Divide Threshing News and Wheat Yields Reported
Threshing dominates the divide with W. J Nelson O. C Dimick and Mr. Thomas among those harvesting this week. Hiett and Shaw report 39 bushels per acre. District No. 99 adds a large schoolhouse expansion while Baliffs plaster the building. John Hojax records a banner wheat crop and a growing stackyard. The McGill thresher operates in the southeast. Corn is likely to yield average as late rains boost prospects. W E Payzant buys a new Chevrolet. F A Hand has plowed a wheat field. Mrs. Livoni meanwhile took her young daughter to Cheyenne for eye treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J Nelson
O. C Dimick
Mr. Thomas
Hiett
Shaw
John Hojax
McGill
W. E. Payzant
F. A. Hand
Potter, Thornburg, and town life fill busy Potter notes
Potters and families from Sidney and Kimball visit, attend a Peetz ball game won 11 to 10, and church officials plan services. Dr Isham to lay Kimball corner stone, Miss Opal Thornburg heads home after visiting with friends, and locals report good showers, busy elevators, and a festive birthday dance at Thornburg tall. A gypsy robbery attempt interrupts Mrs Shad on the road as Dr LeRoy Larson recovers from vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hite
Helen Gunderson
Hans Gunderson
Dix
Thomas Thornburg
Dorothy
Sidney
Ben Brothers
Kimball
Chas, Stanton
Peetz
Carter
Bernard Morfeld
Fort Morgan
Colo
Lafferties
Morfelds
Isham
M. E. Church
Potter
M. E
Mr. Smith
Lutheran Church
Grove
Fred Johnson
Redington
Frontier
Cheremone
Thornburg
G. W. Thornburg
Oliver Hanses
Mahoneys
Frontier Days
Steven
G. Thornburg
B Robinson
M Sharp
Agnes Thornburg
Melba Sanders
Julius Johnson
Opal Thornburg
Bayard
Arthur Spitzburt
Opal
Bud
BF. Thornburg
Wm Goding
Mr. Goring
LeRoy Larson
Cecil Wickhorst
Denver
Peter
Claude Biggs
Thornburg Tall
Roy McAdam
Bobie
Lora Adams
Dalton
Shad
Katie Nelson-Keith
Carpenter
Pleasant country visit and local notices in Potter
Former schoolgirl memories are shared as Mrs Broms turns birthday into a weekend at the Shad farm near Potter. A county fair quilt project, a new school and organ, and music lessons are highlighted along with hospitality by local women. W C T U delegates and town praise for civic workers appear, noting Mrs Thornburg and Mrs Hite. Ed. Myer becomes light plant engineer amid wage talk.
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Ed. Thornburg
Henry Mahler
Neva
Big Springs
Shad
Potter
B. F. Thornburg
Hite
George Gunderson
Ed. Myer
Spitzbar
Treating Seed Oats For Smut In Kimball County
County agent notes show oats treated for smut yielded generally better results than untreated fields. Observations include varying smut percentages across cooperators and an outlier where treated grain had more smutted heads, suggesting possible treatment errors or reinfection. Overall untreated fields averaged 9.5 percent smutted heads across twelve fields, with individual fields ranging from 1 to 29 percent.
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R. E. Holland
Kimball County
Farmers’ Association
F Cooper
Jefferson
Smut in Wheat Noted as Stinking and Bunt Type
Field surveys find significant smut in winter wheat including bunt or stinking smut. Even a single smutted kernel may contain many spores and ruin head quality. An experiment with treated seed shows 45 percent smutted heads untreated versus none treated. yields to be reported.
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Farmers’ Association
I. Jessop
Precautions for Seed Treatment and Early Seeding Guidance
Farmers should treat clean seed with formaldehyde as a precaution against smut. Early seeding between August 15 and September 5 offers best corn and wheat outcomes, aiding weed control and root establishment while risking moisture depletion if growth is too rapid. Local bulletins offer limited seed treatment bulletins on request.
County Fair Exhibit Crop Display Guidelines
County residents are urged to gather grain samples for the fair. Pull grain by roots and hang under cover with heads down to dry straighter straw. Aim for a three inch diameter bundle and pride in showcasing crops grown across the county.
Marine Tames and Villa: naval and political notes
A mixed digest notes Marine Tames seeks to join Villa with 100 men, Rome reports two Italian submarines lost, Mexico becomes a political issue in Senate addresses. Hughes departs New York for the Pacific coast. Kamimura is dead. Sweden invited against Russia by German alliance. Casement hanged in London for treason. National defense legislation nears completion. Baron Wimborne named lord lieutenant of Ireland. Swedish steamer Commerc sunk by a German sub. Wilson endorsed by California Progressives. Progressives forego a presidential candidate. Build a home loan offer from Sidney Lumber Co.
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Villa
Rome
Mexico
Senate
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Pacific
Hikonojo Kamimura
Sweden
Russia
Roger Casement
London
Econgress
Baron Wimborne
Lord Coutenant
Ireland
Commerc
Wilson
California
Progressive Party
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha 1916 Lamb Values Weaker
The South Omaha market reports a steady to weaker lamb and sheep segment with a first sale day of August 9 1916. Cattle prices range from 4.00 to 10.15 for various grades while hogs reach 9.25 to 9.45 in early transactions. Lambs and sheep show mixed results with lambs good to choice at 11.35 and feeders around 9.00 to 9.65, while ewes and yearlings move within 4.00 to 9.00 ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Neb
Freaks of Stammering and a Swift Packing Plan
A London Chronicle note recalls a top stammerer in school who excelled as a singer while struggling to speak. In a separate item, Swift Packing Plant at South Omaha begins an employee pension plan on August 1, affecting about 39,090 workers nationwide across the company's plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Swift Packing
South Omaha
Do you like Welsh rabbits and real rabbits
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a witty exchange about rabbits then reports the Senate vote da to 19 to urge President Wilson to ask Britain for clemency toward Irish political prisoners. It also covers Judge Hascall ruling for RK M Thompson Co of Omaha against four distributors in the Tattersall suit for commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Louisville Courier-Journal
Senate
Wilson
Hascall
RK M Thompson Company
Omaha
Tatter
Leavenworth Aline Company
Rotary members press arbitration over warrants in dispute
Members of the Birmingham Alabama Rotary club urged WW Parrett editor of the Age Herald and Victor J Hanson publisher of the News to submit to arbitration. The dispute had led to warrants for their arrest on the day they planned to fight a duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
WW Parrett
Age-Herald
Victor J. Hanson
the News
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Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Sidney Lumber CO
Sidney Mercantile
Oscar S. Straus
New York Public Service Board
American Vpreen Association
A. R. LE Sueur
Sidney, Nebraska
The
Sidney Lumber Company
C. P. Hotel
Glenn Bliss
Europe
New England
Atlantic Coast
Black Hills
Sumner
Yellowstone
M. A. Shipman
Nebraska
L. W. Wakeley
Farmam Street
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