Farmers Clubs of Mercer County Organize Support
Mercer County Farm Bureau, in cooperation with West Virginia University Extension and the U S Department of Agriculture, names F Bratton as president and G J Wood as secretary. R Worthington, County Agent, Bluefield WV, accepts inquiries. Remarks emphasize investing money in profitable ventures over mere savings benefiting the nation and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Farm Bureau
Agricultural Extension Department of
West Virginia University
United States Department of Agriculture
F. Bratton
G. J. Wood
R. Worthington
Bluefield
W. Va
Techniques For Inoculating Soybeans For Better Yields
The article outlines practical soybean inoculation methods to fix nitrogen, including government supplied liquid inoculant, soil transfers from successful fields, and broadcasting soil with bacteria. It warns against false economy and urges farmers to invest in soil fertility during wartime for higher yields and national food needs.
SEEN ON AUTOMOBILE TRIP WITH SHERIFF ELLIOT
The writer and Sheriff W J Elliot traveled Friday June 15 from Princeton to Bluefield and back via Bramwell and Matoaka to inspect county crops in a short time. Wheat yields improved, corn is a good stand, potatoes look strong except on poor soils, buckwheat sown and gardens larger and well cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Elliot
Princeton
Bluefield
Bramwell
Matoaka
Harrowing corn using steel lever harrows
Farmers like EK. F. Bratton L. J. Belcher UH. J. Cook D. T. Carr and others describe harrowing as an economical method for corn potatoes and crops. Steel lever harrows cut a wider swath and can be used for several passes up to eight inches high in hot afternoons with wilted plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. F. Bratton
L. J. Belcher
UH. J. Cook
D. T. Carr
Lime Pulverizing Plant in Mercer County Aimed For
Hopes rise for a lime pulverizing plant to be located in Mercer county with arrangements expected in the near future. Details on the proposing parties and exact site are not disclosed in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Will Put Out Buckwheat Near Matoaka Farm
W. J. Biot plans to plant thirty five acres of buckwheat on his Matoaka area farm as a crop endeavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Biot
Matoaka
License tags for LIT fiscal year issued nationwide
Charleston report says the state highway commission will distribute license tags for the LIT fiscal year starting July 1. A batch of 28 000 tags arrived and over 25 000 licenses issued last year. Tags show owner name address car maker engine number weight to deter theft. Applications available through county courts city clerks and garages. Greater New York reports 831 885 school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
The
State Highway Commission
Commission
A. D. Williams
Canning Americas Surplus Vegetables Promoted By National Geographi
A National Geographic Society bulletin highlights booming home canning this summer as U S households boost vegetable gardens and truck patches. It notes tomato and onion production leading the value chart, with corn watermelons cantaloupes and beans strong. the food administration urges more canned output to reduce waste. Historic canning milestones trace Appert Napoleon Daggett Underwood Winslow and related advances, while modern tech speeds processing and labors saving machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Geographic Society
Washington
Society
William Joseph Showalter
Truck Garden
America
Nicholas Apert
Napoleon
Appert
Spallanzi
Napoleon Bonaparte
England
Ezra Daggett
William Underwood
Isaac Winslow
Portland
Maine
Machines Ready to Fill 12,000 Cans Daily at Factory
The report notes automatic machines that will fill 12 000 cans per day, signaling a major efficiency upgrade at the plant. Workers anticipate steady production as equipment comes online. Local officials expect boosts to output and local commerce.
