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Governor Long was farm-born 35 years ago at Winnfield in the upper part of the state. At 13 he peddled school books, developed an amazing gift of gab. Then he took to selling a lard substitute, conducting baking contests. The winner of such a contest in Shreveport became his wife. He hustled through a three-year college course in seven months to jump headlong into state politics-''on the people's side." His campaigns were never dull and usually triumphant. The cities to the south were against him but in the northern reaches of the state...
Last week's exports of pork, lard and meats were 13,216,000 pounds against 3,296,000 pounds for the corresponding week of 1928. Reports from U.S. railroads (over 240,000 miles of road) showed January net earnings of $117,730,186 compared to $94,151,973 in January 1928. Averages compiled by Ernst & Ernst, accountants, showed that 1,042 corporations enjoyed 1928 profits 17.19% greater than...
...glass prism which breaks up the light reflected from any colored object into its spectroscopic lines. A chart of those lines is photographed and the picture may be sent by wire or wireless anywhere. Useful can this device be for recording the exact tints of textiles, oils, soap, cheese, lard, flour, butter, chocolate, glass, automobiles, tile, brick, roofing material, carpets, rope, hardware, paper, leather, cement, linoleum, cosmetics...
Also there was a song which Will Rogers sang together with Andy Tombes. La-de-da was the refrain of the song and its name was the Lard Song; in the course of it, Andy Tombes interrupted his singing to ask Will Rogers whether he had heard about the Scotchman who went to the whippet races. "Yes," said Rogers, "and he bet on the hare...
...Sheridan, Wyo., tariff was the topic again. Campaigner Curtis, his 68-year-old voice grown husky from daily exercise out doors, recited-"Bacon, hams, buckwheat, cattle, corn, cream, eggs, hogs, lambs, lard, milk, potatoes, rye, sheep and goats, wheat and wool"—free list of the Underwood (1913) law, the law Nominee Smith mentioned favorably in his acceptance speech...