Birthday greetings and celebrants listed for multiple residents
A birthday note lists Lois Babcock seeking Three Quarter Century Club membership and extends greetings to Wahneetah Ingalls Kenneth Lemkau Maurice Koehler Donald Burger Guy Hoyle Jean McNamara Karen Engle Karen Kay Lance and Johnette Durst plus others, with dates for April 15 and ages noted.
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Lois Babcock
Three Quarter Century Club
Wahneetah Ingalls
Kenneth Lemkau
Peoria
Maurice Koehler
Donald Burger
Illiopolis
Ill
Guy Hoyle
Jean McNamara
Iowa City
T. J. Dempsey
Howard Crozier
Fern Hartnell
Frank Geyer
Floyd Wagner
Carroll Albert Morgan
Clay
Wayne Hyde
Well
Karen Engle
Karen Kay Lance
Walter Lance
Johnette Rachel Durst
John Durst
Near Wellman
C. R. Godwin
Tests Show Value of Contour Planting in Iowa
Ames Iowa April 15 Three years of tests by Iowa State College agronomist Marvin Anderson show contour planting can raise corn yield seven percent on rolling land. The Iowa agricultural experiment station soil conservation and extension services report reduced soil loss by half from 1942 to 1945 and avoid replanting washed out corn while saving about ten percent in fuel and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Marvin Anderson
Iowa State College Agronomist
Anderson
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Soil Conservation and Extension Services
Fewer Spring Pigs in Southern Iowa Change Noted by Iowa Economists
Ames Iowa April 15 Two Iowa State College economists report a shift in production plans among Iowa farmers based on a sampled survey. They note fewer spring pigs in southern Iowa and discuss potential implications for hog markets and farm income amid evolving livestock dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Obituary: Portha Wenger of Wayland Dies at 62
Portha Wenger Wenker born September 7 1885 Wayland Iowa died suddenly April 18 1948 in Peoria Illinois at 62 years 7 months 38 days of heart attack Survived by her husband Jacob Stauffer ten sons one daughter and eight grandchildren Three sisters three brothers and two deceased siblings She joined Methodist church at sixteen Funeral services were held April 14 at Stacy funeral home and Wayland Methodist church conducted by Rev Virgil Henderson and Bishop Simon Gingerich with songs Never Alone Tell Mother I ll Be There and pianist Edith Bos hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portha Wenger
Joseph
Adele Frechin Wenker
Wayland
Iowa
I. A. Swanson
Peoria
Illinois
Jacob Stauffer
Ward
Brighton
Joe
Chris
Allen
John
Edwin
Pete
Albany
Oregon
Erwin
Garwin
Eugene
Jacob
Okemos
Michigan
Adeline Johnson
Washington
Otis Whetstine
Lynnville
Max Hulme
Peter F. Wenger
Louis Wenger
Eugene Wenger
Fred
Ella
Methodist Church
Stacy Funeral Home
Methodist
Virgil Henderson
Simon Gingerich
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Frank Clark
James Magdefray
Edith Boshart
Ray Wyse
Orie Roth
Vernon Roth
Lester Ross
Willis Graber
Vernon Staut
Walking Man Contest Prizes And Tie Rules
In the Walking Man contest prizes are first 25 dollars second 15 dollars third 5 dollars and for positions four to eight one dollar each. Tie logic uses time blank in. In the far guessing contests closest time wins with tie split. Prizes for these contests are ten dollars for first money in each contest.
Survey finds Iowa farmers shift pig timing and grain use
Don Kaldor and Clifford Hilde RHS surveyed farmers in northern and southern Iowa in December. They announced results showing southern farmers plan fewer spring pigs and more fall pigs this year. They expect more small grain to feed spring-farrowed hogs. Hog production in the south is likely five percent higher in 1948, with corn at about 1.55 per bushel and hogs at 22.30 per hundred next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kaldor
Clifford Hildreth
Iowa
South
Interment Held at Wayland Cemetery
An obituary note states interment was made in Wayland cemetery, marking the final rites for the deceased. The brief item records the burial location and serves as a local death notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Cemetery
Linda Be Good Movie Opens at Fox Theatre
Elyse Knox leads the cast in Linda Be Good a burlesque flavored comedy opening Friday at the Fox Theatre. The production staff visited a Los Angeles burlesque venue where a bleary eyed man mistaken for a burlesque performer tapped Knox on the shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda
Fox Theatre
Elyse Knox
Los Angeles
Elyse
Runway Advice Spurs Recovery Effort At Job Site
A supervisor quietly advised a worker to regain her footing on the runway to avoid losing employment. The guidance aimed to prevent dismissal and maintain ongoing duties.
Russia tightens crackdown on vodka bootleggers
Moscow officials warned that all persons convicted of making or selling homemade vodka face six to seven years in a labor camp. The decree also provides confiscation of property and targets home production with one to two years at hard labor for those who make vodka for personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
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Navy
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Japan
Ernest H. Hale
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Hale
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Ston
Thornton & Minor
Pastry Shop
Journal
Earl May's
Marion
Piggly Wiggly
Omar
Cortere
Folger
S & 52c
Dulaney
Hershey
Pascal Celery
YALE
van Camp
Bernee Weenees
Bisouick
SUICE
Fuhr & Cochran
Piggly
Jonathans
Basket
Thomassen
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