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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1923
Page
2
An assorted sweep of notices from Emmetsburg and Estherville items. wedding anniversaries births and birthdays. fire incidents and a mix of local comings and goings. wages and jobs. fire losses. and birth announcements with several names and dates referenced.
Mrs. M A Gerberich rents Blakey house for winter living. Mr and Mrs G W Bale of Town City visit son George Bale then travel to Webster City. Charles Bixby from Nighmore S D arrives for winter study at Estherville Preparatory University. Roxa Gaylord sails to Albert Lea Minn to visit sister. Olus Gates returns from business trip through Illinois Missouri and Southern Iowa. A Minnie Bishop relative visits Highmore S D. Esther Ridley from Cedar Falls stays for Thanksgiving. Mamie Sullivan attends Cedar Rapids business college and returns for holiday. Mrs E B Fancher of Lincoln Neb arrives to be with feeble mother Mrs G F Schaad Sr. Ruth and Zannah Bachman visit from Storm Lake. Ernest Stanhope family from Ceylon Minn spends Thanksgiving. Mrs E B Fancher’s relatives and Wm Mahlum family host Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Wm Bagan marry yesterday at Pipe Stone and plan reception in Dolliver.
Birth notices list Lillian La Vayn Henderson daughter of Cecil H and Edna May Henderson of Iowa Lake township born August 80 Floyd Leroy Yackle son of George A and Maud Moorsey born in the Henderson area.
Florence Bargar a 16 year old Kos suth county girl club member wins a free trip by Rock Island to the Second National Club congress in Chicago December 2 to 7. She is among 300 Iowa members who earned trips, and her record includes recruiting five members, serving as vice president of the county junior club, secretary of her club, completing four approved club garments, writing a farm bureau story, and helping send a delegate to Iowa State College winter short course.
F E Dawson of Bedford Iowa reports 344.5 bushels per acre from Red River Cobbler seed and 318 from Ohios from Rhinelander Wis. Horticultural officials say these yields may set early potato records in Iowa while Taylor county plots show northern seed superiority. The piece also notes salt treatment of soft corn to prevent molds and heating, recommended at 0.5 to 1 pound per 100 pounds of grain, with procedures for layering and reapplication, and cites Prof. H D Hughes of Iowa State College.
Prof. H A Bittenbender of Iowa State College notes fresh winter eggs command high prices but emphasizes three factors for winter production. He cites proper chicks housing and a well balanced ration with green food as key to boosting eggs and cutting feed costs.
Iowa State College and U S Department of Agriculture advise fumigation with carbon bisulfide or hydrocyanic acid to protect thousands of bushels in granaries. Carbon bisulfide suited for farms. hydrocyanic acid requires experts and large facilities. Details in Farmers bulletin No 1260 Stored Grain Pests. Insects include cadelle Mediterranean flour moth sawtoothed grain beetle angoumois grain moth and weevils.
Iowa Experiment Station cautions farmers to buy red clover seed immediately due to seed shortages and expected price rises next spring. Tests show seed from the cornbelt and regions with similar winters perform best in Iowa, while seeds from other areas may winterkill. Farmers who wait risk higher costs and inferior seed.
Agricultural experts note frosts and slow maturity hit seed fields in Indiana Illinois and Ohio the major seed regions. Iowa State College professor H D Hughes says Iowa seed supply is insufficient with about 15000 acres possible but yields around 20 bushels per acre. Last year good seed priced 2 50 to 4 50 per bushel.
A large blaze Saturday between 12 30 and 1 o clock consumed the H A TerVeen implement building and a nearby barn belonging to M Bendixen while the Henry Probst carpenter shop on the east side burned severely. Loss estimated around 18000 with insurance not yet settled. The fire’s origin and cause remain undetermined. Harvey Hipple plans a short Davenport visit with brother Earl.
Estherville welcomes hundreds of visitors drawn by the Fox Farm display of the aristocratic Silver Black Fox. Mr. Coats showcases tame yet wary foxes inside the enclosure while attending the National Silver Fox Association exhibit in Milwaukee. The feature article traces the fox fur industry from Canadian trapping origins to U.S. ranching, noting a $12 million invested, 600 ranchers, 15 000 to 18 000 foxes, and pelt values from 250 to 800 dollars with sable as the only rival in price.
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