets for stock. One average chicken yields about a quart and a half of meat. Use one spoonful salt per quart.
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Alma Riemenschnieder
Division of Home Economics
Iowa State College
What to Feed the Child by Margaret A Stewart
Miss Margaret A Stewart of Iowa State College division of home economics offers a dietary guide for young children. She warns against excess candy tea coffee soda and doughnuts and suggests a balanced diet rich in vegetables meat fresh fruit cereals thick soup honey dates figs and raisins.
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Margaret A. Stewart
Division of Home Economics
Iowa State College
Fear of economic swings steadying business climate
The elimination of fear of a low mood or fear prices will rise is key to steady normal business conditions. Fires last year cost the United States $522 million more than 1906, when the San Francisco conflagration swelled national losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Francisco
New Cream Grades in Use Across the State
The new cream grading system rewards quality to raise standard. Extras require sweet cream with under 0.2 percent acidity. firsts allow slight sourness and acidity under 4 percent. Seconds cover cream too sour or old, with minor odors. Substandard or unhealthy cream falls into the illegal fourth grade and cannot be sold. Also notes labor secretary Davis urging cautious use of strikes to avoid prolonged hardship.
Early Public Library in Athens Founded in 357 B C
A public library was operating in Athens as early as 357 B C, reflecting ancient cultural investment. The item notes the library's existence and antiquity within classical Greece.
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Athens
B. C
Music From South Seas at Estherville Chautauqua
A Filipino troupe Olivar Filipino Players and Singers will perform at the Estherville chautauqua, offering native and American music with skilled violin, steel guitar, flute, and piano artistry. The program blends dreamy Spanish songs with contemporary hits and recalls Dewey era Pacific history.
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Dewey
Manilla Bay
America
Hawaii
Olivar
Knight Relates Early Iowa Homestead Journey
Spencer Reporter recalls the fifty fifth anniversary of F W Knight driving a wagon with three yokes of oxen to settle near Spirit Lake in Dickinson county a trek from Fredericksburg. The Knight family traveled two hundred miles by wagon seeking a home as the lake region attracted settlers. The homesteader jokingly offered fifty dollars to locate them, and the name for the nearby unnamed lake was proposed as Pleasant Lake.
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Sioux City
Spencer
Frank Tuttle
Fair Grounds
Louis Paul
Milford
Father
Worthington
Dickinson County
Worthing
F. W. Knight
Iowa
J. L. Knight
Fredericksburg
Chickasaw County
F. W. Knight, Jr
Frank
Estherville
Spirit Lake
Mr. Knight
Pleasatly
Lake
Pleasant Lake
Thistle control by mowing and salt application
Ven MOW THISTLES EVERY 2 WEEKS. Cutting thistles every two weeks is advised by the farm crops department at Iowa State College. Salt around each plant aided by sheep that gnaw roots. The farm cropsmen note sheep earn their salt by destroying roots. National dairy figures show 24,429,000 milk cows on farms and 1,250,000 in towns totaling 25,505,000 on January 1, 1923.
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Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
United States
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Mark
Geo. Deelvan
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Northern Vindicatr
J. G. Myerly
Des Moines
Ruth
Carl Ballard
Chicago
Geo. Letchford
H. Sorgenfrie
Frank Albro
Rohde Bros
Estherville School Board
Miss Mitchell
Miss Williams
Miss Neville
Esdraelon Commandery
K. T
Rexall
Rexall Drug Store
J. A. Cummings
Iron and Steel
Labor
James J. Davis
South Seas
Chautauqua
Mr. Olivar
Redpath Vanter Circuit
Oriel
V. R. F. W. Knight
J. Hansen
Standard Oil
Morrissey & Son
MORRISSEY @ SON
First
Trust, and Savings Bank
N Union
Con ‘Ateen Samp
Surry
American Automobile Assn
Calif
Oakland Motor Car Company
Portiac Mich
Oakland
Los Angeles
Curry Eoowony Kim
Weville
Osly
California
Oaxland Motor ComPary
Oakland Six
General Motors
Brown Motor Company
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