Farmers Institute Sessions Advised for Clay District
Paul Laux reports three day series of farm talks in Shinnston March 24 25 and 26 at the Methodist church basement covering horticulture dairy and fertilizer topics. Sessions run 9 am to 1 30 pm with emphasis on orchard creation silos record keeping alfalfa clover pasture rejuvenation and practical farming advice.
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Paul Laux
Shinnston
Farmers Institute School
Pla
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred W. Sturm
Insects Are the Worst Foes of Men in West Indies
Surveying parties aboard the United States ship Paducah report severe exposure to cockroaches sandflies and mosquitos in the West Indies. Assistant Surgeon E E Woodland describes bites from sawflies and stings from scorpions with local notes on prevention and immunity.
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West Indies
Washington
United States
Paducah
Jamacca
E. E. Woodland
United States Navy
Judge Refuses Divorce Breakup as Fiery Wife Inspires Pun
White Plains judge scenes a separated couple argue over temper in court. Vincent Nardy cites wife’s nagging and fiery temper as reason they cannot reconcile. Justice Morschauser jokes about voting, urges private talks, but couple returns claiming old quarrels and social plans derail reunion.
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White Plains
N. Y
Julian Nardy
Supreme Court
Vincent Nardy
Joseph Morschauser
Har- Nardy
Justice Marschauser
the Justice
Nardy
Easy Flower For Households Ageratum Nasturtium Petunia Zinnia
Washington March 20. Agricultural guidance suggests easy to grow flowers for gardens including the ageratum nasturtium petunia California poppy and zinnia. Details seed sowing times methods and spacing for each plant are given for home and school gardens.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Court Helps Couple Reconcile Over New Style Dances
Judge Morsch advised a worried couple to talk privately and consider living together. Mr and Mrs Nardy returned to the justice's chambers, emerged smiling, and announced they would resume married life. The judge approved the settlement and the pair left arm in arm.
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Nardy
Temperance workers in Fairmont rally over proposed state vote
In Wheeling a petition signed by hundreds asks Governor Hatfield to include the liquor issue in a special session call, with talks of a June or September meeting. Proponents argue liquor sales fuel deficits and saloons erode revenue, while anti-saloon groups in Fairmont press for opposing petitions and urging the governor to exclude the liquor question.
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Fpaurimont
Mar
Wheeling
Fairmont
H. D. Hatfield
Hatfield
New Inventions Highlight Practical Utility Across Daily Life
A 1900s roundup lists inventions including a drag to stop skids under autos with an accessible under wheel handle, a hat worn mirror and ID card, a belt mounted silk spool holder with pocket for fancywork, an adjustable shovel hoe combo tool, a milk pallet lift frame for cleanliness, a railroad signal torches system triggered by engineers, jointed veneered wood sections for trouser pressing, and a device to cool fever patients.
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Iowa
Massachusetts
Bible Story Enacted On Turkish Soil
Washington March 20 In a paper prepared for the National Geographic Society William Joseph Sho Walter discusses how the Bible story largely unfolds within what is now Turkish soil from Genesis to Revelation He notes the East’s great empires Egypt and Phoenicia Byzantium and Sargon’s ancient realm all centered in the Ottoman region He cites how Bethlehem arose over land now within Turkey and recalls Asia Minor’s rich cities and culture amid ancient civilizations tied to the Bible story.
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Washington
Mar
Turkey
National Geographic Society
William Joseph Sho- Walter
Paul
Hellespont
Athens
Rome
Byzantium
Sargon
United States
Babylon
Children of Abraham
Egypt
Africa
Asia
Star of Bethléhem
Asia Minor
Croesus
Pergamus
Ptolemy
Caesars
Israel
Inventor’s Rubber Ice Tubes and Target Rifle Device
A source describes an Oregon inventor who patents a rubber tube system designed to fully encircle a person and be filled with ice water. Another patent details a rifle target shaped as a man with a head that tips backward when the belt plate is struck.
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Oregon
Gharleston Woman Is Chosen Vice President
Mrs. Ernest Thompson of Charleston has been named vice president of the West Virginia branch of the Ellen Wilson fund for the Christian education of mountain youth and will oversee the Charleston work. Resolutions by the conference memorialize Ellen Wilson and outline a state by state leadership plan with Mrs. Stuart W. Walker of Martinsburg as West Virginia president. The effort, supported by President Wilson, aims to fund a non sectarian memorial to aid mountain youths’ education and Christian work.
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Charleston
Mar
Ernest Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
West, Virginia
Ebien Wilson
Christian Education
Mountain Youth
Woodrow Wilson
United States
South
Ellen Wilson
Wilson
Christian’ Work
Stuart W. Walker
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Atlanta
Ministers' Corps is Organized
Glasgow reports a ministers corps formed by twenty five militant parsons from the Church of Scotland United Free church and Congregational church for home defense. An old Volunteer clergyman serves as drill instructor. Members are thoroughly trained and prepared.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Mar
Church of Scotland
United Free Church
Congregational Church
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Boston
City of Wheeling
Gharleston
Tion
Tyre
Sidon
Persia
Chaldea
Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
Mohammed
Ottoman Empire
Babyllonia
Babylonia
Valley of the Nile
Mesopotamia
Herodotus
Baylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Amytis
Mede
Sargon II
Fund For Education of
Parsons
Canterbury
England
Batants
Ministers’ Corps
Scotch Parsons
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