Cow Testing Association Plans Debated at Meeting
R Gearhart from Pennsylvania State College met with Indiana Cow Testing Association officials to discuss financing options that would reduce costs for small herd owners. Two plans were outlined by Carl Johnston and Gearhart, to be considered at a future meeting, with demonstrations on March 4 at W D Fairman orchard attended by sixteen people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cow Testing Association
R. Gearhart
Pennsylvania State College
Indiana Cow Testing Association
Carl Johnston
Mr. Gearhart
Mr. Johnston
Cannibal Hens: How to Identify the Guilty Hen
County Agent Carter notes cannibalism in flocks is led by a few birds. Poultry breeder Floyd Wiltshire of Allegheny County describes a method to spot the killer by blood on a beak or head, especially in Leghorns with red ears, then removing the bird. If unseen, he drags the flock past the carcass to observe which hen attacks the dead bird, a sign Wiltshire says convicts the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Floyd Wiltshire
Allegheny County
Wiltshire
Indiana Co operative Dairy Meeting Highlights Cooperative Acts
EB Manning rural organization specialist met with directors and members of the Indiana Co operative Dairy on Friday March 6. The morning sessions in Moore Hotel committee rooms and the afternoon general meeting at Indiana Y M C A discussed the 1929 Act improving capital and member advantages over non members. Bee School with BR F Anderson Pennsylvania State College on Friday March 18 at Court House Indiana covers modern hives and bee law. Marion Center 4 H Bee Club meeting that evening. Aim is 100 percent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Indiana Co-operative Dairy
Thes
Mr. Manning
Moore Hotel
Indiana Y.M.C.A
Co-operative
F. ‘Anderson
Pennsylvania State College
Court Mouse
Indiana
Anderson
Court House
Marion Center
Sara Short
Clymer
O.V. Barber
Donald St.Clair
Emma Leasure
O. W. Barber
H. T. Barber
Melvin
Laura Reile
W. R. Moorhead
C 'W. W. Moorhead
Dixonville
W. RB
Moorhead
Lola Moorhead
Eb, T. Barber
Pruning School Demonstrations Set for March 19
Indiana county fruit growers are invited to pruning and grafting schools on Thursday March 19 with Penn State Extension Horticulturalist John Ruef. Demonstrations schedule at 10 a.m. in W. P. McCrea’s orchard Blacklick and 1 30 p m in Clareston McHenry’s orchard. Ruef’s final spring pruning visit. Also note seed potato orders from Michigan Russet due by March 18 with prices 2 40 per first and 2 00 per second. up to 25 percent of an order may be seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
John Ruef
Penn State
Ruef
W. P. McCrea
Blacklick
Clareston McHenry
Michigan
Poultry Meetings With H W W Kauffman In Indiana County
Poultry extension specialist H W W Kauffman from State College will visit Indiana county for a set of meetings on Thursday March 12. Events include 10 30 a m poultry culling demonstration at Joe Nesbitts near Creekside 1 30 p m poultry meeting at J C Vites Banks township near Ros Biter and 7 30 p m the monthly Adult Poultry Record Club meeting in the County Agent office in Indiana. Orchard pruning demonstration invites fruit growers of Creekside and vicinity to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W W. Kauffman
State College
Indiana County
Joe Nesbitt
Creekside
J. C. Vite's
Banks Township
Ros. Biter
Adult Poultry Record Club
Indiana
Birthday of Indiana man marked by 23 grandchildren celebration
William J. Short of Indiana celebrated his 73rd birthday with family at his Hast Oak street home. A large gathering of 23 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren attended, sharing a noon dinner and a cake with 73 candles. Short, once aCherryhill township farmer known for the Ideal Farm, saw his son Blaine continue the enterprise. His four children are H. Blaine Short, Elmer B. Short, Mrs. H. T. Dick, and Mrs. Ford Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Short
Indiana
Hast Oak Street
Mr. Short
Cherryhill Township
Blaine
H. Blaine Short
Town
Elmer B. Short
White ‘Township
H. T. Dick
Clymer
Ford Smith
Pine Flats
Identification Mark Needed
Ida Martin flirts with Ned Roland at a spring dance after he hopes to take her and Alice Clay. Ida arrives late with Ale, provokes Ned’s jealousy, and reveals she followed his advice to attract attention with bold fashion. The pair clash over expectations as Ida enjoys the evening with multiple admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Ned Roland
Ada Martin
Ada
Cheeka
Nellie
Ned
Alice Clay
Shane
Tda
Alice
Tdn
McClure Newspaper
Syndicate
WNU Service
Political Favoritism and Nepotism Defined
A concise note explains nepotism as favoritism toward relatives and governor patronage as favors given for relationships rather than merit. It distinguishes relationship based bias from merit based appointments and outlines the core idea of political favoritism.
