Elaborate Banquet Marks Atlanta Regional Reserve Bank Hearing
A grand Capital City club banquet honored three cabinet members and prominent financiers from across the South. Secretary McAdoo urged broad regional scope for the reserve bank plan as about 390 guests, including Georgia officials, listened to toastmaster Maddox and a tribute to Senator Bacon.
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Atlanta
Regional Reserve Bank
Wilson
South
Focal Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta, Clearing House | Association
Capital City
McAdoo
Reserve Bank
Ganquet
United States
Bacon
Slaton
Hoke Smith
ArcAdon
Wilams
Houston
Robert J. Lowry
Peel
Didge
Newman
W. English
Frank Hawlins
Floyd
General RD Ik
Elvany
A. PB. Coles
Pevert i Maddox
Robert Lowry
Lowry
Mr. McAdoo
Colonel Lowry
Tam
Maine
California
Georgia
Mangox
Maddox
Staton
Senator Bacon
Ile
Tal
Dr. Wilson
Mve
Mason and Dixon Line
Organization
Mr. Maddox
Secretary of the Treasury
Atlanta Brings The Regional Reserve Center Debate To Fore
A lengthy Atlanta gathering featured speeches by Secretary of Agriculture Houston Comptroller Williams and others arguing for regional banks and currency reform. They praised Democratic figures McAdoo and Bacon while stressing rural life improvements and national unity in the banking bill.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
McAdoo
Dili
Houston
Maddox
Mr. Houston
Hacon
Geer- Ela
Smith
Verforce
Washington
America
Blood purifier promise from Swift Specific Co ad
The ad touts 8 3 4 8 S as the genuine remedy for impure blood and related illnesses. It claims superiority over minerals, stresses natural ingredients, and invites readers to obtain 8 S from drug stores or contact The Swift Specific Co in Atlanta for advice.
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South
Swift Specific Co
Swift
Atlanta
Ex Slave Turns Soil Fortunes in Alabama County
Ex-slave John Benson builds a wealth through a systematic fertilizer method described by Clyie A. Mann in Farm and Fireside. From depleted 160 acres in Alabama, he raises cotton yields from a fifth of a bale per acre to one and a half bales or more. He uses cotton seed, leaves, and barnyard manure to make a compost buried in trenches to heat and release ammonia boosting soil and crop yields, all while overcoming local race prejudice.
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Clyie A. Mann
South
John Benson
Negea
Alabama
Yving
Kowaliga Creek
Benson
Ellmore County
Worm Raising as a Business in Local Issue
In Fann and Fireride a worm farming method uses coffee grounds and corn meal as a balanced ration for earthworms known as angie worms. J Moon, once in Wyoming, now in Michigan, raises worms after learning west from an Indian. He markets the wrigglers in paper packages, about a dozen per package.
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J. Moon
Wyoming
Michican
Sule Armen
Groundhog Day Legend in Arkansas Sparks Debate and Lore
A century old dispute over Groundhog Day origins ends with Arkansas legislature adopting February 2 as the traditional date. The piece describes the woodchuck Marmota monax, its habits, habitat from Hudson to Virginia, and its winter dormancy. It notes the animal’s size about eighteen inches, fur color, digging habits, diet and its role in local folklore and weather forecasting.
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Indianapolis
Cress
Cudar
Saints
Arkansas
Arkansaw
Woodchuk
Hudson
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Robert
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R. J. Guinn
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