County Agent Encourages Livestock Share Lease Planning
Iowa tenants are urged to plan next season’s lease now, focusing on stock share agreements where the landlord provides the farm buildings and half the livestock while the tenant supplies labor and machinery. The arrangement lowers risk for tenants and offers landlords stability in livestock programs and fertility, with March 1 deadlines emphasized.
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Iowa
Robert Wilcox
Iowa State College
Wilcox
Plan Now to Get Rid of Mustard in Small Grains
Extension plant pathologist E. P. Sylvester urges Iowa farmers to clean and treat all small grain seed before sowing next spring to prevent mustard infestations. Clean land and seed, and use cleaning centers if needed, to reduce losses from wild Indian and black mustards.
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E. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
Sylvester
Ellis' Job With Funk Company in Belle Plaine
Former Wayland schools head Ellis accepts assistant production foreman post with Funk Hybrid Seed corn at Belle Plaine. He and wife rent near the Methodist church as their daughter Karen will begin school there this fall.
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Wayland Schools
Belle
Ezra Wittmer
Waylad
J. C. Ellis
Belle Plaine
Ellis
Funk Hybrid Seed Corn Company
Methodist Church
Karen
Joe Wittmer
Governor Has 198 Colonels on Military Staff
Governor Julius Heil maintains a 198 member honorary colonel staff listed in Wisconsin Blue Book. The roster spans entertainers politicians industrialists and friends from across the United States including Bud Abbott Lou Costello Gene Autry Spencer Tracy Boake Carter and Juan Trippe.
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Madison
Wis
Julius P. Heil
Wisconsin
Hollywood
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Gene Autry
Nelson Eddy
Harold Lloyd
Spencer Tracy
John Ringling North
Henry E. Ringling
Circus
Clayton F. Smith
Chicago
Cook County
Boake Carter
Pan-American Airway
Juan Trippe
Yellow Thunder
California
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
New Jersey
New York
Maryland
Michigan
Ohio
Florida
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Clothing Shortage Across Civilians and Soldiers
A civilian uses about 9 pounds of raw wool yearly while a soldier consumes 162 pounds. Civilian shoes wear out in about a year, but a combat soldier may use a pair in 10 days.
California to locate as Dr. Brad ly is called to army service
Large attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Jessie Hill Christner at White Oak church near Rome. Mrs. Christner 50, survived by husband Nicolaus, daughter Alta Krabill, sons Archie and Dale, seven grandchildren. Funeral by D. L. Coakes with Mr. Pleasant. Also notes on local visits and gatherings around Ottumwa Des Moines Fairfield and Washington areas. Lorraine Schlatter had a tonsillectomy at Henry County hospital Friday.
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California
Bradly
Christner
Jessie Hill Christner
White Oak
Rome
Nicolaus Christner
Alta Krabill
Archie
Dale
Lorraine Schlatter
Henry County Hospital
Lyle Hill
Des Moines
Willis Wood
Fairfield
Frank Longwell
Washington
W. E. Wood
Willard Harenstein
Dallas Miller
Oscar Miller
Homer Briggs
Ralph Wehr
Virgil Johnson
Jacob Graber
Har
Local Social Visit Noted in West Chester Area
Mr and Mrs Clark Bauer and their children from near West Chester spent Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Warren Bergh. guests included the old shepherd Richard Hesser.
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Lawrence Turbett
Salem
Everette Hileman
Mareena Mow
Richard Hesser
Clark Bauer
Near West Chester
Warren Bergh
Mint Man Penniless Dies After Private Coinage Near Bessemer City
Penniless Mint Man Aug Bechtler, the sole private gold mint maker, died after a life ending without wealth. He produced gold coins near Bessemer City, North Carolina, around 1835, leaving a controversial local legacy.
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Bechtler
Bessemer City
N. C
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Yfield
Ginger
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Sultana Fruit
Ann Page Foods
White House
Ann Page
Hetti
Wilson
Jane Parker
Jane Parker Frankfurter
Ball Mason
Baatea
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Tea > Tea Company
Jane Withers
the Fox
Byron Burr
Funk Company
Plaine
Ruth Sutter
Vernelda Wittmer
Maniton
Colo
Noah Wittmer
Russell Wittmer
Betty de Witt
Mt. Pleasant
Russell
Peoria
Ill
Ben Barger
A. J. Regier
Bethel College
Newton
Kansas
John Zihlman
Levi Hartzler
Goshen, Ind
Amasa Miller
Delbert Prehiem
Iowa City
Fan‘ate Zehr
Sam Elcher
Denver
Dorothy
Warren Graber
Dean Mallory
Dorothy Marshall
Lee Grabers
Joyee Eicher
Verlee Roth
Millicent Olson
Lois Graber
Joyee Stuart
Audrey
Dan Nebel
Milton Nebels
Sam Nebels
Amos Grabers
Glen Roth
Camp Henry
Clayton Nebel
Dale Nebel
Illinois
Melvin Campbell
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Alice Duncan
Allerton
Mary Witting
Lydia Ritter
Montana
John Bradly
Denver Springs
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Ery
C. O. Warren
Miss Mingus
Ottumwa
Edward B. Witting
Mary
Lenore Wenger
Piggly
Mountain ™ Coffee
Arm & Hammer Soda
Staley
N.B.C
Kellogg's Wheat
Sunset Gold
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