Secretary Wallace On Farm Prospects For 1922
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace states signs point to a better 1922 for farmers and their handlers. Credit conditions improve, freight rates fall, production costs drop, and a possible acreage reduction may lift prices. Despite no boom, economy and marketing aid from government and schools grow, suggesting cautious optimism ahead.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Hold Corncrib Doors Shut With Harrow Disks
A simple method to secure detachable corncrib sections uses disks from an old harrow placed over the section corners and bolted. It is quick to remove or replace the sections and holds them firmly without injuring the lumber, as described by S. E. Gibbs of Ames, Iowa.
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S. E. Gibbs
Ames, Ta
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Advertising farm products through front gate bulletin
Advertising blurb urges selling farm goods by private bulletin at the gate. Promotes butter honey eggs chickens fresh pork potatoes and similar items offered at better than retail prices to auto travelers. Encourages using passing motorists as customers.
Navy man saves wrecked ship model tale intrigue
Percy C Madeira of Philadelphia bought a 30 inch replica of the American clipper Southern Cross through Nantucket. Damaged en route, the fragile model seemed beyond repair until a League Island naval officer connected him with a skilled repairman from the Navy, turning loss into victory.
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Percy C. Madeira
Philadelphia
Cosmagovare
Madeira
Southern Cross
New York Sun
Nantucket
Packer
United States Navy
League Island
Handwriting Graphology Fad Sees Debutantes Seek Readings
Chicago on State details a trend where girls have favorite male friends’ handwriting analyzed by graphologists to reveal character traits. Debutantes admit eagerness for notes, with multiple samples preferred. warnings urge removing names and addresses to avoid suspicion or misdelivery of letters.
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Jre
Chicago
Why women button up clothes in reverse fashion
A London Opinion commentary jokes that women’s habit of buttoning from the opposite side is cultural imitation. It playfully speculates women aim to resemble men, arguing that reflections in mirrors reverse orientation and men fail to grasp this.
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London
Meat flour praised at New Zealand farmers meeting
A meeting in New Zealand heard about meat flour, a new food. The speaker cited a dinner where 15 people ate only meat flour dishes and used just over a half pound of flour. It was said to aid invalids, have high food value, export well, store for two years, and cost five shillings per pound.
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New Zealand
Negroes Move to the Cities Population Shift Analysis
The Negro urban population in the United States stands around 3.5 million in round numbers, rising to include towns under 2,500. About one third live in villages or cities. Migration drives the growth, with 500,000 moving from rural areas to urban centers in the last five years. The trend reflects a large portion of the Negro population becoming new to city life.
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United States
One Place It Wouldn't Go
An unclear excerpt features Uncle Eben noting caution about canceling debts, remarking it might be acceptable in big deals yet warned against using the idea to justify risky schemes or games. The fragment hints at skepticism toward debt forgiveness in volatile situations.
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Dichere
Eben
Conquest of Fear Reflections on Everyday Anxiety
In Basil King’s The Conquest of Fear the author notes pervasive fear shaping daily life. He cites mothers fearing for children fathers fearing for business workers fearing bosses or rivals and widespread anxiety across homes offices factories schools and churches. He argues fear drives many miseries more than sin or sickness and that most people are almost constantly afraid of someone or something.
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Basil King
Speed of life frets over aging and turtles in a Wisconsin race
A Providence Journal column notes aging feels faster each year while science TV reports a University of Wisconsin professor detailing a speed record for a racing turtle. The mile time was three years eleven months and nineteen days among 163 entrants, highlighting contrasts between pace and progress.
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F. H. Young
Providence Journal
North Pole
Toronto
American Association For the Advancement of Science
University of Wisconsin
Immortal Writers and the Kempis in 1921
The article notes that 1921 marked both Dante’s sexcentenary and Kempis's 450th death anniversary, a Kempis often appearing in lists of greatest books. It recalls a London editor’s desert island question and how readers repeatedly included Kempis alongside Dante, with even Huxley listing it.
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Thomas A Kempis
London
Dante
Kempis
Huxley
Gifts of the Ocean Beach Combers Striking Find
A New York correspondent notes the end of the season brings busy beach combing across famous seaside resorts. One camber found a silk umbrella filled with jewelry and another half filled with coins, aided by rain. Rockaway beach has long hosted a fall industry with hundreds participating and numerous losses. Last year the activity undermined pavilion and hotel supports, prompting police patrols to curb damage.
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New York
Rockaway
Bee Tongue Length Predicts Honey Harvest Says Expert
J H Merrill of Kansas State Agricultural College told the American Association of Economic Entomologists in Toronto that bees with longer tongues and heavier bodies bring in more honey. By measuring tongues nectar output and weighing forty bees per colony in spring, it may be possible to identify which bee colonies will collect the most honey in summer.
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J. H. Merrill
Kansas State Agricultural College
American Association of Economic Entomologists
Toronto
The Engineer Is a Lassie in Britain
The first Briton to complete a full apprenticeship in an engineering shop is a Scottish woman Miss V. A. Runord of Dunnee. Further recognition comes to Miss Drummond with election to the British Institute of Marine Engineers.
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Britain
V. A. Runord
Dunnee
Drummond
British Institute of Marine Engineers
Marriages Data Reflect Population Shifts Not Matrimonial Rise
Census bureau analysis notes the share of married men 15+ rose from 55.8% to 59.2% over the 1910s, driven by age structure changes from immigration rather than a surge in marriage. Among 53.9 million men, 21.84 million were married, with 1.76 million widowed and 235,284 divorced, divorce up 20% in ten years. States show wide variation. Massachusetts and the District of Columbia report high single women percentages, Wyoming high married women, Nevada lowest married women.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Mississippi
Arkansas
Nevada
First Woman Assessor Takes Office in Campbell County
Mrs Roxa S Kirby becomes Campbell County Wyoming first woman elected county assessor succeeding a wary property owner figure once famed for overvaluation practices. Born in Union County Tennessee she taught in Iowa then moved to Wyoming with husband J H Kirby in 1919. She emphasizes hands on knowledge and personal traditions.
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Roxa S. Kirby
Campbell County
Wyo
Connecticut
Kirby
Union County
Iowan State Teachers’ College
Iowa
J. H. Kirby
Wyoming
Judge Opposes Fat Alimony in Divorce Case
In Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Guy warned that after separation or divorce a former spouse cannot expect to maintain the luxurious lifestyle of marriage. He said a woman ending the marriage contract is not entitled to one third of her husband's income or the extras enjoyed while married. The ruling frames alimony expectations as limited and not guaranteed luxury support.
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New York
Guy
Manhattan Supreme Court
Justice Guy
Sushand
Notice to Creditors Rubenstein Wynn Bankruptcy
Notice to creditors in the Western District of South Carolina. Rubenstein and Wynn, a partnership, and Isa dore Rubenstein and Jake Wynn filed Feb 11, 1922 seeking discharge from debts. A hearing is set for Mar 15, 1922 at Greenville at 11:00 a.m. to show cause why discharge should not be granted. D. C. Durham, Clerk. Greenville, S. C., Feb 14, 1922.
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Rubenstein & Wynn
Isadore Rubenstein
Jake Wynn
Greenville
D. C. Durham
S. C
Blacksmith and repair shop reopens at old stand
I reopen my black smith and repair shop at my old stand to the rear of The Advertiser building facing the street from Mr. W. A. Strom. I solicit public patronage and guarantee satisfaction with specialty in horse shoeing. Call to see me.
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Advertiser
W. A. Strom
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