Opening of Early Rail Line Important Event
The National Intelligencer reports the Baltimore to Washington railroad opened for travel on its first day, with four long trains entering the line. Thousands witnessed the event near Capitol Hill as Baltimore Mayor and guests traveled to celebrations at Gadsby’s and Brown’s hotels before returning home by four o’clock, dust aside.
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Baltimore
Washington
Capitol Hill
National Intelligencer
Capitol
Haltimore
Gadsby's
Brown's
Kansas City
Star
Jeffersons wisdom hailed as Houdon busts fetch high prices
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch note recounts Jefferson inviting French sculptor Jean Houdon in 1784 to sculpt Washington. It cites Houdon busts selling in New York for 80000 dollars and 245000 dollars, highlighting Jefferson's art patronage as part of his genius and Monticello legacy.
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Sage
Monticello
Jefferson
Jean Houdon
Washington
Houdon
Countess de Sabran
New York
I. 5S. Harkhess
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Nebraska Trees Transforming State From Deserts to Breadbasket
The Missouri crossing era left Nebraska nearly treeless. Now about 2.5 billion trees cover the state and rainfall exceeds 30 inches per year. Timber claims encouraged settlers to plant trees, turning the land into a lush green blanket and boosting climate and agriculture.
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Nebraska
Missouri
Great American Desert
Cher Ami the famed WWI pigeon saves Lost Battalion
Cher Ami, the celebrated World War I pigeon, delivered a crucial message to Major Whittle on October 21 1918 during heavy shelling. Despite breast and leg wounds, the bird carried the message 40 kilometers in 25 minutes and survived to cross the ocean with the doughboys before dying in June 1910 from war wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cher Ami
Whittlesey
Oldest European Yew Trees in Glen Lyon Legend
The Glen Lyon between Loch Rannoch and Loch Tay in Perthshire is described as Scotland’s oldest yew trees amid a landscape famed for its mystique. Known as the Dark Crooked Glen of the Great Rocks, it carries Celtic Christian history and legends of battles, with its ancient yews claimed as Europe’s oldest authentic vegetation.
