Public meeting to discuss road program and plans
A statewide gathering of county judges and State Road Commission officials will be held in Charleston to discuss a coordinated road system linking state and county highways. Fortney and other officials will outline the plan, rights of way, and funding under the new road law with talks by Morgan Fortney and Ritchie among others. Modern invisible writing details from wartime France are described, including secret inks and their discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Courts
State Road Commission
Charleston
CY Fortney
Ve Yela County Court House
Fortney
Rerver Morgan
Airesan Fortney
Curt Ritchie
J. K. Monroe
Teumee
Janet
Secret Service
la Nature
Examination grading hinges on mood not merit says Columbia official
Ben J. Wood of Columbia University cites a study where exams graded by 114 teachers ranged from 28 to 82 percent on one paper while another graded by 142 teachers varied from 64 to 98 percent. He urges a modern, mental-measurement based method using technical devices, calling old exam types archaic and unfair. A second item reports NE Yoder of Princess Anne county sentenced to jail for jury avoidance despite claiming illness in a rare regional case.
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Ben J. Wood
Dean Hawes
Columbia University
Yoder
Ams ‘Sh
Nic
White
Tine
Ee Newis
Norfolk City
Trees Heal Sears of War
American seedlings fast growing into mighty trees are being planted across Europe to heal war damage. France Britain Ireland Belgium and Scotland host plantings near roads historic sites and battle ruins. Arthur Newton Pack reports 14,000 pounds of seed yearly for Britain and France. a new Dijon air station lighthouse with 2 000 000 000 candlepower aids aviation.
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Europe
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Ireland
America
Ardennes
Arthur Newton Pack
Princeton
N. J
American Forestry Association
Pack
Chemin Des Dames
Lisle
Valenciennes
Hueon
St. Gobain
Coucy le-Chateau
Mormal
Aredennes Mountains
Old
Duchy of Luxemburg
County Tyrone
British Forestry Commission
Caledonian Canal
Scotland
Children Cry For Fletcher's Gastoria News Weakened
Fragmentary OCR text shows a playful or advertorial note about Fletcher's Gastoria with references to Jefferson and a visiting person. The legible parts suggest a nostalgic or household product advertisement or column snippet, lacking clear names, dates, or events.
Hessian fly history and deep plowing solution in Kansas fields
A century old account recounts Hessian fly spread from German Hessians to American wheat, causing massive 1916 losses. Kansas trials by F. M. Webster and E. G. Kelly show deep plowing of stubble as the decisive control, with demonstrations across Sumner County farms leading to nationwide recognition of deep-plow as fly elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
America
Ohio
Kansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
F. M. Webster
United States Department of Agriculture
E. A. Popenoe
Kansas State Agricultural College
Agriculture
E. G. Kelly
Salina
Medford
Oklahoma
Kelly
Ke'ly
Ed Laney
Sumner County
Laney
Rica
Department of Agriculture
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Paria
Dijon
Mount African
Great Airways
Fletcher
Jefferson
Camp Lee
Oder
Petersburg
Benhams
Henry Woodman
Bristol High School
Bristol
Professor Woodman
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonture
William Richards
Thomas
Hay & Straw
Alpha Portland Cement
W. H
J. Y.bla
Shenandoah
Ate
Ford
Jon
W. Va
Board State
Miss Loud
Mann's
Shepherdstown
Diehl & Bro
Charles Town
Gutran
W. V
Eggs and Poultry
Iver
Benj, Hartzell
MO. H
Schoppert
Weishons
Main Street
W Va
Droste, Tiaoe
Ily
Yeo. M. Beltzhoover
Feo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr
Roy S. Proctor
Martinsourg
S. M. Langford
Martinsburg, Wes VA
Carl Owens’ Drug Store
Harrison Schley General Insurance C
Iites
Jefferson Security Bank
Staunton
Davids
Ben Davis
H. C. Marten’s
Jcuter
Hardware Department
Iceland
Plasteric
Stee Foodana
Cresson
Fras Mater Fiamees
H. C. Marten
M. C
E. D
Hosfer
Experien
Norristown
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