Many Children Wish to Leave the Farm in Rural Survey
A county wide questionnaire of Emmet County seventh and eighth graders and high school students shows most youths want life work planned, with many aiming to move to the city. Of 256 respondents on farms, 86 work farm property, while 350 plan to leave the farm for urban opportunities. 77 favor farming as a lifelong goal, and many cite education and encouragement from parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Serum
Emmet
Washington D. C
Counyas Tol
Irls
United States Department of Agriculture
State College of Agriculture
Pioneer Club
The
de Molay
Girls Friendly Club
Pioneer Housekeeping and Hardship in Early Iowa Life
Frontier wives kept homes with few furnishings while battling flies mice rats and bedbugs. They processed corn into hominy milled flax wove cloth spun yarn and sewed garments by hand. Candle making cooking and simple remedies defined daily tasks as pioneer mothers served as both doctors and nurses. Ruth A. Gallaher notes the pioneer woman earned her living and enriched the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Slomather
Ruth A. Gallaher
3: State Historical Society
Starting M winters—to start or not to start
In cold mornings the piece explains gas feed through the carburetor and the common method of starting by cranking the engine, checking the battery, and priming the cylinders. It notes that priming can choke the engine and may require repeated cranking to free cylinders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Cole
Bertha Gaurde
Josephine Handel
Aubrey Loeschen
Jeanette Lytle
John Myhre
Maurice Nathanson
Wayne_Osmundson
Betty Parsons
Virginia
Swanson Aa
Administrator Notice and Foreclosure Suit in Emmet Co
Public notice: administrator appointed for Elizabeth Fank estate at Estherville Iowa with claims due file by clerk. also Travelers Insurance foreclosure suit against Osborne and Robinson parties in Emmet County Iowa seeking $16,147.82 plus interest, taxes, and mortgage foreclosure on NE and SE lands. court to appoint receiver if needed with March 27 1927 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Emmet County
State of
Iowa
Elizabeth Fank
Estherville
Baltas Fank
Kennedy
R. T. Osborne
Teresa A. Osborne
N. W. Osborne
Anna Osborne
James D. Robinson
Mary Robinson
Iowa Savings Bank
L. A. Andrew
Charles Lavell
EACIL
District Court of the
State of Iowa
R., T. Osborne
Towa
James D.robinson
R.T. Osborne
Teresa A.borne
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Lil Verne
Evelyn Coon
Elizabeth Jensen
Margaret Krahmer
Mildred Larson
Ott
Nellie McMillan
Joe Pannell
Evelyn Quade
Minnie Scott
Virginia Shade
Dolores Simpson
Helen Sullivan
Ethyin Volding
Emmet _ Amdahl
Alice Bombarger
Vera Duncan
Rte
Stanley Erickson
Ushouse
Cy Art Jraser
Harri Blazer
Virginia Hilliard
Vo Vera Hotelling
Ore
Helen Keyser
Cheryl Nee Lambert
Ray Vineta Lucas
John Morse
Ruth Nourse Vee
Ethel Pannell
Elmer Sehneide
Leila Sconberg
Ray Shannon
Mary Singmaster
Grete Tehen Smith
Oliva Stueland
Ela Swanson
Lois Thrush
Edna Yates
Tees
Erwin Greer
Greer College of the & Electrical Trades, C
Star Mill & Lumber CO
Shavick
E. Lincoln Street
Travelers Insurance Company
Plaintif
Morrison
Chicago
Mogei
Horrace Gardem' Cuaan
Kelly Paint Shop
M. J. Kelly
South
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