Ladies Missionary society to meet at Mrs Jackson Roberts home
The Presbyterian church ladies plan a tomorrow afternoon gathering at Mrs Jackson Roberts residence. Miss Mike Lewis hosts this evening for former millinery store employees, with Mrs Chas Ward hosting on North avenue. Royal Neighbors of America to hold a 7 30 pm meeting with officer elections.
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Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Jackson Roberts
Mike Lewis
North Marion Avenue
Royal Neighbors of
America
Reading circle meets at Mrs Mea home on East Washington
The Twentieth Century Reading circle will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. R. T. Mea! on East Washington street. The Longfellow section of the Literary department of the Fort nightly club will meet this evening.
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Twentieth Century Reading Circle
R. T. Mea
East Washington Street
Longfellow
Fortnightly Club
Daily News Briefs from Crawfordsville Iowa
Local notices report social visits school starts and arrivals. Harvey Rhea returned from Monmouth while Dr. Hugh McLaughlin spoke at United Presbyterian church. Miss Florence Johnson began winter school term west of town and a reception for Marcus McAtlin and his bride was held at their home two miles north.
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Harvey Rhea
Monmouth
Robert
Hugh McLaughlin
United Presbyterian Church
London
Guy Dillon
C. A. Paisley
Winfield
Melville Paisley
Ida Paisley
Lenox
W. M. Welch
Florence Johnson
Chillicothe
J. P. Ank
Columbus Junction
H. T. McLaughlin
Washington
N. T. Patton
G. F. Niblock
Tom Brooks
Wayland
James McAtlin
Marcus
Local residents amid Thanksgiving travel and church revival
Dec 4 notes show Lewis Evans visiting Columbus Junction business, Mrs Harding shopping in Washington, Mrs Lindley Coon returning from Newton, and trips by Mr and Mrs Marr and others. Work on the new meat market post office brick work finished, and Rev Howe began revival meetings at the M E church, praised as a fine speaker with a strong voice.
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Lewis Evans
Columbus Junction
A. Harding
Washington
J. Lindley Coon
Grace Walker
Newton
R. & Mcfarland
Arthur McFarland
W.T. Marr
Rev
Howe
M. E. Church
Miss Rose Minner May Travel to Egypt for Hospital Work
Miss Rose Minner a Wallace school teacher has offered for hospital service in Egypt awaiting a likely opening. The United Presbyterian Church oversees the Assuit hospital founded by Dr. Henry. Minner formerly taught at Mitchellville Industrial School and is deemed well qualified. No definite departure date yet.
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Rose Minner
Wallace School
Egypt
The
United Presbyterian
Henry
Assuit
Minner
Miss Ora Henderson Hosts Gathering in Southwest Washington
Miss Ora Henderson entertains a few friends this evening at the Sherm Crane home in Southwest Washington in honor of her sister, Miss Birdie Henderson of Welman. Mr. Wesley Shanafelt, ill for some weeks, is a trifle better today.
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Ora Henderson
Sherm Crane
Washington
Birdie Henderson
Welman
Wesley Shanafelt
Feeding Poultry Thebeer and Clover for Fattening Fowls
The piece discusses fattening ducks and fowls using stale beer and brewers grain for rapid, lean weight gain with white flesh. It also extols dried and green clover as a high protein feed, noting improved molting, eggs, and feather quality from clover supplementation and describing practical summer and winter preparation methods.
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Eayls
Practical Poultry Care Tips From An Old Almanac
Use sassafras poles or daub and poles with oil of sassafras to keep the coop free from roast lice. Add river sand or gravel in a corner for sunning and dust baths. Pepper aids digestion. red pepper for constipation and black pepper for loose bowels. Provide constant clean water. Roast with a full crop and occasional buttermilk. Avoid drafts to keep hens laying and market-ready.
Combating Pip in Hens Mutilation Warned by Journal
The American Poultry Journal denounces mutilating fowls for pip and explains pip stems from ulcerated throat bones. It notes the tongue’s natural nail-like horn helps birds pick grain and prescribes a simple cure: butter and aloes swallowed as a pill. The method cures the hen in about an hour.
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Pip
American Poultry Journal
Exercise improves egg yield in hens at Utah station
Tests at the Utah station show moderate exercise aids production while extreme confinement reduces laying. Hens forced to scratch for grain under deep straw litter laid fewer eggs than those fed grain partly in straw and partly in a box.
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Utah
Raising Ducks With a Hen Advice
A note from the American Poultry Journal warns that hens make good incubators but poor brooders for ducklings. Ducklings lack the strength in their legs to follow a hen’s vigorous exercise, risking weak development.
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American Poultry Journal
Controlling Vermin with Straw Burns in Coops
A small straw burn in chicken coops three or four times each season kills vermin and keeps the coop fresh for hens and chickens.
Board of Supervisors Meeting Discusses Hyde Road Change
The Board of Supervisors met at the Court House to consider minor matters, approve claims, and adjust miscellaneous business. They decided to alter Hyde road, while other routine actions were noted. A separate zoological note describes monkeys sleeping only on their sides or stomachs, never on their backs, prompting a reflection on differences from humans.
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Board of Supervisors
Court House
Hyde Road
Zoo
Sostly
Willing a Body and Wills in Law
A New York Press note on the limits of testamentary directives. It explains that a will cannot bind the body after death, executors may not be forced to honor wishes, witnesses rules differ for real estate and personal property, and women’s wills are often constrained by legal turns.
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New York Press
Not Reassuring Exchange Over Curfew Joke
The bashful younger sister quotes a remark about sending Ike home after a line from Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight. She recalls asking if the other young man would leave, and the sister answers there would be no harm in trying.
Tiny tobacco seeds sow acre through thimble size batch
The note explains tobacco seeds are extremely small and seed counts from a thimble can cover an acre, illustrating the minuteness of the seeds and their planting implications.
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Dell H. Duncan
Chas. Mount
Chicago
A. Mason
Frank
Lon Brindley
HE County News
Journal
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Eer
Deeks
Washington, Iowa
Willis
California
Florida
Floridas
Cash Grocery
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