One Billion Spent in 1921 for Highway Work
The article notes John Walker's figures showing over one billion dollars used for highway construction and maintenance in 1921, with projections of increases by 1923. It cites federal and state aid totals, North Carolina shares, and the role of engineers in directing road funding at higher levels.
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Harry Tucker
North Carolina Agriculture and Industry
John Walker
United States Treasury
Engineering News Record
North Carolina
Wisonsin
Dollars and Sense from Poultry Farm
An old county report discusses poultry as steady income, noting quality drives price. It contrasts farms with no feeding system and spoiled eggs with those maintaining standard-bred flocks, proper feeding, and higher prices for superior eggs.
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Carolina
Standardized Poultry and Egg Marketing Proposal
The piece advocates standard bred poultry and organized egg marketing to improve quality and pricing. It argues for cooperative county organizations to direct production and market eggs, with standard egg cases and regular sales, to stabilize farm income amid crops and pests.
Going Round the 1924 Curve Greensboro Daily News
North Carolina closes 1923 on a high note with national praise for a $65,000,000 road program, rich crops, and developing water power. Cooperative effort between farmers and factories is hailed as the key to rapid, orderly growth across the state.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Union
New Orleans
Detroit
New York
Seattle
Carolina
Army Experts Trace Secret of Animal Longevity
Washington reports army experts have found the key to longer life for work animals. Regular diet, exercise, rest and grooming keep horses and mules in active service well into their teens. a 25 year old charger is still winning in its class. Overall active animals total 44 423 with 80 percent of horses and 64 percent of mules past eleven years.
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Washington
Naval Reserve Officer to Direct Pole Flight
Lieutenant Commander Robert Abram Bartlett of the navy reserve will head planned spring expedition to the North Pole region by airplane. Bartlett, who assisted Rear Admiral Peary in 1909, is renowned as an intrepid explorer and is ordered back to active duty in his old rank.
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Washington
Robert Abram Bartlett
Navy Reserve Force
North Pole
Shenandoah
Bartlett
Peary
Eighty Eighth Parallel
Vast material empire framed by faith and virtue
A reflection on a man's blend of church and school moral values guiding a growing economic power that aspires to rival the greatest regions of the United States.
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United States of America
Missing Dog Found in Family Laundry Mystery
In New York a missing dog is recovered after laundryman A. J. Burton discovers the pet in the Roberts family laundry bag. Mrs. Norman Roberts, wife of a naval medical staff officer, had reported the loss and a broad search team was mobilized before the dog was reunited with its owner.
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New York
A. J. Burton
Norman Roberts
Lieutenant Roberts
Naval Medical Staff
Man Ordered to Jail for Kissing Girl in Chicago
Dr. Justin Mitchell avoided imprisonment by posting bonds of 25 000 dollars after Miss Mathilda Benkhardt won a 10 000 dollar judgment for unwanted kisses.
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Chicago
Justin Mitchell
Mathilda Benkhardt
Two Race Horses Lost From Moving Train
New Orleans turfman F I Miller loaded three selling platers Stanley Catromea and Beteman in a box car at Bowie Maryland and headed to Jefferson track. Beteman alone was found in a railway yard with a broken halter rope and a smashed two by four evidence of a break in. The door was open and the fate of the other two horses remains an unsolved mystery for the train crew and police. Miller said the trio were in their stalls at Picayune Mississippi when he fell asleep.
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New Orleans
F.I. Miller
Stanley
Catromea
Beteman
Bowie
Jefferson Track
Sabots of Ancient Days Cast Aside by Peasants
The long tradition of sabot wearing in Preux-au-Bois and the Avesnois forest region fades as wartime changes push production into modern factories. Postwar sabotiers adopt new methods, reducing hand work and winter gatherings. Demand drops as fewer sabots are worn and the rustic charm fades.
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France
Belgium
Preux-au-Bois
Avesnois
Mormal
Historic Ribton Hall to be Wrecked Soon
Ribton Hall on the Derwent at Camerton in Cumberland will be pulled down shortly due to structural danger. Architect Inigo Jones designed the Renaissance style house built in Charles II's reign and used as a farmhouse for a century. Owner Lord Lonsdale cites the unsafe condition and irreparable damage to the hall and its oak and chestnut paneling.
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London
Ribton Hall
Derwent
Camerton
Cumberland
Inigo Jones
Lord Lonsdale
Ribton
Waldeof
Gilmin
Thomas
Thomas Lamplugh
Beverley
Yorkshire
Smithsonian radiometer measures stellar heat at Mount Wilson
Dr. C. G. Abbott of the Smithsonian uses the Nicholas radiometer at Mount Wilson to gauge stellar heat to one hundred millionth of a degree. Nine stars from blue to red types, including Vega Sirius Rigel and Betelgeuse, reveal surprising heat spectra and suggest new avenues to understand stellar physics.
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Mount Wilson
Vega
Sirius
Nicholas
Speeder Sentenced to Five Days on Bread and Water
Des Moines Iowa Judge Tom L Sellers imposes five days in jail on bread and water for W A Swab after a second speed law violation. Swab had asked to pay a heavy fine instead of jail but was denied.
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Des Moines
Tom L. Sellers
W. A. Swab
Sellers
Swab
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Naval Reserve
Speeder
Will C. Walker
Boone Coal Company
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