Tobacco trade in good shape says association head
Virginia Beach report quotes A. B. Carrington of Richmond as saying America's tobacco trade was strong in 1928 with exports rising and domestic manufacturing up. Hampton Roads accounted for 71 percent of U S tobacco exports by quantity and 80 percent by value, with cigaret tobaccos dominating demand and production rising toward 106 billion cigarettes in 1928.
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Association
Virginia Beach
America
A. B. Carrington
Richmond
Tobacco Association of the United
Hampton Roads
Carrington
United States
Mgr. Carrington
Irginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Notice setting aside assessment roll for Howell Street case
In Guilford county North Carolina the City of High Point seeks a corrected copy of the benefit assessment report for extending Howell Street The City Council requested the Clerk of the Superior Court to deliver a certified copy of the report filed by commissioners T R Short Jack Edwards and J R Moss so the council may hold a hearing The notice is dated June 26 1929 and signed by City Manager E M Knox
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Howell Street
City OF
High Point
North Carolina
Superior Court
Guilford County
T. R. Short
Jack Edwards
J. R. Moss
E. M. Knox
Four Old Major Lines Lose To New Industries
Iowa City report by Dr. Dale Yoder of the University of Town notes a eight year shift from farming manufacturing railroading and mining to other sectors. Since 1920 more than 2 300 000 left the four major lines with gains in building selling and servicing 750 000 hotel work 500 000 and other fields.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Dale Yoder
The
University of Town
Belar Predicted Major Earthquakes With Accuracy
Friends of Prof. A Belar director of Sir Humphry Davy Observatory Gorje-Bied Jugoslavia and seismology writer claim his 1929 Christmas letter listed monthly quake dates. May 18 cited as top risk and Trebizond Asia Minor suffered a deadly quake on that date. March 7 also marked a temblor at Dutch Harbor Alaska.
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A. Belar
Humphry Davy Observatory
Gorje-Bied
Jugoslavia
Belar
Trebizond
Asia Minor
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Rust Epidemic Feared at Ames Tied to Cedar Removal
Iowa State College plant pathologists fear a severe epidemic of apple rust if warm humid weather arrives. The fungus grows on red cedar trees, and control may rely on removing those trees to curb the outbreak.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Vermont Adds 60 4H Clubs
Vermont reports 66 new 4H clubs this year bringing total clubs in the state to over 400. The expansion highlights youth agricultural education across Vermont communities.
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Vermont
Burlington
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Bellas Hess Co., Inc
Gilmer’s, Inc
South Main Street
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Chic
Maise
George L. L
Fancy Gingham
Jap Pongee
Taffasan Rayon
Voile
Casion
Ingraham
Men’s Union
Fellows
High Point Manufacturing CO
Sartin's
Grocer
Randolph Mills, Inc
Franklinville, N. C
Crepe de Chine
Gette Crepe
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