Southern Farm Board address highlights southern living gaps
James C. Stone outlines southern economic and social conditions using data from Dr. C. Taylor. He cites cropper and tenant tobacco and cotton, high credit rates, low incomes, tax participation, illiteracy, and newspaper readership as indicators of living standards in ten southern states and compares with national figures.
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James C. Stone
Federal Farm Board
American Country Life Association
South
C. Taylor
Department of Rural Economics
North Carolina State College of Agriculture
Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
Georgia
Southern Carolina
South Carolina
Telephone ownership in the South and nation wide
The report shows only 2.7 percent of homes in the nine southern cotton and tobacco states have telephones compared with 22.5 percent in the nine highest states. Nationwide 387 of 1000 homes have telephones with regional variations noted for North Carolina 149.5 per thousand and South Carolina 57 per thousand, while the West North Central region records 695 per thousand.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Sunshine Mission Serves Busy Friday Supper
McCallsburg notes report the Sunshine Mission annual supper starting at 5 p.m. and busy late hours with strong patronage. Community activities include Bethany Aid Society, P T A meeting with Armistice Day program, and multiple visits, illnesses, and social events across town.
McCallsburg Parish Activities Schedule
Bethany Lutheran Church offers Bible study and prayer each Wednesday at 7:30. Choir meets Thursday at 8. Catechumens gather Saturday at 16. Sunday School at 10 fore noon with English and Norwegian Bible classes. Norwegian services with Holy Communion at 11. Zion Luther League day set for November 16 at 7:30 p.m. Pastor’s topic The Third Petition. Ladies Aid annual dinner and sale on Tuesday, November 18 starting with Norwegian language services at 10:30 and serving at 11:30 followed by the sale. Take the day off and spend it with us.
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Bethany Lutheran Church
Odd Christmas Card Lots For Sale By Rod Publishing Co
Rod Publishing Co offers mixed Christmas greeting card sets at 50 cents per set of 25 cards sold as a bulk lot.
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Roland Record Rod Publishing CO
Arthur J. Rod
Story
Hamilton
Hardin Counties
Roland
Iowa
Uncovering the Head as a Mode of Salutation Through History
The practice of removing hats as a greeting stems from ancient military dress, signaling courage and deference. It evolved into a general salute to distinguished persons and the national flag, though Quakers reject hat raising. Pathfinder Magazine cites Fox and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in discussion.
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Indies
George Fox
Macauly
Fox
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Pathfinder Magazine
Chautauqua salute and its famed handkerchief waving
The piece recalls the Chautauqua salute and handkerchief waving from its origins with Lewis Miller of Greensboro Ohio, noting its hundredth birth anniversary and connections to Henry Ford William Jennings Bryan and Maude Adams. It mentions English Christmas Peter Pan adaptations and the social uses of the gesture.
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Lewis Miller
Greensboro
Ohio
Henry Ford
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Maude Adams
Peter Pan
England
Peter
Wendy
Why Saturday Is Holiday Origin Explained by Education Official
An official from the New York City Department of Education states that Saturday’s origin did not start in cities but in rural areas during colonial days. He suggests the day began as a school holiday to allow farm children to assist with work so families could observe Sunday.
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New York City
Department of Education
Why We Say Scot Free and Its Medieval Roots
The phrase scot free means to get away without paying a penalty. Scot comes from the Anglo-Saxon scent meaning to pay, tied to the old scot and lot tribute owed to one’s superior. If fortune spared someone, he was said to be going scot free, a meaning kept in modern usage.
Labyrinth Word Traced to Ancient Egyptian Labyris
The Kansas City Star explains that the term labyrinth derives from Labyris, a twelfth dynasty Egyptian king noted for building labyrinths. The word’s modern sense as a maze or intricate situation comes from his pet pastime centuries ago.
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Labyris
Kansas City Star
Knowle House in Staines Sheds Drake Era Wallpaper to London
In the Knowle, Staines, one room of the oldest house where Sir Francis Drake stayed, has lost a valuable wallpaper. The hand painted Chinese paper from about 1780 was removed after dampening and backing. The Knowle, long owned by the Kellett family, features shiplike corridors and plaques for Drake's dogs.
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Staines
England
Knowle
Sir Francis Drake
London
Shanghai
Kellett
Francis Drake
Defenders of Jerusalem Worthy of Their Race
Ancient Rome under Titus besieged Jerusalem after a long siege. Mount Zion and the rebuilt temple suffered fire and destruction as the Jewish defenders fled across the Tyropoeon gorge into the old city of David. They held the ancient palaces until the last man fell.
