Foundations seek roots of rural decline in postwar America
Washington report outlines the Foundation for American Agriculture with Charles Dana Bennett leading research to answer why rural population and youth fitness shrink. Milford Indiana hosts a foundation project while Rural Film Foundation produces 16 mm educational films balancing quality, ethics, and farm group approval.
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United States
Congress
Legislative Mills
John W. Flannagan Jr
Virginia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Flannagan
America
Foundation For American Agriculture
Charles Dana Bennett
Quaker Oats
Swift & Co
Ralston-Purina Co
Pillsbury Mills
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Mr. Bennett
Milford
Ind
Kosciusko County
Harry Graham
Indiana State Grange
Rural Film Foundation
The Story Thus Far In A Motion Picture World
In a plot with Spratt the film producer and Elizabeth, her first husband Arthur Kittredge, believed killed in World War I, resurfaces under the name Kessler and is employed by Spratt. Elizabeth recognizes him as her former husband and he denies it while urging forgiveness and distance. He plans to depart. Elizabeth reassures Spratt and contemplates family life.
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Spratt Herlong
Elizabeth
Arthur Kittredge
Spratt
Kessler
Dick Herlong
Arthur
Mrs. Herlong
Cherry
Keysler
Mr. Kessler
Margaret
Goodby
Jacoby
Kessler Plans for Margaret as Elizabeth Gains Resolve
Elizabeth comforts homeless child Margaret after Kessler's revelation shifts her view of marriage and loyalty. Spratt arranges care and the next morning Kessler dies, prompting Elizabeth to rush to Margaret and promise lifelong belonging.
Homes That Sell in A Department Store Floors and Furnishings
A humorous regional piece describes shoppers rushing through a big store offering homes and furnishings on multiple floors. Elevators advertise bungalows villas and farms as buyers compete for decor appliances and model houses amid a chaotic Christmas shopping rush. The column riffs on modern consumer extravagance and quirky product displays.
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Star Medallion Pattern
The Star medallion crochet pattern 7404 offers a handsome design and a lovely effect when joined for cloths spreads and small accessories. Quickly memorized it becomes a favorite for small or large projects. Directions are included.
Chauncey Depew’s Dinner Etiquette Anecdote
The late Chauncey Mitchell Depew, a New York senator, was famed for after dinner oratory and broad social eating duties. A friend jokes about digestion, and Depew jokes he refuses to eat breakfast and supper, not meals in between.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew
U.S
New York
Chauncey
Depew
Make Your Own Cough Syrup With Pinex Advantage
An old advertisement promotes mixing a home cough syrup using a sugar or corn syrup base with 244 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle. It claims four times as much syrup for the money, quick relief for coughs, loosened phlegm, and soothing throat irritation, plus a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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Pierce-Arrow
Buffalo
Fiat
Jack L. Desbecker
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