Word: corning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...North Carolina Press Association gave Governor Gardner a "live-at-home" dinner at the State College at Raleigh. Except for salt, pepper, sugar and coffee the menu was entirely North Carolinian: shrimps from Southport, clams from Wilmington, turkeys from Durham, sausages from Kinston, mushrooms from Charlotte, onions from Wilson, corn (pone) meal from Maxton, milk from Pinehurst, walnuts from Madison County, pecans from Lumberton. Lucky Strikes from Reidsville, Chesterfields from Durham. Among the favors were knitted underwear from Winston-Salem, homespun suits from Biltmore, hosiery from Morganton, coughdrops (Vick's) from Greensboro, thread from Gastonia...
Hogman Devore expects to place about 1,000 head this year, more next. Believing the farmer can use 10¢ corn most profitably by feeding it to hogs, he hopes other farm-aid organizations, including the U. S. Government, will follow his lead...
...roams a herd of sacred Japanese deer, bred from a buck and two does originally obtained from the Washington zoo in exchange for one porcupine. Childless, he has built a wading pool for neighborhood children, gives them the run of his grounds for picnics and play. His milk and corn are trucked to St. Louis. He says: "I think I have one of the best farms in Illinois but I'm having difficulty making enough money out of it to pay taxes." It was as an Illinois rustic rather than as a smart financial mind of Washington that...
...essential for the utilization of bone building lime salts in the body. Vitamin A, however, now appears to be the body's best soldier against aisease. Best, appetizing sources of Vitamin A are butter, whole milk, egg yolk, edible green leaves (spinach, lettuce, celery leaves, beet tops), yellow corn, sweet potatoes, carrots...
...Corp. will have a large stock interest in Standard Alcohol, settling the suits. Mr. Bedford is a director of Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey). His father was vice president of the company in charge of its lubrication business. His uncle was the late Edward Thomas Bedford, founder & head of Corn Products Refining. He is not to be confused with his cousin Frederick Thomas Bedford, president of Penick & Ford, Ltd. Dr. Rush Rhees, president of University of Rochester, was elected to the board of Eastman Kodak Co., filling the vacancy caused by the death of his good friend George Eastman...