Record Crop Prospects From October 1 Report
The Agriculture Department's October 1 crop estimates show record prospects for corn oats wheat and barley with total U S production nearing 3.0 billion bushels. Barley yields surge to a high mark while oats and wheat improve in the Dakotas Minnesota and western states. Damaged quality due to rains and floods affects berries potatoes and other crops, yet pastures stay strong and hemp and sugar crops show mixed results across states.
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Abhington
Ostts
Department of Agricul
North Central States
North
Central States
Erndler
Gulf and Western States
Gorn
Minnesota
Dakotas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Mississippi River
United States
Colorado
South
Tennessee
Carolinas
Kentucky
Burley
South Atlantic
Ohio
West
Illinois
Government Crop Service
New England
Nebraska
Washington
Virginia
New York
West Virginia
North Carolina
Indiana
Linois
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
California
Nevada
Law
Wstri?s
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Great Plains
Colorao
Beyond Hundredth Birthday of Cumberland’s Old Foreman
Cumberland, Oct 39. Foreman Taylor, who just passed his one hundred third birthday, lives on a Potomac south branch farm. In an interview he cites freedom from dissipation, early rising, and hard work as keys to his long life. His wife Mrs Taylor remains capable of daily farm tasks. He recalls presidents, remembers old trade routes with Georgetown and Washington, and notes his sons Willie and Brooke nearby. He remains a keen reader yet prefers home life, rarely traveling, while monitoring crops and livestock and noting political leanings and historic views.
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Cumberland
Foreman Taylor
Potomac River
Taylor
Lis
Imakorts
Ora
Willie Foreman
Brooke
South Branch
Layor
United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Jackson Taylor
Maylor
Cumberlan
vArough
Vietor
Maryland
Mr. Taylor
Washington
Georgetown
Potomac
Teacher Finds Vast Alaska Oil Lake in Snow
Newsman recounts W B Van Valin of the US Bureau of Education revealing a flowing oil lake in Alaska. Eskimos reportedly knew of springs. Van Valin, with wife and daughter, travels 40 miles by dogsled toward Torch, Cal. to claim the oil as liquid gold amid unknowns. The oil reportedly flows year round and does not freeze.
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Seattle
America
Arctic Circle
Eskimor
W. B. van
United States Bureau
Alaska
van Valin
Victoria
Tock
Cal
Yenice
Diving as a trade for blinded soldiers
London reports Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee chair C Arthur Pearson proposes deep water diving as a viable occupation for blinded veterans. He notes diving for breakwater and pier construction requires work in darkness, with an attendant above and strong pay, and believes it suits intelligent blinded soldiers with mechanical training.
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Av Anuocinreo Post
London
C. Arthur Pearson
Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee
Eat Pork Keeps 75-Year-Old Reynolds Strong
Columbus Indiana October 30 Samuel Reynolds a 75-year-old farmer claims eating pork three times daily keeps him fit and strong. He carries grain easily and never eats fruit or butter, using pork as a snack before bed and between meals.
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Columbus
Ind
Samuel Reynolds
Reynolds
Wireless polar sea route aids Siberian trade traffic
Wireless teleg cophy connects central Russia to Great Britain through a new White Sea route. Two large vessels chartered by a Siberian trading company reach Grimsby with Yenisei and Obi cargoes valued at 1,750,000 dollars. The transit could free 3,000,000 tons of wheat and other goods stuck in Siberia, boosting Russian exchange amid allied strain. Next year about thirty steamers are planned to use the route, dependent on railway and war needs.
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Wireeless
Russia
Great Britain
Arctic
Grimsby
Obi
Serbia
White Sea
Siberian
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Smart Shop
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George W. Riley
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Urniture 8 Sales Co
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