Boys Corn Clubs Doing Good Work in West Virginia
West Virginia’s boys aged ten to eighteen have built a strong corn club program with yields reaching 130 bushels per acre and costs around 35 cents per bushel. The movement links rural schools to farm practice, expanding to potato pig and poultry projects, and aims to raise future agricultural leaders through hands on learning and club supervision.
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West Virginia
Staten
Orn
Clubx
Agricultural College
Morrison
A. L. Morrison
Tenmile
Prisoner of War Letter From May 16 1915
A letter from Mosshede Germany dated May 16 1915 describes a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany. The writer asks for a ten pound parcel with tobacco biscuits or cake and explains parcel rules, noting about one hundred Canadians and thousands of French and Russians present.
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Bridgetown
B. C
Guy Stuffee
Ottawa
Klilea
Cecil
Home
Barick
Weasel Trapping Incident Reported Near Windsor
WEASEL YORK Pa July 3 U S Lipasch a farmer near Windsor will receive bounty for trapping a vessel in his trousers He has forwarded the hend of the animal to the commissioners office with an affidavit before Justice Ur A Heindel Liphart was plowing when he noticed the weasel chasing a chipmunk He went to rescue and the weasel turned on him and darted for his fentaloon leg The man strangled the animal near the knee and choked the life out of it
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York
U. S
Lipasch
Windsor
Commissioners Office
Ur. A. Heindel
Liphart
Dental thief robs Chester dentist on market street
A thief entered Dr. J. H. Christ’s office at 4 Market Street Chester and stole gold fillings plates and supplies valued at 100 dollars. Police say the crime is by a professional who has robbed several dentists in recent days.
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Chester
Pr. J. H. Christ
Market Street
Care of the Baby in Summer Weaning Advice
Weaning should be gradual not hurried with one bottle replacement at a time. Do not wean in hot weather if avoidable. maintain breast milk with mother’s diet, rest, and exercise. Use cow milk supplementation carefully, start with one bottle then two if needed, and shift to a cup by ten to fourteen months.
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Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
Men Battle Eagle Mother for Hour and Half
William Barcroft and Manuel Thomas returned from Pleasant Valley and killed the male eagle in self defense after an hour and a half struggle with a furious mother eagle protecting her nest. They climbed an oak to inspect an aerie and found the full family, capturing the bird and her two eaglets. Their arms were cut and scratched in the clash and they brought the birds down to town.
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Mercer
Cal
William Barcroft
Manuel Thomas
Pleasant Valley
Kipling
Thomas
Barcroft
Oldest Rutgers graduate dies at 102 in York
John F. Mesick, oldest college graduate in the country, died at 102 in York Pa survived by his daughter Mrs Jobe Grosa. He was valedictorian of the Rutgers College class of 1934 and served in the ministry for 78 years, including 27 years as minister of the Second Reformed Church in Somerville before moving to York in 1882.
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New Brunswick
N_ J
John F. Mesick
Jobe Grosa
York
Rutgers College
de Moaick
Albany
X. Y
Tie
7Tha
Second Reformed Church
Somerville
Civil War Memento Removed From Soldier's Finger
MOUNT STERLING. Dr. PD. BR. Peters removed two small pieces of metal from a finger of J. Pmonet, an old Civil War veteran. The fragments, received at the Battle of Shiron, troubled him for years and were finally extracted.
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Mount Sterling
Inly
PD. BR. Peters
J. Pp. Amonet
Shiron
Amonett
Romance in Jail Delivery Ties Guard and Mrs Cotton
Amite City Louisiana July 3. James S. Jones prison guard and Mrs Kate Cotton were married by Judge Kemp after Jones survived injuries from a failed escape attempt by nine prisoners at Magnolia Miss county poor farm. The couple obtained a license and judge in eighteen minutes. "I just couldn't let James die," she said, and he added that she saved him.
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Amite City
Magnolia
Miss
James S. Jones
Kate Cotton
Kemp
Jones
Williams to Hang for Murder in Fort Worth
Clint Williams an eighteen year old African American youth sentenced to be hanged August 6 for the murder of Oscar Scroggins, a white youth, will die happy. He asked the sheriff to provide one watermelon daily until the date, a request granted after the court approved it, drawing a broad smile from him.
