Seed Selection Elevates Cotton and Corn Yields on Southern Farms
A historical guide on improving crops through careful seed choice. It stresses selecting cotton seed by type and ideal stalks, and outlines corn seed selection on a dedicated plot, storing practices, and multi-year gains. It notes higher returns, seed purity, and the need for reliable germination guarantees.
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Bob
Learn of a permanent cure for blood diseases offered free
Important notice promises a permanent cure for ailments including blood poison, locomotor ataxia, necrosis, paralysis, rheumatism, catarrh, malaria, jaundice, tuberculosis, and enlarged glands. It offers to mail a free 108 page book by addressing U S A.
Cotton Market Opens Firm As Prices Rise
The New York cotton market opened firm and advanced 11 to 14 points. The report notes the day’s early levels for strict good middling and good middling grades with a corrected daily update by W. L. Jones.
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New York
W. L. Jones
Testing Germination of Corn Ears in Dung and Sand
A historical method describes germinating corn by placing grains on numbered muslin squares in a box layered with horse dung and damp sand. After a warm period of seven to eight days, select ears where all grains sprouted as seed stock for schools.
The Hello Box in the Country
The article extols rural telephone use as essential for farmers. It highlights price updates, market access, and social contact via party lines and cooperative systems, reducing isolation, aiding in medical emergencies, fire response, and daily farm operations across rural areas.
Oxford Self Culture Club studies Browning at meeting
Oxford October meeting of the Self Culture Club hosted Mrs. James Cunningham with a Browning study plan for the year's first part. Officers elected: President Mrs. Cunningham, Vice President Miss Maude Luttrell, Secretary and Treasurer Miss Noble. Local residents briefed on events and travel.
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Oxford
Self Culture Club
James Cunningham
Browning
James Cnnoningham
Maude Luttrell
Noble
Jacksonville News Briefs Highlight Social Visits and School News
Mrs. Charles Clipp of Pensacola visits sister Mrs. John Burke at Allegheny. Mia Burke Susan Lancaster return from Birmingham as Anna Ward and Lillie Turner rejoin State Normal School. The Montgomeries host Wesley Darden in North Main Street home. Rev Lon Hames visits Demopolis. Ross Currier departs for Atlanta Dental College. State Normal School football heads to Birmingham for Howard College game.
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Jacksonville
Charles Clipp
Pensacola
Fla
John Burke
Allegheny
Tom Morris
George Rowan
Mia
J.P. Burke
Susan Lancaster
Birmingham
Anna Amelia Ward
Lillie Turner
State Normal School
Hubert Montgomery
North Main Street
Wesley Darden
W. W. Battle
Attalla
Lon Hames
Demopolis
Relans
Ross Currier
T. N. Currier
Atlanta
Atlanta Dental College
Howard College
Rural telephone expansion to solve rural problems
The Roosevelt country life commission praised widespread telephone use as a key factor in solving rural woes. With the South enjoying prosperity, the coming year is expected to bring even greater progress for this modern life and business aid.
New Bug Threatens Shipments From Italy to New York
A gray winged bug, smaller than a half pea, found in sacks of Italian beans arriving at New York, is being blamed for illnesses among customs inspectors and freight handlers. Three workers are under doctor care as the treasury department orders an investigation into the insect's source and spread, potentially delaying large bean consignments from Italy and Spain.
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New York
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Italy
Treasury Department
Spain
Property Seeks Buyer Through Local Ad
A reader spots a notice about a desirable felue property in today’s paper and considers pursuing the listing to locate and purchase the right asset.
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