Local residents share visits and weather impact on planting
Night visits and Thursday gatherings linked by small town relations as residents like Jewell Hall Mae Klingbeil Shirley Hanson and Estherville figures host guests and attend school events. A hail storm halts planting in districts 1 and 2 with farmers planning to resume if rain stops. Ringsted Estherville Wallingford and Jackson ties noted with local commerce and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Olson
Marie Berven
Maple Hill
Nels Peterson
Ringsted
Shirley Hanson
Larry Anderson
Gorn
Anton Fisher
Estherville
Martin Olson
Chet Torreson
Wallingford
Art Hanson
Holy Family Hospital
O. K. Berven
Verner Hihn
Ed Holmes
Halfa
Swan Lake
Dorteg
Cornstalk Burning Tactics Face Efficiency Scrutiny
Iowa State College agricultural engineers deem extra cornstalk work a waste of power and labor. They advise plows with large sharp coulters jointers and covering wires to bury trash efficiently. Notched coulters outperform smooth edges and 16 inch plows handle trash better than 14 inch. Sweeps cultivate with less interference under fully covered stalks than pointed shovels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College Agricultural Engineers
Birthday club hosts Mrs Coyne Russell and friends
North town Birthday club celebrated Mrs Coyne Russell on Wednesday night May 10. Numerous relatives and neighbors from Superior Estherville Milford Ames and Dunnell visited, with many drivers traveling to nearby towns for gatherings and dinners. Lt Jack Johnson and Mrs Johnson departed for Seattle after a weekend visit. other locals enjoyed skating parties and Sunday dinners with families across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coyne Russell
C. W. Carr
Goldesberry
Minn
Carr
Esta Johnson
Jack Johnson
Seattle
Wash
Bruce Johnson
Bill Johnson
Milford
Art Hanson
Paul
Terris
Walter Hasbrook
Estherville
Clarence Stuard
Bill
Leslie Johnson
Jimmie
A. C. Bringle
Superior
Robert Olson
Ames
Herb Olson
Mabel Miner
Robert
Traer
Jaenard
John Lambert
Arnolds Park
Ladies Aid
U.S.C.S
Methodist Church
M. E. Carnahan
Donald Walsh
Waco
Texas
Evelyn Hanna
Elanore Spencer
Leo Kirsch
Latwell Kirsch
Kermit Gruhlke
Spirit Lake
L. F. Russell
Wooktrow Russell
Earl Russell
Mary Smith
John * Lambert
Winnebago
Randall Wicks
Spencer
Melvin Peterson
Little Son
Charlie Christ
Pet photography tips for snapping animals at home
A vintage note by Joan van Guilder explains pet photography basics for service members. It recommends working alone with the animal, positioning to limit movement, shooting from eye level or lower, using simple backgrounds with the sky outdoors, and employing a fast shutter speed like 1/100 second to capture first rate animal portraits during quieter moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan van Guilder
Feeder Cattle Prices Rise As Grass Season Nears
Iowa State College economist Francis Kutish predicts further advances in feeder cattle prices as grass season approaches. Stocker cattle fetch over $2 more than late November due to packers drawing on better grades, narrowing stocker and feeder supplies. Hogs may rise or dip with plant capacity. dairy output grows, 1943 milk at 7.1 billion pounds, dairy cow numbers likely to expand. Chickens face reduced production in Pacific and Mid-Atlantic regions. sheep numbers fall, postwar wool stocks risk large government stockpiles. Mt Vesuvius eruptions fade as Mussolini quits.
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Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
Kutish
Iowa
United States
Pacific
Mid-Atlantic
Corn Belt
Warranty Deeds and Quit Claim Entries in May 1944
Daily report lists warranty deeds transferring parcels in Estherville Evita Ta and surrounding areas. Notable entries include Itaniat Henry and Wife to Maude G Anderson for Lot 5-6 Block BP, May 4 1944. George W Shadle to Emma V Shadle Lot 8 Block 8 Orig Fite. Sykes Win and Wife to John F Lyman and Wife Lot 1 Block Bartletts Add to Estherville. Lloyd Sampson to Bernard Braband Lot 48 Sec 10-99-34. plus quit claim by Sampson to Braband for NWK of Ses and related parcels.
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Henry
Evite
Stalford
Jaryjs
E’ville
Shadle
George W
Emma V. Shadle
Sykes
Win
John F. Lyman
Bartlett
Estherville
Metropolitan Life Ins
Coto
George Madden
Nwk & W
Sampson, Lloyd & Wf
Bernard Braband & Wi
Post Office Center Of Hillsboro Village Life
The Hillsboro post office anchored daily village life since its 1844 establishment with Nehemiah Tunis as postmaster. Roger Galer recalls Washington M. Galer serving 27 years, the office run from a corner of the Galer home, sorting letters by hand, and later expanding to boxes as town commerce grew. The Galers worked long hours and moved with the family as the post office shifted locations until settling on the main street. This history mirrors post offices across Iowa communities.
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Iowa
Hillsboro
Roger S. Galer
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
State Historical Society of
Nehemiah Tunis
Washington M. Galer
Cleveland
Galer
Roger G Aaler
V_ Ra
Home Accident Deaths and Injuries Rise in 1943
National Safety Council report notes 1943 home accident deaths near 83,000, a 5 percent rise from 1942, with disabling injuries totaling 4.95 million including 190,000 permanent cases. Burns and suffocation up about 10 percent, while many deceased were key industrial workers. Emphasis on safety and wartime bonds.
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National Safety Council
Wartime Ferry Command Compared With Pony Express
The Fourth Ferrying Group at Memphis shows how Army pilots moved over 100 aircraft types for UN operations with a global network comparable to a Pony Express. Routes cover 110000 miles with 14 000 miles Florida to India, ferried by Liberators, eight day round trip, nine foreign wings, and rising 1943-44 activity under Brig. Gen. William Tunner.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Nations
Europe
Britain
Berlin
Army
Barrackpore
Marrakech
Cevy
Champion Air Line
William Tunner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pony Express
Florida
India
Christian
Science Monitor
Warm May Days Bring Poultry Mite Troubles
A county extension director warns that warm days in May will trigger a mite problem in poultry houses. Extending weeks of hatch time could depress eggs and flock loyalty. Creosote applied to mite hiding places is advised, while interior spraying is discouraged due to bird discomfort and egg flavor. Powdered sulfur is also recommended as a preventive and dusted into hiding spots or over the dry litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Whitfiled
Iowa State College
Creosote
Whitfield
Le toa ca a Le Re
Le toa ca a Le Re appears as a brief readable fragment mentioning names or terms with limited context. The item remains unclear but notes a possible local event or notice without explicit actions or outcomes. Further readable details would enable a fuller summary.
Thoughts on Education and Wisdom from Classical to Modern Thinkers
A collage of quotations on wisdom and education from Hum phrey Balzac and others. It reflects on what makes education truly transformative, the aim to shape affections to align with natural and divine laws, and hints at a Yale bound twelve year old entering PhD studies at sixteen.
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Humphrey
Balzac
John
Mason
F. Soovel
Mary
Baker Eddy
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Debby
Bizea
Daily Report
America
Backing Era
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Poland
Greece
Jugoslavia Hetle
Soldier's
Newton Kansan
Franci
Toa
Yale
Joe Marsh
Bam. Abernathy’s
Tate
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