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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
3
A columnist urges women to end self denying labor at home and calls on mothers to teach sons to share chores. The piece argues men inherit a bias that keeps wives burdened and urges partnership and frank discussion to reduce unhappiness and friction in families.
A farm tested electric Mazda lights in hen houses to extend waking hours. Hens kept under glow produced more eggs in winter, with September yields doubling those of unlit hens and April showing a reversal. The practice is now common among poultrymen.
The National Electric Light Association forms a special committee to promote rural electric line expansion. It focuses on making grid extension profitable for both power companies and farmers, noting fixed line material costs exist regardless of customer count.
The article argues extending electric light and power to farms will strengthen farmers and spur agricultural development. Electricity is likened to a twenty year ago role for manufacturers and seen as a key economic solution. The National Electric Light Association panel says labor saving machines will ease the farmer and his wife, and aid scarce hired help.
Notice to creditors announces the sale of the entire interest in Boone Produce Co to G. G. Wilcox who assumes all debts and payable accounts. Dated July 10, 1923.
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