America's Cotton Crop Fact Sheet 1927 by National Geographic
A staple overview of cotton in daily life and the 1927 U S crop. It details how King Cotton touches everyday objects from sheets to tires, and explains the cotton belt spread from Texas toward the north. It covers field planting, cultivation, blooming, boll formation, picking wages, and gin processing into lint and seed for mills.
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United States
King Cotton
South
Southwest
Texas
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Connecticut
Cotton Belt
Tennessee
Virginia
Nile
Egypt
Arctic
Balis
Europe
Japan
California News Briefs Recap Legislature and State Events
Recap of the forty seventh California legislative session shows 1085 measures concurred by both houses, with 2355 introduced. Senate produced 897 bills, 453 reached the Governor. Assembly 1294, 569 passed. Also notes bridge painting on Carquinez, climber Hank Weber’s mountaineering feat, Reading's discovery of 1851 peace treaty, and various state projects, births, and events across cities like Sacramento, Bakersfield, and San Francisco.
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Young
Senate
Carquinez Bridge
San Francisco Bay
West
California
Mount Whitney
Hank Weber
San Rafael
United States
Weber
Lone Pine
Airdale
Marin County
Alice M. Reading
Anderson
P. B. Reading
Reading
Fort Reading
Sacramento River
Ash Creek
Balls Ferry
Pitt River
Federal Land Bank of Berkeley
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
State Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
Sacramento
Women Now Do More Across Occupations
Fifty years ago few jobs were open to women. Today most occupations are accessible, from factory work to architecture, law, dentistry, and politics. A Trenton New Jersey factory worker, Mrs Elizabeth Chamberlain, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health and invites inquiries about the remedy.
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Elizabeth Chamberlain
Unionall
Lydia E. Pinkham
Visiting card under door offers minimal recognition
A visiting card shoved beneath the door serves as a small, staled token of recognition, implying someone sought acknowledgment even if only marginal.
Tanlac Relieves Many Ills and Restores Strength
Mrs Elizabeth McLean of Oakland California says Tanlac rebuilt her health after heart and nervous system troubles. She gained 38 pounds from 120 to 158, reports improved digestion and appetite, and credits Tanlac with restoring vitality after years of weakness and suffering. She urges others to try Tanlac as advised by her.
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America
The
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
I. B. Ross
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
el Tejon
Bakersfield
San Joaquin Valley
Hanford
Yosemite
Truckee
San Francisco
College of Physicians and Surgeons Alumni Association
Stockton
California Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. W. Green
University of California
California Memorial Stadium
W. W. Campbell
Pittsburg Board of
State Board of Equalization
Jean McKinley
Ku Klux Klan
Martinez
Bay Point
Contra Costa County
Modesto High School
Modesto
Kansas City
California Forest Guards
Eureka Association
Frank C. Jordan
Mariposa County
Tanlac
Scholl
Scholls
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