Needham to Own Washington County Press After Livingston Retirement
Charlies K. Needham purchased the Washington County Press from R. L. Livingston, who retires after three and a half years. The paper remains Republican guided by Needham, who aims for a newsy nonpartisan tone to please all Republicans. Livingston plans land work near Garden City, Kansas, and may not return to newspapers.
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Charlies K. Needham
R. L. Livingston
Washington County Press
Livingston
Needham
Washington
Garden City
Kan
A. B. Cummins
Grandpa
Journal Ofice
Henry
Elder patriarch admired for long days and meals
He spoke a brogue that puzzled most listeners. His babite were the best, and in recent years he ate only two meals daily, slept around 3 or 4 pm, and rose about 5:30. He appeared very old and was a true patriarch in every sense.
Turkey Growing. Wise Hint Prom Willett Randall In Farm Journal
The turkey business is a leading poultry branch with strong prices and demand. Beginners should start with a few birds, buy now rather than wait for spring, and focus on selecting the best stock for breeding while culling the rest. Disease and poor seasons reduced some flocks.
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Willett Randall
Farm Journal of Philadelphia
Peter
Anatomy of the Hen Egg in Everyday Language
The passage states the average hen egg weighs about two ounces with roughly 200 grains of solids. It divides into shell ten parts white sixty parts and yolk thirty parts. White contains 14 percent albumen and 86 percent water with trace fat and salts. Yolk is fat rich with coloring matter water about 57 percent and contains sugar and phosphates.
Pointer for Pigeon Breeders This Winter
The article notes that fancy and exhibition breeders separate male and female pigeons in winter to strengthen health and breeding quality. It cautions squad breeders to keep birds together when pairings are constant and mating should continue.
Drift of pairs as tired individuals seek new partners
The passage notes that when people grow tired they tend to drift apart and seek other matings if opportunity arises. It implies shifting loyalties and the natural drift in relationships when fatigue or discontent appears.
Ancona Fowl Breeding and Popularity in Mediterranean Lineage
The Ancona, except for few varieties, is the least popular Mediterranean fowl. Breeders favor crosses between White Minoreas and Black Leghorne or Black Minorca with White Leghorn to obtain stronger blood lines. The breed is larger than Leghorn, a prolific egg layer, and now has well defined feather characteristics due to line breeding.
Soft roasters become popular with New England growers
Soft roasters attract buyers as thousands are raised across New England. They are fattened and dressed for market at the same time as capons. Some say top Brahma cockerels dressed capon fashion may fetch prices equal to capons.
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New England
Shipping Baby Chicks Sparks Debate Over Cruelty and Care
The text discusses controversy over shipping young chicks across the country. Critics call it cruelty while farmers delivering poults across long distances claim chicks arrive in good condition.
Fraternal Aid Meets Tonight. Dancing Party At Phoenix Hall
The Fraternal Aid association holds its regular meeting this evening and asks all members to attend, especially newly elected officers. About twelve couples enjoyed a dancing party Tuesday at Phoenix ball with music by Caner's orchestra.
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Fraternal Aid Association
Phoenix Ball
Caner
Essley Hosts Meet for Jas R MacFarland of Kansas
Mr. and Mrs. A H Essley hosted a gathering to greet Jas R MacFarland of Talmo Kansas. Among the guests were old friends of MacFarland and out of town attendees including Mr. and Mrs. W B Simpson of Davenport and Rev and Mrs S P Telford of Toluca Illinois. Kade Warfel and Will Harvey hosted about 25 young men at a restaurant banquet honoring Otto Dede Dudley Crone and Chase Bannister who plan to leave the city. A sumptuous banquet followed at eight with brief speeches by the honored guests.
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A. H. Essley
Jas. R. MacFarlnd
Talmo
Kan
Mr. McFarland
W. B. Simpson
Davenport
8. P. Telford
Toluca
Ill
Richard Malin
Myra
Columbus Junction
Kade Warfel
Will Harvey
Otto Dede
Dudley Crone
Chase Bannister
Laura Rich Hosts Card Party at East Second Street Home
Miss Laura Rich will entertain a few friends this evening with a social card party at her residence on East Second street.
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Laura Rich
East Second Street
Miss Marian Stewart Hosts Card Party
Miss Marian Stewart issues invitations for a card party to be held tomorrow afternoon at her home on West Washington Street.
