Big Four cuts service and telegraph links in Marshall
The Big Four railroad firm closed its Marshall offices for 16 hours on Sunday citing economy. Western Union is tied to the railroad in Marshall, and residents are urged to use Terre Haute or Martinsville to telegraph in. The paper condemns the move as harming local telegraphic access while noting the season’s Clark County soybean crop remains strong with many carloads shipped and the need to keep beans clean and inoculated.
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BIG Four
Buncombe
Marshall
Terre Haute
Martinsville
Western Union
Clark County
Farm Bureau
Baltimore
Maryland
California
Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue University
Clark County to test cattle for tuberculosis this summer
The message urges testing of cattle in Clark County to ensure milk purity. It notes that 10 MILK provides the best food value for cost and calls for more cattle to be tested this summer than previously.
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Clark County
Philippine Islands 1923 Economy Strong Amid High World Prices
Basic factors in the economic life of the Philippine Islands in 1923 were sound according to official reports. World prices of export products rose above delivery costs and sugar yielded extraordinary profits. The export import relation was similarly favorable.
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Philippine Islands
Postmaster General notes foreign ships carry most mails
The Post master General reports foreign boats have carried virtually all mails abroad. In the first seven months of 1923 American vessels carried 116,915 sacks outborder and returned with 17,581 sacks from foreign administrations, under 16 percent of the amount carried over. He aims to shift mail carriage to American ships.
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New
Coal Mine Fatalities Rise in January Across States
Fatal accidents at coal mines nationwide killed 234 workers in January, per state mine inspectors reports to the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Compared with January 1923, the January 1924 figures show lower fatality rates per million tons for most accident causes except explosions.
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United States
United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Italian artificial silk industry slows real silk and textile trade
The Italian artificial silk industry began about 15 years ago and now retards progress of real silk. It also affects cotton and wool trade to some extent. Artificial silk is produced in Italy by the whose process. About 14,300 workers are employed in the industry.
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Italy
Lands for Soldiers Open to Homestead in Colorado and Montana
The Interior Department announces about 46 000 acres of public lands in Colorado and Montana will open for homestead and desert land entry on April 19 1924. Ex service men gain a 91 day preference and may file on unentered tracts. The Colorado 30000 acres near Pueblo and Huerfano counties are rolling first and second rate soil, while Montana’s 16087 acres offer deep clay loam soil on a higher plain.
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Colorado
Montana
Department of the Interior
Pueblo
Huerfano
Pondera Coulee
Senate chieftain seeks federal policy on water power
Chairman Norris of the Senate agriculture committee aims to use Muscle Shoals to set a federal policy for water power development. He argues federal ownership and operation are needed alongside the Boulder Canyon Dam project on the Colorado River. The remarks mix economic contrasts with aphorisms on money and motivation.
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Norris
Senate Agriculture Committee
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Canyon Dam
Colorado River
The Eternal Triangle Strikes a Domestic Note
In sharp quips about haste in marriage and leisure in divorce, the piece mocks social pretensions. It charts the domestic orchestra as the eternal triangle, where perceptions of importance are judged by others through a satirical lens.
Uncle Sam's Prosperity Census Wealth Figures
The Census Bureau fixes national wealth at 320.8 billion dollars with more than half in real property and improvements. Per capita wealth stands at 2918 dollars.
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Census Bureau
Liars in business drive targets wholesalers and retailers
The Federal Trade Commission targets sellers who advertise direct from factory to you while retailing other manufacturers products. A cautious buyer is urged to keep your hand on your pocketbook as deceit is warned. The text notes sport models and Milton reference about the golden car of day.
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The
Federal Trade Commission
Milton
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Harry B. Potter
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the Forum of the Press
Walter A. Newli
Casey
Hocuk
IIL
Adele
Mile
Overseas Mail
Bubeck & Gallagher House Furnishings
Hidme of the Victor
Herald
F.o.b
Ncoannonhtia
Cork’s Insurance
Agency
Uncle Sam
Peerless Cleaners
Detroit
Fordor
Michigan
Netzet
Ford
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