Odd Bits of News From Ancient Strikes to Air Travel
A collection of brief items ranging from three millennia old wage disputes in Thebes to Navestock village fete bacon, North Dakota fossil forests, and historical river flows. Notes on highway deaths during war, Burns autographs selling for over 1500 dollars, and early aviation promises of luxury travel with hospital airplanes and reduced fire risks. Twenty one states see women entering House races while four seek Senate seats. Travel by air touted as comfortable as rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
South Atlantic
United States
The Daily Grind On Time And Coffee In History
A reflective piece compares modern toil to long waits for meaningful results. It recalls England’s 1652 coffee entry and twenty year battle to win markets, noting patience in business and life. It ends with the idea that growth is slow and harvests rare, as fate teases with limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Bobbie
Voliture
England
Pasqua Rosee
St. Micheals
Michael’s Alley
Cornhill
From Brazil to Space Age: A Global Orange Tale
California produces 8,600,000 boxes of navel oranges annually. The industry grew from an unlikely slip of fate and traces its roots to a navel orange from Brazil 51 years ago. The original tree remains alive in a Washington DC Agriculture Department greenhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Brazil
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
The Futile Chase for Wealth and the Illusion of Tomorrow
A rural weekly reflection cautions that the man who hoards wealth to the grave finds no joy. It laments plans that always push the self ahead to tomorrow, Christmas, or next year, noting most live in a near house of illusion.
Studies Made of Farm Problems in Southeast States
State experiment stations of the southeastern states North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi cooperate in investigations of regional agricultural issues. The effort, reported to the U S Department of Agriculture, aims to fight cotton boll weevil with early maturing cotton varieties, control cotton anthracnose, prevent soil erosion, eradicate the cattle tick, aid native fruits and vegetables, and foster a more diversified self sustaining farming system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
United States Department of Agriculture
Loving Cup Like A Prettiest Face In Rehoboth
A brief oddity from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald notes a playful comparison where a cup, mug, and face are described as identical in sentiment, praising the speaker’s beloved with whimsical wordplay.
Weather Bureau data aids public via climate insights
A Weather Bureau problem illustrates how the Agriculture Department returns value to the public. A film studio director sought reliable daylight in a northern East city to guide site selection. The weather man provided convincing figures on daylight hours by month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Old Rags Made Like New Electric Rag Washer
An old rag washing device advertised as a practical machine for home use. Promotes a compact electric rag washer with simple operation and affordable price, aimed at household chores and laundry efficiency.
Farm equipment and household items auction notice
A sale lists numerous farm implements including 10 foot Moline and John Deere discs and drills, cultivators, a corn binder and picker, a sulky plow, walking plows, binders with hitches, a Deering header, feed grinder and cooker, shells and mills, steel tanks, mower, rake, sleds, scales, Republic trucks, wagons, harness, woodworking items, furniture, sewing machine, clocks, jars, dishes, an incubator, a cream separator and churn, along with extensive household goods. Terms require cash up to 25.00, credit terms on larger sums with 10 percent interest and 2 percent cash discount. property to be removed after settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Deering
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thebes
Navestock
Robert Burns
Loch Twist
Fryers
Taymouth
Ohio River
National
House of Representatives
Senate
Hartman
Oberfelder & CO
North Platte Valley
Scottsbluff, Gering, Bayard and Mitchell
Nebraska
Great Western Sugar Company
Scottsbluff
Gering, Bayard
Mitchell
Scotts Bluff ‘County
Tranks
Kratz Abstract Company
Stuht-Uenk
W. O. Campbell
Potter
Dalton
Sidney
Township
Range
Hampshire
Republic
Avery
Dhning
H. Sanders
A. A. Sharp, Auctioneer
Potter State Bank
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