Village Smithy Works Forever Shifts to Machines
Crawfordsville profile of Charlie Strain and his shop now focused on lawnmowers and metal implements as the 46 year old blacksmith business evolves. His daughter Oma, a long teaching career, and the family history with Crawfordsville are noted alongside inventions and patents and a 96 year old mother. The piece highlights changes from horse shoing to machinery and the shop’s aging yet inventive atmosphere.
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Betty Gilliland
Crawfordsville
Crawrdsville
Mithy
Charlie Strain
Oma
Uni Enisty
Iowa
Waterloo
Drake Uniersity
Cininnati
Ohio
Ndt
The
Olds
Mitky
Strain
John Eal
Joseph
Thomas Neal
Duncan Phyte
Wheels and grinders power a busy hometown smith shop
A tall, lanky blacksmith runs a shop with wheels carved from wagon tires and a three horse motor. He grinds lawn mower blades on a self made machine, judging dull edges by feel as crowds visit a busy, well equipped workshop. The Strain family has long resided in the community.
Wool powder may become new sheep food and bread
Dr. Joseph I. Routh of the University of Iowa reports ground wool as a nutritious powder. Experiments in rats show edibility and nourishment as wool powder supplies essential protein acids, potentially expanding future human diets beyond 70 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Routh
University of Iowa
Routh
Dairy Cows Tolerate Higher Soybean Fat Intake
Iowa State College dairy specialist Cannon reports experiments show dairy cows can handle more than 10 percent soybeans in the ration. Trials fed up to four pounds daily fat yielded no ill effects, with one long test including 104 percent of butterfat produced as fat in the grain mixture using soybeans and soybean oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Iowa State College
First Crawfordsville Claims Staked By Settlers In 1839
Crawfordsville traces its origins to 1836 with the first settlement on Crooked Creek and key figures like Adam Ritchey John Black and John Neal. The town grew around Holcomb's mill Marcellus post office and Josiah Smart's trading point, reaching 316 residents today with a railroad branch to Washington.
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Crawfordsville
Middle West
Washington County
Crooked Creek
Adam Ritchey
John Black
Illinois
John Neal
Charlie Strain
Holcomb
Marcellus
Smart
Josiah Smart
Henry
Jefferson
Brighton
English River
Dutch Creek
Union Historical Company of
Des Moines
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
Washington
Sheep Growers Plan June Demonstrations for Wool Pool and Dipping
The Sheep and Wool Growers Association met in the Farm Bureau office to outline lamb grading demonstrations sales a sheep dipping tank and a county wool pool. The first lamb grading demonstration will be held in Washington early in June and another late in June. Officers including Charles Marek president reported 718 lambs were consigned by 54 farmers at two last year’s sales with satisfactory prices. Twelve farmers pooled 5 756 pounds of wool and 2542 head of sheep from 33 farms were dipped. Officers named Marek Dunbar Campbell and others with a list of members from Washington Wellman Ainsworth Brighton and nearby towns.
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Fhe Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Farm Bureau
Washington
Charles Marek
Mr. Marek
Glen Dunbar
Mark Campbell
Threeters
David Miksch
J. W- Rich
Crawfordsville
TR. M. Petratz
Brighton
Thoah Farrier
Roy Miller
Milton Rbirka
Ainsworth
Jame Birney
Jessearson
Lioyd Augustine
Walter Duvall
West Chester
John Flading
Wellman
Stobert Keifer
Riverside
Orvan M. Birkey
Herbert Campbell
Local Family Bulletin From Four Decades On Site
A vintage style personal note asserts a long standing family presence in a given location. It mentions 41 years at the site, ownership of home and shop, a frugal but hardworking wife, and a history of a car registered 22 times, hinting at a casual, self confident local notice. The fragment ends with an invitation to visit.
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Our
Maud’s
Gabby
Sinclair
Alice’s Beauty
Red Wing and
Peters
Raymond’s Harness & Shoe Shop
Sinclair Greasing Toc
Davis Sinclair Service
Ritchey
Matthew Morehead
Black
Utah
Cloakey Black
Malin
Atlas Tires
H. J. Whiting
Mie
Fountain
Huston
Elon Christner
Love Brothers
Lowe Brothers
Purina Livestock & Poultry
Home Lumber Company
Purina
Home Lumber Company Inc
Harold Miller
Mgr
C. M. Strain
Philco
Beaughamp
Ford
Firestone Tires
Fletcher Motor CO
Huston’s
J. C. Truston
J. C. Huston
Oliver Tractors
Oliver Implements
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