Nevada a land of sage brushes and desert roads
After five hard days the travelers reach Tooele Utah on the Lincoln Highway exiting Nevada. They recall sagebrush lack of water and rough desert climbs from Fallon to Austin and Ely, note mining towns like Carson City Eureka Hamilton and Gold Hill, and praise the Lincoln Highway as the best Nevada route toward Salt Lake City with Salt Lake just forty miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tooele
Utah
Salt Lake Desert
Nevada
San Francisco
Kipling
Cecil de Mille
Los Angeles
Robert Holeson
Orpheum
Theodore Roberts
Chinatown
Golden Gate
Cliff House
Fort Miley
Lincoln Park
Lands End
Presidio
Uncle Sam
Palace of Fine Arts
Marina Tract
Bay of San Francisco
Market Street
Oakland
Bay
San Jose
Palo Alto
Lelend Stanford University
Santa Clara University
Stocktown
California
Sacramento
Placerville
John Marshall
Pioneer Trail
Paulines Place
Stockton
Road House
Lake Tahoe
Carson City
U. S. Mint
Col. Ellis
City Information Bureau
Fallen
Fallon
Eureka
Hamilton
San Franztiscao
O ’Friseco
Skelf
Great Salt Lake Desert
Ely
McGill
Orr
Gold Hill
Lincoln Highway
Salt Lake
Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young
Disabled veteran seeks relatives of his mother Anna Demos
Benjamin H Newby writes from Cincinnati convalescent home asking readers of The Enquirer in Boonville Indiana for information on his mother Anna Demos and her sisters. He was born in 1890 Belleville Indiana and seeks any living relatives or contact to learn about his maternal family. He mentions his father Robert Franklin Newby and a woman who offered to raise him as her son. He is willing to pay for information.
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Far West
Belleville
Ind
Anna Demos
Robert Franklin Newby
Boonville
Bennie
Benjamin H, Newby
Newburgh man seeks annexation to Evansville
A Newburgh resident urged annexation to Evansville alleging bad roads and high taxes. He cited lack of county road improvements and claimed Evansville residents summering in Newburgh need better highways to travel. The Boonville side is urged as a better match for shared interests.
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Newburgh
Evansville
J. B. Rabin
Vanderburgh County
Warrick
Boonville
Mr. Babin
Babin
Ohio
Pelzer Social Notes Move Through Kin and Friends
Miss Edyth Youngblood of Evansville visits Margaret Perigo. Mrs. Lora Sly of Los Angeles visits Wim Sly. Miss Carrie Cornell visits her mother Ed Day. Claude Wolfe of Boonville and Ernest Russel of Evansville visit Mrs. Minnie Shaul. Noble Shaul of Los Angeles visits relatives. Lena Paceley of Yankeetown visits Margaret Perigo. Margaret Perigo resigns as Pelzer primary teacher to attend Oakland City college. Carson Miller buys a new Ford touring car. Local visits include Mrs. Lillie Phillips, Mrs. Brittingham, Thelma, Mrs. Hazel Martin, George, Sr., Anna Leslie guests, and many family trips to Grandview for Pentecostal camp meeting. Arvel Rhoades and wife visit Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edyth Youngblood
Evansville
Margaret Perigo
Lora Sly
Los Angeles
Cal
Wim. Sly
Carrie Cornell
Ed Day
Claude Wolfe
Boonville
Ernest Russel
Minnie Shaul
Noble Shaul
Pelzer School
Oakland City College
Carson Miller
Lillie Phillips
Brittingham
Thelma
E. E. Day
Hazel Martin
George, Sr
Near Millersburg
Bert Smith
Grandview
Arvel Rhoades
Henry Youngblood
Halt Lane News Notes from Mrs Wiseao Barr Era
Mrs Wiseao Barr hosts and visits with Mrs Harriet Hopkins who is seriously ill. Several families visit or are visiting, including the Bass Ambrose and Barr families, and Pearl Tuley spends a week with Elmer Woolsey near Boonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wiseao Barr
J. W. Tuley
Ella Barr
Harriet Hopkins
Perna Rainey
Virginia Barr
Normal McKinney
Clarence Bass
George and
Cleo
Lelon Ambrose
Irene
Willis Ambrose
Mabel Siebe
Gertie Brown
Effie Harter
Homer Lindsey
Ray
John Lindsey
Lena
Kathleen Spradlin
Gladys Rainey Barr
Boonville
Pearl Tuley
Elmer Woolsey
Johnson Chapel Picnic Invites Sunday Schools
An all day picnic at Johnson Chapel is set for Saturday September 8 with free water shade and ground refreshments. Charley Phillips and family visited from Michigan to see his brother C. C. Phillips. Mrs. Ben Heilman and daughter stayed with Mrs. Mary Ingram. Wm. St. Clair was in Boonville. Ira Ingram family visited Wilson Howard.
