Farm Purchases In South Show Great Increase
Farmers in the sixteen Southern States from Texas to Maryland bought nearly 10,000 farms from federal land banks last year. W. S. Myers said the growing demand for farm real estate is driven by active farm operators and bona fide purchasing power. Cash down payments reached their highest level since the low mood began, with most Southern buyers using loans for first and second mortgages. Total southern farm income rose to 2.278 billion in 1936 from 1.327 billion in 1932, aided by crops and forest products. Savings from interest on bank loans totaled 21.5 million, about half permanent.
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Washington
Texas
Maryland
W. S. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
United States
South
Federal Land Banks
Myers
Land Bank Commissioner
States Enact Soil Control Laws To Combat Erosion
Secretary Wallace announced that twenty two states have enacted legislation enabling cooperative erosion control efforts with farmers. States including Arkansas Florida Colorado Georgia Indiana Kansas Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Utah and Wisconsin approved laws creating soil conservation districts to develop programs and enforce land-use rules by district vote. The move follows Roosevelt’s February recommendation and aims for broad participation by farmers with local zoning style authority.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of
Henry A. Wallace
Arkansas
Florida
Colorado
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Orangeville Social Notes Feature Weekend Visitors
Orangeville residents welcomed relatives from nearby towns as the community hosted visitors over the weekend. Families from Dog Creek Whitewright and Marshall joined local residents including the Blanton, Anderson, Donihoe, Savage, Segers, and Mayse households for Sunday gatherings and neighborhood visits.
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Alton Robinson
Janis Jane
Dog Creek
Bettie Blanton
Joe Smith
Bernie Richey
Greenville
Paul Brown
Desert
Lawrence Burden
Ector
Imogene Jones
Norma Anderson
Vaden Bush
Pat Miller
Bill Musser
Whitewright
Sam Donihoe
Floyd Savage
John Savage
Robert Segers
Annie Mae Segers
Marshall
C. E. Mayse
Aubrey Mayse
O .D. Mayse
Schmeling Signs For 20 Percent Of Title Receipts
Max Schmeling leaves for home after agreeing to a 20 percent share of receipts for the 1941 world heavyweight title rematch with Joe Louis. The bout, set for June, could net around one million dollars, with Schmeling projected to earn about $200,000. He accepts concessions now to secure a shot at reclaiming the title.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Bremen
Schmeling
Louis
Jacobs
Want Ad Promises Results for Readers and Buyers
A brief item highlights that a Want Ad will yield results for readers and buyers, suggesting practical value and quick connections between those seeking goods or services and interested respondents. The notice emphasizes the simplicity and directness of using classified ads.
Who Buys Farm Products In The United States
A Federal Trade Commission study finds big buyers dominate but vary by product. Ten leading meat packers sold 70.3 percent of beef and 54 percent of cured pork. veal purchases reached 98.6 percent. Thirteen millers controlled 65.2 percent of flour, tobacco manufacturers 64 percent of tobacco, and large firms purchased about 10-13 percent of total milk. Eleven top firms marketed 18 percent of fluid milk and 25 percent of butter in cities and villages.
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Federal Trade Commission
Milk Industry Foundation
The Spice of Life and The City Echoes in Snippets
A short humor piece contrasts expected results with consequences from a spelling lesson. A bright student notes results are what you expect and consequences are what you get. A motor cop overhauls a car, a buyer comments on small rooms, and a house agent suggests thinner wallpaper.
Family Dinner Tension Sparks Sharp Exchange
A father reprimands his son at the table, threatening another bite if he misbehaves, while the son retorts that another bite would end his participation, signaling a breaking point in a tense family moment.
Man Orders Three Lawn Mowers in Humorous Exchange
A man browses a store’s gardening department and asks for three lawn mowers. The clerk questions the request, and the man explains he owns two neighbors, not a vast estate, prompting a humorous punchline about neighborly competition.
Start Him In On Something Easier Then
Dialogue on career placement where a college graduate is urged to begin in a simple role, reflecting practical stepping stones over immediate advancement. The exchange highlights skepticism about requiring formal position hierarchy for newcomers.
Five Minutes Wrestling Each Morning Keeps Hobson Fit
Hob son claims he is fit as a fiddle by five minutes of wrestling daily. He adds no partner is needed as his collars are starched tight. The crowd asks who he wrestles with, and he answers no one.
