The Machine Age Spoils a Prophecy
Advisory Council and Agricultural Commission note a British forecast that by 1931 all wheat would be cultivated if yields did not rise. Global production gains from increased acreage and mechanization have shifted distress from shortage to surplus, with Russia expanding science driven farming and a giant 3.865 million bushel yield on the Giant farm illustrating new agriculture dynamics.
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Canada
Australa
Combine
Soviet Russia
Russia
Europe
Bankers Hold Farm Conference at Presho South Dakota
A feeders conference gathered fifty farmers in a state bank at Presho. The meeting promoted feeding low price wheat and barley and marketing through livestock. Booklets on feeding wheat were distributed and a feeders column appeared weekly in the local paper. Bankers praised the conference and pledged more events next year.
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Presho
South Dakota
Coffee houses spread from Constantinople to England’s Oxford
The text notes Constantinople as the earliest European capital with coffee houses in 1554 and records England opening its first coffee house in Oxford in 1650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
England
Oxford
Boundary Post Marking Beebe Plain on Two Nations
Beebe Plain straddles Vermont and Quebec with the post office located precisely on the national boundary line. The town’s split status highlights cross border positioning of local services and residence. The setup underscores historic border delineation and its practical effects on residents and mail delivery.
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Beebe Plain
Vermont
Quebec
Can
United States
Canada
Mississippi River Name Origins Traced in Explorer Reports
The Mississippi River has appeared in four spellings since discovery. Mechesebe was the Indian form, Laval rendered Michispe, Labatte wrote Missspi, and Marquette gave the current form Mississippi.
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Mississippi River
Laval
Labatte
Marquette
Snellas
Free Tuberculosis Clinics Show Increased Attendance
The Maryland Tuberculosis Association reports 219 free chest clinics in Maryland counties last fiscal year examining 3607 patients, a rise of over 20 percent from the previous year. Of screenings, 1154 were manifest cases: 599 incipient, 46 moderately advanced, 92 far advanced. Sanatoria care advised for 329. Clinics began eight years ago with State Health Department aid, funded by annual Christmas seal sale.
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Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Maryland
Vanced
State Health Department
Christmas Seal Sale In Pictures Shows Ritchie Sealing Gift
A Maryland Tuberculosis Christmas Seal event features Gov Albert C Ritchie receiving a seal from Dr Thomas Fell, with the Seals campaign led by Anne Arundel County and Saint John’s College. The proclamation of Tuberculosis Sunday urged Marylanders to buy seals to support the cause and aid clergies in raising awareness and funds. Margaret Streets, Baltimore, is pictured with a Miracle House seal display as volunteers promote the campaign.
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Who
Albert C. Ritchie
Thomas Fell
Eniciltus
Saint John’s College
Baluo
Margaret
Baltimore
Telephone Dispatching Expands Across Railways
Traim Dispatcher Leonard Burton in Halethorpe Massachusetts copies a railway order by telephone as use of telephone train dispatching grows. Statistics from the American Railway Association show more than 60 percent of the nation’s 253,122 miles now rely on telephone dispatching, up from 119,554 miles a decade ago.
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Traim
Leonard Burton
Halethorpe
Telegraph and Telephone
American Railway Association
Public Sale Notice for December 21 1931 Livestock and Furniture
Public sale on Monday December 21 1931 starting at 10:00 a.m. features live stock an oak buffet an oak bedroom suit and a mahogany library table. Terms are cash. Auctioneers J Fletcher Hignutt and Jack Stevens.
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J. Fletcher Hignutt
Jack Stevens
Sale of a Broom Making Outfit in Denton Maryland
By order of the Orphans Court for Caroline County the executrix Emma Stewart will auction a complete broom making outfit with attachments at 2 p m on the premises near Sixth and Gay Streets Denton Md near Bullock and White's Garage. Cash only day of sale. Inspectations by calling Emma Stewart or attorney Henry R Lewin before the sale date.
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Orphans’ Court For
Caroline County
Sixth and Gay Sts
Bullock & White’s Garage
Denton
Henry R. Lewin
C. H. Stewart
Emma Stewart
Charles EF. Driggins
Bureau
Laurel Grove
Faber Sale Confirmation in Caroline County Equity Case
In Equity No 2965 Chy before the Circuit Court for Caroline county Charles E Faber and Patience Faber are advised that a sale reported by Fred R Owens Assignee for Collection is to be ratified and confirmed unless objections are raised by February 11. A newspaper notice must run four weeks before January 1. The report lists sale proceeds at 1200 dollars. Clayton Horsbey Clerk True Copy.
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Caroline County
Fred R. Owens
Clayton Horsbey
Clayton Horsey
Buckets bladder tonic promises relief for nocturnal urination
Advert promotes BU-KETS bladder tonic with juniper oil and other herbs to cleanse the bladder and reduce night awakenings. Claims castor oil like effect on urinary issues, advising a 28c box from a druggist and a four day relief guarantee at Caroline Pharmacy.
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Caroline Pharmacy
Auction sale listing items at 10 o'clock a m
ETHEL P DRIGGINS as administratrix and Walter Howard as clerk announce an auction of farm and household items including plows, machines, tools, livestock, lumber, furniture, and miscellaneous goods. The sale is to commence at 10 am with numerous lots such as horses, a gray mare, a deerborn wagon, a rifle and shotgun, churns, grain gear, blocks, hay, fodder, and many farm implements. Participants include Win Andrew as auditor.
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Hitech
John Deere
Oliver
Dearborn
Ethel P. Driggins
Andrew
Walter Howard
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Agricultural Commisssion, American Bankers Association
H. L. Russell
Bankers
INPAP
Ritchie
Mary and Tuberculosis Association
Maryland ‘Tuberculosis Association
Frigidaire
N.B.C
WJZ
E.S.T
General Motors
M. K. Newnam
D. W. Hignutt
Concord
Guernsey
Tanulmeo
Olup
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Denton, Maryland
Andersontown
W. E. Seeders
Jack L. Stevens
Correll H. Stewart
Nisi
Fred R. Owen
Chas. E. Faber
Patience Faber
Sturmer’s
Easton
Fred R. Oowena
Robert Jarrell, Jr
S. Eva Jarrell
Circuit Court
Esskay
SK Pork Chops
U. S
SK Steer Rib Roast
Dad
Mother
I Denton Journal
Caroline
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