Silk Salvation for Indian Criminal Tribesmen
The Salvation Army helps rehabilitate Indian criminal tribesmen by teaching sericulture and weaving turning them into skilled workers. The program, rooted in caste traditions, aims for material and spiritual renewal as they abandon banditry for silk production. The Army seeks 10 million dollars in its 1920 Home Service appeal May 10 to May 20.
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Salvation Army
United States
Army
Salvationists
Chestnuts Seen as Possible California Crop Surge
A visitor notes a fine row of chestnut trees near Santa Ana in Orange County and suggests the sweet chestnut could become a major future industry for California rivaling large walnut output in coming years.
Ultra-fine steel gauges reach one millionth inch precision
Steel gauges accurate to a millionth of an inch are produced in the United States Bureau of Standards. A lot of 53 yielded 81 gauges exactly at .000001 inches and the rest within .000002 inches. The gauges are steel disks manufactured by a simple method noted by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Popular Mechanics Magazine
When to Quit Advertising Propaganda Rhetoric
A short verse mocks persistent marketers by listing absurd signs to quit advertising and ends with a note on inflated self regard. The piece also critiques self important writers who pretend to public esteem while diminishing others.
New Orleans Cemeteries Fascinate with Above Ground Tombs
New Orleans lies between the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain and must bury its dead above ground. Shallow graves become wells in the city’s marble tomb wilderness, where stone monuments form stark sights.
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Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Notice of proposed mercantile corporation in Andrews
Notice states the undersigned intend to organize a corporation to be known as G. C. Grier and Company with capital stock of 200000 for the purpose of conducting general mercantile business. G. C. Grier and R. M. Haselden sign.
Brown Chinners Company Forms Restaurant Business
A new enterprise titled Brown Chinners Company is formed with capital stock of 1500.00 to operate a restaurant. Directors named are W. W. Brown G. L. Brown and L. J. Chinners.
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Kodak Films
Andrews Tiune
Main Street
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