Telegram prize listings and farming notes from Clarksburg district
The district shares prize offerings including a 41,145 seven passenger Overland tourer, a $350 Milton piano, a $100 Edison phonograph, a $75 diamond ring, a Hoosier cabinet, and twenty percent cash commissions for non prize winners. It reports locals J Mheott Wilsonburg a soybean demonstrator and Edgar Williams O Neil with inoculated soy beans, plus alfalfa trials, silo construction, and farm data across multiple towns and names.
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Clarksburg
Broad Oake
Ressis
Union Heights
Barth
Stealey Heights
Point Comfort
Tin Plate
Northview
Averimganwourmg
Honsler
Markaburg
Broad Oaks
Stanley Weights
Tinplate
North View
Telegram
Auto and Supply Company
Prigen
Hollson
Notes From County Agent Zinn's Diary
County agents report on farm trials and hay, alfalfa, soybeans and silos across several farms. Morgs Stout in Clarksburg notes lime needs for cut alfalfa and two silos. LM. Allen in Wilsonburg grows rye and alfalfa with promising results. Hammond in Wilsonburg pads meadow with lime and phosphoric acid for higher yield. Juilwa Bartlett in Rosebud reports fine soy plot. Orlando Swixer in Dola raises alfalfa with oats. J Marsh in Brown demonstrates alfalfa and red clover. AL Ash notes heavy meadows and pasture prospects. H J Harbert tests soybeans and alfalfa. Jose Coffman adds a new silo and raises purebred cattle. Owen Moore grows soybeans. 0 B Boxers sows blue grass with weeds under early season.
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Morgs Stout
Clarksburg
Hos
Lee Coffman
Dola
Pulver
J. Marsh
AL Ash
H. J. Harbert
Thich
Krupp Works Payroll and Women Workers Rise in 1924
In Eswen the Krupp works report shows 77 out of 100 women claimed sick funds, vs 63 out of 100 men. The female workforce grew by over ten percent. payroll in 1924 before the war stood at 26,880 men and 1,214 women, rising by April to 65,949 men and 14,082 women. Bertha Krupp, the Cannon Juen, is noted as earning over 100 million marks last year from the works.
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Vienna
Ereat Krupp
Eswen Mays
Krupps
Ogurev
Bertha Krupp
Chinese labor use in war efforts cited across fronts
The article notes large Chinese labor participation with Allied forces in Mesopotamia and Rangoon for shelter and bridge work. It mentions Russia and Siberia using Chinese laborers for railways and farming, and a separate plea for information about a missing 15 year old boy from West Virginia. It also touches on telephony pole innovations in Europe and France’s gardening push.
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India
Forcd
Rangoon
Russia
China
Siberian
Prince
Chine
Short History of Old Gory Tong
An old remedy known as Old Hickory Tonic was created by a Civil War era doctor and passed to his sons who continued its use. The tonic is described as reviving strength, increasing blood richness, boosting vitality, and improving appetites, with claimed benefits for stomach, liver, kidney issues, anemia, and nerves. It allegedly contains dangerous ingredients and is offered with a money back guarantee if not more.
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Nia
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J. & Mheott
Wilsonburg
Edgar Williams
O'Neil
Charles Mary
Wilsonbuth
Bridgeport
Votas
Virginia Withers
Edna Bartlett
Fair Grounds
Lewis - Wees
A. Frame
Norwood
Wil Gerrard
Bik
Grant
Fotos
Teker
G. R. Collins
Herman Criss
Adamston
A. S. Arnett
W. Ll. Scott
Wolf
Steve
Madge Brannon
Audra Nicholas
Apa
Haymond Davis
Walter F. Lynch
Raule
Josephine Tough
AB Koopire
Walt
Lary Lurty Oe
Ming Mertha Annewalt
Tucker
Buckhannon
Voton
Rota Mettess
Miss Audra Root
Aina Onn Corder
Bruce Lowther
Shinnston
A. J. Elliott
Kinnaird
N.R. Peck
F. G. Beard
B. Gordon
John A. McNicholae
W. H. Foglesong
E. W. Holden
J. H. Paugh
KH. Powell
J. F. Strother
T. F. O'Neal
W. C. Moora Alsin Ayer IL
Hazel Reitz
B.D. Knapp
John Lambie
Paul Morreley
L. C. Dotson
H. L. R. Rogers
W. BE. Nixon
Fultz
F. M. Beamer
S. HW .Carpentec
R. A. Henderson
Dennison
D. B. Mason
I . M. Melrose
al Smithton
Fattilo McClung
Toten
Geo. Tutwiller
Hendershot
Uette Davisson
M. W. Westfall
Tls
Hthel
Lille Star
Susie Pratt
Mary E Maabeth Gabor
Smithfield
Eva Hickey
Ethet
Moyers
Ratcliffe
Andrew Mayferd
Poros
Perry Mines
Royal McAdams
George Muygrave
Gludge Griffin
Hickle i
Copenhagen
West Milford
James M. Deem
Geraldine Singer
Calla West
Jaine Hamrick
Harrisville
Jamies Burgess
Ben Maple
C.oc
McKinley
Sey
James Boyle
Jake Sturm
Ellenboro
Paul Cave
Minnie L Carpent
Arnold
Kincalit
Fes
Zinn
LM. Allen
Geel! Hammond
Wilsonbure
Juilwa Bartlett
Orlando Swixer
Jose Coffman
Owen Moore
BG Ngohe
Great
Krupp Works
Teodiay Yanik
Graselli
W. Va
Europe
France
Gory Tong
THE
Chisnot
Totegram
Now
Conor Auto and Supply Company
Pas
Diatelet
Toomlur Kitehon
Faist
Liberal
Pelegram
Atérs
Clarkshoro
Mach
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