Record Cotton Crop 1913-14 Totals Millions of Bales
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a 1913-14 cotton crop of 6 542 850 000 pounds not including lint and seed, with an estimated value near 850 670 000 dollars for lint and about 125 000 000 more for seed and linters, making this possibly the most valuable US crop to date. Texas leads with 3 390 000 bales, Alabama and Georgia show notable gains, while Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma trail.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Sinters
Dales Theaver
Florida
Arkansas
Tennessee
California
Young Texans Sightseeing in Washington Prize Winners
Boys and girls from every State in the South join a Washington visit as prize winners in corn raising and in-canning. Winners include Roy Day Slocum TX John M Henderson Birthright TX Lloyd Webb Bellevue TX Andy Young Coleman TX Bam Matthews Ervin Riggs San Angelo TX. Prize-winning canning club girls include Annie Davis Tefferson TX. The South’s leading canning girl is Clyde Sullivan of Oyaiey FL.
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Washington
South
Roy Day
Slocum
Texas
John M. Handerson
Birthright
Lloyd Webb
Bellevue
Andy Young
Coleman
Bam Matthews
Ervin Riggs
San Angelo
Canning Club
Annie Davis
Tefferson
Clyde Sullivan
Oyaiey, Fla
Dalmatian Dog Umbrella Mix-Up in Harrisburg
A misled buyer paid for a Dalmatian dog to take abroad. After a rain shower the dog’s spots washed off, prompting the man to demand a refund. The shopkeeper blamed a helper and noted the dog should have come with an umbrella.
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Harrisburg
Iilm
Hte Agitatant
Cure for Tetter Promised by Cuticura Soap
The ad tells of severe tetter on the hands cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after other remedies failed. It features a testimonial from Miss Helen Tudor dated November 19 and notes that sample products are free with a 32 page Skin Book, with address to Cuticura Boston. It ends with a light aside about flattery.
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Crits
Hilen Tudor
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Adv
Advertising claims for Hunt's Lightning Pain Killer
Many people share experiences with Hunt's Lightning for headaches rheumatism neuralgia and other pains. The ad urges readers to try the product after hearing testimonials and asks them to consult the druggist for proof and further information.
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Hunt
Adv
Vanity and Self Regard in a Love Triangle
A fragment notes people admire a man’s beloved beauty and question whether discussing his vanity is itself vain. The excerpt hinges on perceptions of attraction and self-image among acquaintances.
Castoria Promotion and Patient Hallucination Mention
An old patent medicine note touts Castoria for infants and children claiming safety and long use. A quoted vignette questions a doctor’s cure for a friend’s imagined illness, ending with a remark on someone being "really sick."
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Fliagende Hlaettér
Colds and LaGrippe Remedy Ad with 6 Doses
An 1866 advertisement promotes 6 doses of a remedy labeled Colds and LaGrippe that claims to break chills and fever, act on the liver, and not cause griping. Priced at 26 cents.
Promise and Payment in a Daring Negotiation
A tense exchange unfolds as one party demands promises and worldly goods in a bold ultimatum. The other retorts with insistence on immediate restitution, escalating the bargaining standoff.
Flies Over Six Mile Inlet Could Spread Infections
Researchers in Cleveland studied water inlets six miles from shore and found blue bottles stable flies and Musca domestica swarming the cribs. They concluded strong southerly winds could blow infected flies across water and potentially farther ashore, suggesting a risk of transmission from distant regions.
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Cleveland
Hodge
Sixmile
New York
Greeting at the Columbus Telephone Exchange Revealed
A Columbus man recalls the old days when the city had one telephone company and a small switchboard with six girls. His friend from a nearby town saluted each operator with a courteous How-do-you-do as they passed, mistaken for calls from an autograph-scriber.
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Columbus
Here
Columbus Dispatch
We are much more sensitive and kind now
The London Spectator notes that the western world seeks physical comfort and health, while misery spurs revolt. It argues society hides the ugly side of life behind printed images, and public executions would shock the public too emotionally today.
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Leaire
Riak
London Spectator
Unreliable Doctor Suggests Trip To Europe
Mr Seabury recounts a doctor's advice to rest abroad after a tiring day. His wife challenges the verdict noting his prior distrust of the same physician. The couple debates the doctor’s judgment and the possible European trip.
Perfectly Harmless
A short feature titled Perfectly Harmless notes a witty exchange about a play and a mother, with a line suggesting the speaker took their mother to judge the scene. The Birmingham Aga-Herald presents a compact, humorous vignette.
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Felice
Mother
Birmingham
Aga-Herald
Tall Overtones and a Scrubby Congregation
A seasoned elder questions the new pastor about his parish in a colored church scene. The pastor replies that the crowd is scruffy yet devout, having endured numerous camp meetings and frequent prayer for forgiveness, wearing out their pants and kneeling in repentance.
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Wilson
RUB MY TISM Patent Medicine Ad Cures Various Aches
An old newspaper advert promises RUB MY TISM will cure rheumatism and all kinds of pains including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts old sores burns and more an antiseptic anodyne priced at 25 cents. A separate remark notes Siberian rivers flow over ice many years old and as solid as rock.
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Siberia
New Gertain Liver Remedy Promoted In Hot Springs
An advertisement touts SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS as a gentle liver stomach and bowel remedy from Hot Springs Arkansas. It promises relief from constipation headaches dizziness pimples and nervousness and claims doctors endorse the product. Available in drug stores for 25 cents with a money back guarantee and free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co.
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America
Hot Springs
Ark
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Kfot Springs
Ate
Mean Hint and Desperate Acts Spark Neighbor Nuisance
A neighbor complains that a cornet played in a flat is as disruptive as a literal nuisance. The exchange mocks romantic proposals and reckless acts, highlighting small town tensions over noise and propriety.
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