Harvest pictures in Ararat area as grain farmers bustle
The Ararat section reports busy harvest times with fields awash in golden grain. Local residents visit kin and friends over the weekend including the Clarks Gates and Smith families. Miss Anna Fogleman visits Mr. O S King, while the Presnells and Mrs Presnell’s mother travel to relatives. The writer notes W D Bowman has recovered enough to be out.
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Wheat harvest peaks as locals grow food near home
Brim Items reports wheat harvest booming this week with crop quality praised as the best in years. Rev. Combs fills his Hatchers appointment before a large crowd. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Lambert improving after illness. H. C. Lawrence Jr. loses a fine cow last week. Sandy Level and Arches Creek duel on the local diamond with Archers Creek pitcher Frank Tilley striking out eleven and allowing two hits in nine innings. First game 7 to 1 Archers Creek. second game 9 to 5 Archers team.
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Abner Jones and the New Jersey Mission Story
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