Closing Out and Sale Notices Across Counties
A sequence of farm and household auctions listed by date and location from Feb 8 to Feb 24. Items include closing out sales near New Haven, Washington, Noble Wagner & Eichelberger, and Keota. a River side horse sale. public sales near West Chester and Mt. Union. purebred Hampshire stock at the Brenneman farm. and Duroc gilt and estate sales at multiple farms including Muscatine and Wash ington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Church
W. T. Hobbs
Washington
Noble Wagner & Eichelberger
Riverside
Riverside Sales Co
West Chester
Allen Fickling
S. W
George Cave
Mt. Union
Elmas R. Brenneman
Keota
John Bensmiller
Keb
Boyd Stephens
Marion
Don Bell
Adm
Lone Tree
Reo Horak
Duroc
Knotek Bros. & Timm
Timm Farm
Muscatine
Ward Essley
Sidney Smith
New Haven
Burmese Women Balance Freedom With Limited Schooling
Across overseas bases American service members observe local customs. Burmese women enjoy more personal freedom than many groups yet have received scant formal schooling. Despite this, they are noted as more industrious and businesslike than the men.
Market Recap Chicago Livestock Hogs Steady Cattle Ranges Mixed
Markets in Chicago show hogs slow to steady with good and choice 200 to 300 lb hogs at 18.75 and 10 cent higher sow prices. Cattle week view: steers 13.50 to 16.25, long yearlings up to 17.00, feeders 13.00 to 15.00, calves none, lambs not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Train Schedule Fragments for Westbound and Eastbound Routes
Railway timetable notes list No. 8 Golden State Limited and No. 11 Southwest Express with stops at Calistoga and Washington, plus No. 12 Southwest Express and No. 44 Californian daily stops. It mentions No. 4 Golden State Limited discharging California passengers and No. 8 and No. 43 serving sleeping or coach passengers toward Kansas City and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Express
Golden State Limited
Washington
Kansas City
California
Proper Cleaning for Metal Lunch Buckets and Thermos Bottles
Daily washing with soap and water, air dry overnight. Rinse and shake out vacuum bottles, fill with luke warm suds and cork, shake briefly. If milk was inside, use cold sudsy water and let stand thirty minutes to loosen solids. Then wash the thermos interior and exterior, rinse, and air dry. wash cork and cover as well.
Various Rail and Bus Schedules Served from Washington
Timetables list C B and Q mixed trains, Davenport locals, and Southwest Limited departures. Burlington Trailways and Bee Line Transit provide routes to Omaha Chicago Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt. Pleasant Winfield and Sigourney. Tickets available at local depot and nearby cafes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winga
North Side
North Side Square
BEE Line Transit
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Mt. Pleasant Ly
Mt. Pleasant
Winfield, Burlington
Ordnance
Sigourney, Oskaloosa
Knoxy
Ice cream making and honey handling through history
Instructions describe gently warming honey to dissolve crystals. It notes 1902 ice cream freezing invention by Harvey Miller and shifts to dairy and home industry practices. Also discusses factors affecting bloat in grasses and belching by livestock, and explains White Russia as a U S S R constituent state with regional boundaries and historical name origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Miller
Russia
U.S.S.R
Minsk and
Gomel
Poland
Latvia
Ukraine
Catherine the Great
Sapphire cure stone gifted to St Paul’s Cathedral in London
In the 13th century a large sapphire believed to aid weak eyes was presented to St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The gem’s reputed healing powers reflect medieval beliefs in divine and mineral remedies for vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Lamb Prices Edge Higher on Steady Sheep Demand
Good and choice western lambs sold firm to 15.75 16.25 with top at 16.40 as sheep stayed steady to 25 cents higher in the market report.
Sweden builds longest concrete span bridge on Baltic coast
Sweden completes a 886 foot long concrete bridge replacing a ferry link on the coast highway between Stockholm and Haparanda at the Finnish frontier. The bridge reaches 131 feet above water with a total length of 14 700 feet, marking a world record for concrete spans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Haparanda
New Rutile Titanium Pigment Improves Opacity and Durability
A wartime advance introduces a rutile type titanium dioxide pigment with a denser crystalline structure. It is about one third more opaque than prior whites and shows superior chalking and fading resistance.
Native Women Face Restriction and Labor Roles in New Guinea
The passage notes that native men resent outside interference with their women and in some islands public affection is banned. Women are excluded from key religious activities yet perform much heavy labor. In remote areas native women are so shy that they hide in the bush when strangers enter villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Solomons
Extra Vitamin A Feed for Poultry Use
Feed each hundred birds 4 to 5 pounds of green feed daily to supply extra vitamin A. Suitable greens include carrots cabbage kale leaves lawn clippings clover and alfalfa hay or other green feed.
Cooling Eggs and Selling Male Birds in Poultry Keeping
To restore quality producers should chill eggs immediately after gathering and store them cool until sale. Then separate and sell off the male birds to avoid quality and market issues.
Irish Potato Name Origin in Rockingham County NH
Irish immigrants popularized the native potato in Rockingham County New Hampshire. The crop, already known in the colonies but seldom used, acquired the enduring name the Irish potato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham County
New Hampshire
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. L. Jennings
New London
H. E. Busby
Keith Sweet
Dave McLaugh
Inquire Journal
Irvan Rich
Oldslephone
Reister Bros
Porter Elevator
Keith Kompact
Kalamus
Glasgow
Montana
Eureka Church
Brighton
Pulova Wateh Mmitials V.C.S
Beard
Paul Harey
Allister
Ecking
Ford
Sorrell
Carson Plumbing and Heating
Pioneer Drug Store
Eclipse Lumber Company
Guy Troxell
Ave. D
Washington Oil Company
Edith Beenblossom
E. Main
Journal
North
Iowa Ave
H. B. Davis
Brooder House
Ira Huber, Wellman
BOONE
Harry Davidson
Jersey Cow
Ramseyer's Hatchery
Paul Griffith
John Deere
Ralph Palmer
Martin's Modern Cleaners
James D. Helmick
Columbus Junction
Waterspar
Pittsburgh
Bordwell
Allis Chalmers
Wm. Hobbs
Guernsey
C. H. Wolfe
T. H. Peters
Emil Henriksen
Crawfordsville
Hampshire
Farrow
Harry Maxwell
John Riggs
Haskins
Whittaker Sale
Washington Co
Nat, Farm Loan Assn
Jeffrey Building
Iowa
Ramseyer
Hatchery
Washington St
Evening Journal
J. A. Mayer
Lloyd Farrier
Chicago Livestock
Washington Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Russell Goodin
W. M
A. W. Yard
BEE Line Bus Depot
George J. Breitenbach
Oskaloosa Branch
SeeGeyiladon
CAO Brain
L. Goodlander
C. B
T.wavasg
Asus
C. F. Anderson
C. M
Davenport
Southwest Limited
Kansas City-Davenport
W.C. Ball
Burlington Trailways
Omaha
Chi
Winga’s
CAFS
Sudan
White
AETNA
ORR Land Company
Washington, Iowa
Freshwater
Ryb
Auto & Tractor
Stewart
Auto & Tractor Shop
Ray Stalder
E. Madison Washington, Ta
Baby
White Rocks
Austra
Reister
Produce
Pronto
America
U. S
Service
Chas, Larew
Bert Cray
Peoples Trust & Savings Bank
Oliver
Metformick
Montgomery Ward
Brown & Bruty
Ray Whitehead
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