Food production and conservation at North Carolina convention
Raleigh reports the State Farmers and Farm Women's convention at A and B college August 28 to 30 will focus on food production and conservation. More than 1,000 farmers and farm women will attend lectures demonstrations and discussions with sections on dairying poultry beef cattle sheep and canning fruits vegetables and household management. Rail fare dormitory and meals offered with discounts and reminders to bring bed sheets and toiletries.
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Raleigh
Farmers’ and Farm Women's
A. and
B. College
North Carolina
Dan T. Gray
Agricultural Extension Service
Wongen
Mastodon Skull Displayed In North Carolina Museum
A mastodon skull found on the Walton farm in Onslow County during a 20th century expedition has been mounted in a North Carolina museum. The skull and other bones, nearly complete, were modeled from photographs by Brimley. The exhibit invites comparisons to elephants, with uncertainty about height and fur, dating from the Pliocene to Pleistocene periods.
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Mr. Adickes
North Carolina
Brimley
Natural Museum
North America
Railroads adopt car redistribution to speed lumber moves
Washington officials report the railroads war board will move empty freight cars between lines to speed lumber for army cantonments and shipyards. Cars are allocated from the Carolinas Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas with thousands added to lines servicing those states. The plan aims to mobilize freight cars nationwide to meet war traffic.
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Washington, D. C
Railroads’ War Board
Cantonments
Carolinas
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
War Board
Car Service Commission
South
Plan Great Drive for Food Crops
North Carolina Food Conservation Commission extended its emergency campaign through September 1. Governor T. W. Bickett chaired the meeting as officials urged fall sowing, winter gardens, better market conditions, and livestock development while conserving all food and feedstuffs. The executive secretary John Paul Lucat led the propaganda and county commissions coordinated with newspapers and business groups to boost production.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Food Conservation Commission
T. W. Bickett
John Paul Lucat
Conference on Living Costs to Discuss Federal Resource Control
Washington hosts a two day conference on curbing the high cost of living with delegates from across the country. The plan includes discussing government control of natural resources and a wartime taxation scheme using a tax on unused lands to fund war costs. Organizers claim land rents and natural resource profits total about 5.5 billion annually while producers pay 2.5 billion in taxes. The burden on workers nears 8 billion this year. Kitty Bransfield is praised as a skilled National League umpire. Klein and the veteran Pirates pastimer are noted arbiters of repute.
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Washington
Dissuss Federal Legisaation
Kitty” Bransfield
Klein
Phil Pastimer
Roy Patterson Reemerges with Twins as Rising Star
Roy Patterson is back with the Minneapolis team and pitching like a budding star. The piece notes his emergence parallels the move of Old Roman when he shifted his $1 team to Chicago and helped establish an American League White Sox.
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Roy Patterson
Minneapolis
Nires Pat
Com
Roman
Chicago
White Sox
Yankees Struggle to Stay in First Division
The Yankees have faced a strenuous season trying to cling to the first division with recurring battles to avoid being relegated or dropped from contention. The repeated push and pull reflects a volatile campaign as the team fights to maintain standing.
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Yankees
Carolin and Yadkin R R Co Schedule July 0 1917
Railway timetable page notes schedule in effect July 1917 for the Carolin and Yadkin Railroad Company. It lists expected train arrivals and departures at stations shown but states times are not guaranteed.
Subject to Change Without Notice
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