Sweet Potatoes Move Rapidly From North Carolina
Enterprise Bureau reports sweet potatoes shifting quickly from North Carolina chiefly from Elizabeth City. Early shipments bring high prices up to 8 to 10 dollars a barrel for Noones, with prices expected to hold 7 to 5 dollars as movement expands. Planted acreage and expected yield are down, limiting total shipments to about 1,200 carloads versus 1,361 last year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Elizabeth City
R. B. Etheridge
Etheridge
Valuable British Guiana stamp on display at international exhibit
The one cent British Guiana stamp, valued at over 50 000 dollars, was shown at the international philatelic exhibit in Le Havre. An American millionaire bought it in 1922 for more than 35 000 dollars.
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LE Havre
British Guiana
Health Superstitions Diet Claims Quick Pound Loss
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews a 1016 calorie plan promising two to three pounds weekly with meals including grapefruit broth trout fish vegetables and lean meat. He notes no magical weight loss substance exists and attacks the Hollywood diet grapefruit craze with a science note on vitamins minerals and dietary balance.
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Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Hera
Hollywood
Public Health Service Warns Water Not Always Pure
The United States Public Health Service cautions that running water may not be inherently pure, challenging prevailing assumptions about water safety and prompting calls for corrective testing and treatment measures.
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The
United States Public Health Service
Women inebriates enter The Woman's Day sanitarium for first time
The Woman's Day chain announces it will admit female alcoholics as patients for the first time, noting women now form a large part of its business. The piece reflects on changing female independence, cigarette use, and societal shifts, referencing Allan Benson and Good Housekeeping to discuss youth, advertising, and morality in a money-driven era.
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Allan Benson
Good Housekeeping
Uou
Buffalo to Get First Municipally Owned Seaplane Port
Buffalo New York will host the first municipally owned seaplane port as part of a state and city aviation plan. Officials say the facility will facilitate water landings and boost regional transportation and commerce.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bad Luck Haunts Jail After Curse
Chester Illinois reports a sheriff’s force haunted by a curse muttered by a gypsy five years earlier. The record shows a string of tragedies: Sheriff J. W. Heine imprisoned, Deputy Walter Mann slain, Sheriff L. Roy Edmiston died of appendicitis, Deputy J. Knott seriously injured by escapees, and Mrs. M. H. Palmer, wife of the current sheriff, died after an operation.
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Chester
Ill
J. W. Heine
Walter Mann
L. Roy Edmiston
J. ©. Knott
M. H. Palmer
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