Extension Work on Corn Breeding for Higher Yield
A historical excerpt explains corn breeding steps to improve yield and grain quality. It details selecting about one hundred ears from vigorous stalks, avoiding fertile spots, and shaping to uniform cylindrical ears. It covers ear testing by germination, planting rows, weighing harvests, and using top performers to establish a breeding patch distant from inferior varieties.
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Redley
Aiasa Extension
Napter
Sunshine work in Oconee and South Carolina gains support
Marye R Shelor writes from near Richland about free magazines for all who visit after January 4. She reports endorsements from educators and charities, gifts from Mrs. Pilea, and a pledge to pass magazines to farmers, teachers, and the Sunshine Society.
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Richland
Associated Charities
Department of Agriculture
Boards of Health
Oconee
South Carolina
Col. Shanklin
Eddy will bequeaths most of fortune to Christian Science Church
Mary Baker Eddy's will, dated 1904 and filed soon, leaves almost all of her 1.5 million estate to the Christian Science Church. Ex-Congressman Henry M. Baker is named administrator. No gifts appear for George W. Glover or Dr J J Master-Eddy. Household staff receive smaller bequests.
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Boston
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
Henry M. Baker
Bow
N. H
Concord
George W. Glover
Lead
S. D
J. J. Master-Eddy
Ots
Ands
Roy
Irving
Tomlinson
Mia
Laura EB. Sargent
Ries
One Way'So Pay A Note Bank Fraud in Atlanta Ward
Albert Thomas a bank official in Atlanta slipped $15 from a bank after a depositor placed cash then left. Bookkeeper Hughley noticed the shortfall when Thomas paid a note with two $6 bills and was later found in his private office dictating. Thomas was arrested and reportedly confessed but plans to fight the case.
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Atltanta Journal
Albert Thomas
Royal Mutual Insurance Association
New Sixth Ward
Cowan
Osborne
G. E. Hughley
Hughley
Mr. Hughey
Omcer Osborne
General Wallace F. Randolph Dies by Own Hand in Washington
Major General Wallace F. Randolph retired former coast artillery chief shot himself at his Washington home amid months of kidney trouble. Born in Pennsylvania he was 69 and helped develop the current field artillery system. He commanded field artillery with Shatter's Cuban army during the Spanish American War and became coast artillery chief in 1904 before retirement.
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Washington
Wallace F. Randolph
Coast Artillery Corps
Randolph
Shatter
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Prizes awarded at South Atlantic Corn Exposition in Columbia
Prizes totaling 10000 dollars were given for corn from North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia at the first South exposition night. Over 700 exhibits entered with J Goodwyn Apex NC winning best single ear J G Lewis Reedy Branch NC best 10 ears and A D Hudson Newberry SC best display and 50 ears. Jerry H Moore Winona SC age 15 won largest yield 228 bushels three pecks per acre and Hannah Plowden age 15 produced 120 bushels per acre. Officials weighed quality and net quantity while adverting a tonic on catarrh with Halls Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Columbia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
South
J. Goodwyn
Apex
N. C
J. G. Lewis
Reedy Branch
President Acting Pacifier in Senate Harmony Effort
Washington reports President Patt invited regular and progressive leaders to the White House in a bid to ease Senate factionalism. He met Cummins and Borah privately, but no strong conference occurred. Insurgent circles warned that reconciliation seemed unlikely.
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Washington
United States Senate
Patt
White House
Senate
Cummins
Borah
Genuine Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Ad
Cured by Barton's Pharmacy in Valleyha, W L Lunney, and Senecay. The ad warns against substitutes, touting Genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in a yellow package as a quick remedy for coughs and colds with a dangerous shift to substitutes.
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Foley
Barton’s Pharmacy
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Senecay
Child Reappears From Coffin At Funeral in New York
In New York on December 4 a three year old girl, Lilian Viund, sat up in her winding sheet as the undertaker prepared her body for burial. She cried for her mother and asked for warmth while convulsions had left her body stiff. The father dispatched for a doctor. the scene occurred as the undertaker and his assistant attended the door. A drug advert follows, promoting Dean's Reguleta for constipation and digestion at 25 cents a box.
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New York
Lilian
Notice of Admin Probate for Thomas A Kelley
In Oconee County South Carolina Judge D A Smith issues citation for John F Craig Clerk of Common Pleas to admin Thomas A Kelley estate. Court of Probate Walhalla Court House on December 8 1910 at 11 am to show cause why administration should not be granted. Published October 26 1910 in Keowee Courier and Court House door as required by law.
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South Carolina
Oconee
D. A. Smith
John F. Craig
Court of Common Pleas
Oconee County
S. C
Thomas A. Kelley
Thomas A, Kelley
Walhalla Court House
Ocones County
Keowee
Court House
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