Indian Girl and Sam Ride to Justice of the Peace in Missouri
A post Civil War tale tells of Leona, an Indian girl found by Mr. Young in Christian County Missouri who grows up with the Young family. She marries a respected Black man named Sam, and they start a large, honest family. The narrator reflects on race and social barriers, praising the couple and their descendants.
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Indian Territory
Missouri
Ozark Mountains
Young
James River
Christian County
Mr. Young
Leona
Sam
A-11
Sprinfield
India
Purchasing Power Of Cotton Greatly Increased by AAA
The AAA program raised annual purchasing power of American cotton by about 250 million dollars, Jess H. Watson reports. He compares 695 million from 1933–39 to 440 million from 1930–33, noting AAA payments boosted the average. Watson cites state ACA input from Newcastle.
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College Station
AAA
Jess H. Watson
ACA
Newcastle
Watson
Cotton farmers gain purchasing power despite AAA payments
The analysis shows 582 million dollars in income under AAA, 142 million more than the low income years. The purchasing power index averaged 80 during AAA, versus 51 from 1930 to 1933, and 67 from 1933 to 1939 without AAA. With AAA, cash income rose to 898 million, from 581 million earlier.
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AAA
Watson
Pork Consumption Surpasses Beef in U S Markets
The United States pork scarcity is history as pork consumption for the first ten months of 1939 exceeds beef and veal combined for the first time in five years. Americans ate similar pork amounts in 1939 as in 1936 or 1937, with prices lower and hog marketings the largest since 1934. Typewriter Paper for Sale at Sun Office.
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Chicago
United States
The
Institute
Sunny
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Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
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Southy
Estern Bell Telephone Company
Kry Christ
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
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Sun Office
Erry Christmas
Ade
Government Statistics
Lone Star Gas System
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