Potato Houses Deliver Steady Returns in Hart County Plant
A revival of sweet potato farming in Hart and Butts counties yields growing profits from community storage houses. Since 1918 thirteen storage houses have been built with a $13 000 investment and 1919 net profits of $4 485, plus 43 000 bushels stored. Shares of $5 finance the co-op with 40 to 60 farmers per house, delivering high dividends and teaching business principles.
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Hart County
Butts County
J. H. Warren
Progress-Argus
Sweet
Birth rate versus death rate in the United States
The census bureau shows the U S birth rate exceeds the death rate by about one third, a positive note amid global concerns. It contrasts with France where censuses warn more deaths than births in some years, and notes immigration and Americanization through schools as vital to future growth. Feed yourself first and let the bo weevil have the remainder.
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Census Bureau
United States
France
Wen
Half Your Living Without Money Cost in 1921 South
In Atlanta H G Hastings President of the Southeastern Fair urges lower cotton costs and reduced acreage. He promotes home gardens as the quickest cheapest food source, claiming a well tended garden can supply half the family living and reduce store bills, with crops for summer fall and winter.
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Atlanta
Georgia
H. G. Hastings
South
Pollyanna at Jackson Theatre With Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford stars in Pollyanna at Jackson Theatre on Thursday and Friday January 20 and 21. The local note teases the boll weevil’s impact in the county with a threat of harsher times this year.
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Mary Pickford
Jackson Theatre
Ku Klux Klan Parade Stirs Jackson Crowds
A Knights of the Ku Klux Klan parade in Jackson drew attention as white clad marchers moved through the business district near the courthouse square before dissolving suddenly, leaving onlookers curious about their origins and destinations.
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Jackson
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Court House
Paris crowded as cosmopolitan hub and refuge
Paris before the war was a meeting place for many nationalities but now the city hosts a permanent resident mix. Belgians Russians French families Americans English and Balkan and other nationals fill apartments while Parisians are pushed to the suburbs or struggle to find city housing.
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New York Evening Post
Paris
Excelsior
Balkan States
Poland
Turkey
Cigarette Tax Revenue Falls in November 1920
Treasury officials told the Senate Finance Committee that cigarette revenue dropped four million dollars in November 1920 versus November 1919.
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Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
The Cardinal Hat and Its Secret Robes
The cardinal hat is never worn except when the pope places it during elevation. Upon death the hat is placed in the cardinal's coffin. The crimson robes and hat are dyed with a pigment supplied by a Burtscheid cloth firm. the dyeing process remains a closely guarded secret.
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Sacred College
Burtscheid
Aix-la-Chapelle
Trade With Australia Grows
Trade between the United States and Australia shows healthy growth per figures to the commerce department from A. W. Ferrin trade commissioner in Melbourne. The first quarter imports reach about 27.78 million dollars while exports total around 16.35 million dollars. February exports nearly match January and March totals, with shipments exceeding imports in February, while March imports exceed February values.
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Australia
Department of Commerce
A. W. Ferrin
Melbourne
Making it Homelike on Dolly Birthday
On Dolly’s birthday she received a baby bulldog and kept it by her side all night. The puppy slept through the night while Dolly pretended to be its mother to comfort it. She told her mother she stayed awake crying baby Nelson who cried for his mumsey, and Dolly made faces to seem like a bulldog muvvver.
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Dolly
Sid Dolly
Nelson
London
Potato Growing Contest heats Butts County foes
In Butts County a lively potato growing contest features teams or groups named Progress Plenty Prosperity celebrating harvest prospects as contestants urge higher yields and bumper crops.
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Butts County
World Population Estimated at 1 699 000 000
The latest edition of the Gotha Hofkalen der places Earth's total population at 1 699 000 000, up from 1 646 000 000 in 1919. The Eastern Hemisphere holds 1 494 000 000 and the Western Hemisphere 205 000 000, with global density 28.5 per square mile. Europe is the most densely populated region at 114.5 per square mile while Australia remains the sparsest at 2.45 per square mile.
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Gotha Hofkalender
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Americas
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