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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
6
Morning worship at 10 30 Sunday School at noon Epworth League 7 Evening service 8 Prayer meeting Wednesday 8. Painters repainting the church and parsonage with other improvements to raise property value. Ladies Auxiliary meeting held. details irregular from the Sanne Card lien text.
Forenoon services are listed with reminders of upcoming church events. The note references annual gatherings at Tatten's Grove and a program at Wild Mouse church, with events at the Seminary Quarter of Minneapolis and a Young Daughters group hosting a program next Sunday evening.
An old article argues early plowing in Tazewell County Illinois improves seed bed, soil contact, and moisture flow. It notes deeper plowing, better weed control before planting, and discing and harrowing enhance root health, leading to 10 to 20 bushels more per acre on early plowed land.
Dr Arnold visits a patient, a young mother, urging that the baby drink a small daily dose. The mother questions the plan but agrees to 80 as the regimen, wondering how the baby will hold it all. Lip Pincott's.
The article argues for consolidating country schools by combining grades across two or three teachers. Benefits include access to high school work for rural children, keeping youth in the area, saving tuition, enabling better teachers, and allowing practical agriculture and domestic science courses. It notes starter costs and building needs, and frames consolidation as the sole viable solution for agricultural education.
Morgan County and the Commercial club of Jacksonville push plans for a county clubhouse to house the Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau women's clubs Boys and Girls clubs a lodge room auditorium drill hall and gymnasium A county coliseum project was revived at a Chamber meeting led by Bert Ball of Chicago with rural relations chaired by Frank J Heinl and a committee including John J Reeve Wm E Hall J W Walton Dr E L Crouch Dr J W Hairgrove Thos Worthington and Chas S Black A Farmers Chautauqua is also being arranged for August.
The West Central Minnesota Development Association promotes improving county fairs by tying them to the association work, boosting exhibit quantity and quality. A yearly fair circuit is proposed, with educational exhibits from the State Agricultural College visiting each fair to enhance programs and reduce costs.
The Henry County Improvement Association organized a Hog Cholera Department. Members can join by paying 50 cents yearly. Serum will be stored in Geneseo for rapid delivery to farms. Buying serum aims to curb outbreaks and prevent disease spread through quarantine measures.
A farmers cooperative laundry at Chatheld Mina declares 110 percent dividend to patrons and 16 percent to stockholders. It shares space with a cooperative creamery, invested 260 in machinery, and hired an experienced superintendent. The article argues for cautious growth and strong member cooperation to avoid friction.
A report discusses sending letters from an Iowa office to farmers in Wright County Wisconsin about seed corn testing. It explains a February seed testing effort to gauge seed vigor with percentages for strong weak and dead kernels, and estimates yields based on test results. The piece notes the test uses seed kept for spring planting and advises on investing time for testing to ensure better germination and crop outcomes.
A series of meetings are held in Sangamon County Illinois under the Sangamon County Farmers Congress to decide on employing a county agent. The county organization is largely complete and is believed ready to formalize the hire in the near future.
Charles J. Mann has been hired as County Agent for Bureau County Illinois. A Mimofs Agricultural College graduate, he brings eight years of soil survey experience with the department of agriculture and extensive practical farm work.
The speaker notes that to spark a man’s interest you should discuss him or his qualities and needs. If a photograph were present, people would first search for their own image, then glance to see how others appear, as Hugh Chalmers observed.
A Washington analysis claims thrifty members accumulate between 825,000 and 80,000 over two terms in Congress while longer serving lawmakers from safe districts become plutocrats. It notes living costs, mileage, sin fees, and perquisites, including staff and stationery, enable steady savings and household support beyond salaries. It highlights expenditures for travel, meals, and living expenses, plus clerical staff costs, shaping a frugal member’s cash flow into an ambivalent ascent in public service.
Jefferson Middleton of the United States Geological Survey published a report on fuller’s earth. The survey notes Florida led in 1913 production by quantity and value, followed by Georgia, Arkansas, and Massachusetts. Florida and Georgia together accounted for over 97 percent of the marketed fuller’s earth.
Watkin's agency for liniments spices extracts and toilet articles serves the south half of Richland county including Wahpeton. A full line is kept at 21 Second street south with M. D. Keeny named as agent and telephone 3115.
A poultry car will operate in Breckenridge on Friday and Saturday June 26 and 27 offering pay rates for all live poultry delivered there. Prices are listed per pound for old hens old cocks springs ducks geese and turkeys with advice to clean out the flock while prices are good.
Advertisement states savings from 30 to 60 percent on tires across several brands. Mentions discount for full payment, 3 percent, and 10 percent deposit with examination allowed. Indicates direct purchase from a supplier, with several vague percentages and terms.
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