Potatoes Highlight County Cooperative Saving 50 Cents a Bushel
In one Minnesota county farmers saved about 50 cents per bushel by selling potatoes cooperatively in car lots. The Bureau of Chemistry studied drying and starch use of potatoes, while farmers boost storage to conserve vegetables. County agents promote improved feeding for calves and regular farm practices.
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Minnesota
Germany
Houston
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Carroll County Poultry and Egg Cooperative Shipments
Carroll County Mississippi farmers and townspeople launched a cooperative poultry and egg shipment plan after similar cattle and hog pooling. The first carload yielded $1,596.20 to be sent to Tennessee, with prizes for largest hen and rooster and strong USDA interest to extend the concept to other counties.
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Tennessee
Carroll County
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Carrollton
Outside Pale of Humanity and War Horrors Across Europe
The article recounts cooperative efforts in Carroll County to ship farm produce and other goods, funded by a 1 percent levy and aided by the county agent, yielding coops, egg shipments, and a state fair luncheon. It then shifts to German cruelty diaries from Belgium and France, detailing village burnings, executions, and depictions of civilians harmed during World War I, with quoted soldier diaries illustrating the horrors observed.
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Carroll County
United States Department of Agriculture
Carroll County Prosperity Club
Phoenix
Arizona
State University
Hawaii
Belgium
France
Trelghim
WIEN
Vivora
Paul Spietman
Ersatz
Guard
Too Many Servants in Britain Says National Service Minister
Duncan Miller asked the minister of national service in the London Times whether households of one to three persons should employ seven to ten indoor servants and if limits will be set. The minister replied that no person should employ more servants than necessary and urged immediate remedy or testing his plan in a general statement of power.
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Britain
Duncan Miller
Minister of National Service
London Times
National Service
Mander
Iowa
Price
Tuthenes
Trouyer
Amy
Quartermaster's Department
Washington
General Getty
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Atlantic
Great Allied Band Opens Camp Dodge Social Season
Camp Dodge's 260 khaki musicians led by Bohumir Kryl staged a radiant opening at the Y M C A auditorium with French and British officers nearby. The performance featured the Marsellaise and Star Spangled Banner as Allied flags stood visible. the moment marked the start of a new social season plus theater plans at Liberty Theater. The Eighty eighth division, now nicknamed Hun Husker, was introduced by Gen Getty. The article notes hospital expansions, insurance uptake, phonograph drives, and future equipment changes for soldiers before crossing the Atlantic.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United
Bahumir Kyyl
Y. M
Elehth
Ploummer
United States
Marne
Verdun
Sammy
Ypres
Arras
Dardanelles
Tommy
Bohumir Keys
Sons of the Tri-Color
Old Glory
Bohwair Kryl
General Pershing
Lafayette
France
Brittania
England
Belgium
Italy
Kryl
Hindenburg
United Band
Camp Dodge
Government Playhouse
Liberty Theater
Jane Cow
Minnesota
North Dakota
Getty
Harrison J. Price
Minot Mayor Loses Case in Supreme Court Ruling
In a three to two decision the North Dakota Supreme Court sustained Judge A T Cole of Fargo in the Shaw removal case, declaring the governor removal law constitutional and granting the governor power to remove county or municipal officers for cause. Justices Christenson and Robinson dissented.
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Minot
Bismarck
Supreme Court
A. T. Cole
Fargo
Christenson and Robinson
Editor Connoly Dead in Death on Way to California
Dickinson North Dakota February 5 special on his way to California to regain his health John Connoly editor of the Hettinger Herald of New England died this morning his body will be shipped to Vermont for interment
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Connoly
Dickinson
N. D
California
John Connoly
Hettinger Herald
New England
Vermont
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound Reclaims Gray Hair
An old-time hair darkener from Sage Tea and Sulphur is presented as restoring natural color and gloss to gray hair. The Wyeth product, now sold in 50 cent bottles, promises even darkening, a youthful look, and renewed fullness without disease claims.
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Wyeth
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