Drouth Cycles to Persist in West, Study Finds
The Smithsonian reports North Central States face several more years of drought with a major drought unlikely before 1980. Abbot links 23 year dry-wet cycles to sunspot patterns, noting Lake Huron history shows repeating 46 year intervals of dryness and wetness. The dust bowl risk hinges on land use rather than a permanent desert fate.
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Washington
North Central States
Smithsonian Institution
Great Lakes
Abbot
North Middle West
United States
Lake Huron
Notice of Sale in Grayson County Texas 1936 Auction
In Grayson County Texas 15th District Court case 44721 W E LaRoe and others sue Coy Patterson and Laura Patterson. An order of sale dated June 15 1936 authorizes sale of a 120 acre parcel of land described from an 42 acre grant. sale to be held October 6 1936 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Grayson County courthouse Whitewright Texas. Constable K B Simmons Precinct 3 will conduct the sale.
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State of Texas
Grayson
Grayson County
Texas
W. E. LaRoe
L. LaRoe
Feme
L. M. LaRoe
J. F. LaRoe
Guy Hamilton
J. D. Williams
A. D
L. P. Sears
George Simpson
L. E
A. M. Bryant
James Gowdy
Craig Creek
Mill Creek
Court House
Coy Patterson
Laura Patterson
Whitewright
K. B. Simmons
Notable Cycle Pattern Hints at Future Economic Breaths
The excerpt notes a sequence from 1938 to 1940 with a swift rise, then expresses hope that after this rapid cycle, another major downturn will not recur until 1980, suggesting a long cycle rhythm in economic activity.
Banks Aid Government in New Jersey Speech
Harold G. Moulton of the Brookings Institution told a Rutgers American Bankers Association session that commercial banking credit is essential to business and government. He warned that removing such credit would threaten the economic system, noting banks finance Treasury needs, aid distressed institutions, and fund public and private construction during war and crises. He disputed that 1929 world maladjustments stemmed solely from banking credit extensions.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Harold G. Moulton
Brookings Institution of
Washington, D. C
Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
American Bankers Association
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Moulton
Farm accounting lessons for Wisconsin farms and beyond
An article in the Bulletin of the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association summarizes farm records from Wisconsin. It notes that investment costs, about two thirds of total farm costs, stay high regardless of production and stresses operating near capacity to avoid ongoing costs. It warns that overpaying for land or building a barn can lock in excessive costs, and emphasizes evaluating real versus false savings by measuring income impact over time. The piece also suggests substantial savings from home grown produce and cured meats to improve the family farm budget and living standards.
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Wisconsin
Bulletin
the Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association
Man Pays $3 Per Week to Keep His Enemy in Prison
HADDAM Conn The tale reworks eye for an eye as Tony Ventura a 40 year old Higganum blacksmith and former wrestler who struck Edward Lawrence in April. Lawrence won a 1683 judgment, but to keep Ventura jailed for nonpayment he pays 3 weekly for board. Ventura has been in jail since July 3. The case hinged on a century old statute about debtors’ goods. a county commissioner and a justice of the peace found Ventura owned two old cars worth about 18, leaving him jailed and Lawrence paying. The piece adds a final note on tin deposits in states.
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Haddam
Conn
Tony Ventura
Edward Lawrence
Lawrence
Ventura
Flipped Fags of Careless Autoists Destroy Pastures
Fort Worth report on cross country motorists discarding burning cigars and matches along rural roads. Division Engineer Welborn urges respect for neighboring property since Texas lacks a specific law to compensate farmers for pasture and fence post damage caused by fires from careless drivers.
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Fort Worth
Welborn
State Highway Department
Texas
Garden talk and a busy chicken yard headline
In a humorous snippet a professor tries to dodge a caller in a fog of illness. His wife introduces a doctor while the professor stubbornly refuses to see anyone. A light aside highlights a neighbor asking about garden poultry and lists common chicken breeds.
Ancient Utah desert dwellings reveal 1000-year-old Pueblo ties
Nine-Mile Canyon discoveries near Price Utah show rock lined fireplaces and adobe homes 300 to 400 feet above the canyon floor. Professor John P Gillin of the University of Utah dates occupation to about 1000 years ago and suggests inhabitants related to New Mexico Pueblos. Abandonment may reflect nomadic pressure possibly from Ute Indians, with all dwellings burned but cause undetermined.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Utah Desert
Nine-Mile Canyon
Price
Southwest
John P. Gillin
University of Utah
Gillin
Pueblos
New Mexico
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