Rhode Island Red Sets Weekly Egg Record at Storrs Contest
George T. Purkis of Topsfield Mass leads Rhode Island Reds in the Storrs egg aging contest with 66 eggs from ten pullets in week twenty one. The record surpasses the prior 60+ egg scores as entries near 1,000 eggs in the competition with several Reds and White Leghorns among leaders. Lights are being reduced with no drop in production, and overall gains push the tally past 103,998 eggs for the flock across twenty one weeks.
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Storrs
Conn
Rode Island
George T
Fred H. Sampson
Springfield
Mass
Homestead Farm
Newtown
George Lowry
Eat Willington
Bournedale Farm
Millerton
Reds
George T. Parkis
Willington
Crowe
Poultry Plan
New Britain
R. Y
E. Freeman
Middletown
Onton
Greens Farms
Nancock Farm
Tyngsboro
Hollywood Poultry Farm
Woodinville
Wash
Fisher Poultry Farm
Ayton
Ontario
Canada
Charlescote Farm
Herborn
Connecticut Agriultural College
Fred
Halians Burn Plague Bon Fires in Remnant Tradition
In the Middle Agen near Merano, farmers lit bonfires on high ground to signal neighbors during plague years. The annual practice, dating from a great plague era, continues though its signaling meaning has faded. Recent fires around Merano appeared unusual to observers yet were explained as a routine yearly event.
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Bolzano
Mersno
Merso
Strane
Merano
Market Irregularities Hit Brokers in Slower Session
New York March 29 The stock market slowed after a string of heavy sessions though total volume topped 3 million shares for the 15th straight day. Prices were irregular amid profit taking and speculative buying as brokers eyed loans and prospects for higher prices. James B. Ford, eighty five, vice president of United States Rubber and director in several firms, died of pneumonia at his home.
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New York
Mellon
Une
Western Railroad
New York Public Utilities
Consolidated Gas
Brooklyn Edison
Brooklyn Union Gas
Union Pureific
General Electric
General Motors and
Radio
Associated Press
James B. Ford
United States Rubber Company
New Haven
Reed Blames Hoover For Farm Losses In Tennessee Speech
Senator Reed of Missouri attacked Herbert Hoover and the Coolidge economic policy in Knoxville alleging postwar deflation and farm distress. He cited farm mortgage losses, bank failures, and unemployment, arguing prosperity was uneven and asked for accountability beyond a few industries. He planned to campaign in Wisconsin next, after urging Cordell Hull.
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Knoxville
Cenn
Associated Press
Tennessee
Reed
Missouri
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Bee
Hoover
Dividend Payments Boost American Pocketbook Near April
More than 200 million dollars in checks for dividends will be added to the economy in the next three business days, with an estimated 600 million more in April. About 2,000 corporations will issue payments around April 1, led by United States Steel, whose shareholders gain roughly 3.5 million dollars more than last year from a 40 percent stock dividend declared last June.
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New York
Associated Press
Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
Corp dividends named for several large firms
Dividends will be paid by Eastman Kodak Humble Oland Refining Midland Steel Products United Fruit Atlantic Coast Fisheries and other corporations. Among corporations redeeming preferred issues are Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Continental Gas and Electric Inland Steel American Rolling Mill Michigan Lime and Chemical and Kansas City Power and Light.
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Eastman Kodak
Humble Oland Refining
Midland Steel Products
United Fruit
Atlantic Coast Fisheries
Albany
Continental Gas and Electric
Inland Steel
American Rolling Mill
Michigan Lime and Chemical
Kansas Cit# Power and Light
Doris McDonald Enters Portsmouth for Life
Doris McDonald widow of George McDonald who was hanged for murdering a taxi driver entered Portsmouth penitentiary to begin a life sentence for her role in the crime. She arrived by train from Montreal and was rushed to the prison, the gates closing five minutes after her arrival.
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Kingston
Ont
Associated Press
Doris McDonald
George McDonald
Portsmouth Penitentiary
Montreal
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Ane W. Davis & Bons
Rockland
Maine
Walter Bishop
Guilford
Hawes Bros. Union
White Rocks
E. A. Hirt
South Weymouth
Granite Springs Farm
Graniteprings
White Wyantioties
Tom Baron
Catforth
Eng
Pisher Poultry Park
Aytor
Charlescotte
Sherborn
Maas
Kurt H. Sampson
Springfield, Mass
Mass. Agricultural College
Amherst
Ans
Zephrim LaBelle
Baliouville
Broadview Farm
Winsted
West Willington
Amakaseia Farm
Yonkers
Geo. B. Ferris
Grand Rapids
Mich
Senator Reed
WH Son
Harding-Coolidge
United States
Republican Party
Doris M’donald
Portsmouth
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Toma New Ok
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Forrage
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Triplex Stores, Inc
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