Wheat crop for 1928 sets nine year record
Washington reports the September crop summary showing a national grain total of 5,675,300,000 bushels, up over half a billion from 1927. Wheat at 901,000,000 bushels marks the largest nine years with winter 579,000,000, spring 238,000,000, and durum 85,000,000. Corn reaches 2,931,000,000.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Kellogg Returns to Washington After Paris Antiwar Pact
Secretary Kellogg arrives at the State Department after signing the antiwar treaty with 14 other statesmen in Paris. News centers on a potential meeting with President Coolidge to discuss naval limitation and future procedure amid British and French attitudes. He deposits the pact in the department archives.
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Washington
State Department
Kellogg
Europe
President Coolidge
Great Britain
France
Paris
Department
Seven Die in Pocatello Plane Crash
A Fokker air mail plane on approach to Pocatello from Great Falls to Salt Lake City crashed killing seven. Victims named include pilot Paul Wheatley secretary Jesse Richards Ogden chamber of commerce W A Timmerman Ogden journalist Mrs Lawrence C Shaper and two children and W A Mclean Liberty Magazine representative.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Fokker super-Universal Air Mail
Great Falls
Salt Lake City
Paul Wheatley
Jesse Richards
Ogden
Utah
John Coolidge Given Clerk Post in Railroad Office
John Coolidge son of President Coolidge has been named a clerk in the office of J A Droege general manager of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad announced here.
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New Haven
Conn
John Coolidge
President Coolidge
J. A. Droege
New York, New Traven and Hartford Railroad
Indians Stage Farm Fair Wakpala
At the first annual agricultural fair and celebration by the Sioux Indians of this district exhibits of Indian crops livestock and poultry were featured.
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Wakpala
8. D
Dolton condemnation special assessment for sewer system
The village of Dolton announces a special assessment to fund a connected sanitary and storm sewer system across multiple streets including Woodlawn Avenue Ellis Avenue Greenwood Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. A perpetual easement is described to lay and maintain the sewer. Final hearing set for September 25 1928 with ten annual installments at six percent interest.
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Dolton
South
Chicago
Southern Railroad County Co
Board of Liuscees
Vilage
Dalton Nave
Woollawn Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago & Southern R. R. Co
14Th Street
Lincoln Avenue
146Th Street
Ells Avenue
Ellis Avenue
Greenwood Avenue
Dobsbon Avenue
148Th Street
Cook
Ilinois
Cook County
Dalton, Hainois
A. D
John Awarms, JR
Joseph L. Locher
William Waddell
Sweet and Low from Tennyson's The Princess
Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the song Sweet and Low for his poetic drama The Princess. Two songs were written with the swine tithe but the published one was selected by friends to whom he submitted them. The idea originated from notes made by the poet during a seaside stay several months earlier.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Mkep
Wouldn't It Public Ledger Vision of Awake Rights
A clipped quote from the Public Ledger laments a country where everyone demands his own rights and wakes the public discourse, portraying an unsettling surge of assertive citizens.
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Public Ledger
Harm Done by the Clever
A remark from Plain Talk Magazine quotes Arthur Schnitzter on how clever people ruin progress not through malice but by sacrificing intellect for momentary advantage or comfort, likening it to turning off a light to darken a room.
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Ine
Arthur Schnitzter
Plain Talk Magazine
Flag fringe symbolism ties gold fringe to regimental colors
The article notes that gold fringe on the American flag signifies regimental colors, reframing the flag’s decorative feature as a marker of unit identity and ceremonial status.
Diamonds and Tragedy in History’s Famous Gems
The article notes that most renowned diamonds are tied to violence, sudden death, and crime. It highlights India’s famed gems whose legends span a millennium, filled with treachery and murder.
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India
Banana Prolific Plant Yield Claims Explore Food Output
An ordinary banana crop is described as yielding about 382000 pounds of food per acre, suggesting high productivity. The statement highlights the potential scale of banana farming as a staple food source.
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Rinkema Bros
South Holland, Il
Hone Harvey
J Ray Manthey
First National
Federal Reserve System
BANK
Chas. E. Waterman
Horace Holmes
M. R. Weidner
W. H. Baker
Russel P. Blake
William Staat
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