Hessian Fly Control Seen Near Despite Septem ber 21 Date
Steuben county farmers may largely delay wheat sowing to avoid Hessian fly damage. County agent Colliver notes Purdue findings from DeKalb county show infection drops from 96.3 percent on Sept 14 to 11 percent on Sept 22 and 1.2 percent on Sept 26 with later sowings producing no infections. Theoretical fly free date around Sept 21 in Steuben. seasonal shifts possible.
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Steuben County
Purdue University
DeKalb County
DeKalb
Steuben
S. A. Colliver
Interesting Soy Bean Meetings at York Township Farm
A soy bean demonstration meeting was held at Lloyd Wilson’s York Township farm last Tuesday afternoon. Five bean varieties were shown, including Ito San Manchu and Hollybrook. Purdue crops specialist R. S. Thomas praised soybeans and stressed early planting, light cultivation, solid sowing for hay, and in rows for seed, noting hay value comparable to alfalfa for cattle.
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York Township
Lloyd Wilson
Wilson
R. S. Thomas
Purdue
Thomas
Farmers Bulletins Available for Steuben County Farms
The county agent announces newly received Farmers' Bulletins. Readers may request by visiting the county agent's office or mailing requests. Titles include Selecting Seed Corn in the Field, Control of Poultry Lice and Mites, Insects Affecting Farm Animals, House Plants Their Culture and Care, and Making up the Dairy Ration.
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Steuben County
Lightning hits barn. fire burns Trubey farm near Mongo
A barn on the Trubey farm near Mongo burned last Friday night after a lightning strike, destroying the structure and its contents. Other local incidents include J B Roberts losing a foot after his car flywheel accident and a cat killing a moccasin at Reading Michigan home. Over 1500 attended the Branch County Odd Fellows picnic at Matteson Lake. Ted Walters, 19, injured after truck ran over his leg. Camden store robbed of about $30 through a transom entry. Frank Chapman injured after stepping onto track near Bronson. A Warsaw man jailed for stealing to fund marriage. Greek Auburn resident Kalafat travels to New York to meet fiancée Andromage Chrysostenhitlon. US Bureau of Roads claims picric acid clearance may save farmers large sums this fall. surplus ordnance material to be obtained via state colleges.
Teachers announced for Fremont School opening
Fremont Ind prepares for Monday opening with Principal Walter V. Straw and a full staff including Claude Baker Harry Kinsey Lenore Franz Miriam McNaughton and room teachers for grades one through five. The piece also notes a reunion and light humorous verse about school start.
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Fremont
Walter V. Straw
Claude Baker
Harry Kinsey
Lenore Franz
Miriam McNaughton
John Walter
Zoa Wicoff
Ruth George
Jessie Williamson
Henrietta Bailey
Katherine Kinsey
Moore School
Voter Registration Notices Issued for Steuben County
Registration days set for September 9 and October 9 in Steuben County precincts with chief clerks named for each location. Citizens intending to vote in November must register or lose the right to vote. lists precinct chiefs such as Horace Davis Jamestown Burl Brockway and many others.
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Steuben County
Board of Commissioners of
Board of Commissioners
Millgrove North
Horace Davis
Millgrove South
Reuben McNair
Jamestown
Burl Brockway
Fremont North
Burl Baker
Fremont South
George Griffith
Clear Lake
Julius Tompkins
York North
George Osfall
York South
Nih
Storey
Scott North
William Johnson
Scott South
John Porter
Pleasant
Lulu Love
Guy Miller
John Carson
Thomas Wickwire
B. B. Goodale
Jackson North
Ray Shank
Jackson South
Austin Parsell
Salem
J. B. Hayward
Ira Wark
Ira Rowe
Steuben
Minnie Bennett
Arthur Miller
Alva Snowberger
William Beigh
Otsego North
Kyrus Oberlin
Otsego South
Ben Harrow
Richland
David Bench
Pythian Sisters Plan Return Meetings September 12
Notice urges Pythian Sisters officers and members to attend Tuesday evening September 12. Co A Giauque plans to move to Fremont and will offer the first five public sales free. Apply at Eagle office for dates. Also bank robbery report from Milford Indiana with suspect captured and jailed in Warsaw. Rat-Snap ad touts bait with prices 35, 65, and 125 cents from E L Mertz drug store.
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Pythian Sisters
Co. A. Giauque
Fremont
Eagle Office
Hampshire Breeders Picnic Draws Steuben County Attendees
The Steuben County Hampshire Breeders Association held a picnic on the north bank of Lake Gase last Thursday. Attendance was lower than expected due to unavoidable conditions, but the noon hog dinner and hog production discussions were among the day’s highlights.
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Hampshire
Steuben County
Hampshire Breeders’ Association
Lake Gase
Fatal automobile accident near Swanton claims life
Mrs. Elza Graham was summoned to Columbus after the death of her brother's wife in an auto crash near Swanton Ohio. The party traveling from Columbus to visit the Grahams skidded on loose gravel and overturned. Mrs. Fleck died the next morning after being taken to a Toledo hospital.
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Elza Graham
Columbus
Ohio
Swanton
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Colliver
Horace
Trubey
Mongo
J. B. Roberts
Garrett
Cora Babcock
Reading, Mich
Branch County Odd Fellows’ Association
Matteson Lake
Ted Walters
Jennie Walters
Auburn
Bari Shaffer
Camden
Mich
Frank Chapman
Bronson
Warsaw
Alexander Christ Kalafat
New York City
Andromage ‘Chrysostenhitlon
Alexander
Constantinople
Dhood
United States Bureau of Roads
State Agricultural College
Agriculturat
Gerevnny
Woodard-Wheaton Reunion
Woodard-Wheaton
Frank Crandall
Ind
Jackson
Hillsdale
Bankers
Angola
Montgomery
Sam Wosehard
Wheaton
H. M. Reynolds
C. M. Reynolds
Charley ‘Woodard
Estle Landis
Sam Woodard
Bankers, Mich
Europe
New Jersey
Riley’s
Farmers’ State Bank
Milford
Emily Shaw
E. L. Mertz Drug Store
Reece.” Oemalh
Gon
J. W. Goodwin & Son
Fremont, Ind
Crandall Bros
Indiana
Schlosser
Schlosser Bros
Sidel & Doster’s
Purity Bakery
White House
Kirk
Floyd E. Grim Fremont
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