Potato Seed Ploting Techniques from Michigan Agricultural College
A Michigan Agricultural College extension bulletin outlines simple potato seed plot methods. It advises selecting seed from regular fields, treating seed with corrosive sublimate, preparing a good seed bed, and using homemade Bordeaux mixture to control pests. It recommends Boral and Green Mountain as potentially productive strains and describes seed cutting and curing for ideal tuber type.
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Ali
Michigan
Weston
Asagricultural College
Anto races Saginaw Memorial Day
An article discusses controlling dandelions in lawns using iron sulfate copperas. It advises 1.5 pounds per gallon to treat 1.5 square rods, with spraying best done by a fine mist nozzle. Apply before bloom in May, repeat every 3–4 weeks, and spray again in late summer or fall. Avoid staining foundations and concrete.
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Greene
Local Social Notes From Sunday Visits and Births
Chas and P B Davie spent Sunday at their parental home. Adam Koeter of Lansing visited brother John. Julia Qul of Detroit visited sister Mrs Kaeter. A baby girl Eunice Evangelize born to Mr and Mrs Dee Robinette May 21. Mrs Wm Bolt visiting sister Mrs Doe Robbinette. Mrs Dan Ody singer and daughter visited at Oona Robinette's Tuesday. Cassius Eueter went to Detroit last week to visit sister Mrs Zimmer man. Sun day School plans Children's Day Exercises.
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Chas
P. B. Davie
Adam Koeter
Lansing
John
Julia Qul
Detroit
Kaeter
Dee Robinette
Eunice
Wm. Bolt
Doe Robbinette
Dan Odysinger
Oona Robinette
Cassius Eueter
Zimmerman
Tan lac users gain weight and strength claims
Fragmentary note reports seven people who drank eight bottles of Tan lac and claim a 40 pound weight gain and improved strength and well being. The text is unclear about dates or locations.
Memorial Services Planned for Sunday Observance
The notice outlines a memorial service schedule for May 20 including a sermon and music. G A R and W B members will attend. Evening events include a Life Service Day at 7 30 p m with local attendees and visiting relatives noted.
Crystal Anniversary Celebrates 35 Years of Weible Marriage
The Weibles marked their thirty fifth wedding anniversary at their Flint home last Sunday. Family and friends gathered including Orhe Weibl e and two children from Standish, Ray Butterfield and two children from Bay City, Melbourne at home, Walter Weible of Flint, Miss Mary Gilmore of Clare, Charles Beldin and two sons from Saginaw, plus Mrs Matthews and daughter Irene and Mrs Wilson of Flint. The couple received many gifts and a table set with dishes from thirty five years ago, and they remain in good health and hope to celebrate again on May 21, 1922.
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R. Weible
Flint
Mra
Orhe Weibie
Standieh
Ray Butterfield
Bay City
Melbourne
Walter Weible
Mary Gilmore
Clare
Chas. Beldin
Saginaw
Matthews
Irene
Wilson
Weible
Farwell Woman's Club Meets at Clear Lake Home
The Farwell Woman's Club gathered at Mrs. Georgia Littlefield’s home in Clear Lake on May 22 with twenty one members present. Members toured in five carfuls driven by women including Mrs. Lamb and Mrs. Shomway as hostesses served refreshments. The program featured Helpful Household Hints, parliamentary drill led by Mrs. Ruby Graham, and a farewell talk by retiring president Mrs. Lamb before adjourning to meet in September.
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Farwell Woman’s Club
Georgia Littlefield
Clear Lake
Brown
Lamb
Nickerson
Palmer
Powell
Guoeste
J. Littlefield
Steve Shomway
Martha Fuller
Calhoun
Milan
Boll
Ruby Graham
Littlefield
Isabel Woodward
Folly at Selfishness in Moral Standards
The excerpt argues that selfishness lowers noble aims for base gains. It condemns choosing a lower platform for inferior ends and calls for aspiring to higher conduct over self centered repose.
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H. R. Hawels
Leap Year Beliefs and Ancient Water Clock in Athens
A British column notes the water clock of Athens built in the era before Christ. It describes its octagonal form, 42 feet high, 26 feet wide, with wind carvings and once topped by a Triton vane. It also mentions English Leap Year superstition that Seid beans grow on the pod's wrong side.
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Athens
Greece
England
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Madeline Spotlight
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Wizards of Instinct
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