The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-26
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Just a word to our rural friends. II
you are going to sell few head Of live
stock, PIECE Of machinery, a 'second
hand cook stove, buggy, some grain
or even vegetables, If you will but
telephone the word to the Review and
order a classified ad run in the paper,
| the cost will not be much and you are
sure to make sale. There are a
number of people living right in town
who would buy such articles, IL they
but knew where to get them People
in town do not as a rule read the ag-
lricultural papers, and yet there are
some farmers who wishing to sell
something think the only way to sell is
to advertise in an agricultural paper
published in some other section. "A
classified ad will be read by hundreds
Of people, and the ad will have the
moral support of the editor; he will
60 out of his way to tell about it.
Those seeking a higher education
are not always from the cities and
towns, but big majority of the stu
dents come from the rural districts
Crawford county can boast of at least
one Harvard student, in the person of
John Riggleman, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. R. Riggleman, of Stockholm
John enrolled at Harvard
as soon as he was released from the
service of Uncle Sam. His brother,
Jessiei is stillsi at the Great Lakes
training station, but expects his re-
lease soon. ''~grs X II
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EsFAf,M 5ANk. LOANS $1s2, ss7,e64 a
n Loans tota1ling approximately $14,-'
799,S00, were made to 1929 farmers
throughout the United States by the,
federal land banks on long time first
mortgages, in February, according to
a statement of the farm loan board
just 5giveno ont The federal land bank
at Omaha led in amount of loans
closed with 1885, 400. The total
amount of loans closed since the estab-
lishment of the federal land banks
was $1S2,S97,96 on March 1, distrib-
uted among 1874 borrowers. Alto.
gether 179,734 have applied for loans
aggregating $471,455,362. e.
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81 never expected to top the mar
ket," said Albert Roenfanz. of Cerro
Gordo county. as he waited for his
check at the commission firms Office
in Chicago last week. "Well, you see
they were not the fancy steers to
start with. / never buy that kind. but
usually feed 'em$ out heavy I've
been feeding that way for twenty
years. Some of the steers must have
weighed 1900 pounds, guess, but
there's few below 1400." Mr.. Roen-
fanz's shipment numbered : 50 head.
averaging 1904 pounds and sold for
$20.25, within "a dime Of the top this
years. The, cattle we're natives which
he picked up in his neighborhood;
they were grassed through the sum-
ymer and started on shock corn, then
snapped corn and finally ear corn and
molasses feed. They got the latter
ration three months. - So NJ n N
?. And now the road boosters down at
Burlington are going to light the roads.
by electricity. At each Intersection,
and some of the more impor tant turns,
lights are to he placed. The advant-
ages of the lights to the motorists or
Travellers along the highways in gen.
eral is obvious. Motorists meeting
with engine or tire trouble can stop
under the lights and are assured Of
illumination while the damage is be-
ing repaired. AS they are to be locat-
ed at cross roads they will likewise
eliminate accidents @
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