Cups replacing boxing to save naval stores industry
The executive committee of the Consolidated Naval Stores Company endorses universal use of cups and gutters for turpentine collection, warning that the old box method exhausts virgin timber. Department of Agriculture data supports higher yields and healthier trees with cups, signaling a shift southward in production and a push for permanent regional viability.
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Gulf States
Florida
Labama
Mississippi
Costa Texas
Virginia
Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Carolinas
Consolidated Naval Stores Company
Department of Agriculture
Naval Stores
United States
South
Colonization letters urge educated women to Rhodesia opportunities
A letter led by Princess Christian and allies argues colonies offer educated English women equal chances, contrasting spinsterhood with positions in nursing teaching and clerical work. It endorses Rhodesia for tobacco and cotton, notes remoteness and rail gaps, and predicts soil cultivation as Rhodesia’s long term strength alongside emerging mines.
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Princess Christian
South African Colonization Society
Lady Bective
Central Bureau For the Employment of Women
Lady Knightley
British Women's Emigration Association
Lady Grosvenor
Colonial Intelligence
England
Lathon
Greece
Rome
Rhodesia
London
Canada
Two World War veterans get a day of joy through Katherine
Katherine helps two old soldier brothers and a widow attend Memorial Day events in a grand outing. She arranges repairs for her brother’s shoes and uses an auto to escort the group to a cemetery ceremony and a river road drive, ending with a celebratory dinner with General Thomas W. and Judge Adams.
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Judge Adams
Jack
Spencer Street
Katherine
Mamma
Robert
Phyllis
Jerry
Dawson
Silas
Johnnie
Merorys
Thomas W
Davis
Henry
Language prep for Paris boosts impression even if not understood
Miss Cayenne says studying French before a trip to Paris makes an impression on Americans, even if it may not help you be understood. The advice emphasizes listening and effort over perfect comprehension.
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Paris
Miss Cayenne
Akes
Amerith
Tiburon Island Home of the Seris Described
A distant Tiburon Island in the gulf of California is noted for its Seris, a small indigenous group reputed to be cannibals and to wield a deadly arrow poison. The piece cites H. H. Dunn describing the island as a distant, sparsely populated outpost remote from New York and San Francisco.
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New York
San Francisco
Gulf of California
Gulf
Tiburon Island
Tiburon
H. H. Dunn
Wide World Magazine
Artistic Deception Reeled by Old Gallery Swindle
A couple recalls how their early art excitement faded after trusting art dealers. They describe Josiah buying a claimed impressionist masterpiece only to discover the canvas was a damaged egg smear, exposing a swindle and dampening their gallery spirit.
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Josiah
Note on Kitchen Table Reveals Mrs Brown’s Disappearance
A young man bursts into a city hospital seeking Mrs Brown and claims a note on the kitchen table saying Have gone to have my kimono cut out Annie. The hospital attendant confirms she is not there, suggesting a possible disappearance or flight under mysterious circumstances.
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Brown
Jack
Annie
Arrests Move From Game Reserve to Liquor Charge
William Cutsinger, once under arrest for hunting on a game preserve, was seized again last week by a U S marshal on a charge of illegal liquor sale and transported to Indianapolis for trial. A genuine Brown Cultivator advertisement follows.
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William Cutsinger
United States
Indianapolis
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Youngstown
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Peoria, & Louis
Brehunter
Vandalia
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Bedford
Monon
Seymour
Pennsylvania Lines
Louisville
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Westport
Big Four
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Central Passenger Association
H. P. Radley
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Grand Central Station
Long & Warren
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