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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1947
Page
6
Earnie and Bea confront grief eight months after their mother’s death and renew a shared passion for music. Bea’s father, a quiet violinist, finally joins, offering healing through guitar and piano as the family reconnects.
Purdue University researchers N K Ellis and Richard Morris found air in muck soils dramatically boosts yields. Ventilating to 18 inches increased carrots 3 to 33 tons per acre and sweet corn 3 to 4.75 tons. onions, red beets, and potatoes also rose significantly. Adequate plant food and rainfall were not limiting factors.
A Delaware tradition links the Revolutionary War era Capt Jonathan Caldwell company to game chickens from the blue hen brood. The Blue Hen's Chickens nickname stuck and Delaware adopted the Blue Hen as the state bird in 1939. The photo shows a blue fowl from a Black Sumatra cock and Blue-Splashed White hen cross by the USDA.
A water system features an overhead flow pipe to the larger trough, removing the need for a float valve. The pipe doubles as part of the fence, carrying water away via an overflow to the lower trough, a design credited to the James F. Lincoln foundation.
The piece argues that 1946 saw 12,200 pedestrian deaths and about 270,000 injuries in the United States. It cites that two of three fatalities involve rule violations or unsafe acts and that cities over 19,000 population account for over half of deaths. The American Automobile Association promotes education and youth programs to reduce this toll.
Extension foresters warn that timber cut during the growing season must be processed quickly to avoid deterioration from decay, insect attacks, or sap stains. Prompt handling helps preserve quality and value of the cut timber.
A brief note from the American Veterinary Medical Association discusses preventing enterohepatitis in poults, naming diisobutylphenoxyethyldimethyl benzylammonium chloride as a recommended preventive measure. The item highlights a disease better known as blackhead and its impact on young turkeys.
Go around all fastenings when ironing clothes. Never run the iron over buttons snaps buckles zippers or pins even on the wrong side of the garment.
Half of America’s urban riders use roughly 90 000 street cars trackless trolleys subways and gas buses while the other half rely on about 30 million private automobiles.
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