Spray for apples and Farm Bureau meeting in Newton County
The important spray for apple trees should be applied within one to two weeks just after petals fall. Mix one and a half pounds powdered lead arsenate with two and a half pounds lime sulfur per fifty gallons of water, spray evenly, and cover calyxes to kill worms. Four to six gallons are needed per tree. costs are modest and results rewarding. Farm Bureau members in Newton County held a large meeting with songs, readings, talks, and an imported band, followed by a sizable community supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Grant Township
Newton County
Carl Sandburg Recital at Kentland Methodist Church
Kentland Womans Club invites the public to a Carl Sandburg lecture and recital on Thursday evening April 28 1921 at the Kentland Methodist Church at 7:00 p m. Sandburg will read his poems from Chicago Poems and Smoke and Steel and perform melodies including works from his books. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 26 cents for school children, proceeds for educational enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cert Sandburg
Almerica
Walt Whitman
Kentland
Sandburg
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
United States
Europe
Methodist Church
Local Remington Farmers Discuss Barber Shop Plan
Bulletin mentions ME church service at 9 30 and preaching at 11 with Social Service meeting Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 led by Mrs Effie Hershman. Farmers near Remington talk of starting a barber shop to cut prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Effie Hershman
Remington
Sound Pure Bred Jack Beau Ideal No 8964 Registration
Pedigree certified for Jack Beau Ideal No 8964 owned by Chapin and Thayer of Brook Indiana Newon County. Black with white points foaled 1936 examined by Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board officers and veterinarians, certified free from transmissible unsoundness under the Stallion Enrollment Law. C M McConnell president Harry M Moberly vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapin & Thayer
Brook
Indiana
Newon County
Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board
Hill Jack Co
Newton County
Clydesdale
Indiana Staten Enrollment Board
Sound Pure Bred Stallion Criterion's Best at A J Chapin Farm
Announcement for stallion Criterion's Best No 15940 to stand at A J Chapin farm 4 1/2 miles southeast of Brook and 1/2 mile northeast of Weishaar Switch. Terms 5 02 single service at barn 10 00 paid by Sept 15 1921 15 00 insured health. Managers B Krueck secretary M McConnell president Harry M Moberly. Telephone 9 A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. McConnell
Harry M. Moberly
A. J. Chapin
Brook
Weishaar
Aingle
Weather hits Indiana crops but spares most wheat
Freezing temperatures across Indiana did not produce widespread wheat losses, though some regions report damage to wheat and garden crops. Purdue agents note north counties delayed growth, fruit buds damaged on earlier freezes, and continued spraying urged to salvage crops. Oats show minor damage, corn planting slow with little loss expected from the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Purdue University
Glando Pine Cough Medicine Promotes Quick Relief
Glando Pine advertised as a versatile cough remedy claims fast relief for throat irritations, coughs, and bronchial irritation. It is a volatile liquid inhaled through the mouth and throat membranes, with noted use against pneumonia symptoms and influenza germs when taken at first signs. Sold by Grand-Aid Co. Fort Wayne Ind and Montgomery & Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glando Fine
The
Grand-Aid Co
Fort Wayne Ind
Montgomery & Snyder
Public Sale Notice By Brook Indiana Trustee
Notice of public sale by the undersigned trustee of George J Staton insolvent debtor. Sale to be May 23 1921 between 1 80 and 4 PM in Brook Indiana offering butcher shop fixtures stock and real estate none. Terms credit up to twelve months with 7 percent interest notes with waiving valuation laws or buyers may pay by cash. Dated April 20 1921. R Woolley Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Staton
Brook
Indiana
Gale
R. Woolley
Improvement In Photography Advances Enlarging Technique
A vertical enlarging camera now simplifies photo graphic enlargements by projecting downward onto a sensitized sheet placed on a table. The arrangement and handling of the paper are more convenient due to the camera's overhead design and direct illumination.
