Wheat storage pests and farm census and 4-H events
The article outlines signs of wheat infestation such as heating webs holes and beetles and recommends fumigants. It urges completion of the 1954 farm census and notes 4-H Achievement Night at Marshall High School with awards sponsored by Wilson's Elevator and the Clark County Soil Conservation District. It also mentions anticipated fertilizer availability for 1955 and discussion of milk versus milk replacers for calf feed. It invites 4-H projects and informs about income tax schools for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall High School
Wilson's
West Union
Clark County Soil Conservation District
Clark County
Social notes from West York with the Kenderdines
Rosalie Kenderdine visits with Mrs Flossie Kenderdine on Tuesday night. June Kenderdine visits with Burton Lee and Pamela on Wednesday. The Dodds and Mable spend Sunday in Robinsons Fork. The Smitleys and children visit Blankenbakers. Mary Lee visits Maude Kenderdine and June. The Kenderdines and relatives visit Fred Myers, Troxlers, and grandson Mikie Appenzeller across several gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Kenderdine
Flossie Kenderdine
June Kenderdine
Burton Lee
Pamela
Leon Dodd
Mable Dodd
Robins Fon
Joe Smitley
Stevie
Bobby
Brent
Kenneth Blankenbaker
Winford
Marilyn
Ralph
Mary Lee
Maude Kenderdine
June
Warren Kenderdine
Fiossie Kenderdine
Decatur
Kenderdine
Fred Myers
Loren Troxler
Mikie Appenzeller
Gypsum Sealed Tomb Preserves 4700 Year Old Mortuary Boat
In Egypt a 4700 year old mortuary boat found beside Cheops tomb remains intact due to a gypsum seal. The rockhewn chamber used pink gypsum to seal limestone roofs of the 33 yard chamber. An airtight vault produced no cobwebs and a cedar incense scent drifted from the tomb as archaeologists opened it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cheops
Egypt
Kamal el-Malakh
Inventors Pursue New Ideas in Detroit Company Study
Detroit reports that a corporation reviews over 400 ideas monthly with a special staff. Only about one in 30,000 ideas is both new and usable, and roughly one in 20 is patented. Letters come from regular Americans hoping for car features or business deals, including offers tied to ice cream and a used Plymouth with a wooden leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Corporation
Bong Becomes Bong So Visitors Can Sleep
Salem city officials muffled the city hall clock to stop nighttime strikes with a leather boot. The curfew hours remain, but the clock tolls inaudibly at night, sparing guests at the Senator hotel from loud bells and midnight disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Orc
Senator Hotel
City Hall
Clotheslines Save Child After Fall From Fourth Floor
In Cincinnati Judy Combs four rolled from a fourth floor fire escape while sleeping with her mother Mrs Mary Combs. She fell 20 feet but landed on hanging clotheslines then bounced to the second floor landing. She suffered only a head cut and did not cry. A neighbor investigated the commotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Judy Combs
Judy
Mary Combs
Safest Place for Receipts Sought After Laundry Mixup
In St. Petersburg a drive-in restaurant hides daily receipts in a laundry bag. A laundryman grabbed the bag and police stopped the truck. They recovered the money just before it would have been washed away in a soapy bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washout
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Local notices capture births marriages and deaths in Marshall area
The week's items record marriages and licenses including Daisy Kuhn and Otto Bell, Jesse Brockway and Myrtle Pine, and Lawrence Bishop and Irene Staggs. It notes deaths of Prosper Leseure and Ezra Slusser, and birthdays for Mrs. Mary Betts and Charles Cork, with multiple family reunions and dinners across Marshall and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles “Husted
Martinsville
Grace
Jesse Brockway
That City
Myrtle Pine
Marshall
James W. Howerton
J. N. Lindley
West York
Mte.c
James E. Noonan
Mary Betts
George
Dorothy Hodge
Seal
Craig
Anderson Township
Marshall Cemetery
Bunday
Charles Cork
Jim Ferguson
Cassie Mae
Elmer Phillips
Kitty Murphy
Alma Shipe
Elmer Medsker
Charles ‘Medsker
Ezra E. Slusser
Henry Bohn
Sarah Hollenbeck
Thirty Years Ago Marriage Licenses and Bus Line Change
Thirty years ago in 1924 marriage licenses report Roy Tinsman 22 Greenup to Ella Martin 22 Kingston Charles ton Joseph A Malone 28 Paris to Lela Kuhns 19 Paris Nicholas L Hurst 46 Indianapolis to Anna M Jackson 49 Indianapolis Jerome Pellum and Porter Casteel purchased the truck line from Robert Findley and will run Marshall Transfer Co. Mr and Mrs R L Hornbrook and
Budget Bureau Powers Highlight Dixon Yates Controversy
The Dixon Yates contract dispute centers on a private consortium building a West Memphis Arkansas power plant for over 107 million to supply atomic energy power at TVA expense. The article notes the Bureau of the Budget's elevated role under the Eisenhower administration and its wide reach into cabinet, interagency, and legislative activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon Yates
West Memphis
Arkansas
Atomic Energy Commission
TVA
Bureau of the Budget
Eisenhower
Detroit
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
Roland ‘R. Hughes
National City Bank of New York
Hughes
National Security Council
Arthur F. Burns
Fed
Eral Spersonnel
Inter-Agency
Cabinet
Bureau
House
Senate
State Department
Department of Commerce
U.S. Foreign Service
Corps of Army Engineers
Vsa
Reclamation Service
E-Senate
Budget ‘Bureau
Weshincom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert
Bob) Hollensbe
U. S
Marshall Herald
Cheops Well
Daisy Kuhn
Otome
Rudy
Sara
Theodore Bell
Prosper C. Leseure
Haute
Can. Saps Utes
Fred Davidson
Myrtle<Handl
Marciane
Methodist Parsonage
Hailey
Charles Bois
Nelfie
M. R. Chenoweth
Martin Newlin
Clarence Goeblers
Emily Co. Green
Wm. F. i Berris
John Green
Stella Smith
Springfield
Mollie
Frozza Smith
Jesse Ruttman
Lawrence Bishop
Irene Staggs
Lloyd Beanh Ward
Marguerite Brady
Joe Brady
California
H. J.kemp
Josephine Johns
Dennison
Jesse Haddix
West ‘Union
Alina Wright
Ash Street
Henry Berner
Zion
Joe ‘Hutchinson
Ite
Union
Hospital
Terre. Haute
Herbert Shaffner
Oklahoma City
Herman Saiter
Herald
Bea
Pacife
Weer
RSP Aay
Wene
S. Owoe
psedWeg
ENNIS
Archer Ave
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Flowers Sales & Service
Pontiac
John Deere
Forsythe
Marshall, Ill
Lautman Forsythe
South Sixth Street
Sylece
Linday
Hot Point
Roper
Singer
Clyde Knowles
Harold Imle
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