Michigan leads in alfalfa seed crop for dairymen
Michigan farmers produced enough alfalfa seed this year to cover most dairy operations in the state. The crop rose 800 percent since 1919, making Michigan a leader east of the Mississippi. Varieties recommended include Hardigan, Grimm, Cossack, and Ontario Variegated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Farm Crops Department
Michigan State College
Mis-sissippi
Ontario
College Crops Department
Armstrong A Home Merchant Booster Seeks Local Trade Policy
County school commissioner Ed win T. Armstrong of Lenswee says outside firms should not get mailing lists of county teachers. He favors trading with local dealers as public policy, noting teachers would not want flooding of ads and should buy for themselves and their schools from local concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin T. Armstrong
Schewoal
Lenswee
Armstrong
Pheasant Rain Sinks Man Driving From Plymouth to Detroit
A Plymouth Mail note reports a man en route from Plymouth to Detroit was killed instantly when a four and a half pound pheasant flew into his car. The license holder’s death led his wife and him to dine on the pheasant that night, inspiring humorous hometown commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Detroit
Plymouth Mail
Brighton Argus
Coons Hunt Timing and Weather In Michigan Past
The article recalls lawful November coon hunting from November 1 to 15, noting it was a popular fall sport in Michigan. Coon dogs located trees where coons sheltered, with success tied to night time conditions. recently fewer locals pursue coon hunting in the area as described by Manchester Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Manchester
Democrats sweep house and state races in wave
The article notes Democrats gaining control of the house with John N Garner as likely speaker, plus wins in Michigan Ohio New York and New Jersey. It details governor races Moore in New Jersey and Conner in Mississippi, Laffoon in Kentucky, and a New York referendum on reforestation shaping party power and leadership disputes.
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F. O. Hldred
Joseph W. Fordmey
Ohio
J. B. Hollister
Martin Sweeney
Josephy Delaney
New York
Edward L. Stokes
G. S. Graham
Pennsylvania
Farmer- Labor
New Jersey
New Hampshire
A. Harry Moore
William Baird, Jr
Hoover
Moore
Martin Sennett Conner
Mississippi
Ruby Laffoon
Kentucky
William B. Harrison
Louisville
York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
al Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Tammany
New York City
Adams Involved in Navy Row and Hoover Clash
Secretary of the Navy Adams intervened in the dispute between President Hoover and the Navy League, rebutting claims that U S naval spending lagged behind Britain and disavowing personal attacks on the president. He announced no resignation and outlined a White House inquiry committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Hoover
Navy League
United States
Great Britain
Ahab
Washington
White House
Navy
William Howard Gardiner
The
Gardiner
Whal Hugh Rodman
Hays Hammond
Ernest Lee Jahneke
William R. Castle
Eliot Wadsworth
the Treasury
Messrs. Hammond
Wadsworth
Jahneke
Castle
Germany Seeks Reparations Cuts Amid Debt Debate
Germany presses France for reduced reparations while citing foreign debts and a decade of export earnings to service loans. The Reichsbank reports that foreign debt payments will absorb export profits for at least ten years, even as a 600 million dollar currency surplus is noted.
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Germany
France
Reichsbank and
Bankers’ Committee
Dawes
Young Plan
Feeder Stock Loans and Yeast Bread Score Card
The notice explains feeder stock loan options through intermediate credit banks and Michigan channels for livestock and feed purchases with required applications. It also describes a 100 point home bread score card from a USDA bulletin detailing appearance, crumb, texture, flavor, and keeping quality for judging yeast bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
National Livestock Marketing Association
Michigan Livestock Exchange Commission Co
Detroit
National Credit Corporation
St. Louis
Michigan Livestock Exchange
National Livestock Association
Grass Lake News
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Edna Smith
Michigan State College
State Farmers Plow Big Acreage In Day
Michigan State college hosted a plowing contest where eight and nine horse teams entered, proving that a horse per team can plow an acre daily. Winners included Wayne Weatherwax, Bernard Bosworth, Clyde Butterfield, and Sherman Reed representing Cemert City Gran t Ledge Olivet Richland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Michigan State College
Wayne Weatherwax
Cemert City
Bernard Bosworth
Grant Ledge
Clyde Butterfield
Olivet
Sherman Reed
Richland
Edison records burn as flames level landmark
A fire early Sunday destroyed a Monroe County landmark house ten miles west of Monroe on North Custer road. The two story frame home housed 2 000 Edison phonograph records and 40 violins valued by Colton Clark known as Cobe Clark. Clark, a 79 year old fiddler, watched the loss and moved to a shanty on the farm. The house dated to 1871 and was once occupied by a sister of President Zachary Taylor. The blaze drew hundreds of tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Phonograph
Monroe County
Custer Road
Monroe
Zachary Taylor
Colton
Cobe) Clark
Fanatic Idealist Fueled by High Blood Pressure Says Expert
A commentator defines fanatic as a well meaning idealist whose thoughts revolve under the stimulus of high blood pressure. The remark frames extremism as driven by physiological arousal rather than malice or rational planning.
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Yace
Local anglers plant 30,000 bluegills in six lakes
The Chelsea Fishing and Propagation club received 30 cams of bluegills from Hastings State Hatchery to stock Cavanaugh Island Sugar Loaf Blind Long and Lehman lakes with 2 500 fish per lake. A field deer near Oxford sought refuge near a state park after a long run. Duane Foster grows cotton indoors and on a porch box, earning five cotton bolls. Gas and oil pockets found while drilling on Clara Bucknell farm near Howell. A Short-Way bus near Toledo caught fire west of town on US 223. Robbers steal gum cigars cigarettes and tires from Wabash street Johnston station and confess with one held for questioning. Twenty one newspaper publishers in the district meet in Clinton. Mat Blosser of Manchester is honored for 65 years in the business.
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Chelsea Fishing and Propagation Club
Hastings
Cavanaugh
Island
Sugar Loaf
Blind
Long
Lehman
Johnston
Wabash Street
Milan
Second Congressional District
Clintonian
Clinton
Mat Blosser
Manchester
Blosser
Brooklyn
Exponent
New Anti Aircraft Gun Shoots 500 to 600 Shots Minute
A machine gun rated effective at three miles altitude fires 500 to 600 rounds per minute. The text speculates it could be tested on faxes.
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Dod Wick
Armstrong A. Home Merchant Booster
Edward W. Pickard
Ritchie
James A. Reed
Missouri
Cermak
Lewis
Chicago
Levais
APAN
Russia
Manchurian
China
League of Nations
Japan
Manchuria
League
Moscow
Izvestia
W. H. Gardiner
Elegates
Chicago Board of Trade
Silas Strawn
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Strawn
Ie Bpc
American Railway Association
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Senate
National Economic Council
Geneva
Arthur Henderson
League Council
Edward Algernon Fitzroy
King George
MacDonald
Mahatma Gandhi
India
George
Gandhi
Buckingham Palace
Eithopia
Lion
Judah
Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
Kaiser Wilhelm
American Chemical Society
Akron
Westerm Newapaner’ Asies.s
Edison Records
Oxford
South Lyon Herald
Duane Foster
Clara Bucknell
Howell
Livingston County Republican Press
Toledo
Blissfield Advance
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