Mexico cotton frontier Chinese farmers compete with U S
The article traces Mexican cotton growth near Mexicali where Chinese leasehold farms dominate. It notes large mills in Mexicali and Culican, extensive Chinese financing, and cross border labor routes through the United States. It argues irrigation water and a future All American Canal could shift cotton competition.
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Mexico
Mexicali Valley
Imperial Valley
Culican
Mazatlan
United States
Mexicali
Mexican
Japan
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
Imperial County
California
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Gulf of California
Gulf
South
Diaz
Reste
West
Colorado River
Nand
United Staes
Georgia
Chevrolet Announces New 1928 Line For January First
Detroit December 24 Chevrolet Motor Company promises the most spectacular low priced automobile of all time with a complete new line to be introduced January first. W S Knudsen notes official details will come January 5 and production has been under way since December 12 at plants in Flint Tarrytown Saint Louis Oakland Buffalo Janesville No wood Ohio.
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Detroit
Chevrolet Motor Company
Chevrolet
W. S. Knudsen
Flint Mich
Tarrytown
N. C
Saint Louis
Oakland
Cal
Buffalo
Janesville
Wise
Sand No
Wood
Ohio
Chevrolet Jet
United States
Bangor
San Diego
Miami
Vancouver
General Motors Proving Ground
General Motors
Hickman 10 Pleads Guilty in Parker Case Mercy Asked
Jerome Walsh Kansas City attorney for Hickman says Hickman will plead guilty and seek mercy in the Marian Parker kidnapping and murder case. Walsh rejects insanity defense and notes public anger and difficulty in finding an impartial jury. He declines a venue change, preferring a trial in a large city like Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dec
William
Hickman
Munner
Leopold-Loch
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Marian Parker
Walsh
Finger Prints Tie Macon Suspects to Michigan Robbery
Macon Georgia police report that Alex Matrice and Frank Snyder tied by fingerprints to a December 20 Saginaw Michigan hold up and shooting of a filling station proprietor. McDaniel was shot in the neck and wounded in the hand during the attempted robbery. Warr shot Snyder in self defense. Both suspects face possible Michigan charges if convicted.
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Macon
Alex Matrice
Frank Snyder
East Macon
Saginaw
Mich
Wm. Kurtz
Michigan
QO. P. McDaniel
Flg
Snyder
Herman Warr
McDaniel
First Cotton Fertilizer Made by Pendleton in 1866
Sparta Georgia claims Dr E M Pendleton the physician chemist first to manufacture commercial fertilizers in the world. His Pendleton’s Guano came from an Atlanta factory after his chemical analysis showed the cotton plant needed phosphorus nitrogen and potash. The product proved profitable on Hancock County farms.
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Sparta
E. M. Pendleton
Atlanta
Pendleton
C. R. Pendleton
Macon Telegraph
Hancock County
Wealth Lost Chestnut Trees Vanish From Connecticut Hills
Chestnut trees once supplying farmers with income and timber for poles and telegraph wires have disappeared across Connecticut hills. The decline leaves landowners facing loss of traditional cash crops and the region’s aging infrastructure needs.
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Connecticut
Georgia expects prosperous 1928 with investor confidence
Georgia Governor Hardman projects a year of progress and prosperity for 1928 citing renewed outside investment, stable farming, and reduced crime. The proclamation urges cooperation among industrial, banking, textile, and farming sectors, emphasizing health, education, land, and water power as key factors.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Hardman
Officer Slain in Griffin New Year Shooting
Griffin Georgia police officer Oscar Atkinson aged 45 was shot Saturday night as Griffin rang in the new year. Chief L L Stanley praised his long service. Lee Pryor, 60, a former poolroom worker and father of several, is jailed on the charge of firing the fatal shot.
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Griffin
Oscar Atkinson
L L. Stanley
Lee Pryor
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Macon Teleh
Washington, D.C
R. Shipp
Southwest
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Kellogg
Califormia
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Tinana
Palaccio
Vernor
Garcia
Olice
Columbus
San Francisco
Department of Commerce
Commerce
Washington
China
Immigration Bureau
Department
Sonora
Sinaloa
Nayarit
Jesse B. Hart
Sparta M. D
Hardmand
Ries & Armstrong
Uepatring Phoue
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