Under the Paws of the Russian Bear Chautauqua Address
Lewis A. Convis will speak at Red Path Chautauqua on Russia Poland and Siberia and their impact on America. He served with the Polish Legion of Siberia in 1918 and witnessed its destruction with 870 survivors out of 16,000. He studied Slavic cultures and was in Warsaw during its siege by Bolsheviks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Convis
Russia
Poland
Siberia
America
Mr. Convis
Polish Legion of
Warsaw
Demonstration work progresses in Mississippi district
Miss Lee Rice reports district gains in home and farm demonstration programs in Northeast Mississippi. Tishomingo County extends extension workers. Choctaw strengthens farm economics with J. R. Bradshaw and Minnie Barclay. Poultry culling schools active across many counties. A separate alert warns buyers about uncertified potato plants and urges Mississippi certificate tags for disease prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lee Rice
Mississippi
Extension Department
Tishomingo County Board of Supervisors
R. J. Stennett
Robert Smith
Miss Rice
Choctaw
J. R. Bradshaw
Ackerman
Minnie Barclay
H. B. Wiseman
Union
Lula Tunison
G. R. Sipe
Panola
Tate
Grenada
Yalobusha
Montgomery
Lafayette
Marshall
Monroe
Tishomingo
Lowndes
Noxubee
Attala
Tupelo
Georgia Firm Ships Diseased Potatoes Into Mississippi
The Mississippi State Plant Board warns potato plant buyers to demand only shipments with the Mississippi certified tag. A Georgia firm is cited as the first to violate plant shipment rules, with past shipments condemned for Black Rot and this season accruing Stem Rot concerns due to lack of field inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Winona
Miss
A. & M. College
State Plant Board
Georgia
Plant Board
Remedy Claims To Cure Malaria And Fevers
An advertisement declares a universal remedy that cures malaria, chills and fever, bilious fever, colds, and la grippe, presenting it as a broad health booster with quick relief claims.
First Cicada Arrives In Mississippi In Rankin County
The first periodical cicada or 17 year locust for Mississippi was received by State Entomologist R. W. Harned from Rankin County. Residents in Rankin and nearby counties are urged to watch for locusts and mail specimens to A. and M. College. Cash prizes entice youths to collect cicadas with strong prior competition. The insect spends 17 years in the North and 13 years in the South before emerging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Miss
Mississippi
R. W. Harned
Rankin County
Rankin
Beekeepers urged to inspect for foulbrood diseases in Mississippi
The State Plant Board at A and M College urges beekeepers across Mississippi to inspect colonies for European and American foulbrood. American foulbrood has been found in Bolivar Quitman Sunflower and Washington counties while European foulbrood extends to those plus Coahoma Panola Sharkey Tallahatchie Tunica and Yazoo counties. Previous summer saw major declines in both diseases through inspections and treated with eradication hoped within a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. & M. College
Miss
State Plant Board
Mississippi
Bolivar
Quitman
Sunflower
Washington
Coahoma
Panola
Sharkey
Tallahatchie
Tunica
Yazoo
Plant Board
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Georgia Company
Tanlac
Rowland Drug Co
Ford
Detroit
Standard Oil Company
Kentucky
South
State
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
R. B. Dodson
State OF
Jackson, Miss
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