News Review of Current Events Highlights and Conflicts
A sweeping digest covers the railway strike impasse with union and railroad executives at odds over seniority and bargaining. It notes labor radicals, Red activity, and a looming nationwide strike threat, alongside coal disruptions, wartime political maneuvering, and international tensions including Ireland, France, and Asia Minor developments.
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Yous Shank
Trades and Labor Assembly
Sioux City
American Federation of Labor
Reda
Berrien County
Michigan
Justice
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Roxe Pastor Stokes
Mexican bean beetle spreads threaten southern crops
The United States Department of Agriculture warns the Mexican bean beetle could move south and west, affecting cropping practices across Georgia Alabama Tennessee and beyond. It already counts 36 Georgia counties and 35 in Alabama among its spread, with potential multi generation infestations in Florida and the Mississippi River basin as researchers seek resistant crops and cultivation changes to curb damage worth over 100 million dollars annually to bean and legume crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Bureau of Entomology
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi River
Michigan
New York
An -Tennessee
Colorado
Florida
Bureau of Entomoloxy
Thomrsville
Birmingham
Time to Cut Sweet Clover for a Second Year Crop
The guide urges cutting sweet clover when blossoms appear to avoid woody stems and leaf loss. For a second year, cut the first crop eight inches above ground to force growth from stalk buds rather than crowns, ensuring new shoots form from lower stalks.
Fight Tuberculosis in Various States Campaign Gains Push
United States Department of Agriculture reports a broad campaign to eradicate bovine tuberculosis across states. Louisiana and Massachusetts move to fund eradication, indemnities, and cooperative work with federal programs, aiming to end the livestock disease drain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
State Hive Stock Sanitary Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Massachusetts
State Bureau of Animal Industry
Rape as a top forage crop experts say
J C Eldridge of Town State college extols rape for forage due to heavy yield and high protein. It grows rapidly and nutritive seed is ready early, aiding pasture after blue grass declines. Plant in late summer for better yields and use as emergency pasture when others fail. Rape patches near corn fields supply hog ration in summer. Handle carefully to avoid hogs rooting, and choose Dwarf Essex as best for local conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Eldridge
Town State College
Exhibit on Good and Bad Pigs Draws Local Interest
Riveride County California hosts a pig club exhibit showing good and bad pig types grown by club members. Entries include initial and final weights, feeds, rests, and gains. Two pigs from the same feeder, fed 150 days, show 70 and 200 pound gains with costs of 18 and B cents per pound respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ and Girls
Riverride County
California
Ciih
Individual hog houses with adjustable shade plan
Some producers build single hog houses with sides that can be fitted to provide more shade during summer. The design aims to suit operations where only a few hogs are kept.
Worn Out After She Cooked
Cincinnati woman credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after a year of nervous troubles and fatigue. She says the medicine revived her strength enough to care for a 19 month old child and resume housework, recommending it to other women.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pinkham
Perforr
Liberty
Lydia
Explaining Decline of Oratory in Modern Times
The piece argues that waning public speaking skill stems from speakers shifting focus to salesmanship. It cites Uncle Eben noting that many of our best talkers are turning their attention to selling, diluting genuine oratory and persuasive speech.
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Eben
Cuticura Advertisements for Baby Skin Care
An old Cuticura ad praises Cuticura Soap for soothing rashes and hot baths, followed by Cuticura Ointment and Talcum. It touts purity and fragrance with a note on 25¢ per item, emphasizing gentle care for babies.
Bobbed Hair Boom Fails to Spare Loomlater Industry
In Loomlater Massachusetts the bobbed hair fad has harmed the local comb and hairpin trade. The industry center suffers as fashion shifts away from long styles, affecting producers and merchants dependent on traditional grooming goods.
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Loomlater
Mass
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Association of Railiway Eixecuives
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Association of
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Association of Railway Executives
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