Manchuria’s rapid population growth reshapes a future market
The Commerce Reports highlights a two decade migration of over 20 million people into Manchuria. The region, 1000 by 800 miles, mirrors the American Midwest in climate and crops, attracting millions from overcrowded southern China. Rail expansion fuels growth as migrants buy American tractors and engines, signaling Manchuria as a rising export market. Will Durant envisions a shift toward mental labor replacing manual work.
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Pacific
Manchuria
Commerce Reports
United States Department of Commerce
Orient
China
Middle West
Capone Revealed as Family Man Amid Gangs Life
The Chicago mob boss Al Capone is portrayed as a devoted husband and father, despite his violent illegal career. A Chicago correspondent notes his private life centers on family, though jail limits visits. the piece, drawn from NEA Service, hints at a moral about ambition and home security, while noting Capone’s conflict between wealth and personal life. Also referenced is Montana National Guard encampment in Helena offering a week of rain.
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al Capone
Chicago
NEA Service
Capone
S Nero
New York and the notion of importance in cities
The director of the New York Welfare Council questions claims that New York is the most important city, arguing that significance is personal rather than tied to size or wealth. He suggests any town can be life changing, and criticizes judging schools by candidates’ religious affiliations.
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New York Welfare Council
New York
Provinces
Earth
Brady
William Brady
Thia
Information Bureau
Helena
Fireproofing matches and cigarets to save forests
The United States forest service and the Bureau of Public Standards seek fireproofing ideas for matches and cigarette tips to prevent forest fires. Experiments with fireproof coatings and tips may take years, and even then prevention is not foolproof. The piece urges careful extinguishing of all flames when camping or driving in forest lands to protect rapidly dwindling forests.
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United States
United States Forest Service
Bureau of Public Standards
Washington
Night of Death in Prohibition Enforcement
A Ford returning from Abingdon is ambushed by McReynolds deputy, Worley, and Crowe. A shot kills Young Kendrick. no liquor found. McReynolds and two others face murder charges amid a controversial enforcement tale.
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Kendrick
Blue Ridge
Phelps
Dutton
Virginia Pike
Abingdon
McReynolds
Mac
Worley
Plasterco
Young Kendrick
Prohibition Enforcement
SENTENCE SERMONS by Rev Roy L Smith at Minneapolis church
The sermon urges forgiving others as readily as seeking forgiveness, choosing the highest ideal, and accepting limits of human understanding. It calls for divine help to combat smallness of soul and to avoid forcing others to live by our conscience.
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Roy L. Smith
Simpson M. &. Church
Minneapolis
Postwar Farm Land Values Decline From Peak During War
The Haskin Letter reports government figures showing farm land values rose during World War I driven by high agricultural demand and war-time profits. After peaking, values declined through 1920s and 1929, with national averages remaining above prewar levels but far below peak war prices. Regional contrasts show New England, the grain belt, and central farms fluctuating differently.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Europe
United States
New England
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pacific
Farm land values in postwar era fluctuate across regions
A long report details regional shifts in farm land values from the postwar peak. It notes the South Atlantic states held better than many, while the Great Plains and Midwest saw sharp declines from 1920 highs. Montana and other western states also show notable decreases from prewar levels.
Asthma in Children and Related Health Questions
Dr. Stearns S. Bullen reports 235 asthma cases in children under two, half with family atopy history. Colds seen as upper respiratory hypersensitivity, not infection. Nasal infections low. iskin tests show sensitivity to foods like egg, wheat, peanut, dairy, and to horse dander and pollen. Treatment yields 25 fully well, 134 much improved, 44 improved, one death. unrelated anemia and uric acid questions answered in columns.
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New York State Medical Society
Stearns S. Bullen
Rochester
Bullen
Answers to Questions From the Helena Information Bureau
Questions and answers from the Helena Independent Information Bureau cover golf course costs, Ontario power rates, elephant burden capacity, etymology of Ruth, and the feminine form of villain. The Q and A responses include cost ranges for golf courses, government electric service in Ontario with domestic rates, elephants carrying capacity, Ruth’s Hebrew meaning, and the feminine form of villain with historical usage notes.
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Ontario
Canada
United States
H. EB. A
C.J
Ruth
Villain
Jos
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England
Will Durant
Montana National Guard
Helaea
Board of Education
The
Washington Daily News
Haskin Letter
Forfar
Tong
South Atlantic
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Montana
Idaho
Itaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Towa
North Carolina
Exac
Holland
H. P
Uric Aeld
John F Dille
Montana Trust and ‘Savings Bank
the National Bank of Montana
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