More Alfalfa Aims of Corn Men's Committee
The Indiana Corn Growers Association alfalfa committee at Purdue University outlines plans to boost Indiana alfalfa acreage through county tours and demonstrations. Marshall County saw acreage rise and seed purchases after previous efforts. Tours are set for July to August across several northern and southern counties with a focus on St Joseph, Marshall, Pulaski, Noble, Hamilton, Dearborn, Jefferson, Clark, Knox and Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Purdue University
Marshall County
Tie Committee
St. Joseph
Marshall
Pulaski
Noble
Theorthern
Hamilton
Dearborn, Jefferson, and
Clark
Knox
Spencer Cunties
WAL Ostrandar
Purdus
E. W
Hill
Winchester
W. L. Manual
Crawfordaville
I. J. Mathews
Winamac
John A. Newman
Culver
G. [. Christie
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station
A. T. Wiancko
Soils and Crops Department
Kansas outfit harvests and stacks grain in field
A description from Popular Mechanics outlines a Kansas harvesting outfit that cuts, stacks, and belts grain using a 12 by 24 platform rack hitched to a tractor. Three workers pack the load as conveyors move grain to the rack, then it is unsecured and reloaded for transport. The piece also notes the Weather Bureau’s establishment in 1870 and includes literary asides on melancholy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Prairie Farmer attacks dubious Co operative Society of America
The Prairie Farmer article labels the so called Cooperative Society of America a non cooperative common law trust. It says trustees control affairs without bond and threaten investors with certificates of beneficial interest that confer no title or right to partition. It warns farmers against following city investors and notes a Purdue university cattle feeding meeting with livestock experts and cost of production data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Farmer
Co-operative Society of America
Lilinas
Chicago
Real Estate Transfers and Local Notices
Listings show multiple real estate transfers dated 1912 to 1929 involving Abner Hendryx Claus Mellin John Kay Goldie Mlanden baker Nathan Shaffer Lilia Reed and others with parcel details and prices. Also notes on Fowler residents and local sale items plus Brook Feed Mill ads and old papers for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abnér Hendryx
Joseph M. Plage
B. Beetz
Slellan
Edward H. Sheppley
Charles, Miller
W. Noe
Mn.w
McClellan
Altha Ferguson
Claus Mellin
John E. Kay
Mary E. Byrne
Goldie Mlankenbaker
Walter R. Lee
Mt. Ayr
Nathan Shaffer
M. B. Church
Morocco
Lilia Rose Reed
Laura
Warner
Warr's
Brook
John W. Shafer
Catherine Shafer
Nichola
Palr Lawn Cemetery Asso
Philip Humbert
Fair Lawn
Brook Town adopts sidewalk ordinance and resolution
The Brook Town board in Newton County Indiana enacts a resolution and ordinance authorizing a concrete sidewalk on the west side of North High Street from Lot 7 in Lyons Addition to connect with an existing sidewalk, approximate length 915 feet, across Hanley Street and adjacent lots. Emergency clause makes it effective upon publication for three weeks. Also notes a nurse visit for Henry Weston and a confectionery sale announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook
Newton
Indiana
Norio
Brook County
Mideast
E. E. Hesa
Samuel Waling
Hanley Street
See
John J. McCaps
Sée
James Shaeffer
Towtt
Morth Highway
Lyons
Stace
B. Fs
Hess
W. Weaver
John J. McCabe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Page
the Brook Reporter
Farm News
S. S. Davis
F. B
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States Grain Growers, Incorporated
J. R. Howard
Iowa
A. F. Bsp
United States Grain Growers
Carl Sandburg
Church
Beau Ideal
B. Krueck
C. M. McConnell
Harry M, Moberly
AIM
Kansas Outfit Harvests
Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau
ft—Lockhart
He Society
OF America
Purdue
J. E. Poole
John T. Alexander
Overton
Purdue Farm Management Department
FG. King
Illnois
Percheron
Meddie Mathew
Wolcott, White Co
Annie Reed
Fred Foresman
John Lawrence
D. Hess
Fowler
Ray Ward
Brook Feed Mill
Simewalk
Ette
Henry Weston
Gottman and Sohrgift
Ab Bhoper
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