Uncle Jimmie Reports Texas Crop Prospects and Local News
A letters page from Cottonwood Texas editor J. Taylor Taylor alias Uncle Jimmie describes cloudy weather and a bumper small grain crop despite rain, notes boll weevils in the area, and comments on crops such as corn cotton oats and peanuts. He also mentions family news, entertainment plans, berry drying efforts, and Cupid’s forthcoming matrimonial interest.
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Herald
Jimmie
The
United States
Texas
Georgia
Cupid
Keno
J. Taylor Respels
Uncle Jimmie
Dr W T Ellison Nerve Blood and Skin Specialist Ad
Advertises Dr W T Ellison as a nerve blood and skin specialist offering free consultation examination and confidential advice.
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W. T. Ellison
Medical advertisements praise Dr Ellison with advanced treatment
Dr Ellison is permanently located and reputed to practice along high professional lines. The ad touts a system combining Electricity Light Heat Vibrations Bacterines Serums and Organic Extracts with carefully selected medicines and scientific administration. It claims universal endorsement and complete equipment.
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Ellison
Local clinic advertises patient-friendly terms and hours
Charges always reasonable and terms arranged to suit patients convenience. Hours are 9 to 6 Sunday 10 tol. Phone numbers 26388 and 2638. Call or write for information and appointment.
Dudley M Hughes Named as Possible Governor Candidate
The Herald and Macon Telegraph announce Dudley M Hughes of Danville as a formidable potential governor of the Empire State of the South. His record as a farmer and reform advocate positions him to uplift the state morally educationally and financially if he enters and wins the governorship.
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Herald
Macon Telegraph
Dudley M Hughes
Danville
Empire State
South
Dorsey
Hoke Smith
United States Senate
Hughes
Commonwealth
Sugar Famine Seen in Georgia With Shortage Across State
Wholesale dealers in Atlanta report little sugar on hand and a general shortage in Georgia. Prices for retail sugar rise to as high as twenty cents a pound as government demands limit refiners to nine cents fob. No wartime retailer controls remain, while canning season boosts consumption. Public supplies remain scarce despite warehouses holding stock.
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Atlanta
Georgia
King
F.o
Animals Refuse to Eat at Edinburgh Zoo
The zoo keeps a crocodile content with a rat or horseflesh every fort night. An anaconda arrived recently has refused food, while an Indian python, during its thirteen months there, has taken food voluntarily.
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Edinburgh Zoo
Georgia Legislature Faces Highway Bills and Woman Suffrage
Condensed report from Atlanta outlines two major legislative fronts. Highway measures spark debate over bonds for roads and higher license fees, with a three member highway commission proposed and a rival six year term plan for a department head elected by the people. Woman suffrage is to be addressed in a single bill, contrasting the sprawling highway discussions.
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Atlanta
Highway Legislative Committee
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Senate
Moonshine Roundup Leads to County Arrests in Georgia
Revenue officers jailed five moonshiners from Haralson County and four from Lookout Mountain in Catoosa County amid three other local cases. United States Commissioner Printup handled evidence and bonds. In Cartersville residents approved a $90,000 municipal sewage system bond by a lopsided margin with only seven of 370 votes against it.
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Rome
North Georgia
Haralson
Lookout Mountain
Catoosa County
United States
Cartersville
Watermelon Season Opens in South Georgia in 1919
The watermelon season in Thomasville and South Georgia begins with a rush next week. The melon acreage is larger than usual and Florida's crop is poor, likely giving Georgia melons an early market lead. Georgia watermelons are renowned to northern buyers as the finest.
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Thomasville
South
Georgia
Florida
North
Department issues preclearance rule for watermelons
The United States Department of Agriculture announces measures to prevent stem end rot in watermelon shipments. Carriers are instructed that all shipments from Florida Georgia and South Carolina must be pre cleared or treated according to issued instructions.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Hardeman Elected President of Georgia Drainage Association
Hardeman of Sommerce was elected president to succeed A R Lawton of Savannah after seven years in office. The officers were chosen at the seventh annual meeting held in the Cobb county courthouse in Marietta.
Farmers urged to oppose tariff plan amid potash industry fears
J. J. Brown, commissioner of agriculture, warns that Congress aim for a high tariff and price regulation would hurt farmers. He calls on farmers to unite against the proposal, which he says would impose great hardship on the agricultural sector.
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Atlanta
Congress
J. J. Brown
Change Route of Dixie Highway Faces Tallahassee Opposition
The Florida Central Highway Association aims to reroute the Dixie Highway southeast of Tallahassee toward Perry. Tallahassee citizens oppose the change while Dixie Highway officials are invited to inspect the Thom isville to Perry segment this summer.
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Thomasville
Central Florida Highway Association
Tallahassee
Perry
Dixie Highway
Thomisville
Grady County
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Substitute
An advertisement warns against calomel a mercury laxative and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative that does not cause side effects. The pitch claims it cleanses the liver, boosts energy, and is harmless for children.
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Dodson
Optimistic Thought. Arms are worth little abroad there is not wisdom at home.
The remark suggests a critique of foreign attitudes toward arms and questions whether wisdom exists locally. It frames a tension between international perception and domestic insight without naming people or events.
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Dublin
J. 4. Thomas
United Confederate Veterans of Georgia
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Arlingon
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Augusta
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van Holt Nash
Military Department
Savannah
Fred Haar
Little Forest
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New York
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