A Cotton King Jowers Of Webster County Revealed
A feature on W P Jowers of Webster County near Preston and his famed Jowers Improved Cotton Seed. The piece lists yields from 200 acres, weights of bales, and demonstrates his farming scale with hogs, corn, peas, syrup, potatoes, cattle, and bees. It highlights his family and community, inviting visitors to Preston to verify the claims firsthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Jowers
Preston
Webster County
Jowers
South
Jersey
Georgia
Laura
Wesleyian
Dr Bull's Worm Destroyer Candies for Children
Dr Bull of Louisville created Dr Bull's Worm Destroyer a candy for children that supposedly pleases the youngster yet tragically kills worms. The item mixes whimsy with medical claims and reflects early 20th century patent medicine humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Louisville
From a Sandyville Hotel reminiscence to a New York fortune
In Sandersville Georgia a group recalls a local man who rose from poverty to wealth through cotton trade in Savannah and later New York. He gained via a benefactress, joined Central railroad stock, and became a millionaire. The piece links his tale to broader Southern railroad progress and earnings growth.
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Sandersvile
Hotel
Sandersville
Savannah
John L. Martin
Cotton Commission
New York
Central Railroad
Alexander
Adam Duntenhofer
Duntenhofer
Union
Railway Register
South
Iron Horse
United States
Financial Chronicle
Southern
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Schmidt
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France
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J. WW. Mize
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the People's, National , Bank
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V. H.R. Schroeder
M. F. Hollen M's
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