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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1936
Page
5
Washington County Farm Bureau urges farmers not to burn cornstalks. The county agent emphasizes the loss of organic matter and nutrients, estimating about $12 per acre in fertilizer value when stalks are burned, and advocates ground-up disposal with proper equipment.
The winter chinch bug survey maps the east half of Washington County and parts of the west as very heavily infested. Samples ranged from 16 to 9,905 bugs per square foot with an average of 28,878 per square foot. Officials warn snow and weather influence damage prospects for next summer.
The Farm Bureau asks farmers needing seed corn to notify its office to assist in locating it. It also urges those with seed or crib corn for testing to list it with the office. Each ear should have six kernels tested, and never plant crib hybrid corn due to lingering germination risks.
Farmers who need help this spring and summer urged to notify the Farm Bureau with hire dates and job type. Likewise job seekers should list names and qualifications. The service is free to all, members and non members alike.
Members may submit up to five seed samples for free testing under a program financed by the Farm Bureau. Additional samples are charged at fifty cents each. The testing records purity and germination and applies to all seed offered for sale or auction in Farm Bureau offices.
In Calgarq Alberta a rush of young unemployed from across Canada follows the promise of a 25 a month dividend under Albert's Social Credit Government. The movement signals broad appeal of the policy as economic strain pushes migration.
Neighbors and Crawfordsville merchants shoveled snow all day to clear Wyman Road after the town ran out of coal. A Washington crew assisted, with driver Hs facing delays as coal trucks were blocked at gates and mud. Will Wooley laments the slow progress as residents await relief and dry ground.
Juliet, discontent and curious, meets Terhune a San Francisco lawyer in Los Angeles at the Cocoanut Grove. He reads her with sharp insight and hints at a new social era while pointing to Madame Hubert and her beauty empire as key figures in town.
Tuesday brought illness and care notes as Dale improved after treatment could not reach him due to dirtied fowls. Wima Wooley visited her cousin Gwendolyn Buen. Mrs T H Riley remains at Kenneth Cherryholmes home in Crawfordsville for over five weeks with the baby unsettled. H Crawford moved four hogs to be butchered. Mrs Edd Curtis Mrs Bill Thomas and sons visited Charles Curtis home. Kenneth Long started to school then fell sick and waited at Farrel Young's house. Jimmie Young remains on the sick list and missed Wednesday’s school.
The Canadian forest spans the continent from Atlantic to Pacific and is predominantly made up of conifers.
The City notes a rise in silk hats worn by bankers and workers as two major London banks signal a fashion shift. Increased sightings of top hats sweep the business district with reports of staff adopting the style to look ahead in the job market.
Rev Joseph Barth of Channing Unitarian church in Newton Mass spoke a five word sermon at an evening service asking Why hast thou forsaken me The rest of his message was interpreted by readers at the service
Juliet Rankin enters a volatile Los Angeles scene at Madame Hubert's table where Denton Terhune introduces her to power players. Madame Hubert pushes for Rankin to join the operation while O'Hara clashes with both, hinting at a fragile business built on ambition and danger.
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