Flora chief at 90 heads volunteer fire force he formed in 1920
90 year old Edwin Dufay Yeck known as Uncle Fay remains head of Flora Illinois volunteer fire department he organized March 26 1920. He praises loyal 30 member force including mayor police chief and local professionals all volunteers who fight blazes with two pumper trucks while Yeck works daily from a small desk under the stairs.
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Flora
Ill
Fay’’ Yeck
Leo Allen
Yeck
Illinois
Uncle Fay
E. D. Yeck
Edwin Dufay Yeck
Fay
Sistersville
W. Va
Flying Farmers and Aerial Feats Highlight Airnd Farming Events
The piece describes a two day Flying Farmers convention at the University of Illinois airport Urbana Champaign with private planes and crop dusting helicopter demonstrations. It also notes Farm and Home Week at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge August 12 14 and the second annual reunion of the Order of Fifinella at Ponca City Oklahoma August 24 27. It adds stories of a Milwaukee area helicopter service and Phoenix hotel strike with helicopter deliveries, plus early aerial cleaning by Wayne Troutner and Walter Bullock’s eagerness to fly a bamboo craft from Newport News 1916.
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University of Ilinois
Urbana-Champaign
Prairie Farmer Land
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Order of Fifinella
Ponca City
Okla
Piper Mid- Continent
Chamber of Commerce
Phoenix
Ariz
Bugs Raymond Among Baseballs Eccentric Greatest Pitches
A memoir recalls Bugs Raymond as a supreme natural pitcher with a famed motion. He once shut out the Boston Americans 3 0 in Atlanta in 1904 with 11 strikeouts while under rough treatment and near sobriety. Shown alongside legends like Waddell and Dean, Raymond is praised as among baseballs rare oddities.
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Aseball
Rube Waddell
Crazy Schmidt
Reds
Hans Wagner
Wagner
Schmidt
Shufflin
Phil Douglas
Giants
Dizzy Dean
Ust
Flint Rhein
Babe Herman
Bobo Newsom
Germany Schaefer
Joe Jackson
Arlie Latham
Latham
Bugs Raymond
John McGraw
Walter Johnson
Raymond
Atlanta
Boston
Jimmy Collins
Freddy Parent
George LaChance
McGraw
Ed Walsh
Maryland dog attends statehouse session
In Annapolis Omar, an independent seeing eye dog, sits in on Maryland legislative sessions. He prompted a point of personal privilege from aisle seat helper C Clifton Wirts, a Frederick attorney who was blinded by a dynamite accident at nine. Wirts, Democrat, and Republican Charles M See, both blind, form a cross‑partisan bloc with See’s wife reading bills.
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Annapolis
Omar
Maryland
Clifton Wirts
Frederick
Seeing Eye
Morristown
N. J
Wirts
Charles M. See
Allegany County Republian
See
War Memorial Vet Housing Project Approved in San Jose
City council approves a veteran housing plan forming the San Jose War Memorial foundation. It will sell 20 acres of land to the foundation for a nominal sum to support a rental housing development for veterans and reduce city debt.
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San Jose
Calif
Limed Litter Improves Hen Health and Efficiency
Authorities promote built up litter in poultry houses treated with hydrated lime as a coccidiosis control and cost saver. Tests at Ohio and Washington State colleges show drier, more uniform temperatures and healthier hens with litter left for a year or more, with lime added as needed for packing and hygiene.
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Ohio
Washington State
Sweet clover best green manure for fall growth and nitrogen
A Joliet soil study compares green manure crops in oats seeded May 1 and harvested November 1. White blossom sweet clover yielded more organic matter and nitrogen in the fall of year one than alfalfa or red clover, due to continued growth until freezing and lack of blooming. Sweet clover then supplies higher spring nitrogen in year two.
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Joliet
Practical Control of Brucellosis in Swine
Program for brucellosis control in swine recommends blood testing breeding stock, segregating infected animals, testing gilts and sows during the first pregnancy, removing reactors, and breeding only negative gilts to clean boars.
Ammate or 2 4 D Reported to Kill Poison Ivy
Poison ivy can be killed with ammate or 2 4 D. If using ammate as a spray dissolve one pound per gallon in water and spray when ivy is full leaf. Do so on a cool cloudy day with no rain for 10 hours and soak all surfaces.
Home Craft Tips From A Practical Kitchen and Workshop
Practical advice covers preserving fats, ironing smocked fabrics, washing hand painted china, enhancing greens with garlic vinegar and olive oil, apron design, using wallpaper cleaner on shades, and drying timber with good ventilation to prevent dry rot. It emphasizes care in storage, cleaning, sewing, and home upkeep.
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Arizona
Girl Scout Organization
U. S
Americas
Europe
Far East
Camp Baree
Tyrone
Logan Aiirport
Wayne L. Troutner
Winslow
Stinson
Troutner
Walter Bullock
Minneapolis
Minn
Newport News
Bullock
Dia
Crackers
Atlanta Crackers
Boston Americans
Pittsburgh
Bill Dineen
Fred Clarke
Tommy Leach
Kitty Bransfield
Red Sox
Ball Park
Bere
Champs
G. Rice
War Memorial
Betsy Ross
Frank H. Mancill
Historic Arch Street
Philadelphia
Washington
L. J. Gunson
Frederick Stewart
House
Joseph W. Martin
Rep
Mass
Harold Knutson
House of Representatives
United Nations
Lake Success
N. Y
International Girl Scouts
Camp Barree
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Hawaii
By W. J. Dryden
China
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Ake
Elm Ave
Freane
Cal
Colorado
U.S. Eclonical Survey
Bouthenstarn
Colo
Sent
Tion
ADO Industries, Inc
11Th St
Denver, Coifs
South State St
Salta City
Utah
U.S. Savings Bonda
USA
Lydia E. Pinkham
Regu- Pinkham
Ligia E. Pinkham
WNU
Dean
Kuta
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