New Harvest Method Saves Millions in Tobacco
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Granville County North Carolina growers saved 1 to 2 million dollars this year by a new harvesting method. Leaves are picked from the stalk from bottom up, not cut at the stalk, reducing wildfire risk and improving yield by 25 to 30 percent.
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North Carolina
Kentucky
United States Department of Agriculture
Granville County
N. C
Bright Tobacco District
Old Belt
Nature's Remedy Promises Gentle Digestive Relief
An advertisement extols Nature's Remedy tablets as a mild, thorough purifier for the digestive and eliminative system. It claims benefits for indigestion biliousness and constipation with a guarantee money back and aims to distinguish from harsher laxatives or cathartics. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent box.
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Nature
Slensean
Caré Should be Given In Selecting Breeders
The College of Agriculture advises retaining a mature sow that raised a good litter and discarding her only for strong reasons. Study sows before breeding and develop those proven worthy. Records show sows farrow and raise more and better pigs in later litters, with growth gains after weaning.
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College of Agriculture
Where are the old tradesmen of our youth in New York
The verse laments vanished craftsmen once common in daily life. It lists a tinman with a red cart, needlewoman, chair seat maker, umbrella mend er, salve vendor, clock fixer, kettle solderer, monkey-wrench expert, biographer scribe, and crayon portraitist. The poet notes one philanthropist visited recently, hinting at lingering figures still present in the city.
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New York Tribune
Church as a Community Center in Wartime
A Today's Housewife writer argues churches failed at wartime entry and left Red Cross to handle soldier support. The editor counters, noting church women joined early, contributing to patriotism. The piece critiques diminished church activity amid a major effort.
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America
Red Cross
Church as community center should be open every night
The author urges town churches to become community hubs with daily access and ample funding. They argue a live pastor alone cannot sustain outreach without active trustees deacons and elders and call for a more attractive, welcoming church environment to draw both young and old toward the Christian faith.
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Red Cross
Quote on Prejudice and Truth in Public Debate
A concise remark asserts that prejudices must not obstruct progress or the movement of fair thought. It frames free inquiry as essential to open discourse and civic advancement.
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Jersey
Jane Alden
Pogue
H. & S. Pogue CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
John A. Keller CO
Florists
Phoenix
Lexington, Ky
Mary Coleman Ayres
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