Dikes as Bar to Mosquito Pests
Atlantic City New Jersey engineer William T. Donnelly urged the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination association to build a coastal dike system to reclaim marshlands. He said a giant dredge could form a landward dike with cross dikes, creating a highway top and canal, converting pestilent marsh into a garden and dairy region for nearby industrial cities.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jersey
New Jersey
William ,T. Donnelly
New York
Mr. Donnelly
Donnelly
Egypt
China
Holland
Posing as Idiot a Russian Commits 1000 Burglaries
Ivan Barilov, a Russian emigre, served a year in Nyitra for a record of one thousand burglaries in under six years. He posed as an imbecile to avoid suspicion, speaking only of communism and the Bolshevik era, while committing multiple break ins across villages.
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Nyitra
Czechoslovakia
Ivan Barilov
Barilov
Russia
Solon Proposes Law to Fix Biscuit Size
Oklahoma lawmakers push culinary reform by proposing a bill to fix biscuit width at three inches. Kansas is urged to adopt the measure, with Senator James W. Finley asked to study the reform and report back.
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Topeka
Kansa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahoma City
James W. Finley
Chanute
Rediscovered Dewberry Named Young Gains Trial Sugar Punch
The Agriculture Department rediscovered a dewberry from 1905 by B. M. Young of Louisiana. Named Young the berry yields larger fruit than Lucretia, sweeter than Logan, and offers high dessert quality. It adapts to southern soils and climates and shows a deep wine color.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
B. M. Young
Louisiana
Church, Then Pool Hall, Turns to Church Again
Milford Methodist Episcopal Church in Junction City Kansas, built in 1868, has returned to being a church after years as a school and later a pool hall. The congregation, including veterans from 50 years ago, has reorganized and resumed services.
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Pool Hall
Junction City
Kan
Methodist Episcopal Church
Milford
How to Conquer Circumstances Program
Christian Endeavor program for April 29 features a talk on conquering circumstances and musical pieces. Activities include prayers, readings from Philippians, piano solos by Helen Nattier, junior choir song, and a short lesson discussion led by Madalene Porter.
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Philips Pians
Helen Nattier
oat sowing underway as farmers plan field work
The farmers of this vicinity prepare for oat sowing while recent light freezes damaged fruit but likely did not kill peaches. Local residents, including Wm. Long and wife, Harry Perkins, Albert Justice, and John Thalman families, visited others over the weekend in social gatherings.
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Wm. Long
W. D. Linton
Harry Perkins
Albert Justice
Wm. Perkins
Robert Arnold
Ben Thalman
Roy Thalman
John Thalman
Ora
Johnnie Stone
Sandoval
Annie Gerrish
David Gerrish
G. W. Perkins
Chas. Maulding
Local Notes From Fostersburg and Surrounding Area
Robert Arnold and family visited Vandalia recently while Martha Walker from Wood River attended weekend with her parents S. M. Walker and wife. Edgar Jones and family of Salem visited Lewis Jones and family. Edwin Oertwig built a new hog house last week. Orve Walton and Lem Meadors were callers and saw mill activity occurred. Farmers sowed oats and planted potatoes despite heavy wet ground and Mrs F Griffin with her sons viewed storm wreckage in St Paul.
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Robert Arnold
Martha Walker
Wood River School
S. M. Walker
Edgar Jones
Salem
Lewis Jones
Edwin Oertwig
Orve Walton
Lem Meadors
Vernon
Sunday Visitors and Family Gatherings Note Seasonal Troubles
Bassett and Lewis Jones with family visited the S. M. Walker home on Saturday. John Chance and family dined with Mrs. Blanche Doolen and children at the John Thulman home on Sunday. A rainy day blues epidemic is easing. heavy frosts caused some damage but no gardens were planted or injured.
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Bassett
Lewis Jones
S. M. Walker
John Chance
Blanche Doolen
Robert Arnold
John Thulman
Cracker Neck Brings Small Town Notes on Week
The week reports a light snow on Saturday and local planting of potatoes underway. Mary Alexander aided sister Viola Clement with housework. Sunday School count reached 112 with Rev J M Smith delivering at 11. A prayer meeting Sunday night drew a large crowd led by Harley Cole. Visiting neighbors included John Shepard family from Sandoval and others from nearby homes. Mrs Murray’s conversion followed prayers with Elder J A Shepard and wife. Cracker Neck boasts the state’s best dirt road and its finest people.
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Patoka
Mary Alexander
Viola Clement
J. M. Smith
Harley Cole
John Shepard
Sandoval
J. A. Shepard
Floyd Carter
E. L. Sharp
Lon Belcher
Job Murray
Probation After Death Lesson Sermon in Sci entist Churches
Sunday services across Churches of Christ Scientist examined probation after death with biblical and Science and Health citations. Golden Text from I Thessalonians 4 14 and Luke 17 20 21 featured, emphasizing belief in death and resurrection and the kingdom of God within.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Frame a Party Visit Centralia Theatres
Centralia theatres offer weekly program changes at the Illinois Theatre with feature pictures and 5 acts of Vodvil. Matinee hours 1:30 to 5:00 at 10c and 35c, evenings 6:45 to 11:25 at 25c and 50c. Vodvil shows at 3:15 7:15 and 9:30 daily with Monday and Tuesday featuring the season's comedy hit McFadden's Flats.
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Illinois Theatre
Tuege
McFadden
Spring Merchandise Sale at Patoka Furniture Co
Hand articles must be sold to clear space for new stock. Bargain Cash and Carry prices on items include Monarch Organ, oak cabinet, zinc top table, dressers, stoves, ranges, beds, incubator, rug, and more. Trade offers accepted for a cow. Patoka Furniture Co.
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Monarch Organ
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Parker
Lesk
Keystone
Furn. Co
Solon
Christian Endeavor
Madalene Porter
Eaglin
Fostersburg
Christian Science Churches
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GEM Theatre
Forest King
Stetson
Florsheam Shoes
F. A. Dietrich
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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