Farmers Good Pay Seen From Metropolitan Farm Loans
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports its farm loan division covers 25 states with about 3.75 million acres mortgaged. As of December 1 1923 the farm investments totaled 142 344 374 97. 45 313 000 was loaned last year amid only 45 foreclosures in 18 648 mortgages and four Minnesota cases later reclaimed.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Robert Lynn Cox
Metropolitan’s Farm Loan Division
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Cox
England's Coal Output and Crystalline Rock Factoids
England could build a wall 80 feet high and 13 feet wide around itself with its yearly coal output. All crystalline rocks yielding mica were once at least 5,000 feet beneath the earth. A humorous exchange from Dauber and a critic in the Booster Evening Transcript notes parental struggle to keep an artist son.
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England
Boster Evening Transcript
Brunt of Cloudburst Flooding Disrupts Roadway and Buildings
Report describes severe flood damage between here and Mount Crawford with a pike submerged for about a half mile. Respondents recall a dangerous trek needing assistance to push a vehicle back. Flooded structures include the Methodist Church basement and water entering the New Virginia Theatre.
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Mount
Crawsford
Methodist Church
New Virginia Theatre
Vendor claims relief from bloating and headaches in Winchester
A Winchester matron touts Vendol, a herbal tonic, claiming relief from bloating, constipation, headaches, dizziness, and indigestion. She says her digestion and sleep improved, bowels regular, and recommends Vendol, sold by Franck Baker & Sons in Winchester.
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A. S. Smith
N. Main St
Winchester
Franck Baker & Sons Company
Literature a Fine Art in Technical and Scientific Work
A concise discussion argues literature remains a fine art and a valid domain for clear, direct language. It contrasts literary craft with precise scientific writing, noting both require skilled communication and rigorous standards in different fields.
Clean-up Crusade Lets Cities Target Dirt and Health
Cities and towns across the United States and Canada launch a health drive urging home and street cleanliness. Met ropolitan Life Insurance backs weekly municipal clean-ups guiding residents to remove rubbish, air out spaces, fix leaks, and report nuisances to the Health Department to create healthier, safer communities for children.
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United States
Canada
Ciime
St. Louis
Metpolitan Life Insurance Company
Health Department
Heavy Penalties for Failure to Report Taxables
The state auditor warns commissioners of the revenue that penalties equal to the tax may apply to items not reported for taxation including debts claims and evidences of debt. The penalty only applies if nonreporting aimed at evading taxes. Taxpayers should be alerted to this provision when filing returns. It also notes guidance on capital taxation and treatment of receivables used for plant expansion or working capital.
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General Assembly
C. Lee Moore
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Revenue
Twelve Year Old Patriarch Casts World’s Youngest Church Leader
In a photographer’s studio a fashionably posed scene shows women viewing themselves in mirrors set at forty seven angles. The Nestorian patriarchate has endured 400 years as a hereditary post, with the current patriarch described as the world’s youngest religious dignitary at twelve years old.
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Patriarchate of the Nestorians
Bell Ringer Loses Job at Notre Dame Amid City Turmoil
New York Sun reports Notre Dame in Paris replaces the cathedral bell ringer with an electric system. Generations of female ringers from one family lose posts as modernization replaces traditional roles.
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Philippina
Carters
Calvert
Notre Dame
Paris
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W. C. Plundeke Co
the People’s Drug Co,., Inc
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Progressive Drug Store
Schumacher Feed
H. D. Albin
North Main St
Baltimore
Killarney
Ireland
Earl of Kenmare
Phoenix
Binner
Betty Shoppe
Alec
Moling & Seal
Lois
Louise
New. York Sun
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