Local residents return home after holiday visits
Mr. Harry M. Baker returns to Norwich Conn with Mrs. Baker after the holidays. Miss Anna Calmes goes back to Richmond after Christmas with her mother Miss Hattie Calmes on South Market Street. Mrs. Ces O Neill and child arrive in Baltimore to visit relatives. Miss Natule L Krebs leaves for Philadelphia after visiting her mother H. Krebs at North Market Street. Mr. Wilmore Sherrick of Baltimore and Mr. Kenneth Knode of West Virginia visit Mrs. Barr and her niece Miss J avenue for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Baker
Norwich
Conn
Mrs. Baker
Anna Calmes
Richmond
Hattie Calmes
South Market Street
Natule L. Krebs
Philadelp‘sia
H. Clay Krebs
North Market Street
Wilmore
Sherrick
Baltic
Kenneth Knode
Ae W. Va
J .&. Barr Anil
J Avenue
Errant Arrow Hits Treasure in Tree near Little Rock
Boys playing Robin Hood on the Cockrill estate discover a hollow tree filled with loot from a burglary. The bundle contains gold silver and paper money valued at about $4 000, with $2 000 in diamonds missing. The find leads to police involvement and $100 rewards to the boys. The article also notes Monongahela town's name change proposal to honor Woodrow Wilson in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fiestman
Oak Forest
Cockril
Stirling
Frank
Ashley
Mrs. Cockrill
Atkins
Monongahela
Eighty-Four
Washington County
Cleveland
Buchanan
Woodrow Wilson
Cleveland Wife Sues for Divorce Over Husband Cook Motive
Mrs Elizabeth Miler filed suit in Cleveland Ohio alleging her husband insisted on cooking his own meals because he was a better cook, seeking a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Elizabeth Miler
Cheese Causes Death at Manhattan State Hospital
Alfred Anderson an inmate at Manhattan State Hospital choked to death on cheese. In New York a local woman sues her husband for 30000 dollars borrowed money. The Telegram predicts the head of a household may be arrested for burglarizing a lady’s bank for car fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred Anderson
Manhattan State Hospital
New York Evening Telegram
Blue Ridge Hounds Run Through Mud in Millwood Meet
The Blue Ridge hounds gathered at Glenwin Gate on a muddy afternoon in Millwood Virginia. Despite the soft ground few members attended but those present enjoyed a long run along the Shenandoah river ending about one mile beyond Cattleman’s Ferry. A New Year hunt is planned at Old Chapel with breakfast at Mr W M Atkinson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Blue Ridge Hounds
Glenvin Gite
Shenandoah River
Cattleman’s Ferry
Old Chapel
W.M. Atkinson
Library Gets New Librarian And Funds For Equipment
The article notes funds from estate interest and Virginia bonds will cover about 50 000 for books furniture and equipment. Vernon Eddy, a Winchester native now residing in Philadelphia, is elected librarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Vernon Eddy
Winchester
Philadelphia
Funeral for Elizabet Robinson of West Clifford Street
The funeral for Elizabet Robinson, a member of a well known colored family, who died Sunday at her home 17 West Clifford street of paralysis, will be held at John Mann M E Church at 3 p m Wednesday. Interment will be in Orrick cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabet Robinson
West Clifford Street
John Mann
M. E
Orrick Cemetery
Servian Government Rejects Turkish Counter Proposition
Belgrade reports the Servian government cabled its envoys in London to reject the Turkish counter proposal deemed ridiculous. Mrs G G Baker and daughter Miss Mary Bruce Baker depart to visit relatives in Washington. Miss Bessie Elwell plans to return to Washington after holidays with her parents on North Main Street. Mr and Mrs Herman Schmidt arrive from Oregon to visit Mrs Maron Snapp and relatives. Mrs Schmidt formerly Miss Roze Gardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
London
Turkey
G. G. Baker
Mary Bruce Baker
Washington
Bessie Elwell
Mrs. W. H. Elwell
North Main Street
Herman Schmidt
Oregon
Maron Snapp
Schmidt
Roze Gardner
Miserable Stomachs Put In Fine Shape
An advertisement urges readers to buy MI-DNA Stomach Tablets for 50 cents to prevent indigestion. It claims the tablets stop distress after meals, fermentation, gas, sourness and heaviness and promise relief from chronic indigestion and related ailments, with a money back guarantee.
Sweet Clover Versus Alfalfa for Pastures and Feed
Califa California resident Minnie Hall asks if sweet clover is as good as alfalfa for pasturing cows and how many pounds per acre to sow. The letter notes sweet clover as a noxious weed, stock acceptance after acclimation, and that alfalfa is superior but risks bloating. cutting or curing alfalfa yields more feed per acre than grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Hall
Califa
California
The Story of Bread Free Book Is Mail-Ordered
A 600000 copy free booklet titled The Story of Bread issued by the IH Service Bureau Chicago is mailed on request. The work is used in hundreds of schools for supplementary reading and shows how bread, the staff of life, aided world progress. A lecture titled The Dawn of Plenty with colored views and motion pictures grew from the book and is shown to schools colleges chautauquas and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Bureau
Chicago
Clover varieties and methods for sowing pasture meadows
The article compares clover types for meadow and pasture use and outlines sowing methods. It discusses Mam moth Red and Common Red for meadow use, Alsike for mixed pasture and hay, and Alsike with White for pasture. It covers fall and spring sowing, timing around winter, and soil considerations.
Sowing Clover and Timothy With Peg Tooth Harrow Plan
A field sowing note from 1H C Service Bureau describes using a peg tooth harrow to cover seed and cultivate wheat simultaneously for clover and timothy. Timothy may germinate later than clover but both crops should yield fairly well, and adding two to three pounds of pinegrass seed with timothy is advised for longer seed beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dian
Plowing vs disking for future crops on prairie land
A reader asks whether to disk or plow after early plowing and whether to follow wheat and oats with corn. The response advocates annual plowing, rotation including wheat oats barley and a legume, and notes disking alone can undermine soil, recommending trial with another plow pass and rotation. It cites the IH Service Bureau and a booklet For Better Crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Duncan Tilley
Alberta
Calgary Herald
Hopkins
Service Bureau
Storing Shredded Fodder From Shredder Massachusetts
W W Greiner of Orange Virginia asks how to store shredded fodder from a McCormick husker. Advice notes fodder can be kept outdoors or indoors depending on conditions and warns wet weather causes spoilage, recommending topping stacks with coarse hay to reduce losses and noting danger when fodder is very damp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Greiner
Orange
Virginia
McCormick
Stover
Mar
Corn Belt
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S. L. Laren
S. Main
Picy Street
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North Kent
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Russell
Henr Russell
Route 1
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Clay Carr
Boyce
Care Star
East Germain Street
Carl Or
Silas Cather
W. J. Whitlock
Ster
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E. Cork Street
E. C. Stuart
H. F. Byrd
J. C. Boy
J. F. Gray
East Irne Street
Haldeman
Little Rock
Ark
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Via
Timothy
Russell & Green’s
Coats
Funk & Son
S. Main St
Charley Rouss
Braddock Sts
Firestone
Footer
Etta
Annie Grim
Heller’s
Spring Hill
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