Farm incomes fall sharply under 1926 survey
The Department of Agriculture annual survey shows farm gross incomes down 5 percent and net incomes down 20 percent for the year ending June 30 1926. It cites lower prices for cotton feed grains apples and potatoes and rising production costs as the cause. It warns continued losses threaten bankruptcy or quitting farming and critiques Coolidge administration treatment of farm relief and flood relief efforts amid broader economic tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Steel Corporation
Mellon Owned
Aluminum Trust
Steel Corporation
Harding
Coolidge
Congress
Water For The Inside And The Outside Health Talk
Weekly Health Talk from the Nutrition Department urges six glasses of water daily. Describes water as colorless and tasteless yet essential to tissues and digestion, aiding elimination and nourishing body organs. Emphasizes water as the inner sweeper for the digestive tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutrition Department
Philadelphia Inter-State Dairy Council
Timonium Fair Plans Labor Day to Baltimore County Day 1927
Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society outlines a multi day program September 5 to 11 1927 at Timonium with Labor Day free admission for children with adults Horse Show Farm Bureau activities Governor’s Day and staff visits Baltimore City and County Day plus special exhibits crowds and new buildings. The schedule includes contests prizes and acts such as Robinsons Elephants Inez Wood Gracie Thomas pigeons and balloonists Major Smith and a Boy Scouts support crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Fair and Agricultual Society
Baltimore County
Farm Bureau
Board of Managers
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
Fair Board
Ritchie
Maryland Training School For
Harold E. Donnell
Baltimore City
Broening
Maryland State Normal School
University of Maryland
Amateur Dahlia Association
The
Charcoal Club
Poultry Department
Robinson
Inez Wood
Gracie Thomas
Major Smith
Baltimore
Boy Scouts of America
Scout
W. Perry Bradley
Association
In Memoriam for Peter Jester Died July 20 1926
In memory of Peter Jester who died July 20 1926. Father has gone from a world of trouble here to rest in Jesus. We loved him and trust he is resting. He will be with the redeemed beyond the skies. From Lydia Wyatt, daughter.
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Peter Jester
Father
Jesus
Lydia Wyatt
All kinds of stationery sale by F J Wrights
Advertising blurb notes stationery by the box or pound at F J Wrights with subscription offer for The Journal promising all the news all the time.
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F. J. Wright
Journal
Eastern Shore Ode by Harry Pringle Ford
The poem praises the Eastern Shore from Cecil to Northampton, extolling its coastlines, pine forests, farms, and rivers. It lauds its people as sincere and morally upright, and ends with a blessing for continued beauty and virtue as bays and oceans caress the shore.
Camden Camp Revival on State Road near Dover Returns
Revival workers Rev. Jacob Hoffman and Rev. Etta Hoffman lead Camden Camp beginning Sunday August 14 for two weeks or more with district staff support. Missionary day August 25 features Rev. H J Olsen on foreign missions. Historical 1806 account notes vast grounds, thousands in attendance, hundreds converted and sanctified, reviving Methodism’s momentum.
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Camden
Dover
Jacob Hoffman
Etta Hoffman
H. J. Olsen
John Chalmers
Israel
Lawrence M’combs
Bro. Kendall
A. M. Chambers
Joshua Wells
William Lacy
Isaiah
Zion
A. M
Samuel Coate
John
Bro
Ridgeway
Peter van Sant
Samuel Conte
Montreal
Canada
Henry Boem
Asbury
E. R. Clough
Delmarvia Camp Meeting Program Listing
The Delmarvia Camp Meeting runs from Saturday August 13 with a 7 30 p m welcome service. Sunday August 14 offers a love feast at 9 a m a sermon by Dr Cooke at 10 a m a Bible school hour at 2 p m with a special address on the lesson a 3 p m song service and an address by Dr W A Noble titled Indias Hope at 6 45 p m an address by Dr Noble The Children of India at 7 38 p m song service and a sermon by Dr George W Cooke Dr Noble will also address this service. Monday August 15 runs 9 a m to 12 noon summer Bible school 3 p m Higher Life service 6 45 p m Young Peoples service an address by Mrs Noble of India at 7 30 p m song service and an illustrated lecture by Dr W
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Delmarvia
Dr. Cooke
W. A. Noble
India
Dr. Noble
the Children of India
George W. Cooke
Noble
A. Noble
J. J. Bicking
Higher Life
Rev. J. Bicking
Geo. W. Cooke
Rev
Pilgrim's Progress
Charles Weigle
Higher Life Service
Carrie Stanyon
New York
George W. Gooke
Summer Bible School
Bible school and pageant schedule under George Cooke
A detailed August schedule lists daily events for Teeming Millions of India church activities including summer Bible school Higher Life services Young People sermons by Rev J J Bicking Dr George W Cooke and guest pages by Mrs Carrie Stanyon plus a grand international pageant. Health notes detail the Health On Wheels program visiting Prince George St Marys Calvert Anne Arundel and other counties with hundreds of children attending health conferences.
