Cotton Outlook and Market Guidance From State Warehouse Commissioner
J Currios Rivers, State Warehouse Commissioner, urges South Carolina farmers and merchants to prepare for a poor quality cotton crop due to heat and drought. He warns against premature ginning, explains fiber and seed issues, and calls for cautious marketing to avoid price manipulation by speculators.
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Estimate Too High By B Haaats
Commissioner of Agriculture urges farmers to warehouse cotton and hold it for better prices. He warns the 1910 crop may fall short of world needs, notes deteriorating yields, small bolls, short lint, and urges financing through bank receipts to weather price volatility.
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Abraham Lincoln's press agent Robert J. Walker
Professor W E Todd highlights Robert J. Walker as Lincoln's press agent who secured European loans for the Union in 1863 and performed daring public displays in London to boost Confederate抵 ter? credit efforts. Professor Dodd notes his mission to curb Confederate loans.
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Abraham Lincoln
Robert J. Walker
Europe
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Professor Dodd
Rock Hill Targets Tourist Traffic with Rock Hill Route
Rock Hill aims to draw tourists by advertising a dedicated route with a $1000 subscription from its board of trade. A camping ground will be provided to attract travelers. Cheraw Chronicle notes Cheraw as a key stop on the all year route.
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Board of Trade
Cheraw
Cheraw Chronicle
Tablet in Honor of Confederate Soldiers in Massachusetts Town
A tablet honoring Confederate soldiers will be affixed to the 1891 Union monument on Oak Bluff Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts. Prepared by Vineyard patriotic groups including the Grand Army of the Republic Woman's Relief Corps and the American Legion the tablet reads The Chasm is Closed In memory of the Restored Union This Tablet Is Dedicated By Veterans of Henry Clay Wade Post 201 G A R and honors The Confederate Soldiers. A Boston Transcriber notes the joint memorial signals a future of shared remembrance and cautions against reopening old divides as the statue’s citizens inaugurate such memorials.
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Martha's Rd
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Boston
Vineyard Patriotic Societies
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Woman's Relief Corps
American Legion
United States
Henry Clay Wade
Baltimore
Daughters Plan to Mark Secession Hill in Abbeville County
The South Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy coordinate with Abbeville and state chapters to purchase Secession Hill for preservation and place permanent markers. The site marks pivotal events from December 22, 1860 and May 1, 1865, including the proclamation of secession and the last Confederate cabinet meeting.
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Secession Hill
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Abbeville
Confederacy
Enforcing Law Against Duels in South Carolina
The Greenwood Index Journal notes SC prohibits dueling with fines and imprisonment but observes murder persists. Public sentiment opposes regulated duels, yet lethal violence continues to rise, prompting questions why anti murder sentiment lags.
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Greenwood Index-Journal
South Carolina
Nobody to Shoot At Woodrow Wilson and Bryan Dead
The Marion Star notes the era of prominent leaders Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan has ended, prompting reflection on who will bear the blame or target of public spleen as the political landscape shifts.
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William Jennings Bryan
Wall Street
Marion Star
Completion of Chicago Union Station Heralds Rail Era Progress
The new Union Station in Chicago signifies a landmark in engineering with expansive facilities designed for 50 000 passengers daily and 300 trains. Built with 17 000 tons of steel and 15 acres of glass, the terminal serves four railroads and features a 125 person conference room and vast Rome inspired waiting areas.
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United States
Chicago
Rome
Union Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Bur- Mngton & Quincy R. R
Chicago & Alton RB
Isle of Busing the peach season in Spartanburg County
Fragmented report notes a peach season in Spartanburg County with wagonloads of fruit shipped to Knoxville and northern markets. It also mentions a large crop, rail and train carriage, and related agricultural activity in the region.
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Knoxville
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