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Marian Stewart
West Washington Street
Five Hundred Club Meets at Mrs Lemmon’s Home
Mrs J E Lemmon hosted the Five Hundred club yesterday afternoon on East Washington Street. Four tables were arranged for cards with Mrs Ed Bowman winning honors and a perfume toilet set as prize. Guests included Miss Winifred Geisler of Muscatine and Miss Stella Wells.
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J. E. Lemmon
Five Hundred
East Washington Street
Ed Bowman
Winifred Geisler
Muscatine
Stella Wells
Mrs Maud McGuire Hosts Evening With Friends
Miss Maud McGuire entertained about twenty friends last evening at her home 54 miles northeast of the city. Guests enjoyed party games and phonograph music for the evening's entertainment.
Accident at a grinder injures George Awmlong
George Awmlong suffered a serious hand injury while grinding feed when straw and a mitten became caught in a grinder at Steve Jones's home northeast of the city. Doctors amputated one finger at the first joint and he is progressing as well as could be expected.
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George Awmlong
Steve Jones
Doctor Downing
Wellman
97 Year Old Inmate Tony Swiber Dies at County Farm
Tony Swiber, a German bachelor and former Richmond resident, died yesterday afternoon at age 97 at the county house. He was brought to the county farm in 1894 at 85 and had no known relatives nearby. He was described as a crabbed but peculiar old man in his final days.
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Tony Swiber
Richmond
The Dynamiter Power Untamable Described by Adams
An excerpt portrays the dynamiter as a skilled, resourceful expert blending chemistry, quarry work, and electrical knowhow. He assesses rock hardness, chooses explosive grade, drills and tamping, wires batteries, and sometimes supervises blasts while facing rival agents.
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Samuel Hopkins Adams
Carelessness in Handling Explosives Warned In Rude Demonstrations
The text depicts a reckless agent tossing a heavy dynamite package, dropping it, and mistreating it to impress outsiders. It notes that while fresh dynamite may detonate, mishandling often causes unpredictable results and warns that nitroglycerin based explosives require careful treatment due to their instability.
Household stain removers and treatments
Instructions for removing grass blood fresh paint ink wine rust indelible ink stains with methods using alcohol molasses kerosene soap cold water salt lemon juice ammonia Javelle water and oxalic acid including steps to rinse promptly and repeat as needed.
London Cockney Humor Through the Ages
The passage extols genuine London humor from cockney artists like Chaucer and Dickens. It notes their close ties to London streets and taverns such as the Mermaid and the Dock, claiming the strongest humor remains rooted in London life.
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London
Chaucer
The
Abbey
Dickens
Ben Jonson
the Mermaid
Sam Johnson
the Dock
London News
Court updates in Fairall Swords Zmant case and docket actions
In District Court the Fairall Swords and Zmant versus Shrade case remains active with witnesses not yet examined. Docket items show sales reports approved for Lena Swearengen v Charlotte Tallman and Emma Trieschmann v Geo Trieschmann, plus multiple trials and decrees for plaintiffs. Guardian ad litem appointed for minor defendants. sale of undividable real estate ordered with sale referee Cha s H Keck appointed.
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Fairall, Swords and Zmant Vs Shrade
Lena Swearengen
B. W. Nicola
Albert Johnson
John G. Moriarty
Jonathan Wilson
John Williams
German Church
Austin Sutherland
D . Klopfenstein
R. I
Susia H. Wolters
Mary Wolters
Anna E. Wooley
Vane O. Wooley
C. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
E. E. Everson
Chas. H. Keck
Probate actions and guardianship reports set for hearings
In the Iowa court records a sequence of estate matters is noted. Various estates including Henderson Robinson Singmaster Emmons Stewart and Winter discuss probate filings final reports executors and bond requirements. Guardianship of E W White names J Wilson guardian ad litem and authorization to borrow funds.
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Martha J. Henderson
Mary J. Robinson
Wis
W. Neal
W. B. Singmaster
J. Emmons
Anna Emmons
D. B. Emerson
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C. K. Needham
L. Livingston
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Turkey
Ancona
Columbia Pharmacy
Prop
Vienna
the Dynamiter
Edmund D. Morrison
A. R. Miller
Iowa
C. Creek
New Orleans
Wolasses
S-Ib. Pail
Cash Grocery
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