Local Notes From Jack Creek Area This Week
Community events fill Halfa with a box social aiding the Ladies Aid while local families travel between Lam berton Graettinger and nearby towns. News covers births illnesses farm fires a barn blaze at Ed Urry farm and updates on schools roads and community visits reflecting a busy rural week with several travelers and contingents from Fort Dodge Estherville and Armstrong.
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Sam Skow
Lamberton
Minn
Graettinger
Halfa
Ladies Aid
Martin Olson
Tom Hanson
Maurine Wetterhas
Fenton
Bertha Madden
Center School
Minnesota
Ed. Olson
Frank Rentsma
Ole Bervin
Fort Dodge
A. W. Shaw
Geo. McAdams of
Ringsted
Mr. Carney
Ed. Urry
Welsh Bros. In
Holm
Cooke
Algona
D. Sorensen
Farm Bureau
Welsh School
J. L. Brown
Grover
Virgie Miner
Melvin Smith
Myra Tendall
Estherville
Coleman Hospital
Susan Bosold
Tendall
Columbus
Montana
Colorado
Ed. Holmes
Edna Agaard
Armstrong
Harold Toman
Eighty Miles to the Moon Chautauqua Feature
Redpath Vawter System at Cedar Rapids presents an eighty mile moon trip via photographic re productions. B R Baumgardt lectures as he guides patrons through celestial scenes captured with telescopes. A one hour cosmic journey and explainers promise unusual appeal to all. Vindicator and Republican offers subscription. Emmet county orchard spray efforts described with many trees under various rigs and wide spraying activity.
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Redpath Vawter System
Cedar Rapids
Chautauqua
Uni
B. R. Baumgardt
Miss Baker to Attend County Home Economics Meeting
Miss Baker from the extension department is slated for May 16 to speak at the county woman’s farm bureau meeting in Grover. She will demonstrate many worthwhile items for farm women and urges all county women and project leaders to attend and bring back useful ideas to their townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Baker
Extension Department
Woman’s Farm Bureau
Grover
Seven Power Spray Rigs Begin in Emmet County
Seven power spray rigs go into Emmet County to start spraying on Monday morning. The Ringsted sprayer began with 20 orchards, the Estherville unit started with 18 orchards, and Emmet County crews continued.
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Armstrong.pray
Jack ‘Creek
Wallingford
P. A. Gaarde
P. Gaarde
Emmet County
Estherville
Emmet
Poultry Club Organized in Ellsworth Township
Tuesday afternoon a group of girls organized a poultry club at Bird Williams. Members chose White Leghorns White Wyandottes and Rhode Island Reds. Leghorn eggs will come from Oakdale Farm LeRoy Minnesota Rhode Island Reds from Prospect Park Farm New Jersey. The club will meet monthly to study chick rearing and standard poultry breeds. The girls aim to become real poultry raisers with a strong foundation for a quality flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird Williams
Mrs Jackson presents farmstead beautification ideas at Twelve Mile Lake meet
At the Twelve Mile Lake Farm Bureau gathering Tuesday evening, Mrs. Chas Jackson spoke on beautifying the farmstead. Her timely suggestions were praised as addressing a neglected area by Iowa farmers amid their busy work. The group decided to continue in June with further discussion.
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Twelve Mile ,Lake
Taxes and School Leaders Show Shared Fiscal Direction
The article examines tax policy through the lenses of the school board, township trustees, and the board of supervisors, detailing how each body views revenue needs, funding priorities, and budget impacts. It highlights cautious spending, anticipated state aid changes, and collaborative strategies for balancing services and taxes.
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Board of Supervisors
Tax talk at Iowa Lake township farm bureau meeting
The Iowa Lake township farm bureau meeting focused on the tax problem with remarks by Theo Rolling and Wm West on how taxes are levied and spent. County agent charts illustrated fund distributions and residents asked how to reduce taxes. A series of township meetings is planned with supervisors explaining tax processes and limits. Moving pictures on dust storm night were shown at Armstrong school for educational value, and attendees urged discussion of taxes at the June meeting following the Lake township plan.
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Farm Bureau
Iowa
Lake Township
Theo. Rolling
Wm. West
Board of Supervisors
Armstrong
Iowa Lake Township
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JACK
John Gram
Elcholm
Temp Wiley
Vel
B.r.baumgardt
Poultry Club
Ellsworth Township
Jackson
12 Mile Lake
Remington
Vindicator & Republican
Estherville, Towa
Libby
AEC
McNeill
Chicago
Lake
Farm Bureau Meeting
United States
Congas U.S. Tire Co
Rubber Company
U. S
Iowa Tire and Tube CO
Slingerland & Anderson Dolliver
Huntington Garage
Huntington
Benson Bros. Ringsted
Chapman & Son Terril
Joyce Lumber Co
Guy U. Noel
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