Cement Costs and Market Forces Explain Building Prosperity
The article argues that building is a major employment driver and that cement prices reflect cost factors. It notes rising input costs, strong government price comparisons, and the role of labor, freight, coal, and lime in cement pricing. It cites Jevons on uniform markets and explains how freight and competitive pricing shape local cement markets.
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United States Geological Survey
United States Department of Labor
United States
W. Stanley Jevons
Jevon
Airship sighting and local society notes prevail in Camargo area
The report notes an airship over Camargo Sunday morning and T C Quisenberry plus family visiting from Lexington to stay with Charles Wyatt. Local cattle trade at Rose stock pens drew about 66 cattle changing hands Friday and Saturday amid rising prices from good grass. The high school stage play Mrs Tubbs of Shantytown drew a full house with Daisy Rose as Mrs Tubbs and Elizabeth Davis as Miss Clingie Vine delivering a lively performance.
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New Rose
Bettie Horton
Bruce Duff
Daisy Rose
Mrs. Tubbs
Elizabeth Davis
Clingie Vine
Gala Chase
Mary Deatly
Klamath Keith
Seasonal Garden Tips for Asparagus and Home Planting
Garden note advises continuing cultivation after asparagus cuttings until tops risk breakage. It covers late cabbage sowing by June 1 for July transplants, ideal varieties Flat Dutch Louisville Drumhead and Succession, spacing guidelines, sweet potato timing and field setup, tomato transplanting depth, celery seeding for July sets, and tips on germination and cheesecloth covering for celery seeds.
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Louisville
College of Agriculture
Piano Recital by Mrs Reid Pupils at Christian Church
The pupils of Mrs. Emilee H. Reid present a Friday evening recital at 8 o clock in the Christian church with the public invited. A note urges sensible opinions and daily learning as well as a travel tip about wells in the Austratian desert that yield gold water only at night.
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Emilee H. Reid
Christian Church
County Court Days Listing by County and Monday
A lengthy schedule lists county court days for Kentucky counties with pairing counties and their meeting Mondays. The notice ends with a quip about gossip and birds, noting the Advocate as a twice-a-week publication.
Poison effective against land crabs in Florida coast
The U S department of agriculture reports carbon bisulphide can destroy 90 to 100 percent of land crabs along the Florida Atlantic coast near Palm Beach to Cape Sable when applied once. An anti crab campaign is planned for December as tomato planting begins. Crabs infest low flats where water lies one to four feet deep, with 1000 to 20000 holes per acre, damaging winter truck crops and tomatoes by eating young vegetation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Florida
Palm Beach
Cape Sable
Atlantic Coast
Keys
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