Persia Moves to Deny Foreign Legation Access to Courts
The Persian government says foreign legation and consulate representatives will be barred from Persian courts in cases involving foreigners. Britain supports the stance as nations seek concerted action. Separately, reports from Peking warn of Nationalist forces threatening the capital, risking a Cantonese dominated United China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Teheran
Great Britain
China
Peking
South Carolinian who built early turbine mill found
The Gosnell family of Greenville County built a near century and a half old turbine powered by a water flow on the Saluda river. A wooden wheel with iron buckets drives the millstones directly, eliminating belts and pulleys. The one room mill remains intact in Blue Ridge Forests and is a rare precursor to modern turbines recognized by engineers.
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Tryon
N. C
South Carolina
Gosnell
Greenville County
Blue Ridge Forests
North Saluda
Blue Ridge Forest
Hogback Mountain
Money for Cotton Distributes Over $300000 in South Carolina
More than 300000 dollars in advances to members of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association were paid in the last ten days marking the second payment in two months. The total advance reaches 11 cents a pound for Strict Low Middling and better and 8 cents for other cotton. Checks were mailed to some counties and distributed at meetings in eight others. Meetings occurred across Lexington Saluda Newberry Laurens Winnsboro Chester Edgefield Greenwood Spartanburg Greenville Rock Hill York Abbeville Anderson Walhalla Pickens Lancaster Bamden. Speakers included A B Jordan Leon L Rice Henry S Johnson C H Roper and L F McKay.
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South Carolina
Lexington
Saluda
Newberry
Laurens
Winnsboro
Chester
Edgefield
Greenwood
Spartanburg
Greenville
Rock Hill
York
Abbeville
Anderson
Walhalla
Pickens
Lancaster
Bamden
Spearking
A. B. Jordan
Dillon
Leon L. Rice
Henry S. Johnson
Columbia
C. H. Roper
L. F. McKay
Memphis
Tennessee
South
W. B. Jearson
Strother
Association
South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association
Wheat Production Outpaces U S Yet Soil Preservation Remains
Canada leads in wheat yield for the fifth year with 17.8 bushels per acre in 1926 versus 14.7 in the United States. France exceeds 20 bushels per acre due to intensive cultivation and fertilizers. The piece argues soil preservation must be a government concern for future feeding, not just individual action.
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Canada
United States
France
Life expectancy notes by age from U S life tables
The latest United States life tables show forecasted remaining years of life by age. At age 22 about 43 years remain, at 32 about 36 years, at 42 about 28 years, at 62 about 21 years, and at 62 about 14 years remain.
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United States
Revolt in Egypt Challenges British Rule
Egypt again revolts against British rule as Nationalists refuse credits for the Sirdar arguing the 21 000 strong army lacks aircraft and tanks and is only a police force at a yearly cost of 50 million dollars. Britain responds by sending warships and bomb planes to Cairo while the World Court continues to function.
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Egypt
Sirdar
Cairo
World Court
Undermining the government and a transcontinental railroad
Ambassador Herrick in France and Mathew Wolt of the AFL condemn Bolshevik efforts to undermine governments including the United States. Glenn Frank warns of indirect pleas for monarchy amid college professor influence. The Southern Pacific railroad from San Francisco to Mexico is now in full operation, a 20 year project costing about 80 million dollars.
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Mathew Wolt
American Federation of Labor
New York
Bolshevic
United States
Glenn Frank
Ita
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Mexico
Ambassador Sheffield Plans Resignation in Mexico Policy Change
Washington notes indicate Mexican Ambassador Sheffield will return home soon and resign. He has disagreed with Calles government and views Mexico's president as an upstart whose policies should be discouraged. The piece suggests a shift toward normalcy in diplomatic influence.
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Washington
Sheffield
Calles
Mexico
United States
Times
Ohio Reports Six Drownings in One Day
Ohio records six fatalities from drownings in a single day as boys sought the old swimming hole, their judgment described as deficient amid the peril.
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Ohio
No cement will mend a broken promise
A concise aphorism notes that material fixes cannot heal trust failures. The line emphasizes durable truth and integrity over superficial solutions in human relations.
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China’s
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Bell System
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (Incorporated
Powell Hardware Co
Aiken, S. C
Cooperative Association
Ambassador Herrick
L. L. Toney Merchant Tailor
East Hayne Ave
Aiken
W. B. Toole
Augusta, Ga
Ghichesters
Diamong
BUICK
Hallman-Johnson Motor Co
S. C
General Motors
Xamine
Frigidaire
Hafers Electric CO
Aiken, 5. C
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