Washington County Farm Bureau schedules and tours update
Washington County Farm Bureau held a planning session to set dates for 4H livestock shows and Girls Achievement Day on August 10 to 12 with a county wide picnic planned for August 11. The Girls 4H club will showcase bakery exhibits and bread making with nine clubs totaling over 190 girls. A Friday July 15 4H corn club tour will visit eight boys with corn projects, featuring field stops and a noon picnic at Rubio.
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Farm Bureau Board
Livestock Club
Farm Bureau
Washington County
Donald Kerr
Doyle Jarrard
Leonard Horak
Wil
Field
John Durst
House
Rubio
Dean Schmitter
William Day
Donald Rinner
Francis McConne
June Cow Testing Report Shows Strong June Milk Output
Oliver Constable reports for June average production in the Washington County Cow Testing Association. The 312 cows averaged 645 pounds of milk and 27.6 pounds of butterfat with 57 cows yielding over 40 pounds of butterfat. Daisy from Wellman posted 1755 pounds milk and 70.2 pounds butterfat. The high herd was Charles Ashby’s Wellman unit.
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Delbert Dariel
Washington
Iowa
Harold Montgomery
Cow Testing Association
Animal Husbandry Experimental Farm
Iowa State College
C. C C. Culbertson
Oliver Constable
Washington County
B. CC
Poster
Wellman
Fred Palmer
Chas. Ashby's
City Business Directory Listings for Dentists and Real Estate
A compact 1900s style directory lists dentists at various downtown corners with office locations near the courthouse and main streets, plus real estate broker John W. Applegate at City Hall across from State Theatre. Also notes chiropractors osteopathic physicians and contact phones.
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John W. Applegate
City Hall
State Theatre
Farm Bureau July Events Calendar
Farm Bureau schedules include Poultry Project on July 13 led by W. M. Vernon. July 15 features Corn Club Tour. July 16 hosts 4- H Boys Meeting at the Farm Bureau Office. July 21 shows Miss Tregoning aiding girls demonstration teams. July 29 Cattle Feeders Day at Ames. July 30 Field Day at Ache son and Dunsmore in Ainsworth Iowa from 7 PM to 4 PM. August 10 11 12 Boys Livestock 4 H Show and Girls Achievement Day.
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Scott Furniture Company
Ruth Speidel
Ruth Foster
Farm Bureau
W. M. Vernon
Poultry
District Court Case Notices in Washington County Iowa
In Washington County Iowa a lengthy District Court petition filed by Edna May Alcorn against numerous defendants including Jonathan Wilson and various Wilsons and Robisons seeks to quiet title in fee simple to described real estate. The notice warns defendants and unknown claimants to appear by noon on the second day of the August 1932 term or face default and judgment. A separate column reports casual town news and barber shop chatter about weather floods baseball and local life.
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Washington County
District Court of
Iowa
City of
Washington
Barbers Discuss Vacation Plans In Lighthearted Chat
The clipping room buzzed as the barber group shifted to cheerful talk about upcoming vacation plans. One barber, freshly back from travel, shared highlights and relaxed anecdotes with colleagues.
Convict Camp Closed After Torture Death Outcry
The Sunbeam convict road camp near Jacksonville Florida shut down amid public fury over the death of Arthur Maillefort a 19 year old inmate from Westfield New Jersey. Capt George W Courson and Guard S M Higginbotham were indicted for first degree murder and released on bonds over five thousand dollars each for trial in September.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Maillefort
Westfield
Sunbeam
Maillefert
George W. Courson
S. M. Higginbotham
Gold search impractical say Colorado mine official
Denver July 13 The plan to turn 8,000,000 inexperienced prospectors into western goldfields is impractical as a path to economic salvation says John T. Joyce Colorado state commissioner of mines There is plenty of gold but it requires experienced miners with capital to extract it profitably Joyce comments on Randolph Walker New York editor’s proposal
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Denver
West
John T. Joyce
Colorado State Commission of Mines
Joyce
Randolph Walker
New York
Help Cut Iowa's Auto Death Toll
A weekly safety article prepared by Dr. A R Lauer of Iowa State College for the American Legion State Highway Safety Council notes 654 killed in 1930 and 588 in 1908 while the 1982 total rises for motorists.
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Iowa
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State College
The
American Legion
State Highway Safety Council
Avoiding Accidents Isnt Just a Matter of Intelligence
The column warns that one third of drivers are prone to accidents and that risk comes from inside the driver, not the other person. It urges constant alertness, avoiding reliance on others, and self analysis of driving habits with ongoing safety suggestions.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
By. H. J. Montgomery
Texas
Cow Test Association
Side Square
Journal
Dentists OR
Ralph W. Thompson Insurance
Bailey Ridge
Lemley & Yard Insurance
Washington National Bank
Hall
Main St
Provident Mutual Life Ins. Co
Philadelphia
H. W. Hyde
Dist
Livingston & Beicher
W. Livingston
F. C. Eicher
West Main &T
Court House
Chiropractors
Chas
Brown
Dewnataires Office
Preston L. Better
Lemmon'sa Pharceey
Plumbing Beam & Carson Plumbing and Heating
North Lows
Prompt Servce
Jones Funeral Home
East Main St
Bherman
C. FE. Rassler
Ainsworth
Edna May Alcorn
Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan H. Wilson
Alice Wilson
William H. Wilson
Wm. H. Wilson
C. Wilson
J. R. Doig
James R. Doig
Jas. R. Doig
Agnes L. Doig
Francis R. Banks
Sophia H. Banks
John M. Wagner
Sophia Banks
J. M. Warner
Harriet Wagner
Fisher Foresman
Esther J. Foresman
James Mott
A. Phelps
James White
Harriett Wagner
Catharine A. Robinson
L. D. Robinson
Elizabet
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Oskaloosa
Skunk
Crooked Creek
Chicago
Cubs
Yankees
Pirates
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Yanks
T. L. Brookhart
S. W. Livingston
Tee
Betehadd
Columbia Coast-to-Coast Network
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