Knotek yields boost in oats with Boone and hybrids
In Salem on July 21 John Knotek reports field tests yielding 75 bushels per acre from Boone oats, 55 from Gopher hybrid, and 55 from Columbia oats. He notes Boone oats resist cutting, have large grain, and heavier weight. The Knotek threshing crew works with Ezra Smith’s steam engine, serving 18 to 20 men daily.
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Pewey Weeks
Salem
John Knotek
Boone
Iowa State College
Knotek
Joe Knotek
Robert Reaney
Women’s Clubs Plan Defense Program
Mrs. Robert Pike of Sioux City was named chairwoman of the national defense committee for the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs. The group will coordinate with land grant colleges to train about 33,000 Iowa club members in aviation, metal conservation, and democratic civic education, including aiding foreign born citizens.
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Sioux City
Robert Pike
National Defense Committee
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Iowa
Pilot judgment blamed for over half aviation crashes
Capt. Frederick Ceres of the U S navy medical corps states that more than 50 percent of aviation crashes are due to the pilot. He notes that generally poor judgment by the pilot covers many mishaps.
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Frederick Ceres
U. S. Navy Medical Corps
Chicago Markets Hog Cattle and Sheep Prices Report
Chicago markets show hogs at 240 lb weights down with top at 31.85 and most 240 270 lb around 11.20 11.60. cattle receipts 14 000 with calves 700 and fed steers up 15 to 25 cents. sheep 2 000 up 10 to 25 cents with 86 lb Washington lambs at 12.00. Estimated Tuesday receipts: cattle 7 000 hogs 12 000 sheep 1 000. Oats and Soybeans quoted with mixed and white varieties listed.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Washington
Grain tabulates open high low close for Wheat Corn and Soybeans
Chicago grain table lists July, Sep and Dec futures for Wheat Corn and Soybeans with daily percentage changes and price ranges. It shows figures for Oats including New and old contracts and notes several 1 point or percentage shifts across months.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report
Chicago cash grain markets list mixed corn bids and varied yellow and white corn prices. Prices show ranges from 72% to 85% with sample grades cited and notable 2 mixed lots at 82.1, other white and yellow bids spanning 58 to 77 percent.
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Chicago
Midway Safe Co Auction and Friday Community Sale
Columbus Wednesday auctions and Friday community sale at City Feed Yard run weekly. July 29 marks the closing out sale of the Cornelius J. Sherry Estate in Crawfordsville.
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Midway Safe Co
Columbus
City Feed Yard
Cornelius J. Sherry
Crawfordsville
Chicago Produce Market Summary
Chicago market update shows firm tone for produce and poultry. Receipts total 15 615 cases with 264 percent extra firsts and 25 percent firsts, current receipts 2, dirties 23, checks 224 percent. Poultry listed with shipments and percent changes across ducks, geese, hens, and turkeys.
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Chicago
Tuesday Prices From Powers Produce In Washington Iowa
Power Produce in Washington Iowa lists poultry prices with heavy breed hens at 21 cents per pound Leghorn hens at 14 cents per pound and other items priced around 10 to 36 cents per pound in a Tuesday price sheet for local shoppers.
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Orelooo
Annual Children's Program Planned at Bethel Missionary Society
Rev M A Robeson outlines Bethel Missionary Society events this week. On Wednesday the annual children’s program will be at the church with a profitable program for the youngsters. All society members and friends are urged to attend.
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Westminster Guild
Walter Devore
Columbus Junction
A Quick Makeup Method To Set Powder And Rouge
If your powder refuses to stay on longer than a minute you might try this makeup method. After finishing your makeup brush away excess powder and rouge blot lipstick then go over the entire makeup with a cotton pad dipped in cologne wrung almost dry. This process sets makeup and helps it look natural and last longer.
Ames Iowa study warns closing one room schools may save costs
Pryce Ryan of Iowa State College says as many as forty percent of Iowa one room schools could close with pupils moved to graded schools at no extra cost to communities. He cites lower efficiency and rising per pupil costs in small schools, yet farmers fear losing local schooling.
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Ames
Iowa
Pryce Ryan
Iowa State College
Ryan
Adair County
Navy Enlistment Facts and Training Opportunities
Navy enlistment requires no high school diploma though a 50 percent pass on a 100 question exam suffices. Recruits receive pay, free clothing and medical care, and may attend Navy Trade Schools with regular pay during schooling. Bonuses up to 300 dollars and 30 days leave with pay are possible on re‑enlistment. The term ash can refers to a depth charge used against submarines, deployed from ships or launched from y guns.
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Navy
Naval
Navy Trade Schools
Fleet
Too Much Admiration Unmasks a Humble Betrayal
Linda discovers her husband Bert Harvey is unfaithful with Anne Clayton after spying them on the veranda. The revelation comes as Linda confronts her doubts from the Tuesday club’s talk about men’s loyalties and wives’ control, ending in shocking personal humiliation.
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Bert
Harvey
Linda Swain
Linda
Linda Darling
Mrs. Harvey
Jay
Darling
Miss Clayton
Anne Clayton
Anne
Lind
Bert Harvey
Tale production leaders across five states praised
Producers in New York Virginia Pennsylvania New Hampshire and Vermont are identified as the top tale makers. The report highlights regional leadership in tale creation and notes cross state involvement in ongoing story output.
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New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Vermont
Light Rays and Optical Tricks in Modern Lighting
The article surveys advances in lighting design driven by optics and plastics. It notes prisms and opal glass to bend and diffuse light, rippled mirrors to spread it smoothly, and an “educated” student desk lamp with a curved silver reflector and plastic shade that eliminates glare on white paper.
Women blame husbands for stalled progress in love and freedom
A prominent woman writer berates American wives for undercutting female advancement by failing to understand themselves and, in turn, failing to understand their husbands. She argues men mistake women’s needs and that women tolerate rough treatment by not using their power gracefully.
Venom Value Of Rattlesnake Gland Cited
The full contents of a rattlesnake venom gland is valued at 29 cents at current commercial prices.
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S. Washington County
MR. Cole
Marshalltown
Mose Levy
Iowa Ave
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Foster Radio Service
Gamble
Phony
Mills Auto Service
Henry County
Midgate
Journal
William Panzer
No. 2Nd Ave
C. S. Lemmon
Martin's Cleaners
Little’s Furniture
Barclay’s
Westinghouse
Iowa Southern Utility Co
Stewart Warner
General Electric
T. H. Peter's Hardware
Goodrich
Smart & Parrish
McCormick Deering
Lao
Blue Grass
Wm. Vogel
Keota
Chevrolet
Smart & Parrish Implement Company
McLellans
Eclipse Lumber Co
Spurgeon
Goodyear & Goodrich
Washington Oil Company
Maude
Albert Grover
Sigourney
South
Mollie Therion
Scott's Furniture Co
Modern Appliance Co
Pioneer Drug
New Co
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Ainsworth West Chester
Morning Sun Rendering
Geo. J. Breitenbach
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Midway Sale GO
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Washington, Iowa
Bethel Women's Missionary Society
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