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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
19
The News-Eagle extols Schlosser Bros as a trusted Van Buren cream station led by Guy Hays. The firm offers a cream route system delivering highest market price with square dealings, courteous service, and prompt quotations, benefiting local farmers in the Fifth Annual Farm Edition.
The Hunt and Woods Motor Sales Co. of Marion promotes the Dodge Bros motor car as the greatest value of the age with features like 30 35 H P engine four cylinder L head, selective three speed transmission and chrome vanadium components. The ad urges readers to inspect the car for endurance and modern design.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that misgrading of potatoes harms producers and the market. Reports from New Jersey Minnesota and other areas reveal sacks labeled No 1 containing cull stock and reconditioned produce. The bureau of markets and crop estimates offers guidance on grading methods and grade specifications.
The article notes sandy soil drains quickly but allows root growth, while loam dries less and benefits from stable manure. It emphasizes using clay and manure to improve moisture retention and structure for better plant health.
J H Merrill of Kansas State Agricultural College reports at a Toronto meeting that bees with the longest tongues and greatest body weight bring home the most honey. He says one can forecast the top honey-collecting colony by measuring tongue length nectar intake and spring weights of forty bees per colony.
Proposal to fit a low shelf inside the poultry house water trough with an overhanging wood strip to prevent roosting and contamination. The strip positioned above the trough allows drinking, discourages access, and aids feeding hot mashes. attributed to Dale R. Van Horn of Nebraska via Farm Journal.
The Agriculture Department urges cleaning up garden debris this fall to curb insects and disease spores that survive winter in stalks and vines. Remove weeds and debris by burning or hauling away, and destroy leftover vegetables to prevent pests like rabbits from damaging trees and shrubs. Early cleanup saves garden health in spring and summer.
University of California poultry experts report sodium fluoride mixed with road dust in a 1 to 4 ratio makes an effective treatment for fowls. The compound costs 40 cents per pound and can treat about 100 hens.
Mrs. P. Martineau, a floriculture expert, returned from Athens where she advised the king and queen on planting. She notes drought resistant trees from California, including pepper trees and maritime pine, and that a queen’s society supports tree planting to cover hills and possibly bring more rain.
A Buenos Aires newsletter announces that spring styles from Paris and London will appear in shops there and travel northward. The straw hat of 1622 leads the march, reaching Havana in Jan–Feb, New Orleans and Palm Beach by March, Atlanta and Charleston in April, with the rest of North America in May. The fashion hub offers fabrics colors and modes for the coming year.
Warren T. Clarke of the University of California sailed aboard the Pacific Mail Steamship Columbia for a two month trip through the Panama Canal studying ant central control on shipboard. He traveled from Havana to Baltimore as a guest researcher.
In Science and Invention Magazine an inquisitive old gentleman asks about airplane brakes and is told that air brakes are used on airplanes.
In Warren the Hardware Establishment of Smethurst Bros leads as a large stock locale for hardware automotive goods Case Samson Tractors and Chevrolet cars including a 490 Chevrolet Sedan. They offer Goodyear service Chevrolet parts and over years have grown into a premier local supplier praised for knowledge experience and customer service.
The 1921 focus on Dante’s centenary overshadowed the 400th death anniversary of Thomas a Kempis author of the Imitation of Christ. A London editor once asked which twelve books to take to a desert island, and a Kempis frequently appears in such lists, even among scientists and Huxley.
A New York correspondent notes beach combing after summer ends on Rockaway beaches. One scavenger carried a silk umbrella filled with jewelry and coins, found aided by rain. Beach combing has long been a fall industry with hundreds participating, and last year it led to structural concerns as supports under pavilions and hotels weakened, prompting police patrols.
F H Young laments life racing by as calendars and holidays loom. A Wisconsin university professor reports a turtle race record: a mile in three years eleven months and nineteen days, underscoring the desire for life to move slower despite scientific marvels.
In the annual race between weeds and vegetables the cabbage makes a bold bid to lead. The humorous comparison frames a garden struggle as a competition with the cabbage aiming to get a head.
The Marion Ice & Cold Storage Co. operates a sanitary, high grade BANQUET ICE CREAM factory led by manager Mr. Fred Edward. The plant invites public inspection and supports a busy distribution through Paxton’s Drug Store in Van Buren, offering ice cream by dish, pint, quart, and gallon.
The Faulkner-Burge Packing Company of Marion is praised for reliable fair dealing and strong service to farmers and stockraisers. It emphasizes market quotations courtesy and sanitation in preparing livestock for sale, with local support from the News-Eagle recognizing the firm’s role in Grant County and Central Indiana's progress.
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