Vacancies Likely in Farm Loan Bureau After Shakeup
Washington reports a reorganization of the federal farm loan bureau with two vacancies likely for President Coolidge to fill. Cooper, former South Carolina governor and farm loan commissioner, resigns amid treasury department scrutiny. Eugene Meyer Jr. and Albert C. Williams may assume key roles as the administration seeks to liberalize policy to aid farmers.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Mellon
Robert A. Cooper
South Carolina
Bureau
Cooper
Albert C. Williams
Texas
Treasury Department
Federal Land and Joint Stock Land Banks
Elmer E. Landes
President Coolidge
Eugene Meyer, Jr
New York
War Finance Corporation
Williams
Treasury
Congress
Average wages for miners in 1924 reveal low pay
The 1924 average wage for both union and non union miners was 1125 dollars, with non union workers earning about two thirds of union wages. The Bureau of Mines notes 30 years of reduced working days from strikes and lockouts, and ongoing high living costs despite the dangers and depths of coal mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
Jacksonville
Bureau of Mines
Mussolini Praises United States as Nation of Art and Beauty
Benito Mussolini declares faith in the United States and foresees it turning away from politics to focus on art love and beauty. He expects the US to embody a great world philosophy, remarks reported by The Forum Magazine.
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United States
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Forum Magazine
Discovery of a new twelfth magnitude star reported
The Detroit News notes the discovery of a new star of twelfth magnitude, while a quip about a medicine show appears. The Arkansas Democrat remarks that the devil may have flaws yet knows what the average man enjoys most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Arkansas Democrat
Financing The Farmer
Financiers offer loans to farmers with a burdensome application of intrusive questions about age, marriage, children, livestock, crops, and household possessions. Applicants face a central committee review and may be denied in April, forcing relocation to a cotton mill.
Super Power Test Links Boston to Chicago Grid
A test hookup of transmission lines and plants from Boston to Chicago shows power could run Chicago factories from New England Niagara Falls or Muscle Shoals. The feat supports engineers forecasts and Pinchot’s warning of a super power that could control livelihoods. It implies a large financial hookup and potential federal oversight similar to railroads.
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Boston
Chicago
Middle West
New England
Niagara Falls
Muscle Shoals
Pinchot
President Coolidge’s Wrist Sore From Frequent Handshakes
The Rock Island Argus notes President Coolidge bears a sore wrist from constant handshakes and jokes he should pass duties to the White House Spokesman.
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Coolidge
White House
Rock Island
Experienced Eye Specialist at 956 Broad Street Augusta
A seasoned optometrist offers thirty years of eye examinations and glasses fittings at 956 Broad Street in Augusta Georgia providing comprehensive vision care and frame selections for all ages.
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Broad Street
Augusta
Purification Health Ad Promises System Cleansing
Physicians endorse purification as the path to health and vitality. The ad urges a thorough Calotabs course, taken weekly for several weeks, claiming it purifies the entire system and improves wellbeing. A family package with directions is offered for 35 cents at drug stores.
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Nature
Small Town Girls Excel City Sisters In Cooking
Miss Stegner and Miss Lulu Graves praise rural and small-town high school students for advanced cooking knowledge. Several manuscript winners reveal strong dietetics insight and kitchen chemistry understanding, with 25 considered and 10 finalists from small towns. The contest promotes domestic science and a future generation of informed homemakers.
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New York
Stegner
Europe
Lulu Graves
Dietetica
Miss Graves
Nationwide insane patient census by state and facility
A total of 206,422 patients were in 147 institutions, public and private, for the treatment of the insane located in 34 States at the end of July 1926. Of these, 189,753 were in hospitals and 15,669 on parole.
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Herbert E. Gyles
Claude E. Sawyer
Croft
Aiken, South Carolina
R. L. Gunter
M.A. Gunter and Wilder
Attorneys At Law Bank of Western Carolina Building
Hendersons & Salley Attorneys AT Law
United ‘State
H. J. Ray
Dentist & Merchants Bank
Iken
J. E. Stansfield
All Courts & Merchants Bank
Bidg
Aiken
The
University of Pennsylvania
Rich and
Bley
D. W. Gaston, JR
First National Bank
G. A. Milner
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Central National Farm Loan Association
Edward S. Croft
Sec
Treas
Aitken
L. L. Toney Merchant Tailor
East Hayne Ave
Aiken, S. C
Geo. S. Scott Aiken
Mr. L. A. Morphis
Pottsville
Ark
Thedford
Som Farm Loan Board
America
Henry J. Godin
Mabel Stegner
Bailie Furniture Co
Broad Street Wall
W. B. Toole
Augusta, Ga
Ghichesters
LION
Licoetr & Myzrs Tobacco Co
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