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Titus
Vespasian
Rome
Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Herod
Zion and
Moriah
David
Overdrawing Bank Accounts Linked to Borrowed Checks
A Detroit News report cites a downtown bank teller: many overdrafts occur when people write checks on blank checks borrowed from friends and forget to deduct them. He argues that carrying the checkbook and using only checks from it would reduce overdrafts.
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Detroit News
Diesel Engine Pioneer Advances Cheap Fuel Use
Dr Rudolf Diesel of Leipzig developed an internal combustion engine using high compression to ignite a fuel air mix at the moment of power. He proposed using cheap low grade oils as fuel when injected into a hot compressed air charge during the working stroke. He collaborated with manufacturers and produced a highly economical heat engine.
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Rudolf Diesel
Leipzig
Doctor Diesel
End of the Rainbow Legend and Its Chasers
A traditional legend claims a pot of gold lies where a rainbow touches the ground though the source is unknown. Visionaries and dreamers are sometimes called rainbow chasers in reference to this tale.
How to Make Clear Ice by Forcing Cold Air
Air bubbles form cloudy ice as water freezes. A stream of cold air is forced into the freezing water to keep it moving and expel air bubbles, producing clearer ice.
Barley From Kish Town Found in Ancient Grain
Samples of barley found by the Chicago Field Museum and Oxford University expedition in 1928 at Kish, the ancient Mesopotamian city, are declared burned by US Department of Agriculture experts. Three jars of grain were uncovered in two buried buildings dating before 3200 B C, now reduced to almost pure charcoal.
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Saul
Chicago Field Museum
Oxford University
Mesopotamia
Kish
United States Department of Agriculture
Left Driver Lamenting in Paris Barracks
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that American Expeditionary Force soldiers in Paris were kept in the barracks by midnight. A recurring scene shows soldiers dashing from taxis shouting Gangway for a bucket of paint, prompting gate sentinels to admit them and keep the driver out.
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Paris
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Joyful prolific juvenile writer Edward Stratemeyer
Edward Stratemeyer, famed for juvenile fiction, authored over 600 books across four major series including Old Glory, Soldiers of Thunder, Putnam Hall, and Frontier Boys. He wrote under many pen names and used secretaries, producing works about the lives of numerous great men.
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Edward Stratemeyer
Lfe
History of Paper Making Across Ages
The Chinese knew paper early and writers place its origin in the second century BC. Paper spread to the world by the eighth century. It likely reached Greece from Asia and was used by Empress Irene around the late eleventh century. Europe began papermaking under Moorish influence in Spain in the mid twelfth century.
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BSC
Greece
Asia
Irene
Europe
Moor i
Spain
Ames Church of Christ appeals case over $700 judgment
Officials say they will take the suit to the supreme court after Judge Clock awarded Mrs. Hattie Ball Larson a $700 judgment plus interest on a note. Witnesses testified the note was burned at a debt-wiping ceremony.
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Ames Church of Christ
Supreme Court
Clock
Hattie Ball Larson
I. J. Scott
Building Committee
Parley Sheldon
Ames
Ames Public Schools
United States
C. I. Merrick
Nevada
94Th Aero Squadron
Hoover
Col
Edward V. Rickenbacker
America
Graettinger
Hubbard
E. F. Miller
Strand Bakery
Marshalltown
Henry Severeid
Story City
Hollywood
California
Pete Peterson
Glenn Fausch
Slater
Kamrar
Maxwell School
Perry
Juvenile and Unemployed Housed at Ames Municipal Jail
Adventurous youths and unemployed men receive free lodging each evening at the Ames municipal jail. Each inmate must register name and address, though many lack a fixed address. No meals are provided.
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Ames
Camp Fire Girls Meet During Parent-Teacher Night
The Camp Fire Girls gathered at the school house last Wednesday night November 5 with all members present. They helped entertain the children during the Parent-Teacher meeting as noted by Esther Cole the scribe.
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Camp Fire
Esther Cole
Candling Eggs Law Enforcement Tightens in Iowa
The Dairy and Food Division of the Iowa Department of Agriculture has focused on enforcing the egg candling law to stop the sale of unfit eggs. Secretary Thornburg says dirty eggs harm Iowa's reputation and unfairly penalize producers of good eggs. He urges dealers to use egg candlers at purchase and notes candling is a step toward grading eggs to boost high quality production.
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Dairy and Food Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Thornburg
Two Plagues at Once Radcliffe Signal
The note discusses Radcliffe moving toward Hubbard and possibly taking control of the city. It mentions M. Hendrickson as long time mayor, and lists Lars Auestad Ira Larson Bert Samson in business in Hubbard. Auestad recalls an old remark about Norwegians and a quack class. Hubbard is improving with new residents.
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Radcliffe
Hubbard
M. Hendrickson
Newgaard
Lars Auestad
Ira Larson
Bert Samson
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