Cost cutting by home food production urged in South
H G Hastings of the Southeastern Fair urges a 1921 shift from cotton to self supplied food and grain. He argues rising costs from food purchases push cotton costs higher and that home gardens and farming can slash costs by one third to one half while preserving cotton as a vital Southern industry. He stresses planting abundant food, grain and forage and emphasizes early home gardens for healthful, steady yields.
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Atlanta
South
H. G. Hastings
Spalding County Court in Griffin Sits with Light Docket
The spring term of Spalding county superior court is in session in Griffin this week with Judge W. E. H. Searcy Jr presiding. Docket reportedly light and likely to last a week or ten days.
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Spalding County
High Play at Monte Carlo
Walter Martin, a Piccadilly cigar dealer, broke the bank at Monte Carlo three times in an hour and left for London with winnings of 15 000 francs. He played roulette with a self described defensive system and noted two standout sittings, including the bank break and a 500 000 franc loss. He claimed the trip funded his living expenses and companions, and observed crowds, many women players, and a mix of British and French players. The London Sun and New-York Herald report.
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Walter Martin
Piccadilly
Monte Carlo
London
The
Sun
New-York
Ierald
Martin
Bees Have Language and Telegraphy Say Scientist
Professor Francis Jager of the University of Minnesota farm division says bees possess a language and telegraphy system. He notes progress in apiculture but mystery remains, and describes experiments where bees cried when the queen was removed and rejoiced by standing on their heads after her return.
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Francis Jager
University of Minnesota
Jager
Professor Jager
St. Paul
Feed Yourself and Family This Year on Your Farm
A plain call encourages farmers to prioritize home consumption and livestock feeding over boll weevil control. It urges using available crops to sustain households and animals, reducing reliance on external pest measures this season.
Bank cashier suffers broken arm in runaway incident
Mr J T Gibson cashier of the Bank of Fevilla had his right arm broken and crushed when his horse ran away as he attempted to enter the buggy. He was taken to Atlanta for X ray examination and treatment. Financial strains are noted across cities counties and governments as expenditures outpace income.
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J. T. Gibson
Bank of Fevilla
Gibson
Atlanta
Life’s windows illuminate what we accept and reject
The text argues ideas must be examined in the right light to avoid stagnation. Each thought requires its own setting, like a window, to reveal truth and prevent inner souring. Those who open their windows gain fresh, vibrant understanding.
Prague on a Shoestring Budget in a Fetters Letter
A Prague traveler writes from New York about ludicrously low prices in Prague. He notes a 75 cent hotel room daily, restaurant meals with wine for 50 to 75 cents, cobbler repairs at five cents, and a champagne cobbler plus a Martini for 25 and 15 cents respectively. He praises the hotel as the best in Prague.
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New York
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jamaican Women Granted Vote In Parochial Boards Elections
Jamaica introduces a new law allowing women to vote in parochial board and legislative elections. Any woman aged 25 or older, literate, and of British nationality can vote if she meets salary or property qualifications: £5 yearly income, or £10 rent or £2 rates on property.
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Jamaica
British West Indies
Fashionable Voting Duty Prompts Miss Cayenne
In a speech on suffrage, Miss Cayenne declares commitment to vote in the coming election and to wear her finest costume, arguing that once women have voting rights it is patriotic to make voting fashionable.
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Miss Cayenne
Now EAT LIGHT BREAKFASTS The English Luncheon Trend
A New York World correspondent notes a shift from hearty English breakfasts to lighter meals. Steaks and fish breakfasts have faded as porridge and eggs decline. People, including women and clerks, favor larger lunches with multiple courses and greater midday sustenance for work and energy.
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England
New York World
Submarine Crews Take Up Upside-Down Fishing
American submarines based at Los Angeles and operating toward Santa Catarina island practice inverted fishing in about 90 foot Pacific waters. Crews lay baited hooks on deck rails before diving and secure lines with springs so caught fish remain until surfacing, reducing loss and snag risk.
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Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Santa Catarina Island
Pacific Coast
Parsons Receives Franklin Medal for Steam Turbine Feat
The Franklin Medal honors Sir Charles Parsons for epoch making steam turbine work that transformed propulsion of merchant and naval ships and the driving of electrical generators. Parsons faced early struggles and split from partners who discouraged him to carry on.
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Franklin
Sir Charles Parsons
Sir Charles
Charles Parsons
Scientific American
Capsules and fly screens improve modern comfort in homes
An Outlook excerpt lists two inventions as modern comforts: capsules for medicines and wire screens protecting houses from insects. It notes that in Civil War days the army used bitter medicine by teaspoon without disguise, contrasting with today’s well screened homes free of mosquitoes and flies.
Iron Ore Deposits Near Koursk Draw Sweden Studies
Russia's great iron ore belts were linked to magnetic disturbances near Koursk. Studies by the late Prof Leyst suggested two vast, parallel ore deposits, each over 57 miles long and about 40 miles apart, with records reportedly saved and moved to Sweden by observers.
