Lonesome Ladies Host Golf Event At Twin Elms
Report from Twin Elms recaps a July 20 golf scene with four ladies Mabel Mulder Josephine Snaerson Beulah Caple and Nina McIntire leading homes and watching others play. Congressman Roy Woodruff attended the clubhouse chicken dinner as locals celebrate Ui. S 27 completion and the new pavement boosts Meet me at Twin Elms appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Elms
Four Horsemen of Old
Mr. Pleasant
Mabel Mulder
Josephine Snaerson
Beulah Caple
Nina Mc Tnire
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. Bowler, Wegner
T. C. Hampton
Ui. S
Susan Flair
Lucille Haley
Mabel Parker
Win Elms
Shaving Customs Through Antiquity and Europe
The practice of shaving dates to ancient times with Egyptians shaving except in mourning. Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers to shave to prevent enemy manipulation. Rome adopted the practice contemporaneously, and razors circulated in Europe such as Kryare, Spain, and England before the eighteenth century gentry.
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Greece
Alexander the Great
Rome
Europe
Spain
England
Deepest Ocean Sounding Recorded Off Philippines
In 127 the ornap cruiser Baiden measured about 45 miles east of Min Tarao, Philippines, reporting a depth of 35 400 feet or 6.7 statute miles, claimed as the deepest sounding in any ocean.
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Ornap
Min Tarao
Philippines
Barley Grading Rules Expanded for Blighted Kernels
The United States Department of Agriculture updates barley standards to include Blighted barley and revised Sample Grade rules. Beginning July 21 blighted or mold damaged kernels affect grade designations, with No 1 and Special grades allowed up to 2 percent blighted kernels, and 2.1 to 4 percent blighted kernels labeled Blighted, while over 5 percent assigns Sample Grade.
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United States Department of Agricultural
WNU Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Grain Standards Act
Plant Diseases Spread Tied to Mild Winter Conditions
Two plant diseases, root knot nematodes and Stewart's bacterial wilt of corn, have spread more widely in recent years. Mild winter temperatures likely allowed the pests to thrive, with wilt prevalent in northeastern and north central states and root knot extending into northern and western regions of North Carolina, signaling closer summer monitoring by USDA plant disease specialists.
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United States Department of Azricuiture
United States
Usia
North Carolina
Tree Bands Kill Worms in Orchards
Chemically treated bands on tree trunks can kill as many as a thousand codling moth worms per season. The bands attract worms seeking cocoon quarters under loose bark or debris, but clean orchards reduce infestations by drawing worms away from the trunk. The bands kill worms that contact them, protecting fruit later in the season.
Improving Farm Cistern Water Quality
The article notes cistern water often becomes foul from bird droppings leaves blossoms dirt and other organic matter. It suggests a sand or sand and charcoal filter to improve water quality and mentions forcing air into the cistern water could hasten breakdown of contaminants.
Dance at Tilton College Brings Surprise Engagements
Bertha Denby plans to wear her pink chiff on dress to Tilton College junior hall. Bill Denby arranges an elaborate plan to allow Helen Dawson, an old flame from Wyoming, to attend with him. At the dance, Helen and Bill reaffirm their engagement while Bertha learns she will marry Genie after a bold twist of fate.
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Tilton College
Denby
Bertha
Bill Denby
George Kulton
Wyoming
Whitoulo
George
bin Denby
Bill
Reorge
Tilton
Silton Colege
Denys
Helen Dawson
Helen Datyson
Helen
Bertha Denby
Interesting Bits of News from Hither and You
A collection of items includes a note about 100 four-leaf clovers in Gladwin County, heat and animal losses in central Michigan, ant control methods with corrosive sublimate and tartar emetic, chinch bug damage to corn in Lenawee County, and a Cleveland war on degas citing 1936 city actions against dogs and canine issues.
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Ira Fike
Gladwin County
Lenawee
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Annual Report of Clare Board of Education 1933
The Clare Michigan Board of Education meets July 10 1933 with Dr Mulder presiding. They recommend taxes of 6.2 mills for general expenses and 14 mills for indebtedness and appoint tellers to tally votes for trustee candidates Geo J White and Dr Mulder for re election. Additional financial details cover receipts and balances for the year ending June 30 1933 including general taxes delinquent taxes federal aid tuition and miscellaneous receipts and expenses for general control.
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Clare
Michigan
Mulder
Board of Education
Bruce Gibbs
John Ampey
Wd. Johnston
Eugene Throop
Geo. J. White
Ed. Johnston
F. C O. McGuire
T. C. Holbrook
T. Groves
Ed. White
Bermuda Islands Named After Discoverer Juan de Bermudez
Discovered in 1515 the Bermudas are the most northern coral islands and the oldest self governing colony in the British empire. Scotland Yard houses 515000 fingerprints, a rise from 1722 in 1902 the system's first year.
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Bermudas
Juan de Bermudez
British Empire
Scotland Yard Room
Scotland Yard
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Tivizens Strate Bank
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Qreatborn Mich
Oklahoma
City OF Clare
A. E. Mulder
Pres
Sec
Alma
Uprights Players Studios
Sawkins Music House
N. Main
Mt, Pleasant
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