Beef supply urged by U S Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture reports beef exports and products have risen 177 percent in three years and warns of a growing shortage abroad. It urges maintaining or increasing beef cattle numbers, especially where range and farm practices allow, to meet domestic and export demand.
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States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Beef production gains urged in settled South and North
A historical proposal outlines increasing beef output across settled farms and southern ranges by preserving calf flesh through winter, expanding breeding herds, raising range calf crops, selecting good bulls, reducing tick areas, cutting disease and predator losses, moving stock to feed-rich regions, and boosting winter feed and shelter while using roughage and nitrogenous concentrates with less grain.
Aiding the Sheep Industry Urges Extension Work and Law Reform
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture urges action to boost sheep farming during wartime. Highlights include enlisting specialists in 12 states, improving state laws to protect flocks, forming boys' sheep clubs, expanding education on sheep raising, grazing idle land with sheep, and securing liberal bank lending for new sheep raisers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Councils of Defense
United States
More Sheep Desired to Boost U S Farm Meat Supply
The article argues for increasing sheep herds due to high mutton and lamb prices. It notes rough land and neglected fences as opportunities for sheep feeding and stresses avoiding excess fat in sows before breeding.
Mule Brays Time For Lithonia Daylight Saving
In Lithonia Georgia the town’s jackass, owned by E W Reagan, has brayed at eight o clock for months guiding schedules. With daylight saving the clock is an awkward problem as residents adjust watches but not the donkey. A board of trade meeting is planned to address how to set the stubborn animal to nine o clock new time.
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Ithonya
Lithonia
E. W
Reagan
de Kalb
North Georgia
Aaron
Board of Trade
Grateful Wildcat Pays Beside a Pioneer in Cal
Fred Hall of Shingletown California befriended a wildcat and her cubs after finding one trapped by his own steel trap. The mother returned with gifts to his cabin including a fawn and later a deer carcass. Wardens doubted his tale until the wildcats themselves produced the evidence. Neighbor William Dunham says Hall must answer for a calf killed by the animals acting as agents.
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Francisco
Fred Hall
Cal
Hall
Battle Creek
William Dunham
Serb Boy Sells Papers At Armory Door Told By Soldiers
A brown curly headed boy pleads for his Mother Goose book at an armory doorway as soldiers buy his papers and give him apples popcorn and candy. He explains he's a Serb mistaken for Italian by one guard and is sent away with his earnings.
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Brudder
Bradder
Sojer
Subway stenographer wins suit over ankle size
In a Bronx supreme court case, Miss Minnie Lipkowitz settled for 1000 after her stenographer’s claim of ankle size discrepancy led to a dramatic out of court settlement. Attorney Frieda Thomas staged a heightening reveal on the counsel table.
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York
Minnie Lipxowitz
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Justice McAvoy
Bronx Supreme Court
Frieda Thomas
Lipkowitz
The Moon Speaks to Tiddy in a Warm Rose World
A girl named Tiddy visits Beatrice in a sunny climate full of roses and warmth. The Moon explains that real things are those that are beautiful and joyful, and urges her to embrace positive visions rather than grim beliefs.
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Tiddy
Beatrice
Riddy
Devver
Rosses
Lfe
Miss Tiddy
Parable Teachings and The Widows Gift in Mark 12
The lesson outlines Jesus countering scribes and elders with the parable of the husbandman, the question on tribute, and the Sadducees' trap about resurrection. It highlights the Great Commandment, the widow's mite, and calls attention to ignorance of Scripture and God’s power as core errors.
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Caesar
God
Jesus
Christ
Petition of Women Urges Grain Prohibition to Aid War
Senator Jones cites a remarkable petition signed by six million patriotic women and major women's organizations urging the president to use war powers to ban grain and other foods in malt and vinous liquor production. He notes the effort, led by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, marks a historic unity of leading groups. The text and signatures were printed in the Congressional Record.
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Jones
Seattle
United States Senate
United Stas
Congress
America
Bartisans
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Miss
Maryland Lawmakers Face Liquor Tactics in Ratification Debate
The Union Signal warns liquor interests use corrupt tactics in the ratification fight as legislators admit possible gains from votes. It urges voters to demand uncompromising prohibition stance and integrity from candidates during primaries.
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Maryland
Aad
Union
Friends of Prohibition
Prohibition
Kansas Troops Praised by Governor Capper and General Wood
Governor Capper and General Leonard Wood acclaim Kansas troops for superior suitability and morale. The governor notes no withdrawals due to alcoholism and fewer physical rejections than other states, while Wood credits Kansas living standards and welfare laws for easier wartime camp life at Camp Funston.
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Kansas
Capper
Leonard Wood
Camp Funston
Funston
One Way of Repressing Prohibition
A concise editorial line asserts that the sole method to curb prohibition is to furnish the land with legitimate alcohol access, presenting a stark interventionist stance and civic policy argument.
How the liquor traffic pays
The passage argues the license system harms society by funding crime and poverty. It cites a Mark Twain quip about misused funds and claims saloons breed vice while taxpayers cover criminals and the poor. The piece implies licenses profit vice and mocks the system’s economics.
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Mark Twain
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Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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Thre Women’s Petition
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