New York Cotton Advances After Steady Open
The New York cotton market rallied today following yesterday's decline. May and later deliveries rose as traders bought to cover and replace long positions. In New Orleans, prices opened higher on crop-damage fears from recent cold, with months up 31 to 32 points at the first half hour. futures closed mostly steady with minor declines.
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Wall Street
New Orleans
Midland
American
Telephone replaces telegraph for rail dispatching on Southern
Special to the Banner from Charlotte reports that the Southern Railway System will switch to telephone dispatching for trains between Washington and Atlanta, 649 miles. Officials cite quicker service and fewer errors as advantages. Dispatchers and receivers spell out all figures and confirm messages directly with conductors and engineers.
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Charlotte
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Southern Railway
Washington
Atlanta
How Spain Got Its Name Explained
The term Spain derives from Rab bit Peninsula and the Punte Sharon rabbit. The rabbit population shaped harvests, prompting use of African ferrets to drive them from burrows. Ancient Spanish coins sometimes depict the rabbit.
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Spain
Best Can Be Found by Not Focusing on Faults
Quote by Ruskin urges seeking the good in others and oneself rather than dwelling on faults. By focusing on strengths and virtues in each person who speaks to you, faults fade away naturally like leaves in autumn.
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Ruskin
Bank Officials Get Gray Joke
Humorous snippet notes a bank check returned for nonpayment prompting Mrs. Small to joke about cashing it elsewhere. The exchange is framed as a light aside from Life columns.
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Gray
Matrimony's Enduring Role in Marriage Notions
A brief quoted reflection notes that many husbands fear their wives would not find another like them if they died, while many wives share the thought. The remark, attributed to an exchange, captures a wartime era view of marriage and loyalty.
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Areer
Suggestive Planting Table For Gardeners in Georgia
A historic planting guide lists crop timing for Georgia with intervals to ensure succession until killing frost in November. It covers sweet potatoes Irish potatoes onions peas turnips rutabagas cabbage collards pumpkins winter squash tomatoes and okra detailing planting windows sowing and storage notes.
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Georgia
Home Garden Vital to Nation Warns Georgia Public
The article urges every Georgia family to maximize the home garden for year round supplies. It stresses planting potatoes, collards, cabbage, turnips, carrots and other warm weather crops for fall and winter use. It calls on women to can vegetables to combat high canning costs and frames garden stewardship as patriotic duty.
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Georgia
Fall Irish Potatoes In North Georgia Mountains
Northern Georgia farmers urged to plant a large fall Irish potato crop to avert supply gaps if transportation freezes block Maine and other states. The piece argues mountain soils can sustain Georgia through winter and showcase regional farming strength.
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Maine
North Georgia
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What Georgia Can And Should Do
Georgia could boost its food output dramatically this year by expanding corn, hay crops, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, and hog and cattle numbers. Urges doubling hogs, poultry, and meat, doubling corn and hay areas, and planting wheat on cotton land after haying to meet local needs and avoid railroad bottlenecks.
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Georgia
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Hog Cholera Facts and Prevention Measures
Hog cholera is an infectious disease spread via contaminated blood, soil, carcasses, and feed waste. Proper disinfection, serum use, and strict bans on feeding pork scraps reduce risk. vaccination and sanitation, including Whitewash and coat disinfectant, improve herd health and immunity.
Chamber of Commerce backs rural school tax in Clarke County
Athens May 5 1917 a note from the chamber committee urged members to support a May election in Clarke County on local taxation for rural schools. It states a levy not exceeding 2.5 mills will fund county schools with assurances no higher levy will be sought during war fears. The letter appeals for cooperation to educate rural children and uplift the county.
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Clarke
Athens
D. G. Bickers
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Sir
County Board of Education
Basia
Chamber of Commerce
Clarke County
J.T. Pittard
Howard W. Odum
J. M. Pound
J. W. Jarrell, Jr
Geo. H. Thorman
D. Flanigen
J. 8. Stewart
W. G. Griffeth
H. B. Ritchie
J. F. Tibbetts
D. P. Haselton
Right Form of Distinction and Craft Authority
A fragment from Ruskin praises distinct crafts and fairness of gain through experience and skill. The Manchester Guard notes a humorous exchange in a jeweler shop about finding “new-kid eggs” and odd gems while customers request fine stones.
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Ruskin
Inn Jewelers Shop
Guether
Custon
Manchester Guard
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