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Fort Worth
Vex
Clint Wiliams
Oscar
Scroggins
Williams
Suffragists Begin Local Campaign Across Mineral County
SUFFRAGISTS KEYSER July 3 Mrs Gale Ebert president of the West Virginia association has conferred with Keyser citizens and paved the way for the visit of Mrs Lavinia Emmie national secretary from Washington D C She tours the state to aid bounty organizations and is expected to deliver an address here Morgan County is now organized and other counties Upshur Taylor Panhandle are to be invaded soon.
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Keyser
Morgan County
Mineral County
Gale Ebert
West Virginia Association
Lavinis
Washington, D. C
Upshur, Taylor
Panera Ae
Queer wagers and dares captivate the curious
The piece recounts sensational wagers and dares from various locales, recounting incidents of risky stunts and fatal outcomes. It cites Henry C. Davis’s death on the road to Trenton after a bet, bold feats by Sir Denis Anson and Count Constantin Benckendorff, and strange challenges across England and Baltimore.
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Henry C. Davis
Ormond Beach
Fla
Davis
Trenton
N. J
Jersey City
England
Denis Anson
Mitchell
Constantin Benckendorfft
Great Britain
Westminster Bridge
Kew
Denis
Sin Denis
Eid
Benckendorf
Sir Denis
Bandaman
Lynching Report From Hermit of West Point Mississippi
Fragmentary despatches recount a lynching near West Point Mississippi with vague details of a man named Ismaalt and a young white woman. The article mentions a confession allegedly tied to a crime at a penitentiary and a gunfight, but the text is severely garbled and incomplete.
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Wilkes Barre
John McAlamer
Ismaalt
Irving
Ife
Point, Miss
Testern
Pway
Triplets Born to Clair Family in Juniata Suburb
In Altoona Pennsylvania on July 3 triplets were born to Mr and Mrs William Clair of Juniata a suburb. All three girls are reported healthy weighing eighteen pounds total and the doctor expects them to live. The Clair family has a history of multiple births through Mrs Cla rs side. her mother Mrs Ira Brown of Zanesville has twins and another daughter has delivered twins and triplets. Mrs Clair has been married six years and three previous children survive while two are dead. her husband works as a poolroom clerk.
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Roosevelt Taft
Wilson
Myrtle Hays
Addyston
Cincinnati
T. R
White House
Roosevelt
Miss Hays
Teddy
Washington
Taft
Pennsylvania Avenue
Trante
Capitol
Washington Monument
Catherine A. Henry
South Norwalk
Giants
Walter Stone
Phillipsburg
N. J
Taizabeth Wir
Marty Flynn
Vine
Street
Brooklyn
Weir
Fiyan
Altoona
Wiliam
Clair
Juniata
Ira Brown
Zanesville
Clearfield County
Keyes
Four Daughters Born To Hollis Hardware Family
Hollis Oklahoma July 3 The Keyes family welcomed four healthy daughters after a long wait for a stork visit to the home. The babies weigh pounds each and bring the family to six children. Mrs. Keyes, 34, and husband Keyes a hardware merchant, have lived in Hollis four years.
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Hollis
Okls
Flake Keyes
Automobile Salesman Testifies In Portland Fracas
In Portland July 6 a car salesman Wallisford is set to testify about a quarrel with a prospect. A blast from a door casing during the argument caused injuries as the ker-choo sound echoed. Wallisford, after a few days of rest, will return to work.
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Portland
Ore
Wallisford
Wallin
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Germany
California
J. F. Mesick
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R. T. Lowndes
R. T. Lowndes Department Store
Harry Pike
Mttor
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Pasement
Jan
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G. Howell Parr
Society World of
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Pubdlic
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Charles Street
University Parkway
Mer. Parr
Parr
Baltimore
Three Graces
Lucile Polk
Brass Band
Harry Lehr
Monument Square
Miss Polk
Isiled
Aeenlant Sactraliz” Aia
State of
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Automobile
Ker- Choos
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