Church Services and Schedules At Local Congregations
Catholic and Protestant churches list Sunday worship times, Sunday school, and special services. Sacred Heart Catholic, Grace Methodist, Christ Episcopal, Calvary Baptist, First Baptist, and others announce 9:30 to 11 a.m. sermons, afternoon and evening services, Sunday school superintendents, and midweek meetings with cordial invitations to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sacred Heart
Christ Episcopal
M. S. B. Payne
Calvary Baptist
A. Lilly
Moses
Midian
Joshua
Presbyterian
George F. Phillips
S. W. Moore
Christian Endeavor Society
West Pocahontas News Tidings From Local Residents
Kelly Sult of JeWen Ridge Virginia will move with his family to Big Vein Pocahontas Co joining friends back in town. Mrs J B Maxey traveled to Pocahontas for a moving picture show. Annie Crosic and Julia Kesmar visited friends in Pocahontas last week. W B Burton, Big Vein mine contractor, was a business visitor Tuesday night. Mrs J B Branch visited Burnley town Wednesday. Connie Peverall, clerk at Big Vein Pocahontas Co store, attended Bramwell carnival last Saturday. David Arrington of Wolfe Virginia visited town this past week. Rees opened a three feet coal seam over Big Vein No 1 mines and expects to ship coal soon. J K Whitehead of Boissevain Colliery traveled through town en route to Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Sult
JeWen Ridge
Big Vein Pocahontas Co
Sult
B. Maxey
Pocahontas
Annie Crosic
Julia Kesmar
W .B. Burton
J. B. Branch
Burnleytown
Connie ‘Peverall
Big Vein Pocahontas Company
Bramwell
David Arrington
Wolfe
W. Va
Rees
Big Vein
J. K. Whitehead
Boissevain
Pocahonts Collieries Company
Freeman
Notice of Trustee Sale for Slaughter House Tract
By virtue of a deed of trust dated March 8 1917 James Peery and wife conveyed to J H George trustee to secure S M Muse. The Mercer county West Virginia trust deed record is book 39 page 162. The sale at public auction will be held at the front door of the Mercer county courthouse on June 28 1917 at 11 o'clock a.m. The property is known as The Slaughter House Tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Peery
J. H. George
S. M. Muse
Mercer County
West Virginia
Court House
North and South road projected across the state
Charleston June 23. Road commission Chairman Williams backs building short line highways connecting county roads into full across state routes. Proposed north south path would run through New Cumberland Wellsburg Wheeling Moundsville New Martinsville Middlebourne Harrisville Grantsville Clay Fayette Beckley Raleigh Bluefield and Mercer. A second route would run Parkersburg Elizabeth Grantsville Sutton Webster Springs Marlinton. A third would start Pt. Pleasant and pass Ripley Spencer Grantsville Glenville Weston Buckhannon Elkins Parsons Petersburg Moorefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Williams
Road Commission
New Cumberland
Hancock County
Wellsburg
Brooke
Wheeling
Ohio
Moundsville
Marshall
New Martinsville
Wetvel
Middlebourne
Tyler
Harrisville
Ritchie
Grantsville
Calhoun
Clay Courthouse
Clay
Fayetteville
Fayette
Beckley
Raleigh
Bluefield
Mercer
Parkersburg
Elizabeth
Sutton
Webster Springs
Marlinton
Pt. Pleasant
Huntington Man Named One of Twenty Judge Advocates
George S. Wallace of Huntington selected as one of twenty judge advocates for the 600000 man conscription army in Washington dispatch. The group includes Henry L. Stimson former secretary of war and Harvard Law School faculty members. Major Wallace led the West Virginia registration under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
George S. Wallace
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Harvard School of Law
Wallace
West Virginia
Establish Market in West Virginia
Charleston June 25 The department of agriculture issues each Monday a bulletin to buyers of produce hogs cattle horse and mule across the state. It informs local supplies available rather than foreign markets. The offerings are free of charge but no sales occur through the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
West Virginia Navy Recruit Quota Nears Exceed
Charleston report from Lieutenant Commander John Grady shows the West Virginia district of the U S Navy recruiting service has filled its quota with forty thousand? No, fifty seven enlistments short of excess status. The eastern division lists six districts in shortfall and fifteen in excess. West Virginia’s quota stands at 400 men and the shortfall is expected to be filled in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
United States Navy
John Grady
Eastern Naval Division
Albany
Raleigh
Portland
Burlington
Richmond
Man Paralyzed Recovered After Mineral Cup Trial
A Northfork West Virginia man testified before about 200 witnesses that five days of using the Mineral Cup cured paralysis and indigestion symptoms. He weighed 150 pounds before illness and 120 during, now 152, claiming continued health and no medicines since. He urged others with indigestion rheumatism kidney and bladder issues heart trouble or asthma to try the cup and sent fifty cents to the Richmond factory for orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Anders
Northfork
W. Va
North Second Street
Richmond
Iva
R. J.stone
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Cohen
Cohen's
Isadore Cohen
Princeton Avenue
National Red Cross
News of the Farmers Clubs
Sam
Extension Department
Greater New York
Housewives
Grace Methodist
First Baptist
Fred RR
Christie
Bland Street Methodist
J. R. Hutcherson
J. A. B. Bruce
BE. B. Wiley
D. D
Eachers
Dc. T. St. Clair
Board of Stewards
Ladies
Immanuel Lutheran
Mercer and
Duhring Streets
John
Moose
O. V. Hefner
Brown Cox
Marion College
West Pocahontas News
Northern
Panhandle
State Department of Agriculture
Navy
M. G. Whitlow Hardware CO
Bluefield, W. VA
J. S. Comipton
Bleefield, W. Va
Haynes
Mitch A
Commercial Automobile Coo
Princeton, West Va
Omen and Oak Life Insurance CO
J. A Frazier
Law and Commerce
Phone
Daily Telegraph
Perse
Red Cross
Hell
Heaven
RED Cross Fund
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