Burning Cotton Stalks Reduces Soil Fertility and Yields
Collin County farm agent Jack McCullough warns that fall burning of cotton stalks destroys $6 of fertilizer per acre, 800 pounds of humus, 40 pounds of nitrogen, and 7 pounds of potash, while reducing lint yield by about 10 pounds per acre. He notes turning stalks under preserves soil structure and yields better returns, with chopped green stalks decomposing to benefit soil.
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Jack McCullough
Collin County
McCullough
Texas
Prayer for Peace Mother’s plea against war calls three sons home
A poem by Mrs Francis Riggs channels a mother’s fear as she pleads with God to end war. She imagines three sons, longs for their safety, and vows to join others in a nationwide prayer tonight. The piece closes with a quip about memory.
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Francis Riggs
Interesting Mail Service Facts From Postmaster Lilley
Postmaster T J Lilley of Whitewright presents striking figures for the U S mail system. Rural carriers deliver over 1 3 million miles daily to nearly 26 million people, linking the nation as one family. Rail, star route, air service totals, savings deposits, bonds, stamps, and post offices are itemized with large sums and regional rankings. Some 13.7 million letters went undelivered due to misaddressing, and about 60 thousand contained money awaiting return.
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T. J. Lilley
Whitewright
U. S
Star
U.S
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Texas
New York
Virginia
New Jersey Bulls Get Stricter Registration Rules
New registration standards after 1942 require bulls to be proven in a Dairy Herd Improvement Association with daughters averaging 400 pounds butterfat or to be American Jersey Cattle Club tested sires with daughters averaging 500 pounds butterfat on 365 days. Dam records with 305 day mature production of 400 pounds butterfat also qualify. The AJCC star system, in effect since 1938, links star counts to herd improvement, with a June 14 Jersey Bulletin detailing star qualification.
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Jersey
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
American Jersey Cattle Club
The
Jersey Bulletin
War slogans flood British ads in wartime Britain
London advertising shifts with war rhetoric as retailers craft slogans tied to conflict. A bookshop invites readers to "read while they raid" while shampoo makers urge women not to "blackout the highlights in your hair" and patent medicines are pitched as "a doctor's barrage against ill health." Other pitches promise soft hands during trench work, chocolate to ease nails for the Colonel, and a portable heater for air raid shelters.
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London
Hitler and his mother shaped his destiny with praise
From Klara Poelzl's coddling to Alois's abuse, Hitler's childhood is portrayed as a clash of misused affection and harsh discipline. The article states Klara urged greatness, protected his weaknesses, and envisioned him as an artist while Alois's brutality taught power and fear. Hitler grew up aimless, a loafer, until his failures at the Vienna Art Academy.
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Klara Poelzl
Hitler
Klara
Jerry Allen
Destiny
Good Housekeeping
Alois Hitler
Adolf
Allen
Art Academy
Vienna
Battery Poultry Systems Face Real Farm Realities
Texas Experiment Station compared battery and outdoor turkey raising. Batteries kept more poults alive early, but weak birds failed to profit long term. Outdoor birds died early but surviving vigor paid off. Advantaged farms balance ration, sanitation, and natural methods to compete with so called turkey factories.
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Texas Experiment Station
Turkey
Los Angeles
CARDUS touted to ease menstrual discomfort through nutrition
The article promotes CARDUS as a remedy for symptoms labeled as functional dysmenorrhea due to malnutrition. It claims relief from headaches nervousness and cramps by improving appetite digestion and physical resistance, noting women report eased pain when taken before and during the menstrual period. It adds the product has been popular for over five decades.
Farm Poultry Grows Best Outdoors With Care
The article argues that outdoor farming remains the natural habitat for poultry and, with ordinary care and sound judgment, the farm flock yields the most profit for meat or eggs. It supports cooperation with natural forces rather than surrendering to a battery system, emphasizing sanitation, feeding, and market preparation to beat factory production.
Inquisitive Granddaughter Questions Ark Survival
Inquisitive Little Ann asks her grandfather if he was in the Ark. He replies certainly not, then she asks why he wasn't drowned. The playful exchange captures a child’s literal take on biblical flood lore.
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Little Ann
Life of a Town Advertisement Message
A fragment quotes American Bankers Magazine urging local businessmen to advertise. It argues that no town can prosper without visible business support and mentions the responsibility of merchants to publish their names and ads in local papers.
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American Banker's Magazine
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Charles H. Parkhurst
Whitewright Lumber Co
T. C. Richardson
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Sherman, Texas
Woodstock
Jack Hall Typewriter Exchange
N. Travis Street
LaRoe’s
South
Balanc
E Education
Paris
San Francisco World's Fair
Castle of Foods Minstrels
Rubin
Cherry
Bert Swor
Castle of Foods
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