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Koursk
Russia
Drnst Leyst
Sweden
Empress of Britain Sets St Lawrence Crossing Record
The Empress of Britain, first transatlantic oil burner to sail the St. Lawrence, arrived at Quebec from Liverpool in five days and twenty-two hours, shaving six hours off previous records on maiden oil burner voyage. Reconditioning costs matched original construction price.
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St. Lawrence
Quebec
Liverpool
Trade shifts in Manchuria change Chinese dress and imports
Consul General Albert W. Pontius from Mukden reports post republic fashions in Manchuria favor the ulster and Chinese styles over Western garments. Japan now dominates China’s imports of buttons and needles, supplying about 85 percent of 1919 button imports and controlling Chinese needle supplies, impacting local craftsmen.
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Manchuria
Republic
Albert W. Pontius
Mukden
Japan
China
Pontius
Germany
Austria
Christian Seclenee
Risga Island finds bridge gap in British occupation
Scientists uncover Oransay like vestiges on Risga in Loch Sunart Argyllshire Scotland. excavations reveal dwelling sites with food refuse and tools of flint jasper quartz horn and bone including large antler implements. findings may shift archaeologists view on transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic across Britain.
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Risga
Loch Sunart
Argyleshire
Scotland
British Isles
France
Oransay
Colonsay
Rista
Windows of Life and Vision in Grit
The passage compares two kinds of windows as metaphors for life. Stained glass windows are beauty without access to inner truth, while prism windows glitter but conceal reality. It argues for crystal glass that reveals far vision and lessons, embodying grit.
Swans Given to Royal Botanic Society for Weed Control
The lord chamberlain presents two swans to the Royal Botanic Society of London to replace escaped birds. The birds will be used to clear water weeds from the society’s Regent's Park lake, which had become choked after the previous swans fled. A heron’s visits were blamed for bringing the weeds.
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Charmberlain
Royal Botanic Society of London
London Daily Chronicle
Regent's Park
Lightning Strikes Utah Herdsmen Flock
A bolt of lightning interrupted two herdsmen sleeping near 1250 sheep above American Fork Canyon Utah. The flash struck the close-gathered flock, hitting about 500 sheep in two wide swaths, while areas on both sides remained untouched.
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American Fork Canyon
Utah
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Parachute Drop Record Certified for Lt. John H. Wilson
Record of a parachute drop accredited to Lieut. John H. Wilson U S A of the Ninety sixth Aero Squadron Kelley Field Texas shows a successful demonstration of parachute operation at high altitude. He leaped from an army airplane at nineteen thousand eight hundred sixty one feet and landed safely seventeen minutes later according to Scientific American.
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John H. Wilson
Aero Squadron
Kelley Field
Texas
Scientific American
New Express Company to Operate in South
The Southern Railway System and Mobile and Ohio Railroad transfer express business to the Southeastern Express Company on March 1. Based in Atlanta with $1 million capital, it will serve ten thousand miles of railroad across the South and into St. Louis and Baltimore, led by John B. Hockaday as president.
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Washington, D. C
Southeastern
Southern Railway System
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Southeastern Express Company
Alabama
South
Atlanta
John B. Hockaday
Old Southern Express Company
Southern
Mobile & Ohio
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
St. Louis
Baltimore
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Richmond
Norfolk
National Christmas Dinner Cost Tops One Hundred Million
The national Christmas dinner cost at least $100,000,000 with about 70,000,000 pounds of turkey served. Turkey averaged roughly 65 cents a pound, driving the turkey cost to about $45,000,000. Cranberries, mince pies and other fixings account for the rest.
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Washington
United States
Exchange seats sell at highest price in 1920
Seats on the New York Stock Exchange sold during 1920 for their highest prices in the history of that institution. A high record of 115000 was reached January 15 and prices rose until year end, with a low sale of 77500 recorded just before Christmas. Exports of feathers from Africa bring about 20000000 annually.
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New York Stock Exchange
Congress to convene in extra session in April
Congress plans an extra session in April as lawmakers respond to prolonged legislative activity and ongoing governance needs. The move reflects shifts in scheduling amid frequent sessions in recent years and aims to address urgent national matters.
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Congress
National Thrift Week Program And Creed Announced
The document lays out the national thrift week schedule with daily themes from January 17 to January 23 covering Bank Day Budget Day Life Insurance Day Own Your Own Home Day Make a Will Pay Your Bills Promptly Day and Share With Others Day. It also lists a Ten Point Financial Creed urging work budgeting expenditure records banking insurance home ownership wills bill payments investments and sharing.
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Benjamin Franklin
Ten Point Financial
Ovsa
Day Breaks as Country Closes Dark Chapter
A hopeful mood rises as the nation emerges from hardship and looks to stronger days ahead. Leaders urge resilience and unity while communities rebuild and plan national renewal initiatives.
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Progress
ARGUS
Jackson
Georgia
Jackson Milling Co
Spalding Superior Court
Windows of
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Africa
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