North Dakota News Listings Snapshot of town briefs
Local items from Fosston to Kensal cover plans for a home guards company, bank purchases, school uses for buildings, crop yields, medical enlistee, fires, school openings, injuries, policing by citizens, and various incidents across North Dakota towns. Notable names include Jamestown merchants, Dr George A Sarcher, and Lt Clyde Neer.
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Fosston
Mott
Home Guards
Fortuna
Fortuna State Bank
Omemee
Burns
Jamestown
George A. Sarcher
Upham
A. E. Hayes
Dickinson
Dickinson State Normal School
Samuel T. May. Dunn
Martin Schulberg
Sharon
Rev. R. Johnson
Grafton
Melbert Bryant
State Institute
Hospital For the Insane
Amidon
Charles Eastgate
Slope County
Grand Forks
Earl Young
John Young
Valley City
Minot
Cecil Innis
Fuller Motor Company
Lisbon
Leonard
J. E. Lorntson
George German
Alexander
Clyde A. Neer
Harry Neer
New York
Camp Pike
Ark
Neer
Hankinson
Frank Nelson
Sevral
Soo
France
Richland County
Nina Nims
Jamestown College
War Department
Fargo College
Bismarck
Supreme Court
Beardsley
Ewing & Ewing
District Court
Ward County
L. A. Beardsley
Kenmare
Actio
Columbus
Williston
United States Pig Club Film to Boost Pork Supply
The U S Department of Agriculture will show a motion picture in theaters nationwide illustrating pig club methods used by farm boys and some girls. The film promotes efficient feeding and care of well bred stock, noting cost parity with scrub pigs and superior meat yield. About 45,000 members are enrolled in pig clubs across the country.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Louisiana
Weeds as Valuable Crops in Farm Economy
The piece argues weeds can become future crops, citing tomatoes once valued as weeds and now cultivated. It notes pork production expansion as key to feeding armies and boosting farmer profits, with education improving farm youth and elder practices, while even weeds like Hessian thistle can yield silage.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
COW BETTER WITHOUT HORNS
The United States Department argues dairies benefit from hornless cows to prevent hooking. Horns should be removed early by applying caustic potash or soda to each horn button, protecting skin and calf from rain to prevent spread. improper application leads to horn growth.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Manure Use in Winter for Asparagus and Rhubarb
Winter manure application advised for asparagus and rhubarb. Intensive growers use up to 25 tons per acre, though half that amount also proves valuable.
Lime of Special Value in Soils for Sanitation
Lime in soils holds special value for sanitation. Greenhouse growers of vegetables nearly always apply lime regularly and systematically.
Corn Produces Slow Gains in Pigs Without Protein Feed
Corn fed alone to young pigs yields slow gains with high feed costs. Supplemental protein speeds gains and lowers feed per unit of gain. Although corn dominates hog feed, it lacks adequate protein and minerals for growth. adding a protein mineral source with corn is highly beneficial.
Fattening Market Fowls for Profit
Instructions advise fattening market fowls by confining them for a week or ten days and feeding a rich fattening ration. This improves condition and increases weight for higher sale proceeds.
Potatoes Now Sold by Hundredweight Instead of Bushel
The United States food administration announces potatoes are sold wholesale by the hundredweight, replacing bushel pricing to prevent price comparison confusion. No exact dates or places are given.
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Food Administration
United States Food Administration
Bob Thornton Finds Love At Mountainville Dance
In a bungalow party tale set in Mountainville New Hampshire Helen Arnold frets over her brother Bob Thornton who courts Alice Longley after telegram misdirections. A late arrival and a rescue by Alice lead to a kiss and a confession of love. Mrs Bob Thornton now a happy bride advises future suitors to apply gentle indifference.
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Smith
Emu
Perreas
Ellen
Longley
Bob
Bob Thornton
Helen Arnold
Mountainville, N. H
Helen
Mountainville
Alice Longley
Alice
Mr. Thornton
Thornton
What Your Subscription Means in the Liberty Loan Message
The message links subscription to wartime ideals. It equates subscribing to Liberty with defending democracy, protecting civilians at sea, and resisting militarism. It asserts rights for small nations, just cause for the war, and the need for a strong, victorious American effort.
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Germany
Pin Or Needle Sharpens Paper Cutting Tip
A Popular Science Monthly tip reveals using a common pin or needle to cut trimming around a clipping when scissors are unavailable. By tracing the outline with the pin point angled along the edge and retracing with the point leading, the pin will cut smoothly through the sheet.
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Popular Science Monthly
Cultivate Your Ambitions Push for Higher Work
The article urges pursuing better work and nurturing natural talents. It stresses keeping aspirations in mind as a guide star toward destiny and realization, noting only bold efforts propel progress and success.
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Physical Culture Magazine
California professor discovers new mineral crest morcite at Crestmore
A California college professor reports the discovery of a new hydrous basic corthosilicate mineral named crest morcite found at Crestmore. The Providence Bulletin notes it contains oxides replacing silica and leaves questions about potential practical uses or charms.
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California
Crestmore
Providence Bulletin
The Intolerable Rooceter Cartoon Comment
The piece mocks a hen and her rooster spouse, noting the hen’s pride and the rooster’s haughty attitude. It contrasts married roosters with husbands in human society, observing men may dislike housework yet do chores, while roosters avoid meddling in a hen’s domestic affairs.
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Chanticleer
Zim
Cartoonr Magazine
Service Is The Blessing Of Human Endeavor
The passage extols service as the highest human pursuit, praising education, work, and communal improvement. It frames service as brotherhood in business, a unselfish helping hand, and a means to aid others so they may in turn aid themselves. The quote attributes the view to Ran ker.
Corn Lice Threat to Crops Across Plains Locales
A tiny louse living on young corn roots can wipe out crops in a locality. Reproduction runs 11 to 22 generations per season, with each spring hatch producing about 319.9 billion descendants and 8 quadrillion eggs. The piece argues such pests reflect a decline in simple honesty today.
War Savings Stamps Purchase Is Child’s Duty Message
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the War Savings Stamps program. The notice emphasizes civic responsibility and urges families to invest through stamps as a patriotic act and financial safeguard.
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Jacob Riis
Hans Westerfaard
N. Clausen
Hillsboro
Erosene
Nel Ne Nelson
Oscar Nelson
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Frank R. Willis
Daniels
State Examiner's Department
Towner
Chas, Knouse
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Kensal
Frank Smith
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