Standard containers aim to curb losses in fruit and vegetable markets
The USDA urges standard packaging to curb short measure fraud and high marketing costs. Variations in sizes create confusion as 40 cabbage crates 20 celery crates and many hampers exist. A fixed weight standard is preferred. count may apply for graded products.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
Congress
Farm management urges business view for choosing farms
United States Department of Agriculture specialists warn young farmers to weigh multiple conditions when moving regions. A farm must balance business prospects with home life and community advantages, as soil quality and long term improvements affect potential income despite good buildings and roads.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
PICK AND PREPARE BERRIES FOR PARCEL POST SHIPMENTS
Growers shipping blackberries by parcel post should carefully pick and pack to avoid fruit loss. USDA specialists warn that improper handling can cause more damage than transit, with weather and handling affecting success. A quart crate weighs 27 to 80 pounds and postage within the first two zones runs 31 to 34 cents. Total crate and postage for a two pint crate ranges from 58 to 71 cents, and mixed berry shipments in a crate may be possible.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Steamer Stolen by Red Pirates From Cuxhaven to Murmansk
An official account details mutiny on the Senator Schroeder a Cuxhaven fishing steamer seized by Kruefken and two Bolshevist agents who sailed to Murmansk with the crew and later returned to Cuxhaven. The incident, cited as evidence of Bolshevist piracy affecting coastal shipping, fed speculation about wartime subversive activity.
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Washington
Virginia
Carolina
Cuxhaven
Senator Schroeder
Kriefken
Murmansk
Geta
Knuefken
Hamburg
Schroeder
Iceland
Duchess Wins Rain Bet at Half Million Francs
Lloyds of London must pay Duchess Decazes after rain measured at three point five millimeters, exceeding the bet threshold of two millimeters by eleven p.m. The stake supported the Pavlova fete bagatelle at the Polo club, organized by the Duchess.
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Paris
Lloyd's of
London
Duchess Decazes
Pavlova Fete Bagatelle
Lloyd's
Eiffel Tower
Alx
Widow Nearly Defrauded by Ghost Voice in Paris Graveyard
A Paris widow visiting her husband's grave at Pere Lachaise heard a voice asking for 500 francs. After reporting it, she and a neighbor handed over the money but a nephew of the widow was caught with the purse. The trial led to mercy and the charges were withdrawn.
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Paris
Pere Lachaise
Pennsylvania boy older than great aunt shocks local family
In Bellefonte, George W. Weaver, aged sixty eight, is a great grandparent whose child younger than him has a son born before Weaver’s youngest daughter. Weaver has been married twice and fathered 18 children, 13 of them in Irving. His oldest granddaughter married Edward Askey. their eldest son is thirteen, older than the great aunt to the newborn lad.
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Bellefonte
George W. Weaver
Mr. Weaver
Irving
Edward Askey
League urged poppy crackdown plan to curb opium trade
Mrs. Hamilton Wright stressed support for League of Nations recommendations during conferences with U S officials. The plan urges direct talks with Chinese military leaders to stop poppy cultivation and calls for two special commissions to assess cultivation and marketing in Chinese provinces.
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Washington
Commission
League of Nations
Hamilton Wright
China
League
Fortune Awaits Missing Maiden Heiress in Illinois Tale
Seventeen year old Helen Owen, daughter of Warren D. Owen a Roosevelt Rough Rider, vanished from Chicago after escaping the Home for the Friendless. Wealthy uncles in Boston New York and Oak Park seek her, claiming left estates and a six acre property, while her Spanish grandfather pursues via agents in Spain. She is believed to use the name Gordon.
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Chicago
United States
Spain
America
Helen Owen
Don Esteban Garcia
Cuba
Owen
Senorita Garelo
Clyde Owen
Pittsburgh
Slace
New Bedford
Mass
Edward Owen
Boston
Perry Owen
New York
William Owen
Oak Park
Warren
Rose of
States
St. Louis
Helen
Condley
Druve Avenue
Pressed Steel Car Company
Gordon
Turtle carvings tied by time on Ky farm shells
Lenoxburg Kentucky residents recount two carved records on turtle shells. Forty four years ago WT McClanahan carved initials on a farm turtle later found by Peter Sheppard. Another turtle bears a carving by John Sheppard dated twenty eight years ago.
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Lenoxburg
John Sheppard
Bayer Aspirin Advertising Claims Trusted for Many Ailments
Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bear the Bayer Cross and are marketed with assurances that physicians helped shape dosage over 21 years and that millions have found them safe. The ad touts cold relief headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain with twelve tablet tins and larger packages available.
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Bayer
Not Capable. Terra Haute school board struggles with a taming tale
A teacher complains of an unruly student's appearance and threatens to report the mother to officials. The next day the child returns cleaned and bobbed, bearing a note asserting the school board did not order the haircut. The mother says a respectful barber did it.
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Terra Haute
Indianapolis News
Women Need Swamp-Root Kidney Health Ad
An advertisement targets women with kidney and bladder trouble noting vague symptoms can signal kidney disease. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy and urges prompt use, offering a sample bottle for ten cents and requesting mention of the paper in correspondence.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The Dull Season at the Old Home Place
A Birmingham Age-Herald traveler notes a sleepy locale with many children and dogs. Weather saps energy, fights vanish, and tramps are scarce, leaving the town quiet and tame.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Rest Your Tired Feet Allen's Foot Base
An advertisement claims Allen's Foot Base relieves pain from corns bunions and sore feet. It promises quick relief for sweaty calloused tired feet and blisters and says the powder freshens and cools feet while extending shoe and stocking life. It concludes with a social comment about perceptions of beauty.
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Allen
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Wilson
A testimonial from Mrs Harry A Wilson of Clearfield Pennsylvania describes relief from monthly left side pains fever dizziness and long periods after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The letter promotes prompt use for women's health issues and claims restored strength and ability to work.
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Clearfield
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mra
Harry A. Wilson
Mra. Wilson
Pinkhar
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