Home project work boosts Indiana rural education leaders
In Indiana 641 students are enrolled in summer home project work under 21 paid teachers. The program records time spent, costs and income, and shows improvements in health, earnings, and family self-sufficiency through practical farming and domestic tasks. Names of the supervisory staff and local towns are listed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Indiana
Z. M. Smith
A. T. Marvel
Middlebury
C. E. East
Topeka
Ida Pippenger
New Paris
John Tuttle
Fairmount
Otis Calvin
Matthews
L. R. Romine
Pendleton
C. O. Tuttle
Arcadia
F. A. Ogle
Star
Columbus
Charles A. Greathouse
State Department of Public Instruction
State Supervisor of Agricultural Education
Experiments on Farm Projects to Report in Fall
The article notes experiences in corn growing canning poultry pig raising dairy cow testing and marketing projects. It says actual financial results will be shared in the coming fall or early winter.
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Chamberlains Tablets lauded for digestion aid
A reader from Holland New York credits Chamberlains Tablets as a splendid remedy for indigestion and constipation after using several bottles about a year ago. The note appears in an advertisement style claim and notes availability everywhere.
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C. S. Colby
Holland
N. Y
Embroidery Club Meeting At Mrs Hutchesons
Correspondence from Reelsville reports the Ladies Embroidery Club held a Wednesday July 28 gathering at Mrs Lucy Hutchesons home with a noon dinner and social needlework. Miss Leota Showalter will host the next meeting on Wednesday August 11. Also notes a Walnut Chapel ice cream social attracting attendees and Sunday visitors from Roachdale Terre Haute and Roachdale connections.
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Reelsville
R. R
Ladies’ Embroidery Club
Lucy Hutcheson
Hutchson
Leota Showalter
Walnut Chapel
Ode Pollom
David Pollom
Fred MecAninch
Roachdale
Raymond Young
Terre Haute
Wm. H. Young
Social Visits Noted In Rock Branch Community
Mr and Mrs John German spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Smith and with the Dozer family of Kentucky visiting Neal Disney. Mrs Elmore Morphew called on Mrs Joe Shackles. Miss Hannah Hipshire and Hazel Allen called on Mrs Brit Hipshire. Mrs Jess Howard and her daughter Gladys called on Mrs Anna Wilson Friday.
Old Hedge Row Visit Recaps Local Social Calls
Miss Millie Modlin returned home Sunday after visiting friends in Greencastle. Several local families including the Kecks Bell and Kee clans, Grace Hughes, and Jim Tattonberry visited Alec Keck or Roachdale households. Nancy Elliott and children also traveled to Roachdale, and London Jones with his daughter Twela spent time with Simon Jones’s parents.
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Old Hedge Row
Millie Modlin
Greencastle
Mat Keck
Ray Bell
Robert Keck
Alec Kee
Grace Hughes
Jim Tattonberry
Alec Keck
Simon Jones
Katie Shorter
Roachdale
Nancy Elliott
London Jones
Twela
Burley Boner
Clinton Falls Social Notes Mixed with Local Visits
In Clinton Falls residents report friendly gatherings and family visits. Gertrude Boswell spent Sunday with Blanche Miller. Grace Roberts and her son returned to Terre Haute after a visit here. Joe Braggs family visited Scott Horney near Ferndale. Golda Bee and Lizzie Hart spent Monday with Hazel Vermillion.
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Clinton Falls
Gertrude Boswell
Blanche Miller
Grace Roberts
Terre Haute
Joe Braggs
Little Sons
Scott Horney
Ferndale
Golda Bee
Lizzie Hart
Hazel Vermillion
Fincastle Community Notes Include Visits and Ball Game
Mrs Clay Brothers and daughter Cena of Greencastle visited with H. M. Brothers. Marian Steele visited grandmother Mrs D F Brothers. Several couples called on Clay Fosher. A crowd attended the ball game with Star Bloomer Girls of Chicago beating Fincastle 7 to 5.
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Fincastle
Inez McGaughey
Vanita Jarvis
Waveland
Louie Steele
Raccoon
George Wilkerson
J. W. Terry
Lizzie Hartman
Roachdale
Clay Fosher
Star Bloomer Girls
Chicago
Bloomer Girls
Locust Grove Social Roundup Looks at Visits and Meetings
Locust Grove residents report supper guests including Mr. and Mrs. Priest of Bainbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Knight. A week with relatives ends as Miss Leona Oliver returns home. Sewing Circle to meet August 11 at Mrs. Harry Brown.
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Locust Grove
A. L. Priest
Bainbridge
L. C. Knight
Clay Oliver
Louis H. Call
Priest
Leona Oliver
George Busby
Lucile Conley
Harmony
Edgar Starr
Indianapolis
Ken Priest
Mary Priest
Lola Proctor
Ray Sallust
Harry Brown
Brick Chapel
Putnam County Boy Sets Montana Farming Record
J C Carlton, once from Putnam County, now in Shepherd Montana, reports rye four and one half feet barley three feet and winter wheat two and a half feet on dry land. He farms 900 acres northeast of Billings and moved from Oklahoma in 1914 seeking opportunities in Montana.
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Montana
J. C. Carlton
Putnam County
Oklahoma
Carlton
Martha Mann
J. O. Carlton
Shepherd
Chamber of Commerce
Fowler
Hillings
Shepherd District
Moon Has No Influence On Crops Says Scientists
Scientists dismiss lunar effects on farming noting crops rely on soil, air, temperature, light and moisture. Full daylight vastly surpasses moonlight and only minimal light would not stimulate growth, so the moon’s influence on farming and farming schedules is considered negligible.
Ready for Fungus Fungicide Use Guide
Fungus diseases require a fungicide spray that covers all spores to prevent germination. Begin spraying early in spring and repeat every two weeks through early summer to prevent outbreaks in fruit trees and vegetables. Spraying is preventive, not curative, and should start before visible disease appears.
Weird Old Man of Pine Mountains and His Lore
Calloway Kentucky reports on Old Norrie Parysons a striking hermit of Pine mountains who claims occult knowledge from travels in the Orient his cave home blends ancient instruments with modern texts and he draws hundreds seeking glimpses of the future despite the railroad’s coming development.
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Callaway
Beattieville
Appalachian Highlands
Kentucky
Old Norrie-Parysons
Plinlimon’s Heights
Calloway
Old Norrie
Cadwallon
Norrie
Soa
Orient
India
Persia
Euphrates
Babylon
Nineveh
Pine Mountain
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