City Men Urged to Help Farm Nations War Effort
An appeal urges urban businessmen to close shops and redirect labor to farming during wartime. Clarence Ousley advocates a local labor committee to canvass volunteers, match workers with farmers, and aid planting, cultivating, and harvesting needs.
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Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Clarence Oumey
Grange
Grange, the President of the Union, the Manager of the Co-Operative
Farm and City Man Calls Service to the Farm
A rural message urges readers to repay the farm by serving their country through labor and patriotic effort. It emphasizes the farm’s vital support of both home and business, and asks city men to reflect on their debt to agriculture and respond with action.
Farm Labor Problem and Community Action Cooperation
The message urges study of the farm labor problem beyond farmers and city men. It emphasizes city involvement to solve issues affecting farming communities and business success. Readers are directed to write to the department of agriculture in Washington DC for a copy of the work titled The Farm Labor Problem Man power Sufficient if Properly Mobilized by Cooperation and Community Action.
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Freedom of America
Bill Brown
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Potatoes Thrive In Deep Warm Well-Drained Soil
A guide notes potatoes grow best in rich deep friable loam with good drainage and ample decayed organic matter. Warm soil that is not too stiff supports healthy potato development and yields.
Protect Farm Buildings With Timely Repairs And Painting
William A. Radford explains that maintaining and painting farm structures is cost effective, preserves value, and aids loan eligibility. Delays due to high materials prices threaten property and resources. well kept barns and stalls boost dairy yields and asset value, with a featured design for a high quality dairy barn.
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Europe
Devil and the Deep Sea proverb origin note
The excerpt explains the saying between the devil and the Dead Sea as a cryptic expression tied to the casting out of devils in Cadara and the swine rushing to waters. It cites Clark's Palaemiologia (1639) and suggests the phrase implies choosing between two terrible alternatives, possibly from legend or fiction.
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Cadara
Clark
Dead Sea
Snakes of Australia and Tasmanian venom status
Australia has about one hundred snake species with three fourths venomous. Large pythons and rock snakes are harmless. As climates move south, dangerous varieties rise and in Tasmania all species are venomous, though only five are truly deadly.
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Australia
Tropics
When Sharpening Pencils at Upak Paper
A historic note explains sharpening a lead pencil with a guard paper from Upak Paper. The guard prevents the lead from touching fingers and helps maintain a clean, even point during sharpening.
The Star Spangled Banner and Old Glory Ode
Fragmentary patriotic verse recalls the Star Spangled Banner and Old Glory. It praises freedom, courage, and national service, envisioning the flag’s radiance guiding brave hearts through siege and conflict. The piece invites enduring devotion to the land of the free.
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Land of the Free
Old Glory and the Meaning of the Flag in War Time
A patriot voice extols Old Glory as more than silk and bunting, defining the flag as a symbol of national honor, justice, and freedom. It links the banner to sacrifices in war, the memory of Washington and Lincoln, and the unity of nations. The piece casts the flag as a universal emblem of liberty, destined to fly in American homes and overseas, alongside Allied banners.
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Washington
America
Waxington
Iillagen
Great Britain
England
Scotland
St. Patrick's Cross
Ireland
Prussia
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Saxony
New York
California
Luxerburg
Belgium
Massachusetts
Virginia
Yorktown
Jackson
Lincoln
France
Flanders
Royal France
Earth
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