Bumper crops to put South back on its feet
In the aftermath of the 1930 drought, regional rains spurred hope for recovery. Delta Mississippi shifts from cotton to hay, oats and garden crops as Arkansas reports strong seed-led aid from the Red Cross and widespread garden cultivation. Mississippi and Western Tennessee also show good corn and beans with normal rain, despite tight credit.
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Memphis
Tenn
Delta
Mississippi Delta
Arkansas
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Mississippi
Tennessee
Wake Up Your Liver Bile Without Calomel
An old advertisement explains that the liver must pour two pounds of bile daily to aid digestion. It condemns salts mineral waters oils and laxatives as ineffective and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow. The copy urges buyers to seek the Carter Medicine Company product on the red labeled bottle and warns against substitutes.
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Carter
Carter Medicine Company
Dance and club notes from Vermilion area social happenings
Gus Edson reports a social evening with dancing and radio listening at the Ward residence. The Golden Glow Club met for sewing with hair care and french seam demonstrations. Members Helen Kern and Shirley Napp attend a 4 H camp. Local families and visitors frequent Vermilion-on-the-Lake and surrounding towns, with relatives from Huron Elyria Cleveland and Raymond, Minn.
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Camp Iss-See-Kies
Frank Krueger
Russel
Schafer
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Fred Griener
Bettie
Huron
NM. McGregor
McGregor
Oleta
Blanche Portvleidt
Raymond
Minn
Frank McCalla
Cleveland
No-Credit and Untilled Land Hinder Farmed Returns
The passage notes two main obstacles: the original producer was denied credit, and marginal land that had not been cultivated before, despite yielding small returns, remained untilled this year.
Oberlin Community Church Garden Party at Ward Home
About eighty attended Sunday services at East Oberlin Community Church with Miss Susan Hinman leading the ladies class in Mrs. Ford’s absence. A July garden party at Professor Ward’s lane home drew about one hundred East Oberlin residents, who listened to radio stars Sue Suzanne and Susan, then enjoyed ice cream and cake. Ward projected outdoor pictures of new and historic New York City buildings as Kazuko Higuchi gave an interpretative Indian costume performance.
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Oberlin Road
East Oberlin
Ford
Susan Hinman
Oberlin
Professor Ward
Aad
Sue
Suzanne
Susan
Ward
New York City
Kazuco Higuche
Chicago Police Radio System a Key City Improvement
Chicago’s police radio, now one year old, is hailed as a major improvement by officials led by Acting Police Commissioner John H. Alcock. The system handled an average 245 flashes daily across 110 squad cars, aiding about 34 arrests daily. Plans include syncing three stations for simultaneous bulletins and extending radio contact to fireboats and Coast Guard life boats.
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Chicago
John H. Alcock
E. F. McDonald, Jr
William P. Hilliard
Hilliard
West Side
Fire Department
John Anderson
Coast Guard
Washington
Long Search Ends in Locate of American Aviator Grave
Paris reports the tale of Lieut. Pap Saunders and his parents who pursued years of clues after his plane went down in October 1918. Guided by a map marker and War Department files, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders traced the remains to a grave once marked unknown, later identified as an American lieutenant and reburied at Romagne sous-Montfaucon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pap” Saunders
War Department
Eddie Rickenbacker
Raymond J. “Pap” Saunders
Billings
Mont
France
94Th American Aero Squadron
Brieulles
Meuse Argonne
D. E. Saunders
Mrs. Saunders
Captain Sparks
Meuse
Vilesnes
Dun-sur- Meuse
Tration Service
United States Army
Berlin
Saunders
Lieutenant Saunders
Fontaines
Romagnesous-Montfaucon
Doctors Fight Paresis With Germ of Same Family
Development of a new microphone ten times as sensitive as present is announced.
Mayor Fines Himself in Salem for Red Signal
Mayor John M. Davidson ran a red light then returned to city offices and fined himself two dollars. He paid the fine. In California a project to build a machine using electricity and light to solve complex mathematical problems faster than billions of years is underway.
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Salem
John M. Davidson
Hae
California
ZEMO Scalp Treatment Ad Promises Dandruff Cure
An antiseptic liquid named ZEMO is promoted for dandruff, itching scalp, and skin irritations. The ad claims rapid relief and urges keeping ZEMO on hand, with prices 35c 60c and 1.00.
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Zemo
Apple tree grows in Telluride’s aging mining town
Telluride Colorado reports a lone apple tree in the city limits, 41 years old, planted on Joseph Balikger’s lawn. The Siberian crab apple blooms annually in mid June and is designated as the official hare hinger of summer.
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Bagon
Telluride
Colo
Joseph Balikger
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Gus Edson
Ibs
Rembrandt
Olife
A. Durlam
John Campbell
Elyria
Charles James
Blaine
Edward Maloahy
H. McGragor
John Bauman Jr
S. S. Hutchinson
H. Howard
Hlyria Clinic
Sarah Jane Kuckenrither
Sugar
Brautipol
Drae Wegam
Karpen
Olicta Group
Middle Ave
Fifth ST
Broad Street
Grant's
Grant
Oxford
Dandrute
NEW Firestone
Firestone
Ryt
Firestone Service
al Mason
Cedar
C. B. Finley Co
Grafton B. Jones
Wellington
Ridgeville Heights
M. E. Heath
la Grange
Rogers & Schafer
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