Inauguration Visitor Shares Unfamiliar Exam Tale
Mrs. Charles Ben Smith of New York, Civil Service Commission member, met Mrs. Helen H. Gardener of the Federal Civil Service Commission in Washington. The pair exchanged notes and experiences, including a NY applicant who failed an exam for the State Income Tax Bureau after the examiner asked about liquid assets and he admitted he never studied chemistry.
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Washington
Charles Ben Smith
New York
Civil Service Commission
Helen H. Gardener
Federal Civil Service Commission
New Public game tests price drops from last year
Belton Missouri paper notes a curious game where residents guess which articles cost less now than a year ago. A house keeper tells a neighbor she bought something today cheaper than last year, sparking the local challenge.
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Belton
Bargain Grocery Values From a Local Advertiser
A grocery ad lists sale prices on rice, tomatoes, dates, canned fruit, salmon, peas, beans, kraut, milk, coffee, soap, and baking goods. Items include California peaches five pounds for 1.00, eight cans of salmon for 1.00, seven cans lard for 1.00, and coffee at 1.00 for four pounds.
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California
Argo and
Libby
Lippincott
Hughes
Ohio
Marketgram reports higher prices and mixed demand across grains and feeds
Receipts outpace demand in Cincinnati and Memphis while prices rise in several markets. No Idaho reports at Kansas City with some stock unsold in Chicago. No. 1 timothy and alfalfa prices quoted from New York to Memphis show varied gains. feed prices hold with weaker bran and middlings in Minneapolis. Livestock and dairy also show shifts with hog gains and softer butter at week’s end.
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Cincinnati
Memphis
Idaho
Kansas City
Chicago
Prairie
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Northeastern
St. Louis
Omaha
Winnipeg
Boston
Wisconsin
Youve Met Him A Humorous Tax Joke And Town Notes
A humorous verse satirizes income tax schemes and greed. The piece then shifts to Mt Sterling Chamber of Commerce updates noting new enterprise interest, donations from May and Coleman, plans for a playground, and calls for local support and suggestions.
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May
Coleman
Delicious Cafe
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
C. of C
Mt. Sterling
Advises in Avoiding Bad Canned Goods
The Bureau of Chemistry warns Kentuckians about botulism from contaminated canned foods. No Kentucky deaths yet, but any can that looks or smells spoiled should be discarded. The notice stresses no indictment of canning practices and urges caution with suspicious tins.
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Breau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bureau of Pure Food and Drugs
State Board of Health
United States
Kentucky
Bureau
Changeable Woman and Her Sufficient Change Jibe
A light quip notes that no matter how changeable a woman might be, she never seems to have enough change. The remark plays on the idea of fluctuating moods and coinage in a witty streetwise tone.
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Chamber of Commerce
Man Marries Model Housekeeper Faces Trouble
The man who wed a model housekeeper meets more trouble than the hob who reported an empty going East, reflecting a humorous misfortune in a concise local note.
Means of Control Given for Early Garden Pests
Garden experts list cutworms wireworms and plant lice as key early season pests. Use poison bran mash or ground sprays for cutworms, arsenic-treated bait for wireworms, and tobacco soap spray to combat plant lice. Wrap cabbage and tomato stems to protect young plants.
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H. E B. Jewitt
State College of Agriculture
Six Leading Bankers Life Salesmen Earn Big in Year
Advertisement touts earnings for Bankers Life salesmen with top earners over 15000 annually and many above 3000. Claims strong current sales growth and seeks a district salesman with substantial advertising support in Louisville Kentucky.
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Bankers Life
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