Silk farming dream raises U.S. industry hope in New Jersey
Morristown businessman E H Gill led a push toward a domestic silk industry. He redesigned mulberry trees and created an electric defoliator and a low cost reeling machine, enabling 5600 veterans and others to raise silkworms profitably in the United States. A two acre farm plan foresees a two year foliage wait and a third year payoff with tests showing wide suitability across the country.
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New Jersey
United States
Japan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Co. E. H. Gil
Morristown
N. J
Housew
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Gill
Luther Burbank
Gil
Sunburn Worse At Mountains Than At Seashore
At high altitudes ultraviolet rays travel farther through the atmosphere, causing more rapid and severe skin burning than at sea level. The article notes educators in the United States increasing focus on visual training to help children overcome reading problems.
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United States
Blondes of Three Kinds and Odd Sayings
A fragmentary page lists quips on blondes natural bleached and death by own action. It warns about someone leaving you with the sack yet keeping its contents. A joke about oxygen, appetite, and useless planes ends with a garbled lyric-like block and stray letters.
Modern Fireproof Dormitory for Schreiner Institute
Schreiner Institute in Kerrville Texas plans a building program to add three new structures including a modern fireproof dormitory. President J Delany said costs and timelines will be refined after selecting an architect and approving plans. The board gave a special building committee authority to proceed.
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Kerrville
Texas
Schreiner Institute
Schreiner
J. Delany
Institute
Deling
Schreines
Eighth Grade Baseball Sees Ninth Grade Win 9 to 7
Seventh and eighth grade news notes an eighth grade girls team losing to ninth graders 9 to 7 in a Monday baseball game. Players Pat Rogers Colon Barrett Gloria Jean Roeder Joan Kaiser and Emily Kroll are mentioned alongside weekend show attendance.
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Pat Rogers
Colon Barrett
Gloria Jean Roeder
Joan Kaiser
Emily Kroll
Eighth Grade Names Geraldine Bierschwale and Mae Bell Bierschwale
Geraldine Bierschwale age thirteen brown hair brown eyes five feet two inches tall aspires to be a stenographer and enjoys swimming with spelling as a favorite subject Mae Bell Bierschwale age eleven dark brown eyes five feet one inch tall also likes swimming and spells and does math both dislike gossiping and conceited people
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Geraldine Bierschwale
Mae Bell Bierschwale
Seventh Grade Profiles of Joe Cherry and Peggy Parker
Joe Ed Cherry, a 5 feet 5 inches dark blonde haired hazel eyed student, aspires to be a doctor and enjoys modeling airplanes while disliking gossip. Peggy Lou Parker, 12, cites drawing as a hobby and aims to become a teacher.
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Joe Ed Cherry
Peggy Lou Parker
Pace predicts strong demand and higher prices for 1946 peanuts
Georgia Congressman Stephen Pace says the 1946 peanut program will provide a strong demand and near ceiling prices. The plan includes a 99 percent parity support price with loan and purchase options, and he notes rising U.S. peanut product consumption and doubled production over ten years.
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Stephen Pace
Congress
Georgia
1946 Crop Production Loans Available in Gillespie County
The Dallas Emergency Crop Loan Office offers seed and feed loans under the Farm Credit Administration. Applications are taken Fridays 9 to 12 at the Gillespie County Agents Office in Fredericksburg. Maximum loan per individual is 400 dollars with first lien on crops, aiming to support home gardens and balanced farming programs.
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Gillespie County
Ree Wo Weagg
Dallas
Texas
WE. Farwell
Classifieds Offer Poultry Remedies and Local Trades
Protect your young chickens with Titre Tested Lee's Poultry Remedies sold at Floysode's Harper. For sale used Aermotor 40 ft windmill tower with 6 ft fan priced at $100. Dr Werner Keidel Jr Fredericksburg. Kerrville Bakery advertises baked goods. Comfort Hatchery offers baby chicks pullets and poults with custom hatching at Hill Country Range Flock Comfort Texas. Fredericksburg Machine Shop sells V belts. Kerrville optometrist A E Self fits glasses. J O Ernst Fredericksburg piano shop lists used pianos in walnut mahogany and oak with immediate delivery. E O Longren offers boot and shoe repair in Junction Texas. A humorous final line on married couples and dresses.
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Werner Keidel Jr
Fredericksburg
Kpd
Comfort Hatchery
Comfort
Texas
Rathskeller
Ernst
Frederiksburg
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U.S. World Silk Center
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Fredericksburg Hospital
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Joyce Speeth
U.S Department of Agriculture
Paul Hurst
Harper, Texas
Lee’s
Floysode’s
Harper
Kerrville Bakery
Kerrvill
Feed Loan Office
U. Terminal Annex Building
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Ali
A. E. Self
Water Street
E. O. Longren
Junction
Schneider
Fredericksbu
Carl's Grocery
ST Tes
Lee
H. Welge Lew
Vita-Way Mineral
Cooper
Dr. Roger
Martin
Fredericksburg, Texas
Heil Motor Co
Dick Schumann
Dick Ebert
Benno Dans
Max Wahl
Vera Hahne
Heb sTomhk
Tom Martin
Sith
Democratic
Primar
Arnold Markwordt
Albert A. Weber
Reuben Nixon
PEAR
Margaret Wuehnsnan
Irop
Emorly Funeral Home
Serrvice Wolhen
AU Telephone
Gene Stover
Robert Wolevmueller
Cu Try *Livestock Protective AsSociation
Hill Country Livestock Protective Association
Harper Community
Alex Mittendorf
Prop
J. B. Adams
Jersey
Kerrville, Tex
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