Underproduction and high living costs threaten farms
The Memphis article argues that high living costs stem from not producing food at home and warns that boycotting agriculture will worsen prices. It cites corn prices, depopulation, and rural underproduction, urging farmers to plant and families to have more children to sustain the nation. It notes roads, garages, and shifting labor away from farming, plus a Roosevelt warning on population decline.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mooney
Rankin County
Debs
Roosevelt
New England
Agricultural notes urge readers to act on editorial advice
The Commercial Appeal editorial, reprinted by The News, prompts county readers to adopt its farming recommendations this year. A second editorial on the same topic is promised by Mr. May for readers, urging sharing the article with neighbors and discussing its guidance. A stray line notes a cotton bag sales detail with unclear figures.
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May
Hold Your Liberty Bond Now Says Government Guide
Public advisory urges bond owners to keep Liberty Bonds until maturity, noting fixed interest and United States backing. It warns against selling at low prices and compares market behavior to supply and demand for tomatoes, advising purchase of more at current low rates for safe, lasting returns.
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United States
Governmnt
Uncle Sam
Sweet Potato Plants Quarantined Across Gulf Coast States
State Plant Board inspectors halted shipments of sweet potato plants and related material from Louisiana Florida and Georgia infected with sweet potato weevil. Rule 45 bans origin to Mississippi including many counties and parishes in Florida Alabama and Louisiana south of specified lines. Buyers urged to verify plant origins and avoid infected territories. contact Entomologist at the Agricultural College of Mississippi for details.
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Louisiana
Florida
State Plant Board
Plant Board
Mississippi
Charlton County
Georgia
Baker
Volusia
Brevard St. Lucie
Palm Beach
Broward
Dade
Monroe
Keé
de Sota
Manitee
Hillsboro
Pinellas
Mobile
Alabama
Avoyelles
Rapides
Vernon Parishes
Montague Couny
Red River
Kinney County
Mexican
Texas
State Plant Board, Agricultural College
Mooney on farming and shortages echoed in Rankin county
The Memphis Commercial Appeal editor Mooney lauds farming, links under production to high prices and notes a baby shortage. The editorial statements fit Rankin county’s context except for child underproduction. He jokes that Rankin county’s food crop prospects mirror population growth, easing worries if such trends continue.
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Mooney
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Rankin County
Col. Henry
Food Shortage in Baden and Moral Obligation
The article argues Germany must honor treaty obligations amid Baden's food crisis caused by disrupted conditions. It criticizes German bread containing only 20 percent wheat and urges shared sacrifice in America, noting wartime resilience and support for soldiers despite shortages.
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Germany
America
Teoth
Baden
Len ingrad name tied to Lenine and a political tirade
The piece rails at changing St Petersburg to Len ingrad to honor Lenin on his 50th birthday, criticizes impressions of depravation, and mocks Professor E C Black of Boston University. It notes Carranza fleeing Mexico City as revolution swells and argues for compulsory arbitration to curb costly railroad strikes and national disruption.
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St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Lenine
St. Peterburg
Peter the Great
Petrogad
Czar
E. C. Black
Boston University
Carranza
Mexico
State of
Century life claims and a grasshopper prophecy
Dr Wood Hutchinson doubted long life but records prove many over a hundred. Thomas Morrisey of Nebraska died at 126, birth records confirm. In New England and White Mountains people exceed a century. Canadian entomologist predicts grasshoppers to vanish this year. Bread and bakers wages rise in Chicago. day bakers $55 weekly and night bakers $64.40.
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Memphis
Chicago
New Orleans
Illinois
Wood Hutchinson
Thomas Morrisey
Ainsley
Nebraska
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Mark
New England
A. E. Cameron
University of Saskatchewan
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