Local farm bureau meeting and county notes in Keosauqua
Leo Sturgeon Bob Robinson and Doris Jury of the Washington county Farm Bureau office spend Tuesday and Wednesday in Keosauqua for a district county extension directors meeting. Second half truck licenses are due with five percent penalty after August 1. W E Howell county treasurer. July dates listed.
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Leo Sturgeon
Bob Robinson
Doris Jury
Washington County Farm Bureau
Keosauqua
W. E. Howell
Popcorn Grows Best On Rich Firm Soils
Popcorn can be grown on soils suitable for field corn but production should favor the more fertile soils that are not too light. Early planting is advised in many regions. Hybrids are gaining popularity and may replace open pollinated varieties due to higher yields and better popping quality.
Eureka Springs Hillside Homes Defy Street View
Tourists learn that 40 percent of Eureka Springs Arkansas residents live below street level. The apparent one story from the road conceals a five story structure built into the mountain slope, revealing how the hillside houses stack down the hill.
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C. V. Crull
J. W. Lee
Eureka Springs
Ark
Chicago Market Report Signals Strong Hogs and Cattle
Chicago July 21 livestock market shows hogs 7,000 head with gains 25 to 50 cents per cwt across weights. Top hogs $30.00. cattle 7,000 with steady to slightly higher demand for choice steers and yearlings, top at $40.25, prime above $41.00, cows $15 to $22.
Everglades Grow Two Crops of Corn in Florida
The Florida Everglades now yields two corn crops per year. Improvements in farming methods and irrigation enable double harvests, boosting regional agriculture and potential market supply.
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Florida Everglades
Rich soils and civilizations linked by soil health
A concise observation links fertile soils to thriving societies while degraded soils correlate with hardship. The statement frames soil quality as a driver of development and well being across civilizations.
Community and livestock sale listings in Iowa pages
Weekly livestock sales announced for Whittaker Kalona Midway Ollie Sigourney and Hi Dollar barns with dates for household goods auctions. July 22 closing out sale at 719 N Ave B by Mary Fountain begins 6 30 pm and July 24 sale at 608 West Monroe with stars at 2 00 by Frank S Barnes.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Hi Dollar Sales Company
Sigourney
Houshold Goods
N. Ave
Mary Fountain
West Monroe
Frank S. Barnes
Three Niebel Family Slain in Ohio Farm Incident
Ohio state troopers reported three members of the John Niebel family vanished from the reformatory farm near Mansfield and later found dead at Richland Center. The trio, John Niebel about 50 his wife and their 22 year old daughter Phyllis, were missing after an armed intrusion into their home.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
John Niebel
Ohio State Reformatory
Richland Center
Mansfield
Mansfield, CO
Ohio State Reformatory Farm
Phyllis
Niebel
John V. Horst
Neibel
Nivbel’s Eyeglasses Found Left on the Table
Eyeglasses belonging to Nivbel were located on the room table, suggesting the item may have been left behind or misplaced. No other items or context are provided. The discovery is noted without further details about ownership or location.
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South Second Avenue
South End Grocery
Nivbel
Hensel Joins Parsons Faculty as Accounting Instructor
M Clinton Hensel of Bloomfield has been named special instructor in accounting for 1948 49 at Parsons College. He is a Certified Public Accountant with offices in Bloomfield and will keep his practice while teaching. Hensel, born in Hebron Nebraska, studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and the State University of Iowa and earned a BS in accounting in 1938. He has practiced accounting in Ottumwa and Bloomfield and belongs to the Iowa Society of CPAs.
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M. Clinton Hensel
Bloomfield
Town
Parsons College
Tom &. Shearer
Hensel
Parsons
Hebron
Nebraska
Ohio Wesleyan University
State University of
Itowa
Hengel
Ottumwa
The
Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants
Channel Islands Occupied by Germans for Five Years
The Channel Islands were the sole British homeland territory occupied by German forces. The occupation lasted five years, with the islands lying 20 to 30 miles off the French coast inside the Cherbourg peninsula and Brittany bay.
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Channel Islands
Cherbourg
Brittany
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C. L. Jennings
New London
Nelson Well Company
Fairfield
Mose Levy
R. Phillip Kneen
Kenneth Hines
Wendell Rider
Dave Elder
Dick's Furniture Store
Rothschilds
Gastman
Osincup Drug Store
Benteco Meat Market
Delta Independent Schools
P. W. Farrell
Delta
Bextra
J.C. Penney Company
Sheffield
Chicago
c/o Journal
Washington County
Washington Concrete Company
Harold Jarvis
America
Ledger
Lettie
the Journal
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Oral Mayo
Frank Barnes
Simmons
Studebaker
Washington
Washington Oil Company
Ward
Chevrolet
Montgomery Ward
Guernsey
Wm. DeCartney
Ainsworth
KING
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C V. Crull
Wilson Putman New Home
Jay Brewer
M. Willis Richards
Ead
Hawkeye State Livestock Buyers
Q Yards
KBIZ
Boyd Besco
Mgr
Wayne Marston
Bendix Laundry Service
Frank Lewis
Ave. U
Personnel Department
John Morrell&co
Ottumwa, Lowa
Art’s Electric Service
Wehr
Washington Motor Co
West 2Nd
Kermy Payne
Mills Auto Service
Eoa
George Young
United Mattress Co
West Chester
Howard Ballou Orchard
Fred W. Bell
Feed Service Headquarters
Brown's
West Chester Fire Department
Lynn Ferguson
Alfred Cantoni
California
Henry Little
Clarence Lynn
Town City
Carl Kyle
Louise Mathern
Tama
Carrie Blake
Mathern
Blake
Ada Hillis
Burger’s Produce
P. Perdock
Loren Simpson
Clinton
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Pat Pehler
Iowa City
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Natherine Vacha
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
K. C
Clarence Berkhoff
Denver
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Highway No. 1
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Corner Square
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Pittsburgh
Rexall Drug
Richard Pacha
Richland
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Wayland
Kewanee Grain Elevator
Columbus City
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Kor Sale
OLDS
Brown’s
West Madison
Cod
Walter Leet
Kentucky
Freshwaters
du Pont
Smart Implement Co
Purina
Perrera
Cole & Petersen
Firestone
Bell & Gevock
Chicago Livestock
Ance
China
Journal
Henry Wallace
Senator Taylor
New
Progressive Party
Philadelphia
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Roosevelt Brain
Rexford Guy Tugwell
University of Chicago
International
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Yfrench
France
Helmstedt
United States Zone
Baltic Sea
Wzechoslovakia
Swluezerland
Berlin
Hamburg
Frankfurt
U. S
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North Avenue
Davenport
Dexter
Mary Fountain Brown & Bruty
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