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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1906

Page

2

Academy Baccalaureate Sermon At Opera House

Rev J F Ross of Tarkio Missouri fills the First U P Church pulpit while Rev Elias Handy of the M E church delivers a strong academy baccalaureate sermon. Music by the M E choir with trombone and cornet, stage flowers, and class colors surround the graduating class. next Thursday hosts a class play at the Opera house.

Academy Elias Handy M. HE. Church M. E Hubert Crail Don Handy Dite McMasters K. Michels Rev Michels McMasters Handy Earth Opera House

Sermon on Fellowship by Rev J F Ross at First U P Church

Rev J F Ross of Tarkio Missouri delivered a sermon at the First U P Church on fellowship drawn from First John. He spoke on the three kinds of fellowship home state and church and stressed unity through mutual sympathy and attention to small vital life details.

First U. P J. F. Ross Tarkio Ross Tarkio College

Local residents attend Oskaloosa judicial convention

A group of residents traveled to Oskaloosa for a judicial convention opening tomorrow. Participants include Will White S W Neal Carlton Wilson W H Butterfield J C Cocktin H A Burrell J S Mc Cleary W T Trotter and J B Wilson. Additional attendees are expected this evening and tomorrow.

Oskaloosa Will White S. W. Neal Carlton Wilson W. H. Butterfield J. Cocktin H. A. Burrell J. S. McCleary W.T. Trotter J. 8. Wilson

Local notices list arrivals and business updates in town

Mrs. Seward Hartwick arrived Saturday evening from Centerville to visit the Miller family. Elsie McCreedy visited her mother Mrs. Thompson in Letts over Sunday. Fred Reid, the Weems laundryman, will have an office at Roberts Furnishing Co. and will handle orders with the same prompt attention as before.

Seward Hartwick Centerville D. H. Miller Elsie McCreedy Letts Dr. Thompson Fred Reid Weems Roberts Furnishing Co

Growing Smooth Potatoes Free From Pests and Disease

The article advises cultivating smooth potatoes in soil free of cutworms wireworms and seab, with tops protected by timely sprayings of paris green or arsenic Bordeaux mix. It covers seed sterilization for seab immunity and formalin soaking, soil rotation and fall plowing to control white grub and wireworm, noting multiple year life cycles.

Spray calendar for codling moth and apple scab control

A New Jersey Farmer outlines a six to seven spray schedule using Bordeaux mixture and arsenical compounds across the growing season to combat codling moth and apple scab. The note also praises pasture hogs as useful in old high headed orchards for weed control, manure, and harvest help.

Messrs. Marlatt and Orton Bureaus of Entomology and Plant Industry Nebraska New Jersey

Farming meanings widen as laws and funding rise

The piece argues for clearer farming facts and higher standards. It notes the US Supreme Court ruling blocking fruit shippers from routing shipments over connecting railroads prompts Southern California growers to seek new legislation. Federal funds for state experiment stations would rise from 15000 to 20000 this year and 21000 later until reaching 30000 annually.

Supreme Court of the United States California Congress New Jersey Pennsylvania

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