Farmers Still Feel Land Boom Collapse Across Plains
Sioux City report notes lingering farm distress from 1919 land boom collapse. Some farmers who saved and diversified remain sound, while those who bought heavily at high prices struggle with interest and debt as a half crop of wheat threatens bankruptcy. In Nebraska counties foreclosures persist and rent plus interest bite farmers. corn and alfalfa look strong but tenants face ruin, and price fixing draws mixed reactions.
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Sioux City
Hastings
Nebr
Lincoln
Custer Battlefield Highway
State House
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Onawa
Send for veterinarian when cholera appears
When hog cholera comes your way the only safe action is to call the nearest qualified veterinarian surgeon and have him immunize your hogs Do not try to do this yourself as you may cause loss Never inspect neighbors sick hogs or you may carry germs of cholera on your feet and infect your own herd
Real Optimism Says Deaf Man Finds Quiet Joy
The Young-Old Philosopher recalls meeting a deaf man who uses an ear trumpet and listens only to meaningful talk. He praises life without gossip or petty chatter, likening the man to a walled garden apart from the world’s clamor.
Uncle Sam: The Mighty Civilizator and Servant of All
The passage extols Uncle Sam as the pinnacle of power and progress. It portrays him as provider and protector, weather forecaster, ocean guide, mail speeder, disease conqueror, inventor’s father, time standard setter, measurer, builder, teacher, judge, and world master. It emphasizes his enduring service to generations and his role as champion of liberty.
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Uncle Sam
Earth
Tle
Ife
Sare
Sam
Some of Life's Comedies in Newlyweds Tales
A humorous slice recalls newlyweds in odd predicaments. A winter scene ends with a bath mishap involving borax mistaken for medicine. Another couple endures a storm at sea as a bride calmly asks for help buttoning shoes aboard a capsizing vessel. A tale of sausages highlights a wife's culinary misadventure and a husband's demand.
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Ilenyen
New York Sun and Globe
T & Bornx
Foreign market insight saves poor oak shipment
An American exporter sent wormy oak abroad and faced a loss until a foreign antique furniture factory used the timber for grandfather clocks. The timely find turned the parcel into a premium sale and created a profitable overseas link, underscoring the value of tailoring exports to foreign needs.
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Department of Commerce
Force Not Elegance War Message From A Troop Leader
During the Chateau Thierry fighting an enlisted man, promoted to second lieutenant, used unusual phrasing in a report. He urged his runner to tell the colonel to hustle up reinforcements, as he and his platoon were all decomposed, yet reinforcements arrived in time.
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Chateau Thierry
Revenue officer suspects illicit activity near Vesuvius plume
A visitor to Naples observed Vesuvius daily from his hotel window and, after meeting city officials, claimed as a revenue officer that a hidden still operations were occurring around the mountain. He asserted locals were deceiving police, having watched the hill for a week.
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Vesuvius
Naples
To Be Restored to Fertility in the Garden of the Lord
Dr Norman Maclean laments the plain of Gennesaret once a rich garden now overrun by weeds as Ottoman rule casts a shadow. He foresees return to fertility and praises a Jewish nursery initiative shaping the soil for future fruit trees.
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Gennesaret
Josephus
Ais
Norman Maclean
Barns Converted to Garages and Storage in Missouri
A reporter surveys back yards to learn what happened to old barns from the horse era. Many have become garages with lofts empty or cobwebbed, others serve as storage. Some have been converted into playhouses, mainly by the children of Missourians.
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Missouris
Slump in State Taxes Hits Nebraska Panhandle Counties
The eleven Panhandle counties report declines in state tax levies from 1922 to 1923, totaling 11,599.52 less. Scotts Bluff shows the largest drop, yet the overall tax take remains a small fraction of the levies. Counties listed include Fanner Rex Butte Cheyenne Dawes Deuel Garden Kimball Morrill Scotts Bluff Sheridan Sioux with 1923 figures compared to 1922.
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Panhandle
Nebrasska
Scotts Bluff
Scotts Bluff County
Cheyenne County
Rex Butte
Cheyenne
Dawes
Garden
Gst
Kimball
Morrill
Sheridan
Sioux
Wheat sowing to be smaller across major states
Agriculture department surveys indicate winter wheat sowings may drop 15.5 percent or 7.177 million acres, totaling about 9.2 million, from last fall’s 46.297 million. Rye acreage could fall 9 percent to 4.759 million, with prewar norms at 2.562 million. States show varied intentions, led by Pennsylvania 98 percent and Washington 105 percent of last fall’s sowing.
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Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Hinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Washington
Too Wet for Wheat Too Dry for Corn Says Kansan
A Sumner County Kansas letter to Pine Bluffs Post describes extreme drought hurting corn after prior wheat floods. The writer notes renters unable to pay banks and selling out as ground remains dry with no rain in sight.
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Pine Bluffs
Sumner County
Kansas
Farmers Seek Aid From State Officials Amid Hardship
Wright Ford Cow reports six hundred farmers facing ceeds and ceasings in the southwest section under pressure. In a letter to Kansas state officials, he states farmers are broke and discouraged though industrious and eager to work. He asks about poorhouses or charitable institutions to assist families before snow falls.
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Seadwest
Aueimn
Wright
Ford
Kansas
Practice the Club Demonstrations
Many clubs in the state divide members into teams for local contests and select top individuals for the final club term. Counties plan August tryouts to choose the best team for a state fair contest, emphasizing subject mastery, teamwork, and cooperation with parents and the community.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Eam
Farmers Get $90 A Month In 1922 Pay Statistics
Nathan Straus Jr chairman of the New York State Senate Agricultural Committee notes that about half of U S farmers earned under 90 dollars monthly in 1922 as return on labor and capital while the average income was 1211 dollars versus 1456 in 1919 clippings reveal the era's farm earnings decline.
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United States
Nathan Straus, Jr
New York State Senate
One Who Knows and The Counter Jumper at Rex Beach romance
A Wednesday to Thursday presentation features Rex Beach romance One Who Knows a mystery melodrama with a beautiful girl who barters her kisses to learn the secret saving her sweetheart. Love defeats vengeance while hate fades. Also shown is The Counter Jumper a Larry Semon comedy.
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