Corn Demonstration Attracts 4-H Club Interest
Houston County Extension agents report 4-H Club boys visited Har vey King's corn demonstration last week. King, collaborating with over forty farmers, says the method uses 34 inch rows with 18 inch spacing and fertilizer to boost yield. Observed yield around 7.5 bushels per acre, and King plans to adopt these practices widely next year. Cotton pests: many growers using calcium arsenate report good control of boll weevils but stress careful timing and possible follow up applications after fruiting to protect young bolls.
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Choctawhatchee Wells
Harvey King
4-H
Dairying short course noted for insights at Auburn visit
Glenn Lawrence of Ashford Gordon Holmes of McLa Jie Dairy and A K Arnold Sanitary Dairy herdsman attended a three day dairying course at Auburn last week. Holmes reported the course provided valuable information on dairy production and breeding. Houston County 4 H Club Camp drew thirty one girls and forty one boys at Choctawhatchee Wells July 21 22 23 and 24 with T A Sims state 4H Club leader praising the camp. TED Bond of Vicksburg 4 H Club won the camp swimming title while Bobby Hall of Ashford 4 H Club was runner up. A Ht Antonie from the State Forestry Department led a field trip covering forestry topics and timber issues. Stenciling demonstrations are set for Home Demonstration Club meetings in Pansey New Providence Memphis Cowarts Jessica Pilgrim Rest and other communities later this week through July 31.
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Glenn Lawrence
Ashford
Gordon Holmes
McLa Jie
A. K. Arnold
Sanitary Dairy
Auburn
Houston County
Choctawhatchee Wells
Pansey
EK. J. Eubanks
New Providence
A. Kirkland
Mermphis
Bat Mercer
Cowarts
S. Q
Fowler
Taylor
Wo. Parker
Jessica
Pilgrim Rest
Bonnie Reeves
Wharton’s Dark Secret Behind Hartley Icehouse
Clifford Wharton, after killing his wife Minna, bricked up the corpse in the abandoned icehouse. He returned home, found a shabby kitchen, and reflected on Minna’s organizing power and their strained marriage. His act of disposing the evidence occurred on a deserted bridge over the river near Hartley, ending with a bleak portrait of a troubled union and hidden crime.
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Clifford Wharton
Jess
Wharton
Hartley
Minna
Alrays
Stedl
Ninsell
Civic Amprovement League
Women’s Republican Club
Clifford
Wharton’s Icehouse Plot Ends in Empty House
Clifford Wharton murders his wife Minna to claim her fortune. He hides her body in an abandoned icehouse as a civic group pushes to raze the structure. A final newspaper notice reveals the icehouse removal, closing the case.
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Minna
Clifford Wharton
Ming
Minga
Who Said The British Lack Sense Of Humor
AP reports Sally Gray argues English show humor in film. She notes thirteen of twenty plus British born top US stars are comedians including Barry Fitzgerald Bob Hope Alan Mowbray Leon Errol Edmund Gwenn Stan Laurel Roger Livesey David Niven Jimmy Savo Brian Aherne Roland Young Andy Clyde Ernest Cossart. Other comedy actors listed include Ronald Colman Reginald Denny Sidney Greenstreet Charles Laughton Victor McLagten Peter Lawford Reginald Owen Leo Carroll.
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United States
Barry Fitzgerald
Bob Hope
Alan Mowbray
Leon Errol
Edmund Gwenn
Stan Laurel
Roger Livesay
David Niven
Jimmy Savo
Brian Aherne
Roland Young
Andy Clyde
Ernest Cossart
Ronald Colman
Reginald Denny
Sidney Greenstreet
Charles Laughton
Victor Mclax-ten
Peter Lawford
Reginald Owen
Leo Carroll
Eureka California Named Most Westerly City
W H W Chancery of England gave a speech in a law case that rested for 50 days. A chicken marked the end of a year. A fossil was wasps in cretaceous rocks in J B Reeside is estimated at about 60,000,000 years.
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United States
Eureka
Calif
W. H. W_ Chancery
England
J. B. Reeside
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