Summit Valley Farmers Report Strong Rain and Crop Prospects
A heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday ended with an electrical storm Tuesday night. Farmers predict good crops of potatoes and corn. Albert Dennis tends fine winter wheat and a weedless garden. Elias Nelson bought the Morken place for 1200 dollars, 160 acres. Many local residents visiting relatives and attending events across Addy and nearby towns. Have you registered for the primary election?
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Albert Dennis
Elias Nelson
Morken Place
Lake Creek Road
H. W. Miller
Spokane
August Pearson
Kansas City
Missouri
Clara Garthe Haynes
R. E
W. W. Bone
Timmel Farm
Goff
A. BE. Persson
Colville
Ben Cottman
James
Walter Pearson
Lester McDaniel
Roddie Timmel
Clarks Lake
J. A. Edwards
M. C Garthe
Addy
H. J. Noble
Marquis
Wyene
Mr. Persson
Brookwood Farm
George Hague
Edmund Graham
Lincoln Herald Consolidated with Creston News
The Lincoln Herald merges into the Creston News under editor O A Hawkins amid rising paper costs. The Big Bend wheat belt faces a short crop from heat and drought as wells dry and springs fail. Crops in Stevens county stay fair, alfalfa largely fails from late frost while fruit crops vary across Spokane and Columbia valleys. Forest fires threaten reserves but rain aids crops and slows blazes.
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Lincoln Herald
Lincoln
Creston News
Creston
Herald
O.A. Hawkins
Lincoln Townsite
Big Bend
Stevens County
Spokane River
Spokane
Columbia
Colville
Gerome
Columbia Valley
Topiary arts thrive in England and near London
The piece notes ornate topiary in Staines and at Kew nurseries near Richmond, describing ancient yew trees shaped into peacocks and a thriving British craft. It highlights patience, long maturation, and topiary as a living garden craft still practiced despite modern leisure constraints.
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Othe Great
Staines
Belfont
Royal Kew Nurseries
Richmond Town
London Daily Telegraph
Hall of Fame for Big Trees Names Noted Nominees
The American Forestry association compiles a list for the Hall of Fame for big trees. Nominees include the Great Tree on Boston Common blown down in 1918 and the Green Tree hotel at LeClaire on the Mississippi river. Other entries are the De Soto Oak at Tampa and the octopus tree in Virginia.
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Boston Common
le Maireta
Mississippi River
American Forestry Association
Lexington
LeClaire
de Soto
Tampa
Fla
Mississippi
West
Charles City County
Virginia
Marlintown
Wo Va
Andrew Lewis
Balkans
Podgoritza
Red Cross
Importance of Music in War and Society
The article argues music is essential not a luxury, aiding morale and healing for shell shocked veterans. It links music with religion and church services, asserting musical taste elevates places of amusement and communal spirit in a wartime context.
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Chicago News
Exclusive Fifth Avenue jeweler greets minimal budget
A gentleman with a grand French name opens a high end jewelry shop on Fifth Avenue where nothing costs under ten thousand dollars. Clerks in frock coats resemble parliament members and wear silk hats. A shopper seeking an emerald ring for a thousand dollars is told such a ring is not sold here and suggested to try Blank's, a long established New York jeweler.
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Fifth Avenue
Blank’s
New York
US Share of Dutch East Indies Fish Imports Since 1915
Since 1915 the first year with customs statistics for imports of conserved fish into the Dutch East Indies the United States has held a fair share of the market. Before World War I salmon mostly came from the Pacific coast and in recent years sardines and herring also came from the United States as other sources closed.
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Dutch East Indies
United States
Pacific Coast
Those Girls Leap Year Proposal Prank
In a light exchange, Madge teases Blu about convincing a suitor to propose by hinting Agnes was eager, noting leap year as the nudge while Boston Transcript-style banter plays out.
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Agnes
Rbut
Madge
Blu
Boston Transcript
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Summit Valley News
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