Foreclosures Huge Problem Across Farm Regions
The piece argues wholesale farm foreclosures threaten agriculture with 12 billion dollars in debt and a billion annual payments. It outlines moratoriums, refinancing, debt boards, inflation tools, and state proposals in Wisconsin Arkansas Iowa North Dakota, noting farmer resistance and pending federal action.
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Chicago
Purdue University Agricultural Conference
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Iowa
Dan Turner
North Dakota
Middle West
Congress
Massachusetts potato champ tops 634 bushels per acre
Amherst Massachusetts W P Turner of North Reading leads 44 men qualifying for the Massachusetts 300 Bushel Potato Club with a 634 bushels per acre yield eclipsing the previous 596 bushels mark set in 1930 by William Jurgilewicz and his son Alexander.
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Amherst
Mass
W. P. Turner
North Reading
Massachusetts
Turner
William Jurgilewicz
Alexander
Whitewright Notes From 1916 Tax and Local News
City Marshal J T Roberts had collected 3724 40 of 13600 tax due and 68 residents had paid poll tax as of Jan 15 1916. Clint McMillin and Alma Marshall wed in Durant Oklahoma. Lorin and Goldie Smith won 25 prizes from the Industrial Congress for corn production. Mrs T H Sears returned from Atoka after her father Rev I N Lewis died.
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J. T. Roberts
Clint McMillin
Alma Marshall
Trenton
Durant
Okla
Lorin
Goldie Smith
Industrial Congress
T. H. Sears
Atoka
I. N. Lewis
White Wright Credit Cut After March First
The four year record holder will see the maximum 15 per cent fire credit drop to 9 per cent due to losses in the past year. R. S. Cowart, 59, died Wednesday at his sister’s home. J. Will Smith opens a Bethel grocery. The Fort Worth Cotton Mill gin was burglarized Wednesday night with a typewriter and tools stolen. S. C. Horton leases the Chambers meat market fixtures to operate the store. Edna Stateville, secretary of the Retail Merchants Association, underwent a threat operation at Dallas last week.
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Whitewright
R. S. Cowart
M. J. Long
J. Will Smith
Bethel
Fort Worth
C. Horton
Chambers
Edna Stateville
Retail Merchants Association
Dallas
Helpful Household Hints From A Bygone Era
A collection of practical tips covers stain removal for chocolate and cocoa on linens, soaking methods for curry flavor, mildew treatment for leather with vaseline, beetroot skinning with cold water, a zinc surface for chopping, scratch removal on mirrors with jeweler's rouge, smoothing irons with salt, preserving egg yolk with water, and making flannelette less inflammable by alum in rinse water.
Acreage and Yields Rise Slightly in 1932 Harvest
The Department of Agriculture reported 352,825,000 acres harvested in 1932, up 1 percent from 1931, with yields averaging 3.6 percent higher. Wheat, cotton, tobacco, and rice fell, while feed grains including corn oats barley and grain sorghums posted the largest output since 1920.
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Washington
America
Nature
Department of Agriculture
Home Loan Banks Fail To Deliver Relief For Farmers And Homeowners
President elect Roosevelt faces a maze of agencies offering farm and home loans with little real aid. The Home Loan Bank act promises relief but requires banks and agencies to join the plan, limiting loans to 30 40 percent of appraised value and often avoiding direct loans. Farmers push for a six month moratorium as criticism grows.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Borah
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Home Loan
Federal Land Banks
Joint Stock Land Banks
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Andy Brown
Kingfish
Mystic Knights of the Sea
Engineers predict improvements in sound recording quality
Subjection of Static Technicians examine steps to reduce scratch and static in voice reproduction. Engineers expect noises to cease soon, with no radical change in sound films for five years, but small inventions will inch recording toward near perfection.
Engraved and Printed Wedding Invitations Noted
The Sun announces that engraved and printed wedding invitations may be obtained from the paper.
Christmas Sermon On Jesus Power Beyond Santa Claus
A preacher contrasts Christmas gifts from Santa with the spiritual riches of Jesus. He cites the Bible story of Jesus healing and saving through faith, warns against commercial excess, and urges mothers and fathers to keep Christ at the center year round while cherishing faith over fleeting trinkets.
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Jesus
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Santa
Esau
Kingdom of Heaven
Christ
Guess I Ain't Much Lawyah
A Dallas court hears Old Noce Smith charged with stealing 5400 in merchandise from a Fort Worth store. He acts as his own attorney, cross examining a Fort Worth officer who found the loot in Smiths car, insisting he bought the goods from another man and requesting the jury to grant him the benefit of doubt.
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Old Noce Smith
Dallas
Fort Worth
Smith
Dallas Times- Herald
Old Noce
Grand
Five-Year Verdict Leaves Noce Short of Hope
After a tense trial the jury deliberated about thirty minutes before returning a five-year verdict. Noce, under heavy strain, shuffled toward the jailhouse and quipped, I ain’t much lawyer, in a moment that underscored the mood of the courtroom.
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Noce
Lawyah
Special Services for Coolidge Set for Feb. 6
Washington reports the House and Senate will hold a joint session on February 6 to honor President Calvin Coolidge. A resolution already approved by the Senate was adopted by the House.
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Washington
House
Senate
Calvin Coolidge
Woman Loses 20 Pounds in Four Weeks with Kruschen Salts
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri reports losing 20 pounds in four weeks after taking Kruschen Salts. She says she weighs 150 pounds now at age 28 and has more energy with no hunger. The ad urges daily half teaspoonfuls in hot water before breakfast as a safe weight loss method with a money back guarantee.
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Mae West
St. Louis
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Pathfinder
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ELY & Sons
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Rev
S. L. Ball
R. B. Nall
Sherman, Texas
Sherman
O. L
Pig) Jones
A-1
Texas
Paul Stephens
MUCH
Coolidge
Whitewright Gin & Ice Company
Mark Montgomery
Insurance Service
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Mangrum Bros
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