Kentucky to enforce school attendance with officers
County superintendents urge Cora Wilson Stewart to enforce compulsory attendance after the 1920 Kentucky Illiteracy Commission ends. Moonlight school agents act as attendance officers but lack police power, while city and rural districts need formal officers to boost daily attendance. Mrs. Stewart cites New Jersey, Maryland and other progressive states leading in enforcement. Delicious cantaloupes advertised at Vanarsdell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Wilson Stewart
Stewart
New Jersey
Maryland
Kentucky
Government action to curb high living costs amid rail strike
Government agencies push to restore price levels as rail workers strike grows. War Department orders immediate sale of surplus Army foods, including meat and beans, via parcels post at below market prices starting August 18. Officials weigh enforcement against profiteering and possible wheat price measures.
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War Department
Hines
Colver
Leffingwell
Palmer
Congress
New York
White House
Wilson
Senate
Banking Committee
House
Igoe
Missouri
Federal Trade
Blanton
Texas
Bargain Jewelry Ad From Joe Rosenberg Store
An advertisement touts jewelry at 50 cents on the dollar from Joe Rosenberg established 1896. It promises bargains on Elgin and Waltham watches with location at 141 Water Street near Upper Street in Lexington, Kentucky. The copy notes a 34 year claim.
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Joe Rosenberg
Elgin
Waltham Watches
Water Street
Corne
Upper
Lexington
Calculating Tobacco Growing Costs Across Kentucky Counties
An Experiment Station effort tracks crop costs by weekly visits to about 80 Burley farmers in Fayette and Scott counties and 70 dark tobacco growers in Christian County. Experts and farmers keep books, aiming to produce data valuable to Kentucky growers by season's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Scott Counties
Christian County
Kentucky
RAT-SNAP rodent destroyer ad sells cakes by Chenault & Orear
Old reliable rodent killer RAT-SNAP offered in cake form with sizes 25cc 50cc and 5 cake 4.00 sets. No mixing with food and money back guarantee. Sold and guaranteed by Chenault and Orear for use in pantry kitchen cellar chicken houses coops out buildings storage facilities and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chenault & Orear
Cumberland County Buys Pure-Bred Livestock
Two farmers at Marrowbone near the railroad recently purchased two pure-bred Angus bulls and two Angus heifers for breeding. Over the past six months there have been several purchases of pure-bred Duroc hogs in Cumberland County.
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Cumberland County
Marrowbone
Pavilion Nears Completion At College Of Agriculture
The new livestock judging pavilion at the College of Agriculture nears completion with seating for 600 and two classrooms for judging work. The National Berkshire Congress will hold its annual meeting show and sale in the pavilion early in February.
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College of Agriculture
National Berkshire Congress
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Lewis James
Aeme
Alabama
Charles Hart
Sherbo
Novelty
Chong
Ozark Trail
Collins
Harlan
Life
Billy Murray
Arthur Fields
Sue
Green Brothers’ Xytophore Orchestra
Pillpfy Rupeles
Green Brothers’ Xylophone Orchestra
H. H. Pieper
Vanarsdell’s
Eastin & Harris
MT. Sterling
J. D. Hazelrngé & Son
Fitzgerald Co
Four Brotherhoods
Gj. D. Sullivan & Co
W. Locust Street
Mt, Sterling, Ky
McCann & CO
Trust Company Bodg
Ain I Ideal
Olympian Springs
Bath County
Olympia Station
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