Starling Plague Hits Kansas Cattle Dairy Herds Affected
Kansas cattlemen cope with a starling infestation that bites and feeds on cattle. Birds perch on cows, chew back and rump areas, causing damage to dairy herds while farmers try poisoned seeds and other controls. Starling habits include preying on other birds after poisoning. crows and grackles are also noted as regionally common.
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Kansas
Cat
Li'vral
Kansas State
Ives
Grackle
Noted Architect Carl Keferstein Dies in Washington Capital
Carl B. Keferstein a prominent architect dies in the capital after a long career in Winchester circles. Family members recall his contributions and ties to local society and a daughter is mentioned among relatives.
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Arl Keferstein
Winchester
Washington
Carl B. Keferstein
Keferstein
Tt City
le Maintein
Legislative views from Harrison on roads taxes and game laws
Senator Burr P. Harrison writes from Richmond on General Assembly items after a heavy snowstorm. He discusses the proposed secondary highway elimination, gasoline tax usage, and protections for local road funds, plus support for a constitutional election on gas tax funds and county game-law changes affecting Frederick Shenandoah Clarke and fox season issues. He corrects a misstatement about UVA budget totals.
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Burr P. Harrison
Richmond
General Assembly
Highway Department
Boards of Supervisors
Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Weaver
Frederick
Shenandoah
Clarke County
Clarke
University of Virginia
B. P. Harrison
Farmers most thrifty and better fed than city families
A Department of Agriculture report finds farm families are better fed and thriftier than city dwellers. Farmers have larger families and save more, with higher milk and vegetable consumption, younger age, and greater use of automobiles from the used market, while electricity and utilities lag behind city homes in many regions.
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Fes
Cao Mbpead
Mississippi
California
Northcentral
Oldest European Settlement in America Debated
Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496 as Ciudad Trujillo, is cited as the oldest European settlement in the Americas.
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America
Santo Domingo
Cuidad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
How To Go To Sleep Instruction Card
Instructional note urging rapid eye opening and wakefulness tip. Mentions kidney and evacuant terms with risky medical wording. Advert shows Baker's Drug Store as local supplier.
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Baker's Drug Store
End of Civil War in Spain Proclaimed by Franco
The article notes General Franco proclaimed the end of the war in Spain months after key events. It references Moreno and the year 1939 as markers associated with the conclusion of the conflict.
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Spain
Franco
Moreno
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Bickers Motor CO
Hubert A. Kerr
R. B. Rogers
C. R. Keeler
John Jolly
Cipate
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Ford
Tudor
Bickers Motor Cqo
COR
Cork & Main—Used Car Lot
N. Braddock
Ford Agency
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