Missouri State Bonds Vote Expands Auto Fund and Road Work
The State Board of Fund Commissioners approved a new 5 million dollar issue of 4 percent state road bonds with bids due November 1 for delivery by December 1. The plan adds to the automobile fund, with Thompson estimating 3.9 million to be already collected, and outlines bond retirements in 1923 and 1924. The article also notes legal actions in the highway department, school enrollment shifts, and various local notices across Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Fund
Jefferson City
L. D. Thompon
Thompson
Automobile Department
Ndt
Highway Maintenance Fund
Highway Commission
Tompson
State High Department
Uis
Kansas City
Salisbury
Brunswick
Hariton County
Missouri Supreme Court
Department R
Charles Lee
Hools
Missouri
Lee
Barrett
Sidener
Chmann
Martin Lipp
Nodaay County
Arles E. Bowton
Elsberry
Emphis
Tenn
Bowton
Clinton
C. G. Buffum
Louisiana
Otis Smith
New York
Memorial Hospital
Ith
Battle Creek
Helm Tobacco Co
York
Hannibal
State Highway Commission
St. Louis County
Pacific
St. Louis
H. J. Harrell
Glen Walker
Bruce Walker
Morrisville
State Board
Porter Williams
Nevada
St. Joseph
D. B. Campbell
John Maclay
Potosi
North Road
Summit
William P. Maclay
Washington County
University of Missouri At Columbia
S. W. Canada
Canada
Thomas Aunspaugh
Bucklin
James Aunspaugh
Yellow Creek
Anna Diercks
Tebbetts
Hyde
Leland Finley
Cooper County
Bernice McComas
Barry County
Fruit Butters From Apples Pears and Plums
USDA tested fruit butter recipes including Apple Butter With Grape Juice Apple Butter With Lemons Apple Butter With Plums Pear Butter Peach Butter and Plum Butter. Each method covers prep cooking times sugars spices and canning steps for long shelf life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Dept of Agriculture
Little Conveniences in Kitchen from Wythe County Farm Home
A Virginia kitchen showcased for practical improvements highlighted by extension agents. It features a double drain board, hanging soap basket, two windows with strong light, a corded electric light with a reflector, a compact homemade towel rack, a foot-operated garbage pail, a large pitcher for hot rinsing water, and a flush cold closet outside the wall designed as a ventilated light convenient alternative to a window box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Wythe County
Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Method of Clarifying Fat
An old fashioned USDA advised method uses equal parts fat and water heated briefly then cooled to lift fat. Remove the fat cake and trim bits. repeat rendering if flavor or color lacks. Potato onion savory thyme salt pepper enhance drippings for gravies. store lard in cool dry tins.
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United States Department of Agriculture
The Housewife Advice on Cleanliness and Cooking
An oilcloth apron aids dishwashing and roasting chicken breast down yields juicier meat. Instructions suggest using eggshell lining to clear coffee without egg whites and a paraffin cake for whitening boiled clothes. A cloth broom cleans walls and ceilings. Paraf fin melts as water heats to whiten laundry.
Dinner on a Diner Errant Leads to Midnight Meeting
Gregory Ives follows a bright hat aboard a through express and ends up dining with Marcia Ferguson by chance. The two improvise a late supper then share a night at Arden boarding house as Arden gossip swirls about their unexpected meeting.
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Gregory Ives
Gregory
Arden
Miss Ferguson
Max Ferguson
Marcia
Marcia Ferguson
Mr. Ives
Mrs. Prunes
Marken Island Dikes Hold Against Rising Water
In the Zuider Zee off Amsterdam lies Marken, a historic island where residents have adapted to repeated floods by building on seven mounds and stilts on others. Houses cluster on raised earth while some are kept on stilts with connected gangways to withstand high tides and storms. The National Geographic Magazine piece by James Howard Gore documents this unique Dutch settlement.
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Holland
Marken
Zuider Zee
Amsterdam
James Howard Gore
National Geographic Magazine
Indians in the United States by wardship and emancipation
The article notes about 340000 Indians live in the United States outside Alaska with around 130000 freed from paternal guardianship. It explains how fee simple land ownership can end wardship and cites 210000 Indians remaining under personal and property wardship. It lists states with notable Indian populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Florida
North Carolina
Mississippi
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Oklahoma
North
South Dakota
Utah
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Missouri News Nuggets
Nodaway County
Hopkins
Missouri State Floral Associa
Sedalia
W. A. Rowe
State Public Service Commission
Union Electric Power Company of
Cahokia
Missouri Utilities Company
Mexico
Illinois Power and Light Corporation
Illinois Company
Vandalia
Montgomery City
Wellsville
Martinsburg
Benton City
Auxvasse
Laddonia
Sturgeon
Larrabee
Clark and
Hallsville
Robert Burris
Macon County
Iowa
H. 8. Ross
Agriculture Extension Service
University of Arizona
Tucson
Cassius M. Jaqua
Warrensburg
Macon
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Island of
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