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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1939
Page
8
The Clermont Courier lists pricing options for subscriptions as of March 1 1939 offering one year six months and three month plans. Combined deals include bundles with the Cincinnati Post Courier and Times Star and Cincinnati Enquirer at varying totals.
Many residents visit relatives and attend events in Cincinnati Dayton and Tucson. Rev Lavender from Knoxville attends Miss Melle Stark’s funeral. Oak Hill news includes family visits in Amelia Mason Cincinnati and Williamsburg. The marriage of Bernice Prince to Alfred F Davis set for March 4 at Hyde Park United Brethren.
The Batavia Woman's Club postpones its gathering this week and advises readers to watch the newspaper for the rescheduled date and time when announced.
The Cincinnati Reds spring training in Tampa draws attention to players diet and table habits. Ernie Lombardi stands out as a light eater yet the big man, while others indulge, consuming steaks, fish, eggs, milk, juice, lettuce, ice cream, pies and bread in heavy weekly quantities as veterans guard against stomach abuse.
The Treasury and Postoffice Departments approved Federal building projects totaling 146.4 million for potential future authorizations. Ohio post offices listed for possible funding include Batavia 75000, Blanchester 72000, Covington 70000, Gloucester 70000, Harrison 70000, and Hillsboro 115000.
The text notes that the ice plant of California appears glittering as beads on a surface mimic ice coatings. It describes a visual effect where beads create an illusion of frost or glaze on the plant.
A subscriber letter from J. W. Strimple expresses gratitude for the red anniversary notices and encloses one dollar as payment for another year, recounting a Batavia visit to settle rent with Landlord John P. Friend Jr and a failed attempt to deliver the payment at the Courier office pulpits.
Columbus Ohio reports the annual winter checkup of tractors corn planters plows and other farming equipment for 1939 crops is underway on millions of farms. An Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin suggests improved fertilizer depositors for corn planters to raise yields by directing fertilizer to both sides of each hill.
Tests show the modern depositor widened the planter furrow to separate soil and fertilizer before seed contact. First year gains ranged 11.1 to 21.4 bushels per acre with 100 to 400 pounds of fertilizer. Second year 150 pounds added 19.9 bushels and 300 pounds 28.8 bushels.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges farmers to use the correct mixed fertilizer to boost humus and crop yields from crops like alfalfa and clover. It notes legumes fix nitrogen but need proper soil conditions and access to state agronomy reports for guidance.
Beginning February 27 and running to March 12 evangelist Laverne Taylor of Springfield Illinois will conduct revival services at the Monterey Church of Christ. He is well known across the middle west for his ability and will be assisted by George Mark Elliott of the Cincinnati Bible Seminary. Everyone is invited to attend.
A tropical South American rain tree is named for the juice ejected by cicadas under its branches giving the appearance of continual rain.
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