State Cooperates in Home Reading Course
Washington state through its Education Department and State College cooperates with the Bureau of Education on Home Reading Courses. The National Reading Circle involves thousands nationwide reading these courses and awarding certificates bearing the Bureau seal. It aims to guide readers of all ages and provide inspiration to continue after starting.
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State of Washington
Department of Education and
State College
Bureau of Education
Bureau
National Reading Circle
United States
Commissioner of Education
Havin
Reading courses aid by Bureau of Education and libraries
The Bureau of Education with the American Library Association Publishing Board arranges reading courses across history literature biography fiction home making and maritime trades. Sixteen courses include The World's Great Literary Bibles Great Literature reading for parents and children American History and Shipbuilding among others. Washington state plan extends to eleven states with certificates signed by national and state officials and F F Nalder directing.
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Bureau of Briccetion
Bureau of Education
American Library Assoction Publishing Board
Joseph. Wheeler
France
Tron and Steel
Washington
Indiana
Arizona
Iowa
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Dakota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Virginia
Utah
Louisiana
Under the Wire mutiny on ship ends in dramatic chase
A merchant crew mutinies when the ship skips Tahiti to drop mail. One seaman dives overboard to swim to land and drink, prompting the captain to send the fastest swimmer to recapture him. The lookout chronicles the chase as he closes in, shouting updates until the swimmer passes the rival.
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Tahiti
mid-Pacific
In a Restaurant a Musician Plays for a Customer
A customer asks a musician if he takes requests and then playfuly proposes a game of dominoes to pass the lunch period. The musician agrees with a cheerful reply.
Wool growers in Williamson County form cooperative sale
Cooperative marketing advised by the local USDA county agent paid Williamson County Texas farmers 60 cents a pound for wool when local buyers offered 35 cents. The Williamson County Sheep and Goat Breeders' Association handled wool with sealed bids. Farmers declined bids, prepared for a Boston shipment, and after price drops locally, sent the wool. Boston price stood 25 cents above the original. Total gain to farmers estimated at 12,020 dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Williamson County
Tex
Boston
Seed of Redtop Found to Be Adulterated or Misbranded
The 1909 survey reports 902 redtop seed samples from 186 firms tested by the Bureau of Plant Industry under FE Brown. Of these, 57 samples or 6.12 percent were adulterated or misbranded as mixtures with timothy seed, from 28 firms nationwide.
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Redtop
Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
FE. Brown
Bureau of Plant Industry
Redtop Seed
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington ,. C
Eel Testing Laboratory
Agricultural Ration
Columbia
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Purdue Uniersity
la Fayette
Ind
Agricultural Experiment Station
Berkeley
Calif
Col- Terre Station
Tex
Echo Want Column Seeks Buyers and Sellers
Readers are invited to use the Echo want column to advertise items for sale or to post buying requests. Place your want ads with concise details and contact information for prompt responses.
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Echo
African Varieties Tested for U.S. Soil Adaptability
Dr H L Shantz leads Smithsonian African expedition from Cape Town to Cairo sending 1600 seed and plant lots to the U S Department of Agriculture for adaptation tests in America. new crops include a two foot gourd with two gallons of seed and butternutlike oil rich meat.
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United States Department of Agriculture
America
H. L. Shantz
Dr. Shantz
Smithsonian-African
Africa
Cape Town
Cairo
Orogue Free State
Transvaal
Congo
East Africa
Sudan
Egypt
Central Africa
United States
North Carolina Farmers Convert Wool to Blankets Amid Market Drop
Farmers aided by the USDA and State College of Agriculture turn 15000 pounds of NC wool into blankets as the bottom falls from the market. A Winston Salem and BlkIn company weighs, grades, and reports blanket yields, saving cash advances. Farmers expect about 50 to 55 cents per pound. State tests yield 73 to 84 cents per pound.
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North Carolina
United States Department of Agriculture
State College of Agriculture
Washington
Greensboro
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Elkin
State Experiment Station
Limator Bust Leads to Comical Hospitality Mixup
A humorous anecdote describes three travelers ordering breakfast with the first two requesting eggs and the third asking to remove eggs. A waiter repeats the order to the cook who laments the missing breakfast tool the liminator and its broken handle, prompting further quips.
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Cap’an
Summons by Publication in Quiet Title Suit
The State of Washington Chelan County issues a summons to E G Hall and Jane Doe Hall to appear within sixty days after December 17 1920 to defend a suit by Brockman and Ellen Brockman seeking to quiet title to Lot 14 Block 1 Leavenworth Land Company's First Addition Leavenworth Washington. Herman Howe is attorney for plaintiffs with address in Leavenworth.
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State OF Washington
E. G. Hall
Jane Doe Hall
Chelan
Washington
Leavenworth Land Company
Leavenworth
Notice to Creditors in Bert Blackwell Estate
In Chelan County Washington probate notice to creditors asks those with claims against Bert Blackwell deceased to file within six months after first publication. Claims must be sworn and supported, filed with Wenatchee attorneys Sumner and Lebeck or left with administrator A L Duhamel at Winesop. Dated December 16 1920.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chelan County
Bert Blackwell
Winesop
Washington
Sumner & Lebeck
Plough Building
Wenatchee
Gloom Name-Dropped Demands Proof in Rott Claim
Thomas Rott speaks of being urged by many friends to present proof as J Fuller Gloom demands names during a heated exchange captured in this Kansas City Star fragment. The brief item highlights friction between the two figures over the provenance of accusations.
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Mr. Gloom
Thomas Rott
J. Fuller Gloom
Kansas City Star
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SOCIE
Leavenworth, WN
Rurkist
Cooperative Wool
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
U. Ss
Chesha
Brockman
Elena Brockman
RE .G.hall
Herman Howe
P. O
Brooks
Motteler’s
A. L. Duhamel
Leavenworth Supply Comp
Broadway
New York C
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