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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1924
Page
2
John Bailey, 18, came to Chief Bragg's office Sunday night requesting to be locked up. After questioning, the chief chose to give him a bed, believing containment would keep the community safer than allowing him to roam the city at night.
A study finds Jersey and Porto Rico potatoes cure and dry at similar rates when stored under identical conditions in the curing house. Researchers note no appreciable difference in drying or curing between the two varieties, and that Porto Rico storage methods are adaptable to Jersey potatoes for consistent results.
Washington dispatch notes Senator Capper asserts the election produced a repudiation of radical proposals but not a mandate to purge liberal Republicans. He cautions the West helped Coldidge style progressivism survive and warns the party must keep support from the region.
Ellis H. Cutting, believed to be the last survivor of the Light Brigade from Balaklava, died in Cedar Rapids at 87 after a paralytic stroke. He joined the British army at 16, fought in many campaigns, and recalled the moment Lord Raglan ordered the charge. He later worked as a railroad engineer and lived with his two daughters.
Atlanta reports that the South now grows about 130.25 million acres of farm crops, over a quarter of U S total. Cotton acreage is only about one fourth of Southern farming, while corn accounts for a third of U S production and three leading grains total around 63.25 million acres. The region ships vast vegetables fruits and cotton product carloads north and west, with watermelons and cantaloupes also important. Crop diversification has transformed Southern agriculture and cotton is no longer king.
In Macon police court Jones was found drunk after attempting to borrow another gun. Officers recalled several guns stolen from Macon homes in similar fashion and bound Jones over to the city court on larceny charges. If freed, he may be brought to Americus for identification and possible trial with Mrs. Stevens or Mrs. Burke.
Five robbers entered a Milwaukee national bank branch shortly after ten this morning and escaped with about $10,000 in cash and more than $500,000 in stocks and bonds. The suspects fled before officers could pursue, leaving little trace at the scene.
The Georgia Experiment Station compared southern Porto Rico and northern Big Stem Jersey sweet potatoes. Porto Rico yielded 271 bu per acre but 8.4 percent were too small to sell. Big Stem Jersey yielded 12.6 percent too small to sell. Jersey fruit tended smaller, with more undersized. Porto Rico produced more jumbo unsalable number ones.
Savannah De 8 Special police investigate the death of Ben Polite whose body was found in the woods several miles from town Saturday night a buckshot wound through his neck and signs of a struggle with ground torn up and evidence of whisky making near the scene.
A letter mailed 60 years ago at Fort McHenry Baltimore addressed to Union soldier James Fisk's parents in Medina New York was found and delivered to his sister Mrs Sarah Smith of Shelby near Medina. The parents are deceased and the sister is 84 years old.
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