Barbed Wire's Early Swath Through the Southwest
Port Arthur News recounts how John W Gates and Issac Elwood shaped barbed wire's spread in the southwest. Gates pressed a high price, then moved across state lines to dodge injunctions, ultimately forming a joint venture that made both men multimillionaires.
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Port Arthur
Tex
U.P
Southwest
John W. Gates
San Antonio
Gates
Issac Elwood
Ilinois
Illinois
Elwood
Aj River
Peerless and Acme binder post listings with specs
Classified listing details several binder models including 4 No. 278 87 14x17 Peerless Post Binders Toplock khaki canvas leather corners and dia posts 7 inches center No 27387 14x17 Peerless lock sectional bind with leather corners No 282 34 Acme Endlock Metiontl post binder Bix notes shown
Window Space Rule for Milking Barn Cows
The guideline states four square feet of window space is required for each cow in the milking barn. This standard helps ensure adequate ventilation and light for dairy cattle operations.
Wisconsin Seeks Fish Psychologist for Bait Woes
In Madison the Wisconsin conservation department searches for a fish psychologist as rainbows fail to bite. They stocked a 40 acre lake with rainbow trout and report a poor season. Experts note rainbows diet of plankton and bugs and puzzling lure responses. They observe bass also temperamental with new red white hardware lures and predict shifting preferences next week.
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Fsh
Scotland Neck Adopts Budget With Same Tax Rate
Scotland Neck approved a tentative budget setting the tax rate at 1.50, unchanged from the previous year. The board discussed salary increases, a fire truck for homes outside town limits, and detailed revenue and expenditure estimates totaling 77,926.61 for the year ending June 30, 1949, with net profits from utilities and various department costs outlined.
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Scotland
Scotland Neck
ABC
Water Department
Marathon Star Relocates Cows While Returning Home
Clarence DeMar, famed Boston Marathon winner, attempted to deliver two cows to a Wilmington farm on foot. After multiple escapes as traffic tangled with the livestock, police escorted the animal patrol to the destination.
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Reading
Mass
U.P
Clarence DeMer
Boston A. A
DeMar
Wilmington
Watch Your Speed on Open Highways This Summer
National warning from the Accident Prevention Department Association of Casualty and Surety Companies cites that one third of the nation’s wafer fatalities occur on open highways. Drivers urged to heed speed limits and avoid making this vacation their last.
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Accident Prevention Department Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
North Carolina August Calendar Brims With Festivals and Events
A dense August schedule across North Carolina features Asheville golf, a Hatteras Coast Guard anniversary and highway opening, the Folk and Mountain Music Festival in Blowing Rock, a Grandfather Orphanage benefit, The Lost Colony weekly shows at Fort Raleigh, Burnsville art school plays, Hendersonville Land o Sky Theater School, Bulls Creek Camp Meeting, Falcon Meeting, Lake Junaluska Week of Preaching, coastal fishing contests near Morehead City Beaufort, Banks pony penning rounds, and various fairs, markets, and sports events from Dunn to Cary and Southern Pines.
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Boscom Lamar Lunsford
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Lost Colony
Fort Raleigh
Bur
Virginia Care
Burnsville
WCMNG
Hendersonville
Land O' Sky
Bulls Creek
Lake Junaluska
Wilmington-Southport
Middle Coast
Morehead City
Beaufort
Border
Fayetteville
North Carolina Buys Camp Butner for wildlife area
The Wildlife Resources Commission seeks a 20 000 acre Camp Butner tract declared surplus by the War Department for wildlife conservation. Plans include a 5000 budget, a full time refuge project, deer and wild turkey management, water impoundments for fishing, and small game demonstrations under Burke bill provisions permitting surplus lands to states at no cost.
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Camp Butner
War Department
Clyde P. Patton
Butner
Commission
Wildlife Resources Commission
Baby Kissing Elevated To Exact Science
In Revere Massachusetts Mayor Peter J Jordan uses a methodical approach to gain votes by sending congratulatory cards to parents of newborns. He tracks births at the city clerk's office with his secretary Joseph Cotazze assisting to monitor new arrivals.
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Revere
Mass
Peter J. Jordan
Jordan
Joseph Cotazze
Foreclosed River Bottom Lots Highlight Local Tax Debacle
In Beatrice Nebraska tax foreclosures reveal eight Blue River bottom lots seized for unpaid taxes dating to the 1880s. Four neighboring parcels almost included, with portions on a small river island. The story notes other local foreclosures and a rising but still lagging state per capita farm income.
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Beatrice Neb
U.P
North Carolina
United States
Truth as the divine Principle in Christian Science lessons
The July 25 lesson sermon centers on Truth, naming God as Spirit Life Truth and Love, the Rock whose ways are right. It cites Deuteronomy 22 3 4 and Psalms 25 4 5 while presenting Science and Health references to God as divine Principle and the Scriptural names for God.
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Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Rosemary M E Young Men Hold Service At Home
The Young Men's Adult Class of Rosemary Methodist Church held services at the Halifax County Home last Sunday. Griffin led the group during the meeting.
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Rosemary M. E
Rosemary Methodist Church
Halifax County
Griffin
Revival Starts At Pentecostal Church in City
A revival series begins Sunday August 1 at the Pentecostal Church of God 4 Washington Street with guest speaker Rev Fred J Jey announced today. The public is invited. Yugoslavia plans compulsory prearmy training in schools.
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Pentecostal Church of God
Washington Street
Fred J Jey
Yugoslavia
Too Efficient Firemen Stop Car Blaze Prompt Alarm
Rock Island firefighters quickly extinguished a burning old automobile at the request of Dalkoff Iron and Metal Co. officials who had planned to burn the car themselves, prompting a passerby to raise an alarm.
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Dalkoff Iron and Metal Company
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