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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
9
The monthly crop report by W. L. Nelson notes heavy rains and hail causing losses in the southeast, yet corn stands at about 86 percent of normal with many fields needing replanting. Wheat shows slight improvement while oats look strong with 92 percent condition and an acreage near 1,075,000.
The will of former congressman James J Butler, son of Edward Butler, valued at about 1 million dollars, disposes half to his widow and half to Edward Lancaster Thitler. The mother acts as trustee for the 60n while the beneficiary is under 35.
A 70 year old farmer named Jesse Miller was instantly killed when his team ran away on a farm southwest of Lamonte where he was working in a cornfield recently.
An electric storm in Butler county destroyed substantial property at the Scoville evangelistic meeting in Lopfar Bluff. The large revival tent was torn down and partly ruined, causing damage to nearby equipment and seating.
Wabash train from Kansas City to St. Louis wrecked near Montgomery by a broken rail. several injured, six coaches left the track. Missouri Christian Missionary Society 1918 state convention awarded to St Joseph with Nev AW Kokendorffer elected president and other officers named. Flag Day observed at Rich Hill with a public flag-raising in Central Park. Stabbed woman striker at Moberly Brown Shop factory amid ongoing labor tensions and anticipated further trouble.
Thousands gather at St Pauls church and Maple Park cemetery for baby Lloyd Keet funeral. Police continue probe into the well death as Paul O'Day names Mek Carter in a warrant charging direct complicity in the murder.
Missouri's new Commercial Feed Stuffs law takes effect June 18 1917. It regulates branding of feeds made from grain and seeds and requires a conspicuous tag with net weight brand manufacturer name minimum protein and other ingredients. A separate item notes a man named John Crocher died by suicide after flood related field trouble. The Christian Church State Ministerial Association elected George Campbell president at a two day convention in Mexico with officers Williams Hull Abbott and White named to executive committee.
Clarence Kabler 15, son of Mrs Richard Kubler, died when an automobile driven by Jerry Willhite Jr. ran him down in southeast Vernon County. The pair were returning from a party and the boy attempted to cross the road, misjudging the speed of the car.
Paris and New York women increasingly adopt trousered skirts inspired by Oriental fashion rather than Anglo Saxon norms. The look blends feminine touches with bifurcated silhouettes, including velvet and bullion lace embellishments, long flowing skirts, and leg wrapping influences from Algerian uniforms. The trend grows as women enter work and social life, valuing comfort and utility.
A writer in the Woman's Home Companion cites a small hanging basket attached to the sewing machine as the best aid. It sits level with the table and catches thread ends and fabric clippings in one sweep, keeping the door cleaner. The basket rests on two hooks at the machine end and can be removed for emptying.
In a hurry learn to crochet a pleated edge along one edge using a seam heading about half an inch wide. The straight edge offers a fast method to finish a garment with minimal time and effort.
Guidance on incubating geese notes incubator viability is doubtful and brooder use is uncommon. It recommends moisture during week one, egg counts under hens and geese, confinement of hens, water avoidance with cold water, pasture readiness for gosling growth, feeding mushes, and prompt cleanup to prevent disease.
Ross M Sherwood of Kansas Agricultural College urges breaking up broody hens to save laying time and egg value. He recommends airy flat bottom coops, keeping hens off the ground, no starvation, limited grains, and plenty of milk and table scraps, then turning them out promptly.
The article outlines two methods for airing incubator eggs. One—air daily during the night or morning if temperatures rise slightly. The other—slowly turn eggs to renew air and limit cooling to one or two periods around days 15 to 17, cooling until the shells feel cold. Cooling can improve hatch success, especially in warm weather.
A Maine station reports successful laying hen results from a mash of wheat bran two parts, cornmeal one, middlings one, gluten meal or dried brewer’s grain one, tin bead meal one, beef scrap one. Alternative rations include reduced wheat bran blends with shorts and cottonseed meal plus beef scrap, or a simpler mix of two parts wheat bran, one part corn meal, and one part beef scrap.
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