Christmas Week Bank Clearings and Notable Counts
Christmas business boosted Atlanta bank clearings for the week ending Dec 26 to 70 200 000. Jane Withers faces extortion threats prompting security. she was moved from Hollywood to Boston. Georgia’s new Agriculture Commissioner Columbus Roberts sworn in for a four year term. Traffic and other causes yield 761 national deaths over the holidays and weekend.
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Atlanta
Jane Withers
Hollywood
Boston
Mass
Columbus Roberts
Georgia
Taursdiy
Taimauye
Walter Perkins
Millen
Christmas shoppers boost sales despite harsh weather
Merchants report the best Christmas sales in years as the weather before Christmas was unfavorable for business, yet the last days of the shopping season were fair and the public showed a strong Christmas spirit through increased buying.
Renewals and New Subscriptions Sought Amid Prohibition Debate
The notice asks readers to renew or start subscriptions as renewals are due. It thanks past patrons for cooperation and encourages new subscriptions. It notes repeal of Georgia's prohibition law will be a major legislative issue with strong and opposing blocs anticipated.
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Fies
Georgia
Georgia Power to Spend Seven Million for 1937 New Lines
Georgia Power Company plans approximately seven million dollars in 1937 spending to extend and improve service facilities. About one million will fund 760 miles of new rural electric lines and extensions, continuing the 1936 program that built 930 miles of rural lines.
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Georgia Power Company
P S. Arkwright
Georgia Farmers Expected to Receive 10 Million Dollar Conservation Payments
Georgia farmers were nearing 10 million dollars in soil conservation and soil building payments under the 1936 program. By week’s end in December, about 27,000 applications totaling over 3 million had been approved and sent to the Government Accounting Office for payment, with more than half approved from nine Southern Region states including Georgia.
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Georgia
Government Accounting Office
Een
Frm
Salt Superstitions Rooted in Ancient Traditions
The Montreal Herald notes salt lore across cultures. Spilling salt linked to barren ground in Hebraic tradition, while Arabs and Hebrews held differing views on bad luck. In India sea water is evaporated to make salt, tying value to salt workers. Far Eastern nations see salt as friendship, influencing spill beliefs.
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Montreal Herald
India
Turtle Market in Old French Market, New Orleans
A Chicago Daily News dispatch notes the Old French Market in New Orleans hosts a turtle trade dating back nearly a century. Fishermen harvest snapping turtles from north of Baton Rouge and bring them to market where they fetch higher winter prices.
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New Orleans
Bee Cells Shape Hive Life And Bee Engineering
A writer in the Literary Digest describes honey bees building hexagonal wax cells. Worker eggs develop in small hexagonal cells while drones hatch from slightly larger hexagons and queens from circular cells. Wax is secreted on the bee abdomen and hardens in air to form the efficient comb.
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Literary Digest
Paints and Lacquers Types and Drying Properties
The article explains oil paints use linseed oil with driers and thinners, alcohol and water color paints mix pigments with water soluble substances like glycerine. It describes lacquers as spirit varnishes with shellac and coloring agents dissolved in alcohol or containing nitrocellulose in solvent. Enamel paints may use varnishes with gums, forming a smooth glossy coat and drying quickly.
Apple Ancestry and Early American Orchards
Food historians trace apples to the sour crab-apple of Western Asia. Colonists found wild crab apples along the Atlantic coast and imported seeds from England and France. From this start the United States became the leading apple producer globally.
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Western
Asia
Atlantic Seaboard
England
France
United States
Farmer Finds Bottle Hidden Fortune Near Cattai
A farmhand unearthed an old pickle bottle near Cattai New South Wales containing gold sovereigns totaling 1050 dollars. He presented the find to his employer asking what the queer yellow coins might be.
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Cattai
New South Wales
Australia
State Board Sends Nurse to Hold County Immunization Clinics
A nurse from the State Board of Health will conduct typhoid and diphtheria immunization clinics across the county with county commissioners supplying needed materials. The typhoid schedule spans January 7 through January 18 at multiple towns including Sweetwater Etowah Cross Roads Amicola Round Hill Landrum Dawsonville Liberty Savannah Lumpkin Harmony Oak Grove Chumbley Emma White Oak Mt. Pleasant New Hope Bolton Barretto? Blacks at 30 m. Diphtheria clinics to be announced later.
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State Board of Health
Etowah
Cross Roads
Amicaiola
Round Hill
Mt. Pleasant
New Hope
Bolton
Barrettsville
How a Modern Hostess Builds a Tomato Appetizer
A vintage recipe demonstrates stuffing eight firm tomatoes with a corn celery cucumber mixture. Sauté celery and cucumber in butter, fold in corn and cream, season, and fill tomatoes. Top with buttered crumbs and wrap each with bacon. Bake about thirty minutes until done.
Largest newspaper collection opened to public in Germany
The museum in Alxia-Chanpelle, Germany, opens what is said to be the world’s largest newspaper collection. It features curiosities from across the globe including Eskimo papers from the mid century.
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Wor
Alxia-Chanpelle
Germany
WNHM
Eskimo
Mules and Horses Livestock Dealers Roberts and Denson
Ball Ground business Roberts and Denson operate as mules and horses livestock dealers with Go Will Denson in charge.
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Roberts & Denson
Will Denson
York Minster History From Roman Fort to Great Cathedral
York, England, rich in Roman and medieval history, hosts the famed Minster noted for its stained glass and windows. The piece traces York’s origins from Everacum through Saxon and Norman phases to the present Gothic architecture. It mentions Constantine, William the Conqueror, and the Minster’s 13th century construction.
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York
Britain
Everacum
Claudius Ptolemy
Severus
Constantine
Harod
Wiliam the Conqueror
England
Minster
Paulinus
Edwin
Northumbria
Spicy Desserts and Cinnamon Inspirations
A retro recipe feature touts spice as key to pleasing desserts. It lists Baked Pineapple and Rhubarb with cinnamon, Peach Rice Pudding with nutmeg, Apple Custards with nutmeg, Pear and Cranberry Salad, and Pineapple Ginger Mousse, outlining ingredients, temperatures, and yields for several chilled or baked treats.
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Adi
Tomato based beverages and variations described
The article lists several tomato juice based drinks with additives. It covers Tomatoade and Tomato Frappe recipes, plus Celery Cocktail and other tomato beverages. Each entry gives ingredients, preparation notes, and serving suggestions with yields for six to eight servings.
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Eobad Cater J
Vural
Sacha Vogue
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Denver
W E. Scott
Colorado
Scott
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