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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
5
The crop reporting board of the agriculture department announces 1919 totals: total value of major farm crops at $14,092,740,000. Wheat valued at $2,028,522,000 from 72,243,000 acres producing 940,980,000 bushels. Corn at $3,934,234,000 from 2,917,450,000 bushels. Oats and barley production and values also listed.
Sweet Briar a brood mare valued at 200000 dollars arrived in New York today after a three weeks voyage from France. The railroad administration made an exception to its ban on special trains to provide private accommodations for the prized animal to the home of its owner Willis Sharpe Kilmer in Binghamton New York. Five men cared for the horse during the trip including a veterinarian to oversee diet.
Physicians advise complete isolation for anyone with a bed cold to prevent contagion to family and associates. They warn colds are highly catching, and suggest early treatment is best, promoting Climber lain's Cough Remedy as effective in curing a cold.
A lyric about the manger in Bethlehem with stars and angels proclaiming Jesus as King. The text describes joy at the birth and a universal song across nations. Josiah G. Holland is named as the author.
County auditor records show total taxes paid into the county treasury amounting to 592,676.84 dollars in the November installment. The funds are allocated to state and local programs including State of Indiana 8,202.45, State Schools 28,799.84, Educational Fund 11,238.28, County Fund 67,998.69, Township Fund 11,377.02, Road Tax 104.00, Road Tax addl 143.31, Township Poor 8,584.64, Gravel Road Repair 48,164.35, County Bonds 9,473.38, School Bonds 17,302.02, School Equipment 7,706.68, Township Library 1,168.17.
The Washington township farmers institute met at Midder Chapel on Wednesday December 10. The catalog lists songs led by Mrs. Julius Stallings and Locust Glee Club, talks on farming improvement by W T Martindale, sessions on women in the era, committee appointments, a basket dinner, piano solos, duets, and reports from committees. Nominating and membership committees are named with officers listed.
The Modern Miller's crop bulletin notes below zero temperatures across the winter wheat belt with possible setbacks to crop condition. Hessian fly reports persist in the southwest and losses are indicated. Large acreage reductions are noted though some wheat remains stacked in scattered Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Movement of wheat and corn is hindered by coal shortages and car scarcity.
Bureau of Internal Revenue officials say no more applications for appointment in the prohibition enforcement service can be considered from Indiana. The on file applications exceed the quota and qualified men can be appointed immediately, making further local investigations impossible.
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri endorses Cham berlain Cough Remedy for children with croppy symptoms and adults with coughs or lung colds. She states a few doses relieve her cold and a few days cure it. The note appears in a local newspaper ad.
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