Peach worm damage and control tips from agriculture bulletin
The plum curculio or peach worm causes major peach losses, with Georgia losses over 2 million in 1920. The U S Department of Agriculture recommends timely lead arsenate spraying at bloom and again during fruit development, plus a final application before ripe. Also mentions spreads for spreads and other insect pests, and suggests two sandwich spreads and meat brine tips.
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South
Georgia
United States Department of Agriculture
Cupid in a Posy Garden
Jane Brown a city office typist schemes to win Bert Lowden by inviting him to a garden visit. When Bert fails to show she meets Peter, the garden owner, and their conversation sparks romance as Jane realizes Bert is not true. The piece blends a comic romance with small town notices and church news.
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Ane Brown
Bert Lowden
Long Island
Bert
Jane Brown
Jane
Tane
Peter
Eldora Junction Ladies Club Elects Officers and Helpers
The Eldora Junction Ladies Country Club met at Mrs Amos Cobbs home with twelve members and three guests. Officers elected for the year include President Mrs Orville Vigars o p, Vice President Mrs Amos Cobb, and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Erio Cobb. The meeting schedule lists March 26 at Mrs Wayne Caster, plus a follow up on children's clothes hosted by Mrs Orville Vigars. Neighborhood visits, social gatherings, and local cemetery and church-related activities are noted, along with community updates and farm advice on day old chicks and livestock medicine usage.
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Ladies Country Club
Amos Cobb
Mesdames Hogle
Dickenson
Russell Cobb
Ficers
Orville Vigars
O. P
Sec
Treas
Erio Cobb
Wayne Caster
Everet Caster
Clayton Baker
Cleve Lepley
Shepherd Cemetery
George Hallet
Wallace Doud
Whitten
Enlo Cobb
Lee Barrows
Marshalltown
Ydevere Kenneth
Barrows
Lucile Barnard
Robert Miller
Dental Consolation cheer up and gold teeth
A nostalgic note that urges cheer despite misfortune, suggesting resilience and humor about wealth and comfort. It juxtaposes dental imagery with farm and wireside life, implying small comforts amid rural work and daily labors.
Apple Ties and Rose Share Botanical Family Link
A reader notes that apples and roses belong to the same botanical family despite outward differences. The remark highlights shared traits across Rosaceae and discusses how fruit and flower forms reflect common ancestry.
Alden residents visited by locals in casual gatherings
Mrs A C Martin of Alden spent Thursday night in the R Welsh home. Mrs Dan Palmby and daughter Dr Basil Dickengon and Rennett Rogers visited recently at the Palmby home. Reed rank, Rowe sister, Ruth Lison, and others were present.
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Chicago
Mattie Lepley
Union
Ernest Reed
Ben Fuller
Steamboat Rock
R. S. King
Comfrey
Minn
I. Reed
A. C. Martin
Vera
Alden
Ed Baker
Waterloo
Richard Welsh
Curtis Gatton
Wellesburg
Anabell
Mary Welsh
Dave Cronk
Dan. Palmby
Basil Dickengon
Rennett Rogers
Tom
Palmby
Ows
Reed
Rowe
Ruth
Yas
Lison
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Elle
Lamprecht Auto Co
Eldora, Iowa
Phillips Milk “of
Magnesia
Butler
Fry Paneb
Carson Hardware & Electric Co
Eldora
Iowa
Georgena Scott
Grand Central Palace
New York
Herbert
Cupid
H. Louis Raybold
Tle Grantow
Floyd Trickey
Cleworth
Cedar Rapids
Owasa Methodist Episcopal Church
Eldora Junction
Carl
Wilbur Barnard
Louise Baker
Georgian Cobb
Mrs. Wayne Coaster
Frank Felton
Cedar Falls
J. R. Mahler
Bureau of Animal Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Larson
Sherman Bros and
Roslin Topcoat Co
EMBRO
Mallory
Pella Brands
Larson’s
Berg
Rockford
Uncle Sam Sox
Owasa
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