County Agent Report on Georgia Market Supplies and Prices
W A Lundy reports weekly markets with eggs heavier but not as high as two weeks ago. Fryers light, hens heavy with some shipments returning home. Vegetables stable. cabbage collards sweet potatoes Georgia origin dominate, prices 25–40c per dozen cabbage, 0.80–0.40 per dozen collards, 40–50c sweet potatoes. Turnips scarce post freeze. top bunches up to 1.00, poorer Quality 0.60–0.75. Spinach carrots green onions locally grown. shipped carrots and spinach sell better. Florida beans tomatoes squash peppers celery beets and new Irish potatoes sell well but ample supply. Car corn about 40c per bushel by truck to Columbus. Hay and cowpeas demand weak.
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Georgia
South Georgia
Florida
Sticking the Hog for humane hog slaughter
A detailed, period manual style guide argues that sticking is the most humane hog slaughter method. It describes positioning, knife use, and precise cuts to avoid bleeding into the meat, warning against knocking or shooting the hog and stressing thorough bleeding for a better product.
Warns Against Abolishing Georgia State Veterinarian Office
Letter from Cuthbert Georgia by Henry Howell argues against eliminating the state veterinarian. He cites Georgia as the only state without such an office, notes past successes in eradicating Texas fever and foot and mouth disease, and warns that livestock safety would suffer without an energetic trained official. He stresses the dairy sector's importance and urges cautious action.
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Tam
Georgia
Bureau
Agriculture
Cuthbert
Henry Howell
One Fars Plus $1 Round Trip to Miami
Travel deal advertised for March 26 to 29 with a special fare of one far. The notice references Tropical Flower Show and National Council of Garden Clubs with travel via Central of Georgia Railway and asks to contact an agent for more information and April 10, 1993 return limit.
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Miami
Live Communities and Home Trade Value in Town Development
A pamphlet urges residents to support local businesses and banks, arguing that public schools churches and modern conveniences spring from home trade. It warns that shopping at distant mail order centers weakens towns and lowers land values, stressing community welfare and mutual aid in hard times.
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Africa
Howe
National President Letter on Rural Carriers Budget Watch
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association urges lawmakers to avoid further service cuts as Congress hammers the 1934 appropriation. The Bratton amendment proposes large personnel reductions, risking rural routes, village and city deliveries, and rail mail, with rural patrons and carriers urged to protest to their senators and congressmen. The letter stresses net carrier pay, a long consolidation trend, and calls for an expert fiscal plan rather than blunt cuts.
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Wall
Atlanta Journal
Congress
Peetewena
House
Senate
Parol
Power General
Conferees
Postmaster General
W. G. Armstrong
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Chicago
Gene Brown
National Grange
Winston-Salem
Arms' NG
Townfaith in local merchants and farmers urged
A local appeal argues the small town needs its own shopkeepers and agricultural community, condemning farmers and townspeople for shortsightedly neglecting home merchants and institutions.
Eight rules for culture and care of roses
Eight rules for culture and care of roses by an experienced grower note soil quality, planting site, fertilization with barnyard manure or bone meal, and ashes. Regular spraying with Bordeaux mixture is advised per two weeks. Cut blooms to shape and prevent dead blooms from staying. Keep other flowers away from rose beds and ensure roots stay moist.
Jesus College and the 12 Students of Nazareth
BOB JONES portrays Jesus as a master of selectivity not quantity. He built a twelve student classroom on a hillside with simple acts and a wedding feast as lab, stressing hardship over books. Judas’s betrayal and the Pentecost mark pivotal events in this tiny school’s impact on world history.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
Jerusalem
Jesus College
America
Judas
Little College
Jesus of Nazareth
Pacifist Nickname Evolves Into Extreme Peace Label
In a sharp jab, Lord Palmerston mocked Quaker leader John Bright as a "peace at any price" advocate, a phrase that has since signified an extreme pacifist in political discourse.
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Lord Palmeraton
John Bright
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W. A. Lundy
Columbus Market
Ward
Columbus
Central OF Georgia Railwac
Bob Jones
Taylor County
Butler
E. E. Jarrell
Rupert
W. H. Trussell
Butler, Ga
Albert T. Reid
Eid
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