Interest in Your Home Town
A blunt lecture on local civic duty urging residents to invest time and care in their hometowns. It argues that disengaged owners and citizens harm local business, governance, and progress by failing to vote attend meetings join groups or contribute to communal efforts.
Figure It Out And Tax Reduction
A short critique compares shifting taxes between property classes to moving money between piles. The writer argues true tax reduction requires spending less, not shifting the burden. The piece likens government budget maneuvers to changing which pile is spent from, calling it absurd.
Advertising as An Essential Tool for Business Growth
H. W. Archer editor of the Manchester Evening News argues that newspaper advertising remains the quiet promoter of sales. He says good advertising enhances business, cutting overheads by neglecting it harms the enterprise and ads extend the shop window beyond the sidewalk. He likens publicity to a science and art and cites St Simon Stylites as a symbolic patron for top column placement.
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Now Is The Time To Spend On Home Improvement
Public urges immediate spending on property repair and construction as a wartime jobs strategy. Inflation and changing monetary backing are cited as key price stimulants, arguing cheap costs now threaten future higher prices. Emphasizes fixing hazards, renovations, and painting to spur recovery and provide jobs rather than charity.
France Willing to Pay in Debts Dispute Over War Reparations
A French writer argues France did not refuse to meet the December fifteenth payment but delayed it for further talks. He urges private diplomatic negotiations, rejects public debates, and seeks an equitable link between French debt to America and German reparations, noting changed economic conditions since the war.
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Lausanne
Chamber of Deputies
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Lucien Ramier
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Orton
Marydel
George C. Moore
Queen Anne
Heston Hicks
Twenty-Five Years Ago in Denton and Beyond
A long column recalls twenty five years past with notes on wheat, automotive ownership, local farms, and a camp meeting. It cites Mr Fred R Owens's handsome Ford, seven cars in Denton, and broader debates on debt payments and global economics.
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Fred R. Owens
Ford
Denton
Secan
Sauces for the finishing touch in old household cookery
A column by Mrs. Briggs on versatile sauces for fish meats vegetables and desserts. It lists bechamel style sauces with milk butter and flour, a fish or meat sauce with broth and bay leaf, a fruit pudding glaze, butterscotch pineapple sauce and notes on planning farm act administration and community church notices.
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Mother Briggs
Flowering dogwood and transplant tips from Helen Keller
The flowering dogwood brightens Maryland scenes with white bracts and can be moved carefully by digging around the base a year ahead, cutting roots, and replacing soil to develop feeding roots. Large trees move best with a big root ball. pruning may be needed if roots are reduced. Dogwood suits mass plantings or solitary spots, pink varieties favored for the latter. wild color variants are rarer, while nurseries offer many types. Also notes a national debt increase of three billion dollars, with April adding large gains.
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Maryland
Helen Keller
White Farm
Let Bluegrass Grow Tall to Fight Crabgrass, Says USDA
The USDA recommends letting bluegrass grow from 1.5 to 2 inches and watering no more than once a week. Clip high with the mower so the lawn appears even, as experiments show taller leaf growth helps bluegrass establish a root system to choke crabgrass. Avoid daily waterings and apply a nitrogen-rich fertilizer like 6:8:4 in spring and fall.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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