American ships ready for world trade under the Stars and Stripes
A vintage notice urges ship and sail under American control for global trade. It lists U S shipping lines and the Shipping Board as trusted operators, offers free motion pictures about ships, and directs readers to contact the Information Bureau in Washington for routes, sailings, and further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
H. Lane
Information Bureau
Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
Beauchamp Receives Honor After Church Campaign Success
C O Beauchamp of Shreveport Louisiana who grew up in this city led the Shreveport district Minute Men in the Southern Methodist educational drive and directed Noel Memorial church fundraising. He helped raise about 30000 for the campaign and was elected Emory University Alumni director for north Louisiana. He also serves as president of Louisiana's largest Sunday School association.
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C. O. Beauchamp
Shreveport
North
Louisiana
Southern Methodist
Beauchamp
Minute Men
Louisiana Methodist Conference
Noel Memorial Methodist Church
Emory University Alumni Association
Association For North Louisiana
Emory College
Mississippi River
Lower prices for shoes predicted by trade board
The federal trade commission told Representative Gillett that further declines in shoe and leather prices may be expected. It noted hides fell rapidly in 1920 while shoe prices only slightly decreased, and that 1919 saw larger increases than any other wartime year. High production costs and pricing on replacement costs kept shoe prices from falling as fast as hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Gillett
Has New Remedy to Fight Weevil in Georgia Fields
Ashburn Georgia farmer J M Rainey claims a plan to eradicate boll weevil. He watched early cotton suckers on a protected flat area, catching 278 mature weevils from those stalks while few remained in regular cotton. He urges sustaining small early patches for the pest to concentrate and die out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburn
J. M. Rainey
Turner
A New Method in Vermont Letter Sparks Talk
A Vermont woman reads a Boston sister's letter accusing a mother’s club of helping raise children. She condemns it as cruelty while recalling her own belief that discipline should come from a slipper and birching, not a club. The exchange underscores generational views on child-rearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Boston
Henry
Abigail
Administration Sought for Luther P. Weaver Estate
Mrs. Mattie Weaver has applied for permanent administration of Luther P. Weaver's estate in Butts County Georgia. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the clerk's office within the legal time to show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness signed this sixth day of June, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Mattie Weaver
Luther P. Weaver
Notice of City of Jackson ad valorem tax amendment
A bill will be introduced in the next General Assembly to amend Jackson charter increasing city powers for levying and collecting an ad valorem tax not to exceed ten mills for school purposes within city limits. Dated June 1921. C. L. Redman City Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
City of
Jackson
C. L. Redman
City
Butts Supply Company Incorporation Petition Filed
Petition filed in Butts County Superior Court seeks a twenty year charter for Butts Supply Company to operate as a general mercantile business in Jackson Georgia with 4000 dollars capital and authority to elect a board of directors and officers, adopt by laws and seal. The request includes filing and publication prior to court grant, dated May 20 1921 and signed by I S J Foster Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Butts County
Said County
W. .C. Stodghill
R. F. Welch
B. G. McBride
Butts Supply Company
Jackson
Butts
State of
Superior Court
I. S. J. Foster
J. Foster
Typhoid vaccine urged as Georgia deaths rise in 1920
The Georgia State Board of Health reports 549 typhoid deaths in 1920 and urges residents to request free typhoid vaccine. People are advised to write to the State Board of Health in Atlanta for vaccine for themselves and family and to have their health officer or physician administer it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
State Board of Health
Press of
Atlanta
Heavy rains devastate 30000 acres in Nile delta region
Tremendous rains in Dakaliyeh province in the Nile delta cause 30000 acres of cotton and wheat to be destroyed. It is estimated that 80 percent of the province's cotton yield is lost. Dispatch from Mansurah reports the damage and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Dakaliyeh
Nile Delta
Mansurah
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Guthrie Realty CO
Harkness Building
Jackson, Georgia
U.S. Shipping Board
State Street
New York, N. Y
Matson Navigation Company
Gay Street
Baltimore, Md
New York and
Porto Rico
S. S. Co
Broadway
New York
Pacific Mail
N. Y
U. S. Mail
Cuba
Church Drive
North Louisiana
Trade Board
H. W. Beecher
McKibben Buggy & Auto Co
Turner County
Goodrich
THE
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron, Ohio
Goodrich Tire
Silvertown Cords
S. H. Thornton
Jackson, GA
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