Eleven Year Old Breeding Prodigy Ranks High
Darold R. Russell of Greeley county bought a sow sired by Sensation Wonder, winner at the Nebraska State Fair. He raised nine pigs from this sow, winning one first prize, one second prize, and sweepstakes at the Greeley county fair for 34.50. He sold three boars for 210, the sow cost 203, and he has six pigs left valued at 60 each. Now a second litter of seven pigs from the sow is under way. Darold is 11 years old.
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Darold RE. Russell
Greeley County
Sensation Wonder
Darold
Mie
Late moulting hens favored for breeding at Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Poultry Department reports late moult hens are the best breeders. Hens moulting in July and August are unprofitable, not good layers, and should be sold to buyers or processed for winter table use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry Department
University of Nebraska
Stat is Wages War on Barberry in Nebraska
The Nebraska State Council of Defense orders removal of all common barberry trees to prevent rust spread to wheat and cereals. Summarized action will follow refusals. last spring the council acted, highlighting ongoing plant disease control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Council of Defense
Jast
Catarrhal Deafness Claims Cure by Constitutional Remedy
The advertisement asserts local ear treatments cannot cure catarrhal deafness and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood-based remedy. It explains deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous linings, offering $100 for any cure Hall's cannot achieve and directing readers to obtain circulars from Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J Cheney & CO
Toledo O
Nebraska Citizens Back Barberry Rust Fight
An appeal urged all citizens to remove the offending bushes while a few doubted the link between barberry rust and wheat. The order shows Nebraska’s seriousness about the barberry issue, with a shift toward growing wheat and, if ornamentation is desired, planting Japanese barberry per the USDA guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
United States Department of Agriculture
Getting Rid of Grasshoppers by Field Cultivation
University entomology reports that plowing, harrowing, or discing destroys grasshopper eggs and prevents hatching. Eggs lie in the top two inches of soil and burrowing by tillage reduces young hopper emergence. Surface cultivation in October and November followed by spring cultivation yields best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unniversity
Poultry StockAdvice Urges Early Buy Of Roosters
The Poultry Husbandry Department at the University of Nebraska urges buyers to acquire cockrels early due to high demand and limited good breeding stock. Delays raise prices and reduce returns on quality stock.
Stanton man Edward Kern wins multiple prizes in national swine show
Edward Kern of Stanton Nebraska won two major prizes at Cedar Stupids Indiana National Swine Show taking first in the age bowl class and age saw class plus senior and grand champion in the Duroc barreliss. He exhibited only two tieogess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kern
Stanton, Nebr
Cedar Stupids
Hee
Kern
Council urged rat and mouse campaign nationwide
The Council of National Defense asks State Councils of Defense not to run a systematic extermination campaign but highlights the annual loss from rats and mice totaling 200 million dollars in food and property. The pests also raise fire risk and threaten health.
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Council of National Defense
State Councils of Defense
Local Families Busy with Visits and News Across Dalton Area
Community notes detail visits among the Kreader, Mowrer, Walsh, and Morrow families in Dalton and nearby towns. Reports include travel to Wyoming and Nebraska, hospital and quarantine updates, threshing resumes, and scheduled gatherings with relatives and friends. The piece notes a brother’s death from the Flu and ongoing flu impacts on travel and school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Mowrer
Potter Pharsaie
Curr Ross
Sind
Jr. Kreader
Fledlund
Dalton Chas
Mayers
Morrow
Grayling Colorado
Duan Heimer
Potter
Loren Dugger
Mom
Divison Ioom
Kreader
Orrin
Medicine Lake
Washington
Dennis Walsh
Dalton
M M
Davison
Joh
Everett Davison
Kimball
Mro
Carr Ross
Alve Ross
Neth
Adame
M. Kreader
Miller
Ross
Dennis
Catherine Walsh
Sidney
AL Morrow
John Iverson
Dalton John Davison
California
Flu Epidemic Warns of Global Spread and Prevention
A feverish public notice extols Tanlac as a powerful tonic to strengthen resistance against influenza and other illnesses. It claims the epidemic spreads worldwide, citing medical authorities and stating Tanlac’s claimed gains, with laxatives sold alongside. Local distributors are listed in Sidney, Potter, Teedgepole, and Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Encyelopedia Brittanica
School of
Sidney
Vath Pharmacy
Potter
Potter Drug Co
Tedgepole
Nugent DelLong Pre Pharmacy
Dalton
J.C Frandsen
Hungry Gulch notes and residents' weekly doings
Local brief records farm labor shifts visits and travel around Hungry Gulch. Oscar Olson and Nels Hoagland helped unload apples at the Olson home. Ira Bennett and wife moved loads to a new home south of Lodgepole. Mrs. Sarah Jewell lost a driving horse. A neighbor died of Spanish influenza near Omaha while en route to New York, with his wife and children ill.
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R Brand
Olson
Oscar Olson
Nels Hoagland
Ira Bennett
Lodgepole
Sarah Jewell
Mr Holmes
W. W Wise
W. Jorden
Chappell
Wayne Forney
A Harrison
Nels Houghid
Edith Wassum
Ro Emanuelson
George Fullerton
Mrs. Fullerton
L. H. Hammett
J. P. Jessen
Mr. Christnsen
Omaha
New York
Primitive camphor still used in distillation
The article notes the most primitive camphor distillation method used by the Chinese. Leaves are placed in a wicker basket fixed over a water-filled iron caldron. Steam passes through the leaves and camphor vapor condenses on the cool water basin.
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Paya Yey
Extension News Service
Statis
Wakepare
Nebraska State Bank of
George Shinder
Slite
Sidwey Battery Station West Lincoln Way
A. R. LE Sueur Coal, Lumber and Builders’ Hardware
Sidney, Nebraska
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