Tractors Turn Farming To Joy-Riding
The gasoline horse is rapidly revolutionizing American agriculture as Robert H. Moulton describes the tractor as the mechanical hired hand. It replaces horses with power and endurance, enabling faster plowing, seeding, and hauling, and even serving in orchards, forests, and rice fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H.moulton
Dobbins
Farmer
Old Sol
Jupiter Pluvius
Jack
Ike
California
Bossy
Trade Secrets Worth Enormous Sums Across Nations
The piece surveys famous trade secrets from paper making for Bibles to Bank of England notes, Chartreuse liqueur, and Maraschino. It notes families like Portals of Lavenstroke, Huguenot cloth merchants at Burstheid, and monks, plus governments guarding secrets such as vermillion and inlayed steel. It discusses failures to reproduce natural products, patent counts for artificial rubber, and the chase for substitutes like gutta percha and cork substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Press Syndicate
Bank of England
Lavenstroke
Vatican
Burstheid
Aix-la-Chapelle
Los Angeles Times
France
Giovanni Farina
Eau de Cologne
Zara
Dalmatia
Imperial Technical School of
Moscow
Patent Office
Delhi
India
Steel and Iron Men
London
Missouri Troops Parade Through Nevada In Massive 10,000-Strong Display
Ten thousand federalized Missouri National Guard troops formed a six to eight mile long parade in Nevada led by Brig. Gen. Harvey Clarke. The column, two thirds in the state, included First through Sixth Infantry regiments with the signal corps, and drew crowds along the route. The Kansas City signal corps gained attention for likely Europe service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Nevada
Harvey Clarke
Signal Corps
Clark
A. Dulin
St. Louis
Kansas City
Fort Slil
Kansas City Signal Corps
Europe
Mail to Soldiers Sets Address by Company and Regiment
Post office urges sending mail to soldiers by company and regiment when known. If not known use the line PRIVATE JOHN JONES of Minnesota. A Missouri soldier Serg. R. E. Treece of Company M Fifth Missouri killed by lightning at Nevada training camp buried at Poplar Bluff with local home guards and Civil War veterans in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Army
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Serg
R. E. Treece
Fifth
Missouri Regiment
Nevada
Home Guards
Kidnappers' Trial Delayed to October 8
By agreement of attorneys for the state and defense the trial of seven suspects arrested in the Baby Lloyd Keet kidnapping and the Clements abduction case in Springfield was moved from September 24 to October 8. The state sought more time for preparation, and counsel stated no bail efforts will be pursued. defendants remain jailed in Webster county at Marshfield pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Keet
C. A. Clements
Springfield
Webster County
Marshfield
Belated Registrant Appears Before Board at Fulton
Leather Clatterbuck who registered and failed to report appeared before the board at Fulton and passed and did not claim exemption. Nine more of the first call remain unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leather Clatterbuck
Fulton
Boy Dies From Injuries After Train Jump
Alvin Creasman aged 19 dies at his parents home in Centra Ha from injuries after jumping from a moving train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Creasman
Centra- Ha
Evangelist Ray Bell Stricken with Paralysis in Wellsville
The Rev Ray Bell an evangelist active in Illinois and Missouri residing at Wellsville is stricken with paralysis. Attending doctors say recovery would not permit returning to active work. Prof Knapp resigns sociology chair at Westminster College Fulton and takes similar post at McAlester College St Paul Minnesota after five years on local faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bell
Illinois
Missouri
Wellsville
Knapp
St. Paul
C. W. Knapp
Westminster College
Fulton
McAlester College
St. Paul, Minn
Missouri wheat drive aims to boost production county by county
A series of county meetings led by county councils of defense and university and federal experts will promote wheat production across Missouri. Beginning August 20 in North Missouri, the outreach will travel southward to complete by October 10, emphasizing seedbed prep, better varieties, seed grading, smut testing and possible fertilizer use, with a 30 percent rise in Missouri planted area expected from the previous fall if the state meets its allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Migsouri
Italy
France
England
United States
Canada
Australasia
India
Russia
Missouri fairs designate patriotic days in defense program
Sixteen Missouri county state and local fairs have set patriotic days with a program aligned to the Missouri State Council of Defense. Fairs listed include Troy Linn Poplar Bluff Sikeston Avlanta DeSoto Mansfield Independence Birch Tree Sedalia Kahoka Bunceton Pattonsburg Kingston Rolla Truxton and others with dates mainly in August September and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Missouri State Council of Defense
Troy
Lincoln County Fair Association
Linn
Osage
Sikeston
Southeast Missouri
Avlanta
Macon County Agricultural and Mechanical Society
DeSoto
DeSoto Fair Association
Mansfield
Independence
Birch Tree
Shannon County Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Sedalia
Kahoka
Clark County
Bunceton
Cooper County
Pattonsburg
Kingston
D. N. McClintock
Rolla
Phelps County
Truxton
Lincoln County
Springfield Women Drill For War Roles In Recent Exercise
Thirty five young Springfield businesswomen, all honor guard members, completed their first war drill with plans to recruit thirty five more. Coach A. Ww led the effort to keep members in physical trim to fill positions left vacant by the war. A local branch of the People’s Council of America for Peace and Democracy formed at Caleb Lipscomb’s grain office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Honor Guards
A. Wwago
People’s Council of America For Peace and Democracy
Caleb Lipscomb
Death in Motor Car Accident Near Cole Camp
A fatal motor car crash occurred near Cole Camp due to poor lights. Farmhand B.S. ee Se was injured and W. R. Morris, the driver, was involved. Details remain sparse from the scattered text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Camp
B.S. Ee Se
W. R. Morris
Ketian Sauna
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Ifield
Private John Jones
First Infantry
Fort Sill
Minnesota
Defense Council
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