Tennessee farmers report good June crops with better yields
The Tennessee State Department of Agriculture reports June conditions from 88 of 96 counties show good crops with prospects for a bountiful year. Wheat yields exceed 1912 by 60 percent, oats up, cotton slow but improving, apples and peaches down, and tobacco similar in area with lower yield. Livestock healthy, hog cholera down. drought impact noted on gardens and clover.
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Nashville
State Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Musk Rat Found Inside Large Pickerel in Harwich Center
Miss Mary D. Robbins caught a large pickerel with a small muskrat inside it. She used a pole and minnows at a lake near the village. The muskrat came to life briefly but swam away underwater after she turned away.
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Harwich Center
Mass
Mary D. Robbins
Bitten by Snake While in Water at Muscle Shoals Canal
Clarence Perryman, a young white man, was bitten by a snake while seining for minnows in the Muscle Shoals canal near Florence, Ala. He is in critical condition with his leg black and swollen to the knee. A physician was rushed from Florence, nine miles away, to treat him. Also injuring Capt. J N Reitaf, a Tennessee river pilot, who was thrown from a biggy but sustained mainly minor injuries.
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Florence
Ala
Clarence
Perryman
Muscle Shoals Canal
Canal
J. N. Reitaf
Fritefi
Blues ‘Water Creek
Germany Visitors Hear David Lubin on Co operation
The American commission on agricultural co operation and David Lubin visited Coblenz to view Raiffeisen's monument and discuss banking and cooperative farming. Lubin urged that their work aims at political stability and peace, not just farmer relief, and noted mixed prospects for adopting Raiffeisenism in the United States.
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Coblenz
Germany
American Commission On Agricultural Co-Operation
House of Raiffeisen
David Lubin
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
Commission Ov
Lubin
Unite States
Father Raiffelsen
Raiffeisen
United States
Un derwood tariff bill advances in Senate committee
In Washington the Underwood tariff bill moved forward as the Senate Finance Committee completed clerical work late into the night and approved the measure. A caucus will ratify the committee’s work, the bill will be printed, and Senator Simmons hopes to formally introduce it in the Senate. Debate is expected to begin Monday with passage anticipated in three weeks to three months. The Democrats aim to push a vote before October.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Senate
No Interference Delayed Run in Baseball Banter
Dialog shows a humorous exchange between Mrs. Womat and Mr. Wombat about a cricket like scenario. They discuss a batsman responsible for bringing a runner home, and a player named Jimmy who was on second base during the game. The quip hinges on miscommunication and rule ambiguities.
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Jimmy
Great Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Items and Prices
P Garber offers deep cuts on ladies and misses slippers and pumps with prices as low as 1.49 to 3.50, men's and boys Oxfords from 1.98 to 3.50, children's pumps, and a July millinery clearance with hats marked under half cost. Also discounts on pillow slips, counterpanes, toweling, towels, and bath towels.
Nashville Bonds Unsold Await Better Rates
Nashville cannot sell 150000 dollars in bonds authorized by voters as the rate cannot exceed 4 percent. City plans to revisit the issue after fall when money eases. City Attorney Albert Ewing cites Tennessee’s financial climate as a factor in the stalled market and hopes for easier bids later.
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Nashville
Nashville J
Cit
Albert Ewing
Morey
Tennessee
Four Thousand Pounds of Food Condemned in June in Tennessee
Nashville July 4 Condemnations during June by Dr. Lucius P. Brown's Inspectors totaled 4514 pounds of food in Tennessee, mainly canned goods. Inspectors visited 26 counties and 55 towns in the Tennessee and Sequatchie valleys, with most inspections at grocers, soft drink stands, meat markets, slaughter houses, drug stores and restaurants.
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Nashville
Lucius P. Brown
State Fare
Tennessee
Pure Food Department
Nature Kind to Veterans at Gettysburg encampment
A July 3 report from Gettysburg describes a roaring storm that relie ved hundreds of veterans in blue and gray as rain soaked the sun cracked grounds. Thunder and lightning cleared the air, tents stayed upright, and no injuries were recorded while veterans enjoyed a safer evening despite mud and slick roads.
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Gettysburg
Blue Ridge
Pickett
Meade and Lys
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