Rural Williams County notes farmers and community events
The column details frost damage to cucumber vines, farm tasks including corn binder purchases, and local visits from Montana relatives. It records upcoming Farmers' Club and Ladies Aid meetings, school plans for area youths, a moving picture show, church services, and residents’ travel and employment updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Rutledge
R. T
C. A. Wicks
C. A
R.T. Wicks
Montana
Ruth Lindholm
Charley Book
Charley Booke
Job
Eden Valley Threshing Season Underway
Mr. W. W. Keltner fills his silo while Mr. James Bud visits O. A. Myers. Mr. D. B. Kauffman works for W. Keltner as threshing machines operate. Local farming activity continues with harvest season noises.
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W. W. Keltner
James Bud
O. A. Myers
Harvesting Nears End in Summit Valley Neighborhood
In Summit Valley various farm tasks wrap up as Harvesting nears completion. residents report activity like threshing and horse hauling, with neighbors visiting and noting local comings and goings. One mishap involves Ed Kaetzel's broncho encounter with no injuries reported.
Local Druggist Promotes One Dose Bowel Cleanser
An ad notes a druggist offering a Buckthorn bark glycerine mixture marketed as a remedy for stomach trouble and sour stomach. It claims quick relief and cites Adler-i-ka as a famous comparable product. The message urges readers to try the one dose bowel cleanser for immediate effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler-i-ka
Roads Raise Farm Prices Across Grain Belt
The piece contrasts a farm on a poor road with one on a good road, showing price effects. A Missouri farm rose from 75 to 112.50 dollars per acre after highway improvements, illustrating how road quality boosts land value and farm prosperity.
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Missouri
Vision of the future school contrasts rural and city setups
The writer Herbert Quick envisions a future school system with large rural schools, a teacher’s home on a farm, and domestic economy courses. Classrooms will feature moving pictures for geography, science, and art, teaching children alongside their elders with farm life and global topics shown in films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better School Commission
Herbert Quick
Quick Hoy
India
Brazil
New York City
China
Japan
Egypt
Ensilage Harvesting Tips From Farm Stock And Home
As silo filling nears and farmers plan, a threshing engine may power multiple tasks. Sharing an engine lowers cost, but must ensure strength and capacity. Use hard dough corn for ensilage, avoid soft milk stage and frosted corn. Proper filling, a tight silo, and good corn determine quality. Two capable workers can manage spreading and tamping.
Washington News Letter Reports Shipping and Political Moves
Foreign built ships plan to register under the U.S. flag by United Fruit United States Steel and Standard Oil. The President backs a law to buy ships to ease export congestion. House debates attendance and pay for absentees. G A R encampment may move to Washington with $25000 raised. Steel protests delays in shipping rules. Tobacco tax relief sought. President to Cornish New Hampshire for rest as Congress delay persists.
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United States
United Fruit Company
Standard Oil Company
United States Steel Corporation
Underwood
Memra
Washington
Mann
House
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Grand Army of the Republic
U. S
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
Department of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Jones
Kentucky
Cornish
N. H
Congress
Meat Stock Shifts Across Regions Spark Future Abundance
Washington correspondent Jud son Welliver notes a 1910 to 1914 drop in cattle sheep and swine totals amid rising value. He predicts a temporary dip before livestock spreads widely, with seven of nine divisions gaining share and Corn Belt retreating slightly but remaining dominant.
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National Farm
Springfield
Ohio
Judson
Welliver
Washington
United States
Sam
Department of Agriculture
AL Abode
Library notes and hay and seed production report
The exhibit at the fair grounds lists agricultural and domestic science books from recent papers. At Dickinson substation plots show six and eight inch drills yield hay and seed per acre over five years. alfalfa rows produce more hay, but seed yields vary with crowding and dry years.
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Dickinson
Strength Through Nourishment After Illness
Restoring strength after sickness depends on nourishment. Scott's Emulsion is promoted as the superior remedy, claiming to build rich blood and strengthen nerves and lungs without alcohol. The ad asserts forty years of use and positions the product as unmatched for recovery from any illness or relapse.
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Scott
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Albert Oloom
Danielson
Henry Anderson
Aula Kvaar Deyn
Blankenship
Farmers’ Club
George Ford
G. Imosterg
Williston
A. C. Wagenman’s
Leonard Poe
Harold Ford
Albert Anderson
John Lindholm
Ruby Keihle
G. M. Hedderich & Co
Merle Montgomery
Sleepy Eye
Minnesota
Wach
Know
Joe Gromatka
Ladies
H.c.blankenship
Taylor of
Velva
Claude McCoy
Jack Adama
Claude Miccoy
Ben Frank
Fred Snyder
Ben Franka
Gladys Mesaler
Fred Sherlanda
Mr. Keltner
Trenton
Mable
Cora Miller
Logan
Sheppard
Mr. Miller
Loyi Bontrager
Indiana
Standley Keltner
Irvin Kauffman
Fay Kratzer
Mary Sgarting
Horace Sporline
Marshes
Delarme
Lulu Sheppard
Gid More
Hans Fredericinson
Elsie Ryner
Florence Brown
Arena Frank
Elsie
Hilde Bros
C. D. Maloney
Canada
Ragna Groven
Hofflund
Moving Picture Show
Chas
Truesdell
Children
Anna Bexpera
Poplar
John Brown
Eddie
Salherthe Manrane
Mr. Brown
Magloire Raymond
Weinentay
St. Joseph, Minn
St. Benedicta Academy
Nelson
Ole Hylden
C. R. Lofgren
Mayme Schwartz
Oregon
Eden Valley
D. B. Kauffman
For
7. W. Keltner
Lindstrom Dol Eee
Summit Valley
O. A. Biella
Wm. Gross
Epping
A. E. Kingey
Red River
A. G. Zepp
H. F. Packard
Nicvel
Mont
Hans Peterson
Mahoney Bros
P.G. Head
8. K. Severson
Pyllisten
Ed Kaetzel
Fredrickson
Washington News
Library Notes
Benton
Hewitt
Dodd
James
Parlom
Terrill
Barrows
Boston
Farmer
Hill
Lincoln
Mitchell
Oswald
Rore
Carpenter
Norton
Richards
Daniels
Watson
Holt
Pope
Weeks
Rygg
A. Rygg
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