Food Value of Green River Bottle Tied to Tomatoes
The food value of a Green River bottle is defined as three quarters of a pound of tomatoes. The measure links a beverage unit to a produce weight for pricing or labeling purposes.
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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1926
Page
6
The food value of a Green River bottle is defined as three quarters of a pound of tomatoes. The measure links a beverage unit to a produce weight for pricing or labeling purposes.
William H. Clinard Sr a 66 year old local businessman was killed when he apparently leaped under a southbound street car at Main and Cemetery streets. The coroner's jury ruled death by his own action after witnesses differed on intent. Clinard had recent health and mental treatment history.
Governor McLean rejects a pardon for W T Estes the former Wilson merchant who escaped from North Carolina prison and now asks to return home while Berlin geographer Albrecht Penck predicts global population reaching about 5 6 billion with Brazil possibly hosting 1 2 billion and China up to 600 million in three centuries the British Empire potentially 600 million and Europe Asia sharing the world’s population.
A narrator contrasts a neighbor’s vibrant garden full of heliotrope, mignonette, scarlet runners, and hollyhocks with their own yard, which features playful children’s tools and a sand pile. The speaker cherishes their quirky yard despite others’ obliviousness.
A Stratford on Avon humorist asked his landlady who Shakespeare was and if he was great. She replied that he wasn’t valued years ago and that it was the Americans who made him famous.
A bottle labeled Green River asserts its food value equals ten ounces of egg plant. The claim emphasizes the beverage's supposed nutritional equivalence, though no independent verification is provided.
In Danville Virginia on May 29 Vincent Griffith a black youth acted fast to catch infant James Albert Neal who toppled from a second story window. He reached the falling child before the doctor and the baby escaped injury aside from fear.
Farmers of this county shipped a carload of sheep to the Philadelphia market last week with strong sales. The car carried 103 lambs averaging 60 pounds each and fetched just over 17 cents per pound. After shipment costs, the net averaged about 15 cents per pound.
Bank of Mount Airy as administrator announces claims against the estate of R C Poore who died in Surry County North Carolina. Creditors must exhibit claims by May 18 1927 or be barred from recovery. Immediate payment requested as of May 5 1926.
J. F. Boyd, a stock farmer on the South Fork River ten miles from Newton, reports a bald eagle shot at by Mr. Parks near the sheep barn. The bird flew to a tree after the first shot and was hit again in the breast, bringing it down. The eagle, seven feet six inches wingspan with five inch claws, is alive and expected to recover.
Morris Gest will stage The Miracle as a Sesqui Centennial feature in Philadelphia opening June 1 and running to December 1. The world’s greatest music drama spectacle will be shown at the Metropolitan Opera House for five weeks starting October 4.
An advertising line promoting Green River as a beverages choice with bold call to action to obtain the product.
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