North Carolina Expat Seeks Kraut From Valle County Paper
A Kansas construction supervisor writes from Valle Center in 1924 expressing nostalgia for North Carolina and Watauga County. He asks the Boone kraut producer for 25 pounds of kraut at price per pound, to be shipped by express to his Kansas address, with payment on receipt. He notes winter snow and plans for concrete road work near Wichita.
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North Carolina
West
Cass County
Kansas
Alamance County
Watauga County
Grandfather Mountain
Watauga Co
Wichita
Boone
W. J. Woodring
Ed Purdy's Philosophy and Cartoons in Weekly Gazette
Ed Purdy's quip on humor in marriage appears alongside cartoons and light items. A classified note seeks a single bed from an elderly man and reports on a car joke exchange. Farm notes from Beaufort and Pasquotank counties mention pecan tree planting and culling poor layers for better flocks.
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Weekly Gazette
Mich
Yard Lights Prove Useful On Farm Barns
Yard lights on the farm, especially large operations, have been tested in localities and shown to aid after dark or before dawn work. The lantern fades in a lighted barnyard while a windmill light with house and barn switches guides a farmer between buildings. It also acts as a beacon during blizzards.
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Bliz
National Group Backs Studies on Electrifying Farms
The National Group on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture forms a national committee in Chicago led by Dr. F. E. White. It promotes farmer access to electric service, seeks profitable use for farms, and coordinates state and industry efforts with members from the American Farm Bureau Federation and other groups.
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Chicago
FE. A. White
Imsts
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Electric Light Association
Power Farming Association
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Agriulture
Commerce and Interior
J. W. Coverdale
G. C. Neff
National Committee
Electric hatchery study claims stronger poultry
Farmers in Red Wing Minnesota report electric incubators and brooders produce hardier chicks than oil bred generations. One farmer declares an electric hatchling roosters can defeat oil hatchlings every time.
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Red Wing
Minn
Electric Refrigeration Poised to Aid Dairy Farms
Cooperative agencies studying power farming see electric refrigerators as a key farm appliance. They expect benefits in preserving cream milk and butter on dairy farms and eggs on poultry operations. Utilities in several states may prioritize refrigerating as experiments expand. The General Electric Co. backs these prospects as a money maker for farmers with clean facilities and proper equipment.
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General Electric Company
Gauging a Giant Electricity as national uplift says Coffin
A weekly writer praises electricity as a great giant set to lift the country. Charles A. Coffin founder of General Electric predicts electricity will spur a decentralization of population away from crowded cities. Time will confirm these electrical forecasts.
Brilliance for the Stars: Gowns Glow After Radium Treatment
New York stage gowns treated with a radium infused chemical glow under electrical floodlights and emit various tinted spots when stage lights go off.
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New York
Education by Radio Is Coming, Say Teachers
National Education Association leaders at their Washington convention foresee radio becoming a permanent educational medium. They cite 73 schools and colleges using broadcasts last summer and expect far more during the academic year. Rural areas, isolated farms, and small communities would gain access to grammar and high school training through radio.
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Washington
National Education Association
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Pasquotank County
G. W. Falls
Co-operative
Farm of &. S. Bliss
South Dakota
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Watana
Watauga Building & Loan Association
Building & Loan Association
Watauga Building and Loan
W. H. Gragg
Secy
G. G. Stephens
N. C
Pencil CO
Alfred W. Dula
Martin Block
Lenoir
W. G
Dula
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