What Farmers Want in the Big Agricultural Survey
Two trials among farmers show labor shortage as the top worry, with demands for better farming practices, marketing, organization, and roads. County agents receive strong support while credit to agricultural press and farm bureaus is cited. many rely on newspapers and magazines. Farmers express grievances on labor, middlemen profits, and consumer contact, yet show readiness to cooperate for improved conditions.
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States Regulations Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Post Office Department
Farm Bureau
Post Office
Bryan Platform Highlights Safe, Noncommittal Plan
The Miami interview outlines a cautious approach by William Jennings Bryan, signaling no new planks and suggesting a fourth presidential bid. It notes opposition to compulsory military training, general support for arbitration machinery, and broad endorsement of woman suffrage with little detail on actual policy shifts.
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William Jennings Bryan
Miami
Bryan
Brig. Gen Carter-Campbell Named Northern Ireland Commander
Brigadier General Carter-Campbell, newly appointed to command the northern district of Ireland, has a long service record from 1889. He earned honors in the Boer War and World War I, rising from captain to brigadier, and promises to govern with minimal use of force while restoring order in tense garrisons. He married Frances Elizabeth Ward in 1908. the Army and Navy is his only club.
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Carter-Campbell
Georgs Tucker Carter-Campbell
Northern District
Ireland
France
Neuve Chapelle
Cameronians
Ffty
Frances Elizabeth
Col
David Ward
The
Royal Engineers
Army and Navy
After Dimmer Stories Told in Quirky Vignettes
A mosaic of small stories unfolds from a citizen’s musings and a boy’s hornet encounter. An ex-soldier explains a division as a gap to the United States army. A child’s curiosity about a hornet ends in tears over a bite and a faulty wiring joke. A police hunt for a fugitive moves through provincial towns.
Actress in Disguise Shows Celebrity Is A Man Or Woman
Edith Moriarty reflects on a pretty motion picture actress who detests public scrutiny she longs for anonymity. She notes celebrities are human beings first and highlights a society hostess who lets guests attend in disguise to foster genuine interaction. Copyright 1920.
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Edith E. Moriarty
Questions and quips from a playful column
A collage of light jokes and snippets cites references to Munsey Carter Glass and Hill, with reader quips about Hughes and Morris Hill. It notes swans living to 300, Philadelphia sleep sickness, New York card games, a student expulsion, cabinet ambitions, and wood alcohol as a sorrows drown.
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New York
Baked Mackerel with Tomato SauceRecipe
Wash and clean mackerel with head on, season, and bake slowly in a heated pan with four tablespoons of lard. Turn carefully and bake about one hour for five pound fish. Serve with tomato sauce made from flour butter strained tomato water cayenne salt and pepper. The sauce also pairs well with steak.
Quick Desserts Baked Fruit Rolls and Apple Cake
Quick Fruit Rolls use a plain biscuit mix rolled thin spread with raisins sugar cinnamon and butter then baked in a loaf pan with optional chopped apples. Quick Apple Cake folds beaten egg lemon rind and sugar into the biscuit base topped with apples and cinnamon baked until tender and brown.
Portraits of six criminals pursued and five captured
The speaker reports six miscreants sought, five have been arrested and the sixth is under observation and will be secured soon. A separate quip has Ethel asking about flirting, with Jack noting a misread during a marriage incident.
Exchange Rates Examined by William Warrener
The writer argues high American living costs stem from large exports and currency dynamics rather than limited production. He notes sterling and French francs are deeply discounted in dollars due to Europe’s inflation and printing, making U.S. goods less price competitive abroad while offering advantages for American buyers in foreign markets.
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United States
Harding
Europe
Great Britain
France
England
Juveniles Held After Zanesville Runaway Arrest
Wayne McDonald 16 and Arthur Seller 15 were taken into custody by Columbus juvenile court officers after police found Seller with a gun and McDonald with stolen cart ridges skeleton keys and a flashlight from Zanesville.
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Columbus
Wayne McDonald
Arthur Seller
Zanesville
Poiceman Gatterman
Sellers
McDonald
Senate panel backs one cent drop letter rate
Washington a favorable report on the annual postoffice appropriation bill was ordered by the Senate Post Office Committee with an amendment providing for a one cent drop letter rate.
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Washington
Senate Postoffice Committee
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Fifth Avenue
New York City
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Chicago
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Breide Ohio
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Messen
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Thio
United States Army
Erat
Frank A. Munsey
Carter Glass
Helen
Kiiha
Viscount Grey
Ed. Hill
Charles E. Hughes
Morris Hill
Ank” Kober
William Claiborne
Horace Mann
Philadelphia
Philly
Bobby Lansing
Ethel
Jack
WM. J. Warrener
Senate Committee
Sapphio
Cincinnati
Miereck
T. G. Carter
Easesell Ave
Detroit
Charles Lentz
Sheridan Street
Summersee Co
South Bend
Ind
National Starch Cl Company
Swetland Bldg
Cleveland
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