Births and visits populate small town notes
Readable fragments report a birth for Mr and Mrs Robert Skipper on June 6 and various social visits. Names mentioned include Mr and Mrs C A Alexander, Mrs C Morgan, Mrs Wm Garner, Mr and Mrs George Hall of Keosuk, Mrs Ira Bradshaw, Mr and Mrs Oscar Lawrence and son Lay, Mrs Pierce and Harry, W A Valentine, Harley Skinner, and Bert Pper along with local families.
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Poacencentala L
Murphy
G. K.galloway
Robert Skipper
C. A. Alexander
Aghter
C. Morgan
Wm. Garner
George Hall
Keosuk
Steee
Memphis
Ira Bradshaw
Oscar Lawrence
Ze Lay
Pierce
Harry
W. A. Valentine
Harley, Skinner
Rainy social notes from local gatherings
A community roundup covers a large church party at the Charley Rennells home hosted by Don McKinley and attended by Ora Rennella and others. A Mt Harmony meeting Sunday morning drew a crowd, while youths enjoyed visits at the Mart Hibbs and Mary O Donne households. Lizzie Morgan and her nephew visited Mary O Donne, and Midge Pickett now owns a new automobile. Hazel Fullerton spent Sunday with Ethel and Alta Pickett.
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Ora Rennella
Fidien
Johnny Maize
Triplett
John Brown
Charley Rennells
Don McKinley
Mt. Harmony
Mart Hibbs
Lizzie Morgan
Lea
Mary O'Donne
Midge Pickett
Hazel Fullerton
Ethel
Alta Pickett
Rain-dependence prompts social notes in community
Miss Hazel Lewis visits Gladys Gillum on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jode Moore and family spend Sunday with Ervin Heriford. F Wiles visit Ervin Heriford family Sunday. A B Lewis and party make a Lemonville business trip and stay with Ellen. Herbie Haines visits relatives Saturday night and Sunday. Jasper Vestal visits his parents Sunday. Mrs. Johnson of Kansas City arrives to spend summer with E E Vestal. Ervin Hertford and a partner travel to Green City for business on Thursday.
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Ity
Hazel Lewis
Gladys _Gillum
Jode Moore
Ervin Heriford
F. Wiles
A. B. Lewis
Lemonville
Ellen Ns
Herbie Haines
Terre Haute People Busy With Roads Work and Social Visits
Terre Haute men worked on the roads last week while several residents attended a moving picture show in Lucerne. A buggy overturned when frightened by a car injuring W O Howard’s sister Hattie, who sustained bruises and scratches. Others attended Odd Fellows Memorial in Lucerne and a basket dinner in West Liberty. Eugene Leasy and wife visited his sister Mrs Frank Duncan on Sunday.
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J. L. Moris
Lucerne
W. O. Howard
Hattie
Mr. Howard
Terre Haute
Hugh Lessy
Myrtle
Jim Anderson
Ethel Morrison
West Liberty
Eugene Leasy
Frank Duncan
Local Social Visits Noted Across Families
The column lists Mr Walter Daniel visiting his sister on Sunday and Mrs George Fightmaster with daughter visiting Beicay in the evening. Mr and Mrs Ore Morlan visiting Mr and Mrs Leeper on Saturday. Miles Dickson and family visited G T Christian Sunday. George Miller and daughter visited Andy Johnsons home on Thursday. Leo Hackney W B Hackney and Will Hanley and wives visited the Wm Hackney home Sunday.
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Walter Daniel
Local Sunday Visits Across Town Highlight Community Life
On Sunday many residents visited relatives and friends across the area. Mrs Charley Hayward and Opal Christusa called on Mary Ward while Miles Dickson and family spent the day with Tolly Christian. Community events included a well attended meeting at West Liberty.
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Arate Ane
Mae
Coer Coruit
Edwin Christian
Raney Haigler
Forest Christian
Joe Ward
Zelma Culler
Fred Roberta
Ocie Hackney
Henry Haigler
Green Castle
West Liberty
Mies the Best Thinge
A concise philosophical musing on the virtue of joy and serenity. The speaker contrasts gay noble spirit with petty, gloomy souls fixated on the past and future, claiming only the former can seize life’s holiest moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies
Schiller
Fond Father and Mother Lament Boy’s Whippings Letter
A Birmingham Age-Herald clipping quotes a boarding school child’s letter. The teasing exchange has the fond father and mother recalling the boy’s frequent whippings and joking about the wood of the teacher’s switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Birmingham Age-Herald
Unionville Citizen Praises Dean's Kidney Pills
Unionville farmer W. W. Fowler reports kidney trouble symptoms including dull ache back pain and headaches. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he recovered and has had little kidney trouble since. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Unionville
W. W. Fowler
Farmer
Box
Dean
Mr. Fowler
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Controlling the Dangerous Stable Fly in Agriculture
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the guide explains stable fly risks to people and livestock and promotes the Hodge fly trap and protection methods. It covers trapping design window frames bedding nets and screen strategies to protect horses cattle sheep goats and hogs along with straw management and plowing under straw to curb breeding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Department
Uiter
Grain
Texas
Acta
Damp Weather Hurts Poultry Health and Litter Quality
A Minnesota Experiment Station note explains that prolonged damp weather challenges ventilation and litter in poultry houses. Damp litter raises disease risk, especially colds and roup, so remove damp material immediately and supply new dry litter to protect fowls and egg production despite higher costs.
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Np Pet
Plum Trees Pruning for Young Trees
Plum trees require comparatively little pruning. For young trees shorten the strongest shoots that outgrow others and unbalance form and symmetry.
Protection for Orchard Windbreak Plan
An orchard on high ground should be protected by a windbreak of trees planted on the north side. The north wind protection helps shelter the orchard and stabilize yields.
Good and Inexpensive Dairy Buildings
Department of Agriculture studies basic dairy barn design to meet practical needs. It outlines a 34 cow plan with calf pen, bull and cow stalls, feed room, wash room and silo, plus brick and frame walls, concrete floors, and ample light and ventilation for sanitary, economical operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Willa
Macy
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Houth Lincoln
Oak Ridge
Anderson Produce CO
West Main Street
McCants
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Er Eo
Iaan I Hodge
A C, Smith
Minnesota Experiment Station
Chi-Na
Mel
L. Hi. Howard
van Fossen Produce Co
Kobe
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