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Bureau of Child Hygiene
State Department of Health
Prince George
Anne Arundel County
Queen Anne
Kent
Keister Appointed Full Time Prince George Health Officer
Dr. William Keister named county health officer for Prince George County by Dr. Ful ton, State Health Director. Former Albemarle health chief at Charlottesville, he served as associate professor at the University of Virginia and held public health roles in Illinois and Alabama. Johns Hopkins trained, with later studies at the School of Hygiene and Public Health. Based in Upper Marlboro.
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William 5. Keister
Prince George County
John §. Fulton
State Department of Health
Keister
Albemarle Couty
Virginia
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Ilinois
Alabama
Johns Hopkins Medical School
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Upper Marlboro
Survey of Drug Stores Under Pharmacy Law
The Bureau of Food and Drugs of the State Department of Health surveys retail drug stores statewide focusing on compliance with the Pharmacy Law requiring registered pharmacists in charge. Findings show several pharmacies operated by individuals not legally qualified to compound physicians' prescriptions, posing a public health menace.
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Bureau of Food and Drugs
State Department of Health
New Dover Opera House Screens Entire Building
The New Dover Opera House has fully screened its theatre and cooling system to keep out mosquitoes and insects, a rare expense aimed at patron comfort. The Diamond State Theatre Company owns the venue, and patrons praise the move for summer comfort and uninterrupted entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Dover Opera House
Delaware
New Dover
Diamond State Theatre Company
Will It Wash What to test for durable fabrics
A reader guide explains how to judge fabric color fastness and overall quality before buying. It outlines that color permanence alone is not enough and a real laundering test reveals yarn stability, weave integrity, and the permanence of patterns or finishes. The piece advises purchasers to perform their own checks rather than rely on guarantees.
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Bureau of
Selecting Cotton Fabrics For Durable Wash Dresses
The article advises choosing a firm well-constructed cotton fabric for lasting wear. It suggests visiting a large department store to sample various wash materials and test them at home before purchasing.
Maryland Leads In Telephone Use World Wide
Maryland shows 195000 telephones for a population of 1550000 with 190000 on Chesapeake and Potomac system. Global figures as of Jan 1 1926 show US at 84 telephones per 100 population, Europe 1.5 per 100, and private vs government ownership patterns across nations.
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Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac
Brazil
Spain
Poland
Cuba
Paraguay
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
South America
North America
United States
Canada
Denmark
New Zealand
Sweden
Norway
Germany
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
France
Argentina
Telephone density by region cited in article
Europe lagged far behind the United States with telephones barely over one-tenth as common. In Asia most telephones were in Japan, at about 1.1 per 100 inhabitants.
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Europe
United States
Asia
Japan
Old Scottish dinner miscue told by Harley street reader
A Weekly Scotsman item recalls an old friend whose mother employed two new maids who had never seen gas. At a dinner party one maid was told what to do in the drawing room and, near the end, was asked if she had turned on the gas. She replied that she had already turned it on, suggesting the plan would have failed without her mistress’s interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Street
Weekly
Scotsman
Market hunters blamed for passenger pigeon extinction
The biological survey states market hunters directly caused the passenger pigeons’ decline. Known as colony birds, they nested in vast numbers in certain areas making mass harvesting easy. Traditions cite forest fires in roosting woods as another factor contributing to the species’ extinction.
Revelation book name variations noted in church usage
The passage explains different labels for the last Bible book, citing Revelation of St John the Divine, the Book of Revelation, and the Apocalypse. It notes Catholics prefer Apocalypse, Protestants use Book of Revelation, and that Revelation is singular, not plural.
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St. John the Divine
Travel distances: earth sun and star Antares comparison
A car circling the Earth at 60 mph would take about 17 days, a journey around the Sun would take nearly five years at the same speed, and circling Antares would take about 1,870 years given its diameter over 273 million miles, more than 300 times solar.
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Antares
Public sale of 10.1 acres in Caroline County Maryland
By order of Wilbert L. Merriken as assignee the property of Edward W. Favinger and Sadie A. Favinger is offered at public sale. The parcel lies in the Eighth Election District of Caroline County on the northwest side of the Federalsburg Smithville road to Bloomery Church. The deed describes a boundary starting at a stone and listing several courses and distances ending at the place of beginning, containing ten acres and one tenth. Sale at the Denton Court House door between 2 and 4 p.m. on the date of sale.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
Chy
W. Brewster Deen
T. Clayton Horsey
Edward W. Favinger
Sadie A. Favinger
Ella M. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Federalsburg
Smithville Road
Bloomery Church
Bullock and Favinger
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Pho del
Timonium Fair
Memoriam
Harry Pringle Ford
Old Manokin Church
L. P. Bowen
D. D
John S. McMaster
Cecil
Northampton
Atlantic
Chesapeake
J.H. Nichols& Company
Schloss
Big Reduc
Health Department
Nisi
Frank R. Thompson
Tn Horsey
Trueconyuest
Clayton Horsey
Charles W. James
Martha Favinger
L. F. Covey
Pereg
Butterfly
Butterfly Tea Room
Schraft
Crane
Margaret A. Finn
W. G. Wooters
Market St. Denton
East Main Street
M. G. Crouse
Nuttle Milling Co
Preston
Stone Road
Harry H. R Ick
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