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Johnson Chapel
Charley Phillips
Michigan
C. C. Phillips
Ben Heilman
Boonville
Mary Ingram
Wm. St. Clair
Ira Ingram
Wilson Howard's
Sound Investment for Farmers of the County
Farmers should invest in education as a rural asset. The piece urges better schools with nine month terms, trained teachers, proper equipment, and local control to preserve farm life values. It cites a rural consolidation debate stressing safeguarding country district rights and avoiding courses misaligned with farm needs.
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United States Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Government poultry poster runs out after first edition
The first edition of the Government poster Standardbred Poultry Pays Best sold out within weeks. A second edition will be issued by the Government Printing Office to meet requests from poultry associations in Rome Georgia extension workers county agents journals and business houses. A publisher asked for 275000 copies for mailing lists. Distribution from 5000 copies has been strictly limited to single copies or a few per individual.
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Poultry Association
Rome
Half of World’s Workers Engaged in Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture figures show 51.4 percent of employed men and 50.6 percent of employed women worldwide work in agriculture. Excluded are Russia, China, Serbia, Hungary, Argentina, and Brazil. India has the largest agricultural workforce, with 71 million men and 34 million women. United States follows with 11 million male and 2 million female agricultural workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Russia
China
Serbia
Hungary
Argentina
Brazil
India
United States
Vanila bean trials expand as export crop in Porto Rico
The Federal Agricultural Experiment Station in Porto Rico introduces vanilla bean as an export crop for old coffee lands. First commercial plantings in 1918 are bearing, with one planter selling about 850 pounds from 3 acres at 4 dollars a pound. Plantings spread across the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Agricultural Experiment Station
Porto Rico
United States Department of Agriculture
Guadeloupe
Island
Premium money for seed introduces varied crops in Keith County
Keith County Nebraska reports success from reinvesting 46 dollars of previous year’s premium winnings to buy diverse seeds. Four county sections received shares for planting on good soil under supervision, producing 450 exhibits across 20 crops for the State fair and county fair. New crops like milo and Japanese millet show strong adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith County
Nebr
United States Department of Agriculture
Ty Fair
Department of Agriculture
Slumber Party Hosted by Miss Mary Francis Seigle
Miss Mary Francis Seigle entertained Friday evening with a slumber party at her home. Guests included Misses Mary Jeanette Derr Anna Bunner Maier Ditty Clark Jo sephine Owens Mary Bohannon Ruth Roth and the honor guest Miss Ruth Fulling of Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Mary Francis Seigle
Mary Jeanette Derr
Anna Bunner Maier
Ditty Clark
Josephine Owens
Mary Bohannon
Ruth Roth
Ruth Fulling
Tulsa
Okla
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East Gate
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Billy Griffith
Arizona
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Grandma Boler
Union
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Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Boonville, Ind
Boonville Enquirer
Evansville Press
The
Lodiana
Boonville Fnquirer
Mevinsville Press
Foxs
Electric Shop
O. & W. Thum CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
Southern Railway System
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