Home department boosts Sunday schools with home study plan
Miegs urges Indiana Sunday School groups to create home departments to reach nonattendees. He cites profits and outreach, notes the program can pay for itself, and directs readers to E D Goller of Ney, Ohio, and Dr. J C M Floyd of Steubenville for details.
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CD Miegs
Genereral
Indiana Sunday School Associations
County Home Department
Home Department
E D Goller
Ney
Jesus
Marion Lawrence
C D Miegs
J C M Floyd
Steubenville, O
Sherwood lodge Knights of Pythias Third Degree Event
The Sherwood lodge of Knights of Pythias held third degree work Friday evening with the Ney lodge's full attendance and many Defiance and Cecil members. After completion a banquet was served for members and guests. Defiance boys report a lively time.
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Sherwood Lodge of
Knights of Pythias
Ney
Defiance
James Kitchel
Art Craven
Charles Ashbacher
Edgar
George
Frank Schlosser
Dey Ayers
Cecil
Ney Canning Factory Nears Completion With Jobs Ahead
The Ney canning factory is nearing completion with machinery to be installed within a day or two and a side track under construction for direct rail access. When ready it will employ 60 or 70 women and girls at good wages. applicants may contact John W. Garber.
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Ney
Cincinnati Northern
John W. Garber
Sabbath School Picnic at Weidenhamer Place
Sabbath school classes led by Mrs. Wright Lehman and Mr. Chas Ferguson held a Friday afternoon picnic at the Weidenhamer place with thirty two attendees enjoying a delightful time.
Rachael B Partee Obituary Details Funeral Held
Rachael B Partee wife of Joseph Parnee died at 8pm Friday July 28. The funeral was held at 2 pm Sunday at ME church with Rev AE Smith officiating. The remains will be interred at Riverside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachael B Partee
Joseph Parnee
AE Smith
Riverside Cemetery
Petition for removing high bridges over Wabash at Defiance
John O Wisler spoke Friday that residents north of the city support a petition among Clinton Street businessmen to remove the high bridges crossing the Wabash railway in North Defiance. He urged including country residents whose farming produce needs motivate the change.
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John O Wisler
Clinton Street
Wabash Railway
North Defiance
Wabash Announces Weekly Round Trip and Southward Fares
The Wabash Railroad advertises a Sunday round trip for one dollar with $1.60 to Put-in-Bay and back. Departure is 7:30 am. It offers one way settlers tickets to all points south of the Ohio River at reduced rates and Home Seekers round trips at one fare plus $2.00. Full details available at the Wabash ticket office.
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Put-in-Bay
Wabash
Ohio River
B&O Excursions For Chautauqua And Convention
B and O announces rail fare sales to Mountain Lake Park Maryland for Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua August 230 half rates Aug 1 30 return Aug 31. Also Pittsburg convention August 27 with one fare round trip sale Aug 15 return to Aug 31 extension option 50 cent deposit and agent contact for details.
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Mountain Lake Park
Young People’s Christian Union of the United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
B& O Ry
Nickel Plate 17th Annual Niagara Falls Excursion Set
Nickel Plate announces its 17th annual excursion to Niagara Falls on Tuesday August 15. Tickets are valid for return within fifteen days and include optional add ons to Toronto for $1.00 or Thousand Islands for $6.50. Stopovers at Chautauqua Lake permitted without extra charge. Sleeping car reservations recommended. Tickets good on any Peerless Trio of Fast Express trains. Inquiries via local Nickel Plate agents.
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Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Chautauqua Lake
Law wheelmen head to Boston for annual meeting
The League of American Wheelmen plans its August meeting in Boston from August 14 to 19 with Ohio riders offered round trip tickets at half fare by the Hocking Valley Railway on August 11 and 12. Tickets good for return until August 31 with long limits to visit New England resorts.
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Mass
Ohio
Hocking Valley Ry
Boston
New England
Soldiers Big Stories from the Philippines Controversy
A Manila correspondent challenges private letters about barbarity looting and killings, arguing most combatants did not murder prisoners. He cites prisoner numbers, wounded care, and bolo use, noting looting and house burnings occurred but not mass prisoner killings, with provost marshal reforms improving order.
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New York Post
Manila
United States
Malabon
Kansas
Washington Regiment
Pasig
Wheaton
Scientific farming study by girls at Minneapolis College
Fifty young women have begun scientific farming training at the Minneapolis College of Agriculture. The program, emphasizing botany chemistry physics and geology, aims to keep farm boys on the homestead and may influence social and agricultural life nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis College of Agriculture
Minneapolis College
Usefulness of the Garden for Early Spring Planting
C W Murtfeldt of Missouri advises prudent farmers to prepare family gardens before field work. He notes early crops like asparagus radishes spinach onions can share beds, and stresses deep soil cultivation and removal of coarse debris to aid a delicate asparagus topsoil.
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C. W. Murtfeldt
Missouri
Growing Onions in Rich Soil and Early Planting
The St. Louis Republic advises two essentials for onions: rich loamy soil ready to work and early planting. It warns that delays of a few days can ruin the crop and notes little risk in soil richness while stressing proper manure use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Improving seed germination with well rotted manure and tilth
Advice notes using stable manure that is well rotted and finely sifted, incorporated deeply into sandy loam to improve tilth. A good tilth speeds germination and supports vigorous early growth and clean cultivation from the start.
Keep the Boys at Home Says Farmers Need Business Sense
The article argues that farming is a business and that graduates with college training in science and bookkeeping can apply their learning on the family farm. It notes more graduates returning to farming, driven by the belief that farming can be a fulfilling, intelligent profession with modern methods.
Hog Bristles and Global Sources for Pork Production
The article notes hog bristles mostly come from wild hogs of Russia and Germany due to their cold climates producing hard bristles. American hogs are praised for having fewer bristles, deemed less suitable for economical pork production. Southern wild hogs offer some good bristles, with 2 to 3 year olds smaller than well fed pigs at seven to nine months.
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Russia
Germany
Spain
Europe
Salt Cure For Colic In Horses Suggested By Practical Farmer
A Practical Farmer writer claims common salt can cure horse colic. He advises giving a large handful of salt pushed deep into the mouth, holding the head up to prevent spitting, and says more salt won’t harm them. He asserts horses are usually better in an hour or two.
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Manila
Eighth Army Corps
Malabon
Kansas
India
Sudan
Anam
Pasig
The
Practical Farmer
Run Down Farms and Clay Soils in Need of Underdaming
The article argues that reclaiming run down farms is feasible if the soil is heavy clay. It notes clay soils hold excess water and require underdraining before improvements can succeed, emphasizing thorough tiling and soil work to unlock fertility.
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Sherwood
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
New Yor
Baptist Assembly OF Ohio
B& O
Austin
League of American Wheelmen
Henry
Robert Newbegin
Law Defiance
Clinton St
Philippines
Distinec
New York Weekly Tribune
Express
the Express
Oblo
Burdicer
O Ry Gor
the Burdick
America
Poonam Til Bray
RBI BP
Cenuine Smyth
Sears, Keoebuck & Co
Sears, Roeduck & CO
Meis York
Camden
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