Americans Teach Home Canning in France Demonstrations
Four U S Department of Agriculture workers led canning demonstrations in France in June. The program, praised by French officials, taught fruit vegetable meat and fish canning to agricultural leaders professors and officers. A second series for movable school teachers began in August after a course for girls from devastated areas. Other nations seek American demonstrators to share canning methods.
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France
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Ministry of Agriculture
University of Arizona Extension Courses Offered
The University Extension Division lists subjects available for correspondence study including Agriculture astronomy botany civil engineering education languages history mathematics minerology milling metallurgy philosophy and physics. Credit requires passing an examination while informal courses are also offered. Community groups can contact the Director to organize a class and obtain an instructor.
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University Extension Division
University of Arizona
University Extension
Arizona Cattle Seen in Texas Demand
Cochise county cattlemen Fred Bennett and Lee Harrington tour Barba comari district to study buying 1000 Arizona steers for shipment to Texas. Harrington reports Texas buyers seek rugged Arizona cattle for mountainous ranges and note Arizona herds are renowned for thoroughbred stock.
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Fred Bennett
Lee Harrington
Cochise County
Barbacomari
Mr. Harrington
Texas
Arizona
Lone Star
Miramonte Couple Wed at Parents Home in Miramonte
Alfred Anderson and Miss Arvilla Davis wed last Tuesday at the Davis home with Bishop R L McCall officiating. The gown was white silk voile embroidered by the bride. A wedding dinner for over 100 followed at 2 30 p m as guests departed. The groom, a Bisbee miner, plans farming and a Miramonte residence. Farmers report wild hay abundant and crops improving. R L McCall fences his new homestead with two men.
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Alfred Anderson
Arvilla Davis
Heber Davis
R.L. McCall
Anderson
Bisbee
R. L. McCall
First Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Rev H E Middleton presides at First Presbyterian Church with Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, and evening worship at 8. A cordial welcome to all.
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First Presbyterian Church
H. E. Middleton
Corn on the University Farm Near Tucson
The University Farm near Tucson reports an excellent corn crop with heavy yield and good quality. Mexican June corn grown on an old alfalfa field and barley seed last fall benefited from favorable soil and weather, needing only one irrigation. Some rows yielded as well without irrigation. Stalks reach twelve to fourteen feet and heavy ears appear. Sorghum is growing well and expected to yield heavily.
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University Farm
Tucson
Arizona Exhibit Shines at Kansas City Irrigation Show
Arizona was well represented at the International Soil Products Exhibition in Kansas City under Superintendent Malcolm Frasier. The Journal of Kansas City praised the exhibit praising irrigation’s impact on the arid region and a dramatic Roosevelt Dam night electric display as a remarkable setting for the exhibit.
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Arizona
Kansas City
Malcolm Fraser
Journal of
Roosevelt Dam
New Filling Station Joins San Pedro Scene
The San Pedro garage next to the Signal building unveils a Milwaukee gas pump and tank designed for quick refills. A lettered glass globe reading Filling Station will glow at night to guide drivers. Texico gas and oil are used. Gobble Brothers, owners, push ahead with modern equipment.
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San Pedro
Signal
Milwaukee
Texico
Gobble Brothers
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Offered Nationally
A small remedy designed for coughs colds croup and whooping cough has expanded to all parts of the United States and many foreign countries. The Moss Pharmacy sells this medicine and urges a trial to prove its merit.
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United States
Moss Pharmacy
Yom Kippur Observance Highlighted in Jewish Community
The Jewish community observes Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, with solemn reflection and fasting. Services center on atonement, prayer, and communal traditions as families fast from sundown to nightfall.
Expect to Strike Oil Near Dragoon Texas
Mr. D. A. Adams of Dragoon promotes an oil venture in Texas oilfields. Drillers report reaching 1900 feet and urge his return. Nine producing wells lie near the Adams tract, boosting hopes of striking a producing well soon.
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D. A. Adams
Dragoon
New Texas Oilfields
Adams Tract
Creamery proposal gains farmer support in town
The creamery plan has won approval from several farmers and could be developed with local leadership. The note stresses that a well run creamery circulates money and boosts community prosperity, urging citizens to cooperate and invest effort to make it succeed.
Benson smelter project advances with rail spur and equipment
The Arizona Smelting and Power Company plant at Benson shows rapid progress. Workers grade for a Southern Pacific rail spur, concrete smoke chambers and stack lead, a large compressor is installed, boilers ready, oil tank in place, and a cement water tank filled. The furnace now smelts 200 tons daily, with ore on site and more contracted for shipment within two weeks.
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Benson
Salt Lake Mining Review
Arizona Smelting and Power Company
Southern Pacific
Deer Hunt Marksman on First Open Day
The report notes that Geo. Short of Mescal bagged the first deer on opening day of the season. Telegraph operator Maull, also at Mescal, killed one that same day, ending his season as well.
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Geo. Short
Mescal
Maull
A’ Sad Predicament Reuser Tries Safe Lock Solve
A’ Sad Predicament Reuser of the American Restaurant and Bakery has installed an iron safe to store valuables including meat vegetables coal stove wood and more. It cannot be opened after the combination was tampered with and he seeks help from a reformed burglar or safe expert to unlock it.
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Reuser
Across the Country in a Wheel Chair
C. L. Covert travels across the country in a wheel chair with his family from New York, aiming for San Diego. A trick mule tours towns with the group, performing feats and drawing collections to cover expenses. They exhibited the mule on Main Street Wednesday evening after leaving New York on June 2, 1916.
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C. L. Covert
California
Main Street
New York
San Diego
A Pleasant Onset For Cough Relief From Chamberlain Remedy
Mrs James Brown of Clark Mills New York describes severe lung cold with constant coughing and relief from Chamberlains Cough Remedy after trying a bottle at Moss Pharmacy. The note claims many others have also found prompt relief from the remedy.
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James Brown
Clark Mills
N. Y
Moss Pharmacy
Daylight Saving Clocks To Turn Back October 12
Under daylight saving provisions, clocks will be set back one hour at midnight Sunday October 12, returning to standard time.
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Miramonte
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
The
State Bank
Cochise County State Bank
Gobble Bros
the Creamery
Carload
Chas
Goetz
Benson, Arizona
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