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Europe
Loch Rannoch
Loch Tay
Glen Lyon
Scotland
Loch Lyon
Perthshire
Days of Rest and Joy Calendar Notes in Maury Horgiing Book
The passage cites Maury B. Horgiing and describes An niversaries and Froridays listing 77 holidays and special days. It notes saints feast days and statehood days, plus 892 person named days and 220 event days, totaling 1,298 calendar entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury B. Horgiing
Social Visit Notes From Smicksburg Area
Smicksburg area residents and relatives visited friends and family across Tyrone Butler Punxsutawney DuBois Vandergrift and Indiana with numerous calls and weekend gatherings. Attendees include Gates McCormick Daugherty Hoover Pierce Davis Dodson and many others, plus travels to Pittsburgh Youngstown and New Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
Tyrone
Mable McCormick
Gee
Walch
Woodnesday
Clarence Daugherty
Luther
Angus Hoover
Butler
Thomas Edmunds
Pittsburgh
David Edmunds
Maude Wells
Rossmpayne
Clover Pierce
Phimville
John Lewis
Chloris Davis
David Lkin
Aick
Alvyerdt Justina
Porter
Mra
David Ekin
H. B. Dodson
Punxsutave Ney
Donald Lockhart
Rossmoyna
L. A. Caseby
DuBois
Henry Crone
New Bethlehem
Robert McBriar
Marion Weston
Indiana
Bert Weston
William Ritchey
Blimer Elkin
James Robinson
Church Street
H. M. Barrett
B. B. Crawford
Youngstown
Ronald Haskell
Homer Huskall
Hershburger
Manorville
Rey
J. B. Troutman
Clark Zimmerman
Vandergrift
HE. Condron
Martha Uncapher
Onéapher
Jamison
al Brear
Geo. Roush
Jno. Roush
Florence Condron
Chas. Condron
Alshouse
Dave Lewis
Wilkinburg
Mary Lewis
Sihis Hazelett
Georgeville
James Hazelett
Local notices and obituaries from Indiana county
Local notices list numerous callers and visits among residents such as Mrs Zenas Hiney and Tressa Pay ry, Mr and Mrs John Adams, I C Myres and daughter May, and F C Adams with updates on church, Sunday school, chicken pox cases, and a Presbyterian conference. Obituary notes include John Curts aged 82 from Covade died February 27 in Ellwood after a stroke and interment in Ellwood cemetery, and Nellie Louise Campbell aged three years who died of acute indigestion at Shelida with services and Oaklanst cemetery burial. Also mention of funeral for Ellwood resident and a later quote on labor-saving machines urging use of saved labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Oakes
Glenn
Emma Jean
Johnstown
C. Y
Marks and Son
Glen Campbell
Mont Barbor
James’ Barbor
Verner Barbor
Pittsburgh
Linus Barbor
Taylorsville Church
Zenas Hiney
Tressa Payry
Sadie
Lisate Dinwiddie
Sherman Barnett
John Adams
I. C. Myres
May
F.C. Adams
Indiana
F. B. Smith
W. J. Short
Florence Stephens
Orley McCombs
Akron
Ohio
Zenny Hines
Clarence
Floyd Rhine
Phriends
Laurel Swamp
Presbyterian
H. J. Noyer
J. W. Cunningham
Ada Mus Curdy
John Curis
John Curts
Rosa Hakins
Ellwood
Ind
Covade
Lucy Miller
Kansas City
Anna Jordan
Punxsutawney
Cay
Nellie Louise Campbell
Nellie Louise
Youns
J. Walter Campbell
Shelada
Campbell
Qaklanst
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Farm Bureau News
W. D. Fairman
Clymer R. D. 1
Maple Grove
Carl Carney
Armagh
Albert Coy
Gallatin
Dayton
Church of God
Forrest Coy
Isaac Sleppy
Carl Gance
Heilwood
Hersh Boring
Lannie Wyant
West Virginia
Royden Coy
Glenn Hix
Homer City
Ruth Detwiler
Cherrie Malotte
Clinton Bowers
Robert Mallory
G. EB. Holmes
Royden
Conrad Sleppy
D. B. Detwier
E Mack
Ernest Sleppy
Manor
Holmes
Andy Lunn
Myers Literary Society
Myers Schiool House
Center Township
Miss Doty
Willamu
Britton
Charlie Nehrig
Winsheimer
Linus McHenry
la Rua Warner
Clarissi Britton
Annie Fabin
Emma Catherine Lewis
Viola Bowman
Jimmy Kauffman
Clarence Learn
Anna Belle Kauffman
Virginia Colgan
Hazel Carney
Mer
Naomi Stewart
Louis Cook
Robert Fabin
Roxie Colgan
Howard Britton
Roy Winsheimer
Roberts Nehrig
Charles Pierce
Howard Nehrig
Claire Kauffman
Fred Nehrig
Mr. Britton
Warner
Jake
Darwin Stewart
George
Black
Iva Colgan
Mgr
Ed. Henderson
Helen Britton
Joé Doty
Smicksburg
Kenwood
Currys Run
Benalor James J. Davis
Penney
Indiana Motor Company
Opp. P. R. RB
North Eighth Street
ROX
Indiana, VA
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