Over the Farm Advisers Desk corn notes and tips
Hollensbe Farm Adviser Robert Bob Hollensbe shares practical farm reminders after Thanksgiving. He highlights soil sampling, a new Marshall office secretary Rita Cooper, egg pricing insights tied to market timing, and the need for accurate tax and depreciation records along with proper breeding stock sales reporting.
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Over the Farm Advisers Desk
Robert
Bob
Hollensbe Farm Adviser
Marshall Office
Rita Cooper
Blue Cross
General Farm Bureau
University of Ilinois
India Backs Oil Growth To Drive Industry Plan
Washington report notes India aims to expand oil imports and domestic production to fuel its industrial push. Refineries rising in Bombay Vizagapatam and Assam with British and American investment, as Iran supplies wane. The drive aligns with the 1951 Five Year Plan featuring iron steel plants aircraft locomotive works and factory sectors.
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Republic of India
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Vizagapatam
India
Assam
Middle East
Iran
West Bengal
Tiny Electric Clutch Expands Planetarium Use Worldwide
A compact electric clutch for planetariums controls movement in all directions and can demonstrate constellations up to 100000 years past or future. The one fifth size device aims to make planetariums affordable for institutions unable to fund standard installations, potentially doubling their use globally.
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Chicago
Jack of All Trades
Oldest Pill Rolling Equipment Donated to Smithsonian
The copper pill rolling pan used by William R Warner in Philadelphia in 1856, the first mass producer of sugar coated pills, has been donated to the Smithsonian for an exhibit on early American pharmaceutical manufacturing. The pan was hung from the ceiling of Warner's shops.
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Washington
United States
Smithsonian Institution
William R Warner
Philadelphia
Warner
Netherlands Seeks POW Builders for Burma Thailand Rail Road
Netherlands announces compensation eligibility for former Dutch military personnel held as prisoners of war by Japan who helped build the Burma Thailand railroad. The government seeks to locate eligible individuals or heirs to receive payment. The Burma Thailand line was constructed with thousands of POWs, later demolished and sold after the armistice.
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Netherlands
Holland
Mich
Burma
Thailand
Fisherman Sees 100 Pound Swordfish Near Block Island
Arthur B. Rose, a Block Island fisherman, spotted a 100 pound swordfish while hauling lobster pots. He tied to pots and had a partner secure him to the mast for safety before harpooning the fish.
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Block Island
R. I
Arthur B. Rose
Rose
Thanksgiving Guests Pause at Families Across Indiana List
A long roster of visitors over Thanksgiving includes Mr and Mrs Don Brown and daughters Anita and Norma of Livingston along with many relatives in the region. Notable attendees include Dr Augusta O Neal Lison and Rev Lindy. remarks note travel from St Louis and Indianapolis with multiple households hosted in Vigo, Terre Haute, Paris, and nearby towns.
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William Newport
Grand Turn
Don "Brown
Anita
Norma
Livingston
Alfred McNary
Virgil Wallace “Jr
East St. Louis
Lloya McNary
Joplin
Missouri
Hubert English and Sons
Lloyd’ Wright
Portersville, I
John Lindy
Ridge Farm
Lindy
R. W. Kuhn
Church of Nazarene
Real estate transfers in Marshall area 1954 records list several deeds
A compilation of 1954 warranty deeds shows transfers in Marshall and surrounding areas. Transactions include half interest in land in sections 33 34 township 10 range 11. lot 45 in Dulaney's Marshall addition. lots 8 and 4 block 25 original town. north half of east half block 14 Schuey's addition in Westfield. out lot 1 Archer addition. land in sections 17 19 township 10 range 13. and lot 11 Woodford Dulaney's addition. Amounts stated primarily as $1 with one $3300 entry, between multiple families and trustees.
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Flora McVey
Frank
Ruth ‘Beasley
Schuey
Westfield
Fred
Lily’ Wolcott
Marshall Community Trust No
Wm.b. Archer
Marshall
Nicholas
Hattie Hurst
James A
Madge Davis
Lyman
Eliza Thompson
Seater H
Ruth Johnson
Woodford Dulaney
Rotary pledge to preserve Marshall maple trees and plant new ones
The Rotary Club of Marshall resolves to honor pioneer citizens who planted the town's maple streets. The group urges all civic organizations to join a campaign to preserve existing maples and plant new trees on new streets where older trees have faded.
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Marshall
Hall
Rotary Club
Christmas Eve ahead in South End buys
Manford Buckner advertises seasonal goods with toys, fruit, candy and bulk items for Christmas shoppers. The notice notes apples, nuts, oranges, potatoes, apple cider and bulk candy, inviting customers to call TM 2001 and discuss offers as the back room overflows with merchandise.
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Reeds
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