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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1938

Page

6

Knupp's Oats Lead With 62 Bushels Per Acre

In Snowball on August 1 threshing closed for the year with eight jobs on the run. Clayde Knupp’s oats averaged 62 bushels per acre, the best yield. Community members spent Sunday at Lake McBride and shared meals and visits at various homes.

John Shebeck Clayde Knupp Lawrence Howell Everette Lee Glenn Knapp Mildred Lake McBride D. C. Griggs Armour Griggs Orville Griggs Alvin Shebeck Stanley Fishburn L. E. Hoyle Floyd Hoyle Des Moines

Grandview Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Chas D Green installs electricity at the tenant house of Mr. and Mrs. Mear Enfield. Howard Lynch and mother Mrs. Thomas Lynch of Withrow Minnesota visit Delbert Maxwell family. Cousins of Mrs. Maxwell, the Lychs also attend. Several gatherings and Sunday visits at Kinross, Kitross, Harber, and Walton homes are noted.

Delbert Maxwell Grandview Green Mear Enfield Howard Lynch Thomas Lynch Withow Minnesota O. L. Blake Richard Cray Lee Stacy Betty Joe Ray Leppert Rubio Mt. Pleasant Legion Auxiliary The State Hospital Ray Roy Crossett George Pauls George McClintie Ruth Haskins Maurice Libe Washington W. R. Noland Pulaski

Lounsbury Family from St Louis Visits Cummings Home

Riverside notes guests at Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cummings include Carl Lounsbury and family from St. Louis Mo. Lounsbury, a manual training and physical culture teacher, and local Standard Oil agents will sponsor a free moving picture show Aug 2 at 8 pm at Bayertown ball park.

Estelle Critz Riverside Cummings Carl Lounsbury St. Louis Lounsbury Harold Cress Lloyd Thompson Standard Oil A. Rk, Wrede Hills C. W. Ingram F. W. Skubal P. G. Bayer Bayertown R. H. Heitzman Miriam

Dayton Grove Community News Summary

The Dayton Grove column notes residents Wm Dusenberry and family from Rock Island visited, and threshing finished with oats 30 to 40 bushels per acre and wheat about 20. James Murphy helped with oats. summer canning of peas and beans continues. Dusenberry and Embree attended the Des Moines state Democratic convention. several local women assisted with threshing meals.

J. B. Moore Dayton Grove Wm. Dusenberry Rock Island Sam Schulty Harry Dusenberry Wm. Embree James Murphy Embree Des Moines

Wheat threshes 23 bu per acre in three states

Iowa bound notes report wheat yields of 23 bushels per acre near Brighton and 44 bushels for oats on a Stanley Marshall threshing run. Local residents visit, move, and work cases include a hospital operation and several visits across towns.

Rda Helmick Brighton Jim Long Oral Stanley Marshall Chas. Stump Morgantown Iowa City Lizzie Besles Webster Lumber Company Minneapolis Hoover McCliintic Clay Township Karl Bereiter Alan Phoenix Arizona Chas. Meek Beretters Frank di Tardi Rosemary Jack Chicago Tntardi Mary Vacca Hod Brier Mary Gowey Willard Lindauer Davenport George Marshall Frank Weidner State Hospital H. C. Messer

Mount Hope Farm proves appearance hides production value

Dear readers note blue ribbons at fairs show cattle hogs and poultry look fine, yet Mount Hope Farm near Williamstown Mass argues appearance matters little to a farmer aiming to maximize production. The Life article from July 11 highlights Mount Hope and related visits to Abingdon Ill and Eagle River Wis as readers are urged to consult the magazine for full photo coverage. Leonard Bridges arrives from Moline for a family weekend gathering with J C Bridges.

Mount Hope Farm Williamstown Mass Abingdon Ill Eagle River Wisc Leonard Bridges Moline J. C. Bridges Mount Hope U. S England

Timothy Smith Farm Timothys Shocks Harvest at Ek L Smith Farm

At Ek L Smith farm workers including J C Carris and Frederic Smith gathered sixty acres of timothy with a tractor and binder. The Prairie Flower Threshing Clan finished oats at J F Rittenhouse farm. Everette Denison led with best average. Fire call at Logan Arens farm destroyed large cattle barn. A feature on Mount Hope Farm details breeding for milk and profitability shaping cattle hogs and poultry for efficiency.

Prairie Flower Ek. L. Smith EK. L J. C. Carris Frederic Smith Walter Hornung Robert Sterling Ward Benson J. F. Rittenhouse Walter Horning Everette Denison Elmer Horning C. BK. Reeves Walter Wilson E. L. Smith Timothy Dorothy Humston Martha Walter Kyle

Frozen Wastes Added to U S Antarctic Exploration

Approximately 200000 square miles of frozen wastes in the Antarctic have been added to the United States through recent exploration efforts.

0. S Antarctic United States

John and Dicky Lease Conclude Washington Visits

Mrs. Cecil Lease returns from Council Bluffs with Cecil Lease. John and Dicky Lease vacationed in Washington at the homes of their aunt Pearl Dusenberry and uncle Floyd Hamil. Other relatives visit Riverside Adel Lime Springs Storm Lake cities and Chilliontive Missouri.

John Dicky Washington Nellie Manners Crawfordsville Cecil Lease Council Bluffs Dicky Lease Pearl Dusenberry Floyd Hamil Max Mitchell Billy Riverside Ella DeLong Roy Caviness Adel Wells Fettt Jones Lime Springs George Fartney Storm R. BE. Davis Axel Johnson Missouri T. E. Maxwell

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