Travel Memoir of a Yukon Stampede Dream in a Gravel Camp
The narrator recalls a trek through swift hills and snowy peaks to a construction camp where tales swirl of a Great White Land. Friends, hardship, and a push toward Los Angeles color a life of toil, glimpses of cheap living, and a restless drive for adventure.
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Tyrie
Massachusetts
Willie
Great White Land
Scootty
Renember
Serthy
Los Angeles
Prodigal Returns Stirred by Hard Times on the Road
The narrator recounts a life of vagrancy from orange-picking to travel dreams, chasing money in San Diego and Los Angeles. Penniless, he seeks a Northwest farm as a future refuge, but a Fortunelike stranger in San Francisco offers unexpected aid and a turning point. The tale ends with a lunch and a promise to continue the story.
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San Diego
Los Angeles
New York
Frisco
San Trancisco
San Francisco
Portsmouth Square
Lou
Michigan county groups study home grounds improvement
Groups of 20 in 12 Michigan counties will study methods to improve home appearance this winter under a landscape architecture specialist from Michigan State College. Students will photograph and measure grounds, plan plantings, and spend afternoons applying knowledge to home grounds.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Ingham
Branch
Cass
Kalamazoo
van, Buren
Barry
Kent
Ottawa
Oceana
Newaygo
Grains Yield Well on Michigan Soils at Fair
Michigan small grain yields in the Iran Butterfeld grain growing contest at the Michigan State Fair show strong crops on state soils. CG D Finkbeiner won the wheat class with 46.9 bushels per acre on 11 acres, valued at $55.81 per acre. Five acres of Spartan barley yielded 65.5 bushels per acre for John Inglis. Sixty three farmers entered. trophy winners included W R Hayward for corn, A W Jewett Jr for wheat, Farley Brothers for two row barley, Fritz Mantey for six row barley, and G C L G Hutzler for rye. Two Plymouth fishermen reported pike weighing 9 1/2 pounds each at Walled Lake.
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Michigan
CG. D. Finkbeiner
W. R. Hayward
Hillsdale
A. W. Jewett, Jr
Mason
Harley
Farley Brothers
Albion
Fritz Mantey
Fairgrove
L. G. Hutzler
South Maniton
Government aid eyed for corn belt livestock feeders
H A Beamer of Blissfield returned from Washington where he met with the Federal Farm Board the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Farm Loan Board to discuss extending credit to corn belt feeders. The talks centered on easing financing amid high interest and recent market losses as bankers tighten credit and feeder cattle prices drop compared with last year.
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H. A. Beamer
Blissheld
Washington, D. C
Federal Farm Board
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Farm*Loan Board
Farm Relief Aids Stock Growers Through Co operative Plan
Blissfield Advance notes farmer Beamer says funds for feeding operations will be secured via the co operative marketing organization, describing it as one phase of Farm Relief. Frank Love of Marion displays three prize steers a five year old Holstein about 3,400 pounds, a six year old Gallaway about 3,300, and a five year old Angus near 3,500.
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Co-Operative Marketing Organization
Beamer
Blissfield Advance
Frank “Love
Marion
Dextér
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Mae
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Irwin
Shere
Nals
Dene Scotty
Putin
Washington
Ypsilanti
Doe Wise
Miller’s Shoppe
Ypsilantits
Michigan Ave
Skinner
Exide Battery Shop
Auto Electric
EXIDE
N. Huron
AUTO
Diamond
ART .Co
William George Hayes
West ‘Michigan St
Ypsilanti Jewelers
Densadable Watches
Joseph Miller Company
Jewel
Ypsilanti Art Shop
Ypsilanti, Mich
Agron
Moffett-Frank Company, Inc
Buster Brown Shoe Store
West Michigan Avenue
Upsitz
Anti, Mich
Ladies’ Store
Ieee
Sgro Rices
Goa
Augustus Co
Michigan Avenue
Mulchaey
Auto Body Hospital
Cer
Candyland
Jack MW
Pappas
West Michigan Ave
Jack
Tale
Brien Bros. Shoe Store
North
Washington Street
Plymouth
Walled Lake
Brighton Argus
E. A. Beamer
National Co-operative
Chas. F. Horn
Lochsmeth
Washington St
Dorant
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