Farm Bureau Plans October Membership Drive and 1929 Programs
Washington County Farm Bureau launches a two day membership push on October 11 and 12 led by County Agent H J Montgomery. Plans emphasize five 1929 projects Swine management lime and legumes farm accounting Junior 4 H and county wide home projects for women plus service efforts in corn grain orchards and poultry records. The issue also urges hog flu prevention tips including shelter, feeding, and planning for the coming breeding season while inviting youth to join livestock clubs and organize the home furnishings project with Miss Heinie coordinating sessions starting October 23.
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Farm Bureau Plan
Farm Bureau
Board of
Washington County
Seeng
Rex Beresford
Animal Husbandry Extension Service
Heinie
Irl
Braden Farm Bureau meeting and local visits noted
Mrs C M Maxwell reports on a Farm Bureau meeting at Braden with Lula Tregoning leading an organization school for 41 leaders and a yearlong project on furnishings. Local residents attended a cattle congress, nurse Doris McNiel visited, and various neighbors traveled to Washington, Cedar Falls, and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Franklint
Washington
Frank Dittmer
John McCall
John
Emma McCall
Bridges Farm
Alma Fredrickson
Donald Smith
Chicago
Henry
Aurora
Ilinois
R. H. Smith
Pauline
Cedar Falls
Prairie Flower Mission in church quilting and comforts
Prairie Flower Missionary society held an all day meeting at the church to finish a quilt for Miss McNeal and knit comforts for Mrs. E. L. Smith. Nineteen members and four children attended with a noon pot-luck, while local residents noted neighbors’ visits, new car purchases, and farming details.
Pilotsburg Social Plans And Local Notes
Mrs Helen Brown heads the Pilotsburg aid ladies meeting with a Halloween social planned for October 26 at the church. November gathering set with Mrs Helen Stransky. Reports note rain tonight and locals in regional events including Carl Bauer, cornet prize at Fall Festival, and Frank Stransky's trip to Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilotsburt
Pilotsburg Aid
Helen Brown
Hallowe'en
Helen Stransky
Ralph Hamilton
Waterloo
Carl Bauer
Will Durva
Charlie Mapel
Albert Maas
Frank Stransky
Carl Oldfield
Washington
Famly
Cedar Rapids
Eben Ashby
Colorado
Autumn Letters from Chester D Daytone West Chester News
Oct 1928 correspondence from West Chester notes farmers debate politics and corn huskers buying roads in Iowa. Mentions Miss Bessie Dayton visiting Chicago, Mr Gray of Williamsburg asks about a cat, and the Keota paving project changing the town’s look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Bessie Dayton
Chicago
Charlie Honck
Keota
Batavia
Are You Superstitious by Frank Ellis
A survey of enduring superstitions and charms across eras noting burglars seeking luck from coal pieces and arsenic amulets during plague times. It cites beliefs about baptism, protective quills, todd powder, and signs from a swallowed coin with a 1928 Western Newspaper Union attribution.
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London
Portugal
Western Newspaper Union
Woodruff family holds first annual reunion in Louisa Center
Eighty James Woodruff relatives and friends gathered at the Thomas Morgan home for a Sunday reunion with a noon basket dinner. Clay Alnhood, two, died at home after weeks of illness. Mrs. W. G. Roberts hosted August Wilbert from Chicago. Wendell Knauss relocated to a northern town farm. Rev W E Ruston to attend Ottumwa synod with meetings Oct 12–15. Concord charity circle to meet with Mrs Clyde Torode Thursday. Rally day set for Presbyterian Sunday school on Oct 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Palmer
James Porter
Palmer
Elmer Nevins
Oklahoma
Washington County
Columbus. Junction
Woodruff
Thomas Morgan
Louisa Center
Clay Alnhood
Gramview
August Wilbert
Chicago
W. G. Roberts
Wendell Knauss
W. E. Ruston
Synod of Iowa
Ottumwa
Presbyterian Sunday School
Concord Charity Circle
Clyde Torode
Journal Requests Fifty Eight Pound Pay Trial
A court case involves a demand for pay totaling fifty eight pounds. The trial is prepared to proceed to settle the disputed payment claim and determine liability.
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Farm Bureau News
H. J. Montgomery
Union District
John Kurtz
Albert Mass
Wm. Koening
Richmond
Ameal Chabal
Joe Chabal
Dougall
Miss Rhiner
David Duesh
Pilotsburg
Frank Stranssky
Carl D. Anderson
Genesea, Illinois
Weet Chester
D. Dayton
Orrespondents
Ellis, IR
Columbus Junction
Martha Butler
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