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Hobson
Mike and Ike in a new automobile gag
A humorous dialogue fragment shows Mike asking for the name of the town they are approaching and Ike responding that it is the town they just passed. The exchange plays on confusion about location during a road trip.
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Mike
Ike
The New Sort: Mashed Potatoes Farm Joke
A city girl questions a farmer about his steam roller. He explains he is raising mashed potatoes this year, delivering a humorous rural punchline.
Prisoner Claims College Status Despite Lack of Subscriptions
A sergeant questions a prisoner about being a college student. The prisoner affirms, while the sergeant notes no magazine subscription blanks were found on him, highlighting a humorous contrast between claimed status and absence of subscriptions.
Skunk Fur Guarded by Umbrella Remark
A furrier assures a customer the skunk fur is genuine and durable. The woman asks if rain would ruin it. The furrier replies with a humorous quip about a skunk carrying an umbrella.
Fatherly car jokes swap groan worthy puns
A letterbox style joke exchange features a teacher prompting organ trivia and a student misnaming teeth as an organ, followed by a punchline about a car wired for sound with six new horns. The light humor relies on misheard terms and playful twist of grammar.
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George
It Makes a Difference First Stude
A fragment shows a dialogue about car overhaul with a student expressing illness after service and a second student reacting to the remark, indicating a humorous or exasperated exchange likely from a school column or comic strip.
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Stude
Best remedy when run down says newspaper asks need for aid
A newspaper correspondent asks what to take when feeling run down and receives a sharp reply: "The number of the car." The quip highlights a harsh joke about danger and avoidance of responsibility.
Keep the Supply Mistress But Surely Miranda You Not Marry Again
Miranda faces pressure on her future as a supply mistress in a tense dialogue about marriage. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal agency amid a transitional moment.
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Miranda
Cardui Ad Claims Help for Women’s Strength and Appetite
A vintage Cardui advertisement urges women to use the tonic when strength fades and interest in activities declines. It promises increased appetite and better digestion, leading to nourishment and relief from aches, pains, and nervousness as women recover energy for daily tasks.
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Cardus
Bedbug Biography Highlights Nocturnal Habits and Fumigation
Washington reports a government biography by Maurice C. Hall detailing bedbugs as pests in homes from ancient Rome to 1937, noting their nocturnal nature and that humans inflate jokes about them. The author suggests fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas as the most effective control method.
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Washington
Maurice C. Hall
Public Health Service
United States
Hall
No clear news headline from dialogue fragment
A fragmentary dialogue shows Miranda stating a vow to marry someone as long as the Lord takes them, reflecting a vow of marriage tied to loss and faith. The exchange centers on devotion and resignation rather than concrete events or specifics.
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Jim
Miranda
Yassum
Wifey Demands Silence On Hat Comment
In a playful domestic exchange, a wife asks her husband James to refrain from critical remarks about her new hat. James begins to answer but is cut off as she insists she does not want to hear a constructive critique.
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James
Aberdeen Custom Wedding Invite Sparks Gag Over Gifts
A humorous Aberdeen custom prompts a joke about inviting only married guests to a wedding. The quip implies the gifts would be clear profit, reflecting a local humor tone on social norms and wedding etiquette.
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Aberdeen
Even Up Riddle Humor Sparks Gentle Domestic Banter
A lighthearted exchange turns on playful gendered wit as a husband notes his wife uses his best razor to open cans while he admits borrowing her powder puff as a makeshift shoe polisher. The quote captures playful marital give and take and domestic humor.
Report Telegram Echoes Family Tension and Misdirected Calls
A father asks to stop money appeals while a son reports pawning his last pants in a telegram. Violet notes a boy named Willie Jimson staring in church, and a misheard call from Mr Snooks prompts confusion at home.
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Violet
Willie Jimson
The One Thing Needful in a Garden Club Address
A lighthearted quip about a wife being busy with a women's garden club. The husband jokes she is addressing the dress instead of the address, revealing a playful domestic moment from a period column.
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Women’s Garden Club
Grammar Lesson Goes Awry in Student Reply
A teacher asks about the phrase I have went and the pupil answers that it is wrong because the teacher has not gone yet. The exchange humorously highlights nonstandard usage and proper tense in a classroom setting.
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Wong
Right Word Fortnight Query
A speaker searches for the precise term to express a two week period. The other suggests using fortnight as the correct word. The exchange centers on choosing accurate vocabulary.
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