' THE PRESS '
OCTOBER 19 , 1894
DONATED BY : TEDDY & DORRIS JONES
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Transcribed by : Tina Easley - BELOW CLIPPING
ON TUESDAY LAST DR. J.G. McKINZIE OF CROWLEY TOWNSHIP , EXHIBTED TO THE PRESS A GENUINE RED SUGAR BEET WHICH HIS WIFE HAD GROWN IN HER GARDEN . IT WEIGHED ELEVEN POUNDS AND TWO AND ONE-HALF OUNCES . IT IS A MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN AND SHOWS WHAT GREENE COUNTY SOIL WILL DO . DR. McKINZIE TURNED IT OVER TO THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION . DR. McKINZIE IS A PUBLIC SPIRITED GENTLEMAN AND IS DOING ALL HE CAN TO DEVELOP HIS COUNTY.