Scott County Farm Practices for Alfalfa Seedbed
Farmers in Ben ton receive guidance on preparing a proper seedbed for alfalfa. Plan at least a year ahead. lime six months prior, use green manure if possible, and create a firm seedbed with rolling. Suggestions include following small grain, soybeans, or sweet clover to boost fertility, with thorough weed control and soil preparation before seeding. Also notes manure applications and timing to ensure winter hardiness. Wheat program meetings begin August 5 to assist wheat plans and insurance for 1941, with final date August 31 for plans and insurance. meetings at each township schoolhouse for accessibility.
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Benton
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
St Charles: Birthplace of Missouri’s early capital and trails
St Charles founded 1812 near St Louis, origin point for the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. Birthplace of Lin denwood College and Sacred Heart institutions. Notable sites include the Nathan Boone home and the Judgment Tree. County roads 40 94 79 61 cross the area with a new Weldon Springs bridge and divided U S 61 pavement. General Grant and Daniel Boone hailed from St Charles.
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Court House Yard
St. Charles
Lindenwood College
Nathan Boone
Daniel Boone
U. S. Grant
Bush Sisters
Clarice Bruere
St. Charles County
Missouri River
Weldon Springs
Twenty Four-H Club Members to Camp
Twenty four 4 H Club members including Hazel Moore Jesse Moore Jackie Duke Virginia Palmer Evelyn Miller and others will attend a four day camp at Arcadia from August 5. The annual event hosts boys girls and leaders who have completed satisfactory club work with a program focused on conservation handicraft and swimming.
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Arcadia
Scott County
Hazel Moore
Jesse Moore
Jackie Duke
Virginia Palmer
Evelyn Miller
Wilton Moore
Jane Hawkins
Delia Mae Miller
Sam Branson
Addie B. Hbifert
Jim Stone
Doris Rowe
Gerald McMullin
Bill McMullin
Dean McMullin
Coletta McMullin
A. B. McMullin
Wilburn Thomas
Public Enemies Hemp Threatens Hay Fever Victims
Wild hemp is described as a double public enemy causing suffering to hay fever victims and featuring in the manufacture of marijuana cigarettes. The item highlights health impact and illicit use in production.
County surveys show grasshoppers damage crops heaviest
Surveys across the county report abundant grasshoppers damaging cantaloupe pastures corn and cotton. Poison bait remains available to farmers and should be ordered in advance. The Benton station opens Monday Wednesday and Saturday afternoons to dispense bait at 35 cents per 100 insects.
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Benton
Farmer Preparations Highlight Sack Requirements
The article notes that each farmer must furnish his own sacks for a task involving pounds. It emphasizes individual responsibility and provides a practical detail about equipment needs.
Decline in insanity seen linked to war defense
Dr. Aaron J. Rosanoff of Sacramento California argues that the European war will reduce insanity as unemployment decreases due to defense activity. He says unemployment is a major cause of insanity and notes it is falling now because of defense work.
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Europe
United States
Aaron J. Rosanoff
Sacramento
Calif
Drinking Wife Emerges as Nation's Alcohol Problem
In old saloon days few women drank. The Keeley Institute reports alcohol abuse among women rising 90 percent since 1933, while combined male and female cases rose 42 percent.
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Keeley Institute
Dwight
Baltimore Packer Invents Zip Jacket Hot Dogs
A Baltimore meat packer creates hot dogs with zippers allowing the casing to be pulled away like a jacket. The novelty item features a pull string that exposes the sausage inside, sparking amusement and curiosity among observers.
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Baltimore
St Louis Man Sets Distance Swim Record
John V Sigmund a 30 year old St Louis butcher and former athlete claims a new world distance swim record of 292 miles in the Mississippi River from St Louis to Caruthersville after 89 hours 48 minutes of continuous swimming He averaged over three miles per hour and was rescued twice for emergency treatment The record surpasses the prior 288 mile mark set on the Yellowstone River by Clarence Giles Sigmund was aided by Marvin Plake trainer Barvin Stewart and his wife Catherine who fed him from the launch
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John V. Sigmund
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Caruthersville
Sigmund
Marvin Plake
Amateur Athletic Union
Clarence Giles
Billings
Mont
Yellowstone River
Plake
New Madrid
Alton
Barvin Stewart
Catherine
Rainbow Sun Rainbows Form A Multitude Of Reflections
The text describes rainbows appearing in many forms from water sheets and reflected suns. It notes primary and secondary rainbows in the sky, intersecting with real rainbows, and explains variation in width color order and number.
Tell your neighbor he should read The Herald
A brief urging readers to share and read The Herald with their neighbors. Encourages circulation and community engagement through word of mouth.
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Herald
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
East
Gladys St. Sikeston
Missouri
U. S
Little Hills
Louis Blanchette
ST. Charles MO
Femme Osage
St.charles County
Eeksy
Garlich
Boone
Ree Peveil
4-H
Jane Barleycorn
Mr. Farmer
Ann Arbor
Lewis & Matthews Farm Implement Dealers
Malone Ave
Sikeston, MO
Papec Farm Equipment
Papec
Iael
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
Prout
Stephano Brothers
Philadelphia
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Ysoco Bronl
LOVE
Leroy Love
East Gladys Street
Schroff and Aufdenberg
del Rey Hotel
Sikeston
Pere Pre
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