Among colored people items of interest and notes
Items of interest among colored people include church revivals, travels to Mississippi and Little Rock, and visits from Gould and Helena. Plus notices about war savings stamps, Masonic Grand Lodge activities, personnel transfers, quarterly conferences, health cures for malaria, and job offers for twelve colored families to farm Elisaville with good wages and supplies.
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Elisaville
Woc
Bank
Rane
Railroad Time Table East and West Bound Service
The timetable lists east bound No. 40 with arrival times at 1 am and 2:30 pm and west bound No. 47 with arrivals at 6:45 am and 5:52 pm. A local train leaves at 9 am. Agent Ford signs as agent.
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Ford
Winter oats prove hardy with Culberson best seed choice
Arkansas agriculture notes winter oats survival and seed selection. Culberson and related varieties show strong resistance to winter kill when planted at optimal depths on well drained, fertile land. Seed bed prep, drainage, and seed rates with grain drills improve stands. write for worm control in hogs.
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Cen Iret
South Aphanese
Brett
Chik Sant Tancraft
Cate Ph
le Wiyter
Bert Wr
Sten
Our Saved Food Fed the Allies
Food Administration figures credit Ameria people with conserving food and shipping 1.4 billion pounds of meat and fats to Allied destinations during 1917 18 and 1916 17, despite shortages. Exports totaled wartime crops and meat products, with wheat shipments supporting Allied needs amid harvests and imports. The report praises farmers and consumers for sacrifices and notes the pivotal role of American women in feeding the nation and its allies.
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Ameria
Hoeven
Wai
Wilson
Vibe Food Administration
WATAS
The
Food Administration
Hooter Sula
Germany
Europe
America
Honeder ie and wan seek Bia bite over their own bits
Two locals, identified only as honeder ie and wan, focus more on securing a Bia bite than observing their own bit, a small, curious exchange captured in fragmentary OCR text.
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Honeder Ie & Wan
Bia
Cheese Sauce for Rice Improves Nutrition
A kitchen note presents a cheese sauce to enrich rice. It blends gold milk flour salt and heat, then combines with a hot milk egg and cheese mixture. After thickening two cheeses are melted in with seasonings and the sauce is kept hot for serving.
Flashlight start rent idea for a fresh start note
The fragment discusses starting anew and critiques general rules. It mentions rival individuals and places Willston and a prominent figure, hinting at a broader social or political context without clear events. The text is incomplete but suggests themes of accountability and renewal.
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Willston
A Delicious Pear Dessert
A garbled recipe fragment describes combining pear slices and sugar overnight with chopped peel and a lemon, then cooking and serving with whipped cream or a similar topping. The text shows misspellings and missing steps, but indicates preparing a pear dessert with sliced pears and a soft topping.
Straw Mattings Replace Ruglike Floors After Repair
A fragment describes using straw mattings as an alternative to rugs after floor damage. It notes the mats cover old floors, prevent debris, and stay in place to avoid skidding or tearing. The item reads as a practical, temporary flooring solution.
The Stingiest Couple and the Red Cross Gift
In a Halifax village tale, old Goodfield’s vast fortune funds the Red Cross drive. After his deathbed scene and family tragedy, locals rally to send clothes and raise subscriptions for soldiers abroad, declaring the need to support those over there now that they may not return.
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Goodfield
Old Goodfield
Halifax
Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Palace
Dr. S. ©. Coleman of Gould
Dermott
D. C
J.S. van Buren
Helena
St. Paul Baptist Church
St. Morse
St Louis
Armatrong
Lula Powel
Mississippi
Susie Brooks
Annie Holmes
Little Rock
Dr. Nor. Barker
Pine Blatt
Masonic Grand Lodge
Dom Holland
Mrs. Dupree
Ernest Moses
Metchee
Buford
Central Officers Training School
A AL Pleming
Holland’s Chapel
NORTH
Oprobert
Ernie
College of Agriculture
Fayetteville
Saarles
Prine
Goodfields
Boty
Galt
Shamblin
Cap
Whitcomb
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