Low Cotton Prices Tied to Surplus Production and Printing Cloth Costs
Washington studied treasury statistics showing U.S. cotton output quadrupled since 1872 while average prices fell to about one fourth. United States now supplies 85 percent of world cotton, with other nations near flat production. Cotton printing cloth prices also dropped from 7.88 to 2.17 cents per yard, matching raw cotton declines.
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the Times
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Treasury Bureau of Statistics
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Yellow fever worsens in Jackson with new cases
Jackson reports 10 new yellow fever cases the highest to date, raising total to 22 with three deaths. Drs Gant Birchett and Dunn note additional cases and suspicious instances across Water Valley Taylor's Station Oxford Port Gibson Harriston as health officials seek immune doctors and nurses and plan a detention camp for hundreds of Black residents.
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Ambush Killing Tets Tennessee Auction Sparks Vigilante Pursuit
Five men shot by John Hollingsworth and allies as a barn ambush ends a debt auction in Cannon County near Murfreesboro. Three men killed, two wounded severely. mob justice and sheriff’s posse search the hills. Also Colorado forest fires slowed by snow and rain.
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Fires leave millions in property loss across states
Early October reports describe widespread devastation from forest fires in Wisconsin and Minnesota with many lives lost. In Paris Kentucky a doctor killed himself amid family grief. A Kansas mother killed her two young children in a shocking act near Sheridan. A circus animal trainer was mauled by a lion in Butte, Manitoba, sustaining serious injuries.
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