Editorial on duty and food policy in Iowa
A long editorial laments government food purchases and egg and potato subsidies while criticizing a Des Moines letter about a 700 acre game preserve. It questions eggless days, EU aid logistics, and land use, arguing the duck muskrat project wastes fertile bottom land and harms farmers. The writer defends Iowa as garden spot and condemns loss of productive soil to wildlife habitat.
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State Game Commission
Wellman
Robert D. Blue
Harry Truman
Iowa
Europe
Eitermiller
Weather quirks, 4H aid, and small town notes
A column blends Texas style weather warning humor with local happenings. It mentions a 56 year October record, 4H clubs aiding Korean agricultural rehabilitation, hoarding and thrift urges, grain waste concerns, a store display using an egroplant joke, Psalms guidance, a son’s slow improvement and bicycle permission, and a community poem reflecting themes of forgiveness.
Whittier Poem Excerpt Passes Grief Threshold
A Whittier verse contemplates collective sorrow and forgiveness as humanity nears a shared grave. The speaker reflects on pride yielding to empathy and pity for the race, signaling unity in mortality and resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Greenleaf
Whittier Xyz
Glen Fuhr elected Cedar Township chair at Farm Bureau meeting
At the Cedar Two Farm Bureau annual meeting Glen Fuhr was elected chairman. The report lists numerous social visits and local events surrounding Prairie Flower and surrounding communities, including weddings, school bus inspections, and visits among residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Williams, and other area families.
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Martha Thrasher
Prairie Flower
Farm Bureau
Cedar Two
Glen Fuhr
Bert Rittenhouse
C. C. Reeves
Myrna
Ames
Stanley Jarrard
Dorothy Davis
Ida Hastings
Muscatine
Robert Roberts
Council Bluffs
Smith and Son
E. L. Smith
O. K. Scott
W. J. Masnon
Prairie Flower School
Sigourney
Benson
N. J. Benson
E. F. Booth
Don Cave
Glenn Fuhr
Wm. Gamon
Ward Benson
C. E. Jarrard
Washington
H. L. Huber
Iowa City
Air guided ducks travel to feeding grounds
Wild ducks are driven by airplanes over 15 to 20 miles to prepared feeding areas, as described in historical accounts of avian husbandry and flight patterns.
Small Nations by Population and Rail Travel in UN Members
The article notes that 41 UN member states have smaller populations than New York City and 30 have rail networks under 500 miles. It emphasizes scale differences among nations within the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
New York City
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