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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
10
A Department of Agriculture article argues profitable dairying blends economical production with smart marketing. It stresses well-bred cows, proper feeding, and bull genetics, noting that high quality milk commands better prices and scrub herds reduce profit.
Dr. W. N. Logan of the Mississippi College geology department releases a bulletin detailing soil formation processes, moisture effects, and maps showing Mississippi counties with soil types. It lists soil contents and suitable crops for each area to aid farm owners.
Reports from the San Antonio experiment farm suggest fall plowing reduces root-rot in cotton. Rotations with corn or oats lessen root-rot damage compared to continuous cotton. Fall-plowed ground shows fewer root-rot effects, especially when cotton follows crops like corn sorghum or millet. Further study may confirm fall plowing as a key control method.
The article argues that persimmons are misjudged as inedible before frost. It notes much fruit is wasted when ripe fruit falls and rots unharvested. It adds late varieties stay puckered until frost ripens them and that the best fruit ripens just before leaves fall.
In Norfolk Virginia the eighth annual Southern Commercial Congress closes with approval of a new shipping law and steps to intensify and diversify farming. The meeting also backs city management efficiency and broader public education including technical training. A peace bell for the nations centennial is proposed in Washington. Speakers discuss postwar export growth with China Latin America and other markets.
Investigation into James H. Watt the self styled egg king finds no conspiracy evidence. Watt allegedly controls 72 000 000 dozen eggs in Chicago cold storage and is one of four men shaping the Middle West egg market. Federal officials say Watt acts largely alone and does not violate federal law.
The Texas vital statistics report shows tuberculosis causing 10 percent of 28 318 deaths and infantile diarrhea 6 percent. Many tuberculosis victims were migrants from other states. report notes no reason given for high Texas death rate. Diarrhea deaths mainly affect Mexicans on the border and East Texas blacks due to ignorance.
W G Lee of Cleveland Ohio president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced Friday that negotiations are under way in New York between Brotherhood leaders and railroad operating departments officials to settle the entire controversy out of court before January 1 when the Adamson law takes effect. He spoke in an address before the Central States Conference on Water and Rail Transport in Vandalia Indiana.
Germany explains to Washington that the steamer Lanao sailed under the British flag and was sunk by a submarine after provisions for crew safety were made, because she carried contraband and could not be taken into port.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a physician’s prescription for kidney and bladder diseases. It claims rapid, broad relief, notes pricing of 60 cents and one dollar, and offers a sample for ten cents by mailing to Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton, N Y, with a paper mention.
A Birmingham Age-Herald note quotes a distressing letter from a shut in describing life in bed or an invalid chair. The column wryly highlights a ten year sentence with time off for good behavior and mentions a patent remedy for eye inflammation claimed as effective.
A father dismisses his son's wish to learn the business from scratch while recounting workers already deep in the trade. The dialogue contrasts the son's college plans with the father's insistence on hands‑on experience and loyalty. The remark reveals decades of apprenticeship and a layered enterprise.
Advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing to restore beauty to gray or harsh hair. Claims it revives stiffness and dullness, offering a solution for uneven texture. Product priced at $1.00.
A brief quote from the Poseing Show reveals a heated exchange. One character accuses Alice of cheating while she denies flirting and challenges the accuser’s claim that the other man’s name is Rupert.
A terse forecast mentions a sharp cold front bringing 5 inch snow potential and light rain. Observers note windy conditions and cooler temperatures for the region with updated alerts from local meteorologists.
A narrator contrasts a woman who behaves as if regal with another who would not seek wisdom elsewhere. The dialogue underscores judgments of character and independence through sharp, period tone.
In a family estate dispute, Edith receives a share. The dialogue notes lawyers taking most of the estate while Edith obtains one item. A quirky aside mentions using a paste made from wood ashes and lemon juice to renew tarnished brass.
President Wilson approved an army court martial action sentencing Lewis O Gardner of the New Mexico militia to dishonorable discharge and a year in prison with hard labor for failure to obey the federal call for border duty last June. The prison sentence for Drisgon was remitted as the case was pressed as a test.
The United States submarine H-3 with two officers and twenty four men was rescued in a breeches buoy before dawn after it grounded on a sand spit 300 yards offshore on the northern California coast.
A famous captain faces a suspect in the third degree questioning. The suspect answers with nonsense lines about solitaire, and the officer exclaims victory asking who the suspect played solitaire with. The scene mixes bravado and humor in a mock interrogation.
The U S Navy is 25 000 men short of its authorized strength as stated before the lease subcommittee on naval affairs during a recent hearing in Washington. The Coast Guard saved 1 507 vessels or lives last year.
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