Apple Harvest In Hood River Nears Peak
Hood River Oregon reports the apple harvest is well advanced despite rain, with crews deployed and frosts boosting color and toughness of stems. Extra fancy varieties fetch 1.50 to 1.75 per draft week as shippers expect premiums for late Newtowns. High quality tonnage draws many buyers with Mosier and mid Columbia picking in full swing.
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Hood River
Ore
Mosier
mid-Columbia
Washington
Maryland Bees Yield Surplus Honey Per Colony Falls Slightly
Maryland beekeepers report surplus honey per colony averaged 38 pounds to September 1, down from 41 pounds in the nine year 1915 19 period. Colonies’ strength at 95 percent of normal matches last year, with fall honey plants at 85 percent, while U S overall surplus honey per colony rose six pounds from last year.
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Baltimore
Maryland
United States Department of Agriculture
John S. Dannee
United States
SLEMP POSTMASTERS Political Pressure in Postal Service
Postal workers face political intimidation claims tied to Postmaster General New and patronage practices. The piece accuses officials of rewarding supporters of Coolidge and Dawes with promotions and pay raises while punishing opponents, noting departments throttle anti administration activity and urging loyalty in wage decisions.
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New
Civil Service
Coolidge
C. Bascom Slempnne
Virginia
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S. H. Hable
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
THE
Shenandoah Valley
Nat'l. Bank
the Business Building Bank
Blair Sheetz
Dren
Jolliffe & Jolliffe Cor
Main and
Water Streets
Savings
Boston Transcript
Yellow Cab
Jones’ Creamery
W. M. Fletcher
Empire Theatre
Nolen zuKon
AMD
Jesse L.lasky
Joseph Henabery
Richard Tully
Dix
Monsieur
Paramount
Booth
Tarrington
Partial Benefit Girls’ Athletic Association
Beaucaire
Wood River
Slemp’s Postmasters
Coolidge and Dawes
Gray & Sheetz
Living Bros
Livin Bros
Broadway
New York
City
Samuel Livin
Winchester, VA
the Union Bank OF Winchester
Winchester
Star
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