Erosion Study At Grandad Bluff Station Warns Of Loss
Supt Orville Hays reports 1934 was the most erosive year on record at the Upper Mississippi Soil Erosion Experiment Station on Grandad Bluff. Dry first half year followed by heavy rainfall doubled soil loss on corn, while timothy and clover rotations greatly reduced erosion and contour planting proved essential. Hays invites visitors to inspect the erosion station and aid farmers in applying soil-saving practices.
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Grandad Bluff
Orville Hays
Timothy
Hays
Granand Bluff
Central High School Band To Perform Friday Concert
Central High School’s band, a 35‑member group, will headline a Friday May 24 concert in the school auditorium. The band has long served civic groups and school programs, complementing drama, assembly shows, mothers league events, and other activities.
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Central High School
Mothers League
D. W. Nichols
la Crosse
Mr. Watkins
Arthur Behn
Connecticut Style Property Needs Individual Treatment
A Connecticut home offers individuality beyond the salt box, with flexible living space and expansion options. The plan includes dining room and kitchen on the first floor and two bedrooms with a bath upstairs, with later options adding a garage and maid’s room above. Four master bedrooms and a rear stairs connect to the garage in the full plan, boasting cross ventilation and ample storage, with exterior options in brick, clapboards or shingles and an estimated cost from 6000 to 10000 dollars depending on plan and local labor costs.
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Connecticut
Rooms In Economical Colonial House
Describes an American colonial style house with white clapboard walls, brown roof, green shutters, and a white chimney with a black top. It outlines a two-family layout with two floors, ample light for living and dining rooms, three bedrooms, two baths, and a central chimney with kitchen vents. East-facing on a 75 by 100 foot lot, fenced yard and old-fashioned garden, cost about $9,000.
Central High Band Receives New Uniforms For Memorial Day Parade
The Central High School band will debut red and black uniforms purchased with 1925 funds and a Central Mathews league coffee proceeds. The outfit includes red serge coats with black tings, black serge trousers with a red stripe, black belts, white shirts, and Persian style caps. John Fossum and the boys’ glee club will join a Friday night concert to raise funds and support the annual parade efforts.
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Iken
C. I. Anderson
D. R. Wartinbee
Central Mathers’ League
John Fossum
Central High School
Miller Hosts 75 for Gerlette Twenty Fifth Anniversary
West Salem Wisconsin special announcement notes Mr and Mrs F F Miller entertained 75 friends Thursday in honor of Mr and Mrs Charles Gerlette twenty fifth wedding anniversary. A program featured Dorothy Foster readings by Mrs Alfred M Hanson Lillian McIntosh a Diana solo by Frances Foster music by Leona Wexing and Harry Weking a mock wedding with Alfred M Hanson as bride and F F Miller as groom plus awards to guests and prizes. The piece ends with Luzon rain record of 3 feet 10 inches in 24 hours on July 14 15 1911.
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West Salem
Wis
F. F. Miller
Charles Gerlette
Dorothy Foster
Alfred M. Hanson
Lillian McIntosh
Diana Solo
Frances Foster
Leona Wexing
Harry Weking
Carl Moas
Margaret Ann Miller
Salzer Epworth League to Stage Lonely Liza Lou Comedy
The Salzer Memorial M E Epworth League presents the comedy drama Lonely Liza Lou on May 23 and 24. Cast includes Carl Engelke, Donald Kemske, Norman Hunt, John Schue, Henry Vogel, Burt Wethe, Edna Muelder, Evelyn Miller, Evelyn Brout, with Elsie Engelke in charge of costumes and properties. The play mixes humor with mystery and drama, featuring a mountain girl, an American heiress, a titled scoundrel, a mountaineer cousin, a faithful friend, a servant, and a French maid. The group supports World Service and local missions through this production.
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Salzer Memorial
M. E. Epworth League
Drive For Wesley Foundation
Madison
Tacroget Institute
Tomah
World Service
Washington
Carl Engelke
Donald Kemske
Norman Hunt
John Schue
Henry Vogel
Burt Wethe
Edna Muelder
Evelyn Miller
Evelyn Brout
Elsie Engelke
Waller
Ex-Springfield Mayor Schnepp Sentenced to Joliet Penitentiary
John P. Schnepp former Springfield mayor and real estate man was sentenced to an indeterminate term in Joliet penitentiary after embezzlement conviction. His attorney signaled possible appeal to the State Supreme Court. A separate note describes England railways using a whitewash signal to mark track flaws with white wash splashes.
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Mator Schnepf
Joliet Springfield
Ill
John P. Schnepp
Springfield
Joliet
Schnepp
State Supreme Court
Emperor of Ethiopia Abolishes Serfdom
Emperor Haile Selassie issued a decree abolishing serfdom across Ethiopia and equalizing land taxation. The move ends centuries of the slave system in the country, where forced labor and debt peonage persisted after joining the League of Nations.
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Tribune
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