Plant Walnut Trees Promoted By Forestry Experts
Forestry experts urge planting walnut trees across states citing rapid growth valuable nut crop and high furniture wood value. Old groves once funded rail fences. Indiana farmer shows nuts pressed into ground to grow new trees. Pennsylvania plans 100000 seedlings. Mont Alto nursery produced 150 bushels for next spring distribution.
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Illinois
Idiana
Missouri
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Mont Alto
Riots Erupt Over England's 1752 Gregorian Calendar
The adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752 sparked violent protests in England, with Bristol reporting several deaths as crowds objected to the calendar reform and its sudden date changes.
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England
Bristol
Old Friends Revisit Walt Mason Poem on Aging
Rippling Rhymes recalls former vigor as Walt Mason notes how old friends slide from youth to frail age. James Foster Prigg arrives at the poet’s lair poorer in strength, his once bold feats receding to second gear while memories of past glory surface with both humor and pathos.
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James Foster Prigg
James
Scott
Denominationalism Challenge Persists in American Churches
Dr. Baxter P. Fullerton warned at the World's Alliance meeting that 175 church varieties in America hinder cooperation and waste resources. He cited attempts to unite denominations and highlighted Home Missions Councils as signs of growing interdenominational cooperation. He noted 18,500 missionaries and over 26 million dollars invested to Christianize America.
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Pittsburgh
America
Baxter P. Fullerton
St. Louis
Alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches
Pr. Fullerton
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
United States
Christian Church
Fullerton
Kingdom of God
Home Mission Council
Council of Women For Home Missions
Utah
Home Missions Council
Salt Lake
Ogden
Colorado
Montana
Porto Rico
Cuba
Alaska
Santo Domingo
Disastrous Floods Reported Across Anhwei Province China
The Anhwei flood covers a tract larger than Connecticut with thousands dead and property losses around 80 million dollars. Wesley M Smith of the Southern Methodist mission describes eye witness scenes near Nanki after Hungtze Lake overran its outlets. Refugees crowded railway embankments and some died amid relief trains.
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Shanghai
China
Anhwei
Kansu
Wesley M. Simith
Southern Methodist
Chaoxshu
Kianga
Mr. Smith
Nanki
Hungtze Lake
Tanlac credited with easing six month stomach trouble
George H. Nickels of Milwaukee testifies Tanlac relieved his six month stomach disorder and helped him gain 27 pounds. He reports relief from indigestion headaches dizziness and nervousness and praises the tonic as having no equal. Sherman Brothers and The Pioneer Drug Store in Washington advertise the remedy.
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Wisconsin
Tanlac
George H. Nickels
Wells St
Milwaukee
Mr. Nichols
Taniac
Washington
Sherman Brothers
Pioneer Drug Store
Advt
Supreme Court Rules IRS Bank Tax Exemption Invalid
Des Moines National Bank v Thomas Fairweather ends a tax dodge by banks. The Iowa Supreme Court upholds its Feb 12 1921 ruling that banks cannot deduct Liberty bonds from capital for taxation. Governor Kendall condemned the exemption as immoral and the Thirty ninth General Assembly repealed it. The Attorney General estimates the lost revenue at about $1 million for 1918 and 1919.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Des Moines National Bank
Thomas Fairweather
Iowa
High Court
Kendall
Thirtyninth General Assembly
General Assembly
Gibson
Court battle over bank capital deductions heads to high court
The decision handed down last February involved Gibson telegraphing county auditors to not deduct government securities from bank capital stock. Some banks had paid taxes early. The case is believed to reach the United States Supreme Court.
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Cision
Gibson
United States Supreme Court
Paris area sees 211 young women vanish since January
In Versailles on Sept 30 officials report that 211 young women have completely disappeared from Paris and surrounding areas since January 1. The note appears as Henri Desire Landru awaits trial here on murder charges.
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Versailles
Paris
Henri Desire Landru
Disappearance case turns confession with promise of marriage
A prisoner linked to the vanishing 11 women confesses to a warder that his long confinement saved him from being accused of killing the missing 11. He remarks that without imprisonment, rumors of murder would surface. Police noted his reference to a promised marriage.
Tell me my faults and mend your own motto
A contempo rary quotation from the Boston Transcript urges a shift in focus to self-improvement before criticizing others. The speaker calls for fixing one’s own faults first in the sequence of moral reform.
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Boston Transcript
Water class in Laundy Soap and its effect on clothes
A fragment discusses water content in laundry soap and its impact on fabrics. It notes that fillers like water glass from sand waste work and wear on clothes, with an implied warning about inefficiency and damage. Jane Lee is mentioned in passing.
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Excepy
Jane Lee
Sven
Mary
Miss Lee
Palmolive Company
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Evening Journal
Publishers
City Editor
Laws
E. Main Street
Mutual
Ist
Abe Martin
Ivy Bentley
Walt Mason
Advocates Union OF Denominations
Record Association
Peoria, Illinois
Duroc
J.P. Smith
Cheam
Saan
Miller
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumbs
Tom
Crescent Macaroni & Cracker CO
Davenport, Iowa
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