Eastern Girl Visits Rural Community A First Experience
Priscilla Porter and two Grinnell College classmates visited rural Wellman West Chester area. Miss Gerber’s first rural visit featured farm lambs at Priscilla Porter’s aunt and uncle. Social notices recount sick lists, visitors, and local gatherings around February weekend.
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R. C. Ferguson
Wbeist
Chester
Priscilla Porter
Grinnell College
Homer Porter
Martha Preston
Ann Arbor
Mich
Barbara Gerbert
Baltimore
Priscilla
Iowa City
Portes
Miss Gerber
Theodore Bauer
Mt. Pleasant
Bruce Gardner
Des Moines
Wellman- West Chester
Lee Craig
Carl Johnson
Fred Bauer
Patents and the public domain in motor vehicle design
The text explains that patent renewals require congressional action and do not extend patent life for improvements. After 17 years from grant, inventions enter the public domain and may be freely used. It notes that 65 to 75 percent of modern vehicle components come from independent inventors and smaller manufacturers.
Chemists Seek Industrial Uses for Feathers in Agriculture
Scientists in the Department of Agriculture study feather-based materials for new industrial applications. Researchers aim to convert poultry feathers into useful products, exploring economic and environmental benefits for farming communities.
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Department of Agriculture
Riverside visitors and water system repairs in Goshen area
In Riverside and nearby Goshen the Schnoebelens and Mottet family hosted visiting relatives from Goshen and Cedar Rapids. Mercy hospital reports two patients from Riverside including Mrs Rummelhart and Mrs Prehoda after major operations. Riverside mains repairs ended after water service interruption with no fires reported.
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Riverside
Donald Schnoebelen
Rayann
Goshen
Ind
Clement Schnoebelen
Cedar Rapids
Grace Mottet
Clement Mottet
Clarence J. Rummelhart
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Samuel Evans
Glenn Younkin
John Lewis
Charles Howe
Nichols
Riverside City
Wesley Prehoda
Ducks Take to Water As They Venture From Nest
Ducks naturally swim soon after hatching as mallards leave the nest for the first time. Young birds show an instinct to paddle and can cover about a third of a mile in their initial swim.
Sigourney High Band Brightens A Varied Market Evening
Last week saw price drops and Monday hogs at four dollars cattle at three and sheep at one in selected classes. The Sigourney high school band provided spirited music while attendees left reassured and appreciative. Prices listed include 980 pounds at 16.79, 1100 pounds at 16.00, and 11230 pounds at 15.50, with 40 pounds at 20.15.
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Sigourney High School
John Duensing
Sigourney
T. T. Evans
Nick Hammes
Chares Moore
Kenneth Snakenberg
Henry Seeber
William Fairchild
Ants Milix Aphids For Honeydew Herded Like Cattle
In a vivid natural history note, ants farm aphids for honeydew, guiding their tiny livestock as a dairyman tends his herd. The behavior showcases complex insect farming and social organization within ant colonies.
Community and farm sales listed for Iowa auctions
Journal sale dates and weekly livestock auctions across Iowa towns including Columbus Junction Kalona Sigourney Ollie Keota Muscatine Rubia and Washington. Specific sale dates show February 14 16 17 23 and 24 with times from 11 00 to 1 20 p m and venues at Kalona Kalona Sales Barn Ollie Hj Lollar and more. Delbert Grim Dan Cline Eli S Yoder Augustine Norman Knotek Bros and Harold Timm named as organizers or managers.
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Whittaker Sale
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Hj Lollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Wapello
Delbert Grim
Keota
7Th Center School
Dan Cline
Kalona Sales Barn
Eli S. Yoder
West Chester
Augustine
Norman
Knotek Bros
Harold Timm
Timm Farm
Muscatine
Aere Farm
Rubio
Valley Church
Washington
John A. Luithtv
Method to Preserve Fresh Lettuce During Shipment
A recent patent describes preserving leafy vegetables by spraying or dipping in aqueous solutions of thiosulfate and sulfite salts. Lettuce outer leaf butts and ribs discoloration can be prevented using sodium or potassium magnesium calcium salts in solution.
Robot Counts Paper at One Thousand A Second
A new electronic device for industry can count paper sheets and cards at a rate of 1000 per second. The invention speeds up processing and reduces manual counting errors with rapid, high accuracy performance.
Sulphuric Acid Match Sparks Early 1800s Commerce
An early U S tinder, the sulfuric acid match, retailed at four cents a light. It used a bottle of sulfuric acid with splints tipped with potassium chlorate sugar and gum arabic.
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United States
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Mable
Aura
G)hopkinson
Phyllis Johnson
Ames
Hopkinson
Johnsons
Wilmington
California
Tomer Hotle
Harold Leet
Johnny
Clifton
N. J
Harold
New Jersey
Glenn Martin
Howard Wright
Martin
George Freshwaters
Freshwaters
Home Art Club
Milo Delong
F. J. Gerdes
Fort Madison
DEA
John Deere
Ers, Fertilizer and Fertilizer Distributors
Marion Ave
Donny Stutts
Ruth Warrick
Universal
Ann Blyth
Estelle Cruz
Stark & Jacobs
With Us
HI Dollar Sales Company
Harper & Conrad
First Trust & Union Savings Bank
Journal
Evoready Plumbing & Heating
Tiss
CMON
Sterling
Northrup
King’s
Ramseyer Hatchery
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
Edmund D. Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day
W. Matin
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul W. Shearer
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Co. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Journal Bldg
P. L. Etter
F. G. Livesay
D. C
South
Long & Hotle
WASH
George's
South Ave
D. W.L
Col
Little
Washington Dairy
Brown Finance CO
Iron Court House
Carl Stark
N. Jeff
Sigourney, Iowa
Illinois
North Marion
Reister Hatchery
the Journal
John Blick
Tere
Mangold
South Second Avenue
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Ion Pioneer
Reister Bros
Chi
Creamery
Rose
Hatchery
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