Petaluma Eggs and Co operative Marketing Highlight
Petaluma in Sonoma County leads Pacific Coast poultry with 1100 carloads of eggs yearly and a $20 million business. About 3,000 members supply a 25 by 10 mile district with 3.55 million laying hens. The co operative deliveries to New York promise stable prices amid East Coast glut.
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Petaluma
Sonoma County
San Francisco
United States
New York
Pacific Egg Producers’ Association
Pacific Coast
Sapiro
Cal
Texas
Co-Operative Marketing Association
Berfistedt
Poultry Producers of
Central California
New Jersey
Meadolake Mill Products Company formed in Sherman
Sherman, Aug 17. Meadolake Mill Products Company is the name chosen for the new milk plant near Sherman opening about Oct. 1, 1927. Capital stock is $50,000 paid up. Officers: President C. A. Sanford, Vice President N. A. Birge, Secretary-Treasurer Arthur G. Hopkins. Directors include Birge Wharton Holt Dors et Thompson Hopkins Sanford.
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Sherman
Meadolake Mill Products Company
C. A. Sanford
N. A. Birge
Arthur G. Hopkins
J. H. Wharton
Jesse F. Holt
Bilbo Returns as Mississippi Gov Elect Candidate
Bilbo resumes the campaign trail in Mississippi as the Democratic nominee for governor after a run-off. The long time figure, once state senator and two term governor, is contrasted with South Carolina’s Blease. Dennis Murphree runs as Bilbo's opponent.
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Bilbo
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Coleman L. Blease
South Carolina
Blease
United States
PEST INVADES COTTON AREA
Reports of boll weevil damage spread across major cotton states causing price spikes. Government estimate for the crop rises to 13,492,000 bales as futures markets show volatility and steady new crop movement in parts of the country.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
New York Cotton Exchange
Big Cities Draw Girls to Poverty in Chicago Tale
Chicago faces a mounting girl problem as rural and small town girls flood the labor market. Unemployment among young women seeking work in the city has reached a decade high, with welfare and employment agencies warning that jobs are scarce. The piece notes Hollywood influence and the public school context as factors.
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Chicago
Hollywood
City warns rural girls away from Chicago job hunt
Two thousand teachers lack assigned classrooms as demand shifts. Despite this, many girls still seek teaching posts while stenographers and other workers appear in oversupply. Unskilled jobs are scarce and factory work limited. Minnie Chapman of the Woman's Church Federation Protectorate notes rural migrants arrive with little funds and unclear plans. The YWCA reports worsening conditions for girls seeking work citywide and urges staying home.
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Minnie Chapman
Woman’s Church Federation Protectorate
Chicago
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