Government Experts Aid Fresh Water Pearl Button Industry
Government experts promote the fresh water pearl button made from American river shell as a major domestic industry. The Bureau of Fisheries supports the mussel fishery and button production, highlighting American labor and machinery and the button’s durability in hot water. The industry, backed by Herbert Hoover, emphasizes national self sufficiency and substantial employment.
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America
United States
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Mississippi River
Clem
Radio Column Highlights Fort Worth Area May Broadcast Schedule
A Pecos Enterprise radio column lists May weeknight programs from May 6 to May 12 including church services and concerts from Fort Worth Mineral Wells Denton Stephen ville and Texas Christian University. It discusses listener letters about radio reception and notes state dairy history contrasting boll weevil impacts with Georgia creamery growth.
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WBAP
First Methodist Church
J. W. Bergin
Will Foster
Ernett Davison
Mineral Wells
Texas
de Melay Orchestra of
Fort Worth
Rex Maupin
Harmony Club of
Denton Epworth League
Wardo Fouts
Euterpean Club
Ft. Worth
J. Edward Cooley
School of Music
Texas Christian University
Georgia
Iton
Georgia Farma
Vacuum Tube Safety Hints For Radio Enthusiasts
Safety notes warn against overloading filament current and using constant amperage. Do not mix plate and filament connections, work with power off when changing tubes, and keep voltages within rated limits for reliable operation. Readers are invited to request a public radio course through the editor.
When Figures Live Up in the Northwest Freight Tales
A Dearborn Independent piece contrasts freight costs with crop values showing a Oregon lumber shipment costing 409 to move 425 worth of lumber to Utah, yielding 834 value after travel. A Philadelphia car of lumber rises 816, forcing profit on 1616 total. A Michigan potato farmer notes 25 cents a bushel while a note with a potato shifts value to 250 cents, illustrating middlemen’ s gains. The column argues farming and industry must expand to build wealth, or middlemen dominate.
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Northwest
Oregon
Utah
Philadelphia
St. Michigan
Bien
Pennsylvania
Dearborn
Remedy Ad Claims Quick Cure With Laxative Brom Quin
An old ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as a One Day cure for cold symptoms. The copy asserts it tackles head congestion and headache and bears the signature of E. W. GROVE in each box.
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E. W. Grove
Ste
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Relief
A veteran ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims calomel is mercury and dangerous, causing bone damage and severe nausea, urging readers to try the liver tonic and get a refund if not improved.
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Sam
Treasury Savings
Dodson
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