Adams County Farm Bureau Plots Soil and Weed Tactics
At a recent Adams County Farm Bureau meeting farmers agreed to moldboardless plowing and weed control with a red weeder. Clarke County forms a Poultry Association to boost purebred production, while 30 Clarke communities reorganize under the Farm Bureau with 26 project leaders named. The value of barnyard manure is about 875 dollars per ton chemically, and agents offer help on ground squirrell and pest control.
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Adams County Farm Bureau
Clarke County
Farm Bureau Plan
Migratory Bird Treaty Case Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sustained the constitutionality of the migratory bird treaty with Great Britain and the implementing act. The Biological Survey U.S. Department of Agriculture administers the law. Missouri had sued U S warden Ray P Holland in 1919 seeking to block federal enforcement in Missouri. The ruling followed a prior 1919 opinion by Judge Van Valkenburgh and advances the case through appeals.
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United States Supreme Court
United States
Great Britain
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
United States District Court
Western District of Missouri
Ray P Holland
Arba S. van Valkenburgh
Western District of
Supreme Court of the United
States Affirms Lower Court Opinion
The state has affirmed the opinion of the lower court, upholding its ruling and effectively sustaining the initial decision in the case. The court’s affirmation closes the appellate review and reinforces the prior judgment.
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States
Local Social News From Douglas This Week
Mrs H E Milham and daughter Dixie visit sister H A Anderson. Ed Reynolds does some loud clearing this week. Wesley Wright and Charley Stone stay with Wright family before returning to Blewett. Mrs Van de Grift and sons OD on the ranch. Edyth Peterson Hazel West visit H A Anderson. Heath Lettie Wilms Otto Anderson share Sunday dinner at H A Anderson. Bjork Edythe Peterson Vers Sands Albert and Berry Sands dine at Fredrickson home. Kitchen shower for Mrs Otto Anderson. luncheon late, all depart after an enjoyable evening.
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H.E. Milham
Dixie
Douglas
H. A. Anderson
Ed. Reynolds
Wesley Wright
Charley Stone
Wright
Blewett
Otto Anderson
Eyes of Youth at the Grand with Clara Kimball Young
Gina Ashling faces a moral dilemma choosing between ambition and duty as a Paris career and a rich marriage threaten her happiness. Peter waits for a shared future while a Yogi from India offers guidance through a crystal ball revealing outcomes of each path. The play stars Clara Kimball Young and runs Monday and Tuesday May 10 and 11.
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Gina Ashling
Paris
Peter
India
Clara Kimball Young
Pets beloved by saints in lore of birds and beasts
Dr. Douglas Hyde lectured on the Margaret Stokes lectures in Dublin's Alexandra Hall tracing saintly affection for animals. He cited St Patrick, St Brigid, and St Columba with stories of pets and loving animals, noting wolves, foxes, and birds formed bonds with Irish and Latin saints. Dr Ball urged that American agriculture rests on exceptional men with broad training and vision.
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Douglas Hyde
Aoo
Margaret Stokes
Alexandra Ealleve
Dublin
Tle
Ohip
St Patrick
St. Brigid
St. Calumettte
St. Patrick
Sto Columeiile
Treland
Lona
Hyde
BE. D. Ball
Roosevelt Broke Devilfish Record With Spear Strike
Russell J Coles recounts Theodore Roosevelt's sea hunting feat off Punta Gorda Florida on March 2h 117. Roosevelt speared a massive devilfish two feet four inches through its dense body while a boat moved nine miles per hour. A second even larger devilfish followed an hour later. Coles, a scientist and devilfish hunter of over 20 years, notes the achievement.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Russell J. Coles
Coles
Florida
Punta Gorda
Mr. Coles
Pigeon Inn Reopens as Alsatian Pigeon Blaine
Strasbourg revival brings back the Pigeon Inn to life after 1871. The historic inn once called Au Pigeon and later Au Pigeon Blanc reopens under Alsatian management, restoring its student rendezvous legacy.
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Strasbourg
Christian Science Monitor
Deepest Well Reaches 7570 Feet Near Fairmont West Virginia
The Hope Natural Gas company of Pittsburgh drilled the world’s deepest well six and a half miles southeast of Fairmont WV. It reached 7,570 feet before abandonment due to stuck tools and a 4,000 foot cable loss. Temperature at 7,000 feet was 172 degrees Fahrenheit with a rise of one degree per 660 feet, suggesting boiling point near 10,000 feet.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Hope Natural Gas Company
Pittsburgh
E. van Orstrand
United States Geological Survey
Scientific American
The Skeleton at the Feast and a Wedding Telegram Prank
A brother's wedding is disrupted when a guest reads a telegram misread as congratulations. The message demands money, causing laughter among guests at the bride's home where the ceremony occurred. The mix of mistaken context and social ritual highlights a humorous family moment.
Notice of Hearing on Estate Set Off to Surviving Spouse
In the matter of the estate of Thomas I. Gosslee deceased Addie Gosslee surviving spouse and Richard P. Gosslee administrator petition to award three thousand dollars worth of estate to the surviving spouse and avoid further administration Hearing set for June 2 1920 at 9 30 a m in the Superior Court Courthouse Wenatchee Washington Judge Wm A Grimshaw presiding Witness A A Spevens clerk Deputy Isabel A Ross Herman Howaf attorney for administrator May 7 1920
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Thomas I. Gosslee
Superior Court
Addie Goslee
Richard P. Gosslee
Addie Gosslee
Wenatchee
Wm. A. Grimshaw
A. A. Spevens
Isabel A. Ross
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Lewis County Poultry Association
Eagle Creek
Grand
Roosevelt
Herman Howaf
P. O. Address
Leavenworth, Wash
RAND
Bull
Durham
Durham Tobacco
Genuine “Bulle Durham Tobacco
Baker Steam
D. O
First Ave
Spokane
Wash
Thos. Nolan
Deeley
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