Mr. Nessitts Monthly Talk on Cotton Market and Farm Reads
In a Georgia Agricultural Department feature from December 1895, Mr Nessitt urges Georgia farmers to prioritize home food supplies and farm upkeep. He warns against overreliance on cotton, discusses cost of production, and stresses terracing composting and winter work to boost farm prosperity. He cautions about foreign war risks and emphasizes practical preparation for a lean market.
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Georgia
South
Forrestry
Red
Sprouting Crab-grass Identified in Pickens County
The grass described is Sprouting Crab-grass or Panicum proliferum. It is an annual smooth branching grass with coarse stems two to five feet tall, typically found on damp rich soils along watercourses and in cultivated fields. It grows with common crab-grass and can be part of damp bottom hay but is not a good hay grass.
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R. T. Nessort
Pickens County
Fall Bonnet Fashion Notes From Tid-Bits
The fashion editor notes new fall bonnets will be V shaped or at least XXV shaped. Hats remain costly with high bills while hoops linger on flour barrels. Women chase stylish hats and men bear the expense, as one columnist jokes about vanity and prices.
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Tid-Bits
Jen
Texas Siftings
Mary Walker
Eve
Busbard
Texas
Indian Weed A Native Female Medicine Featured
St Louis dispatch notes Indian women are proverbially healthy and endure long marches with babes on their backs. It credits a local weed grown along their locality as the source of a medicine sold by druggists called Indian Weed or Female Medicine, prepared by J. H. Blackburn.
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St. Louis
J. H. Blackburn
Story buys back tale to secure bigger payoff
A writer borrows his own short story from a magazine for 50 dollars after it sits unused. He later repurchases it, makes minor edits, resubmits with a new title, and soon after receives 150 dollars plus a commissioned illustration. The episode illustrates a dramatic rise in the story’s value.
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Outlook
In All Messiness There Is a Defect of Intellect
The line condemns both intellectual failure and lack of heart, noting that even avaricious cleverness is ultimately the trickery of stupidity. It reflects a moral judgment on flawed thinking and character during disorder.
Bradfield's Female Regulator testimonial notice
It extols Bradfield's Female Regulator as strengthening the system by driving through impurities and claims the user recovered from eighteen months of bedridden illness after two months of use. The sponsor cites Malvern Arkansas customer J M Joanson and advertises sales through Atlanta Georgia druggists at 1.21 per bottle.
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Bradfield
Gonne
J. M. Joanson
Malvern
Ark
Beapfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
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Poland
Chiistein Gide
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Peewee A
Gmithe
Cochranville
Pee
Malaga
Dozzonis
H. Perdue M. VD
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B. J. Head
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Baunesville, Georgia
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MR. Nesbitt
Farmer’s of Georgia
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Samuel Pitcher
Patent Office Department of
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Jerem. Pound
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