Sugar profit rule guides Missouri sugar pricing
The Missouri division of the United States Food Administration sets a one cent per pound maximum profit over delivered cost for sugar sold by retailers. With wholesaler costs at 7.45 dollars per hundred and freight, margins of 15 to 25 cents per hundred, and retailer margins of 1 cent per pound, consumer price should be about 9 to 9 1/4 cents per pound, never exceeding 9 4 cents.
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Columbia
Mar
Missouri Division
United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Missouri rural schools urged to extend terms and fair pay
Reports from districts 5 9 13 14 19 20 28 27 44 46 48 show six months terms. Call for eight month terms and fair salaries under existing law. Advocates urge adherence to law at spring elections and to avoid voting on term lengths at annual meetings.
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Missouri
Linn County
Board Should Hire Teacher Before School Closes
A letter from E. L. Joyce urges the board to employ the teacher this year to encourage better work next year. The writer notes no teacher can judge success until she has completed her own work and signs off respectfully.
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E. L. Joyce
Bond Values Shown For War Purchases And Seed Corn Efforts
A wartime notice lists how Liberty Bond purchases translate into military supplies from knives and grenades to rifles, clothing, and medical gear. It also notes breeding and seed corn testing aims, urging farmers to join breeder associations, attend meetings, and test seed corn to ensure good crop stands.
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War Department
France
Linneus
Ross Nichols
Farm Bureau Advice on Dry Summers and Seed Bed Prep
Farm Bureau notes warn of potential dry summers and urge seed bed preparation. Discing furrow land for corn aids capillary water rise, while unincorporated trash forms a blanket that dries soil. If predictions fail, a prepared seed bed helps manage excess moisture. First sale of pure bred livestock deemed successful from two viewpoints.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad in 1886 Ohio Notarial Claim
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason witnesses this December 4 1886. Ad promotes internal use and blood action with testimonials and mentions Druggists selling the product.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Th. Hall
Summer Vacation Plans Advertised by Scenic Colorado
Liable to revive weary readers the ad promotes a healthful summer break and urges planning a customized trip through Scenic Colorado and other destinations. Lt Wyckoff, agent, invites readers to choose their dream vacation and book through The Pleasant Way to Travel.
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Colorado
National Parks
Big Horn Mountains
Buffalo Bill Country
Black Hills
Salt Lake City
North Pass Coast
California
Wyckoff
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Zephyr Fisur
Sammie Boys
Zemive
Rauer Bros
Haggard & Darr
Farm Bureau News Notes
Wan
Long-Bell Lumber Company
H. L. Schrock
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