Farmers wartime letter urges cotton stay from market
W D Lewis, president of the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union of Texas, appeals to Texas farmers to block selling cotton as a wartime measure. He warns of financial ruin from bankers and financiers and urges a mutual pledge to hold cotton until market conditions improve, describing self preservation as the first law of nature. The statement defends organized farming against economic pressures linked to European war, urging collective action and solidarity.
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Farers’ Educational and Co-operate Union
Texas
Europe
Henry
Brother Farmer
Money Lords
America
W. D. Lewis
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of Texas
Local store ad with mixed items and prices
An OCR filled page lists clothing and household goods with prices such as ladies skirts at 5.00 and shoes at 5.00, various plates, galvanized buckets and other items, plus garbled OE letters. It reads like a sale catalog with numerous unclear product names and scattered prices.
Cotton Reduction Why
The author urges diversifying crops beyond cotton to secure food for families livestock and sale. He argues reduced cotton acreage is needed as wartime demand and market fluctuations threaten value. Cooperation among business, bankers, merchants and farmers should promote diversified agriculture and debt-free farming. D F Eaton, Demonstration Agent.
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South
North
Ceedis
D. F. Eaton
Trade offer for three-year-old stallion for working mules
Fine young stallion to trade for good mules or mares. Mules or mares must be broke to work. This horse is three years old and one of the best all purpose horses in the county. Is perfectly gentle to work and ride. See John Eanes, Fleming, or J R Eanes.
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John Eanes
Fleming
J. R. Eanes
Try These on Your Ford Car Rides
A playful verse recalls an old geeser with a wooden leg who builds a Ford from four spools and coal. The quirky tale celebrates ingenuity and a homegrown vehicle, ending with the line that it ran, by gosh.
Comanche Milling Co Seeks One Thousand Bushels of Corn
Comanche Milling Co invites farmers to sell one thousand bushels of good white milling corn. They offer shucking, shelling, and grinding on short notice and operate every Saturday. Contact E. W. Harris at the office behind The Comanche National Bank.
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Comanche Milling Co
E. W. Harris
Comanche National Bank
Missing shotgun found along road near Helmsley pasture
A tan leather cased double barrel hammerless shotgun is believed misplaced along the road through Jim Helmsley’s pasture. A liberal reward is offered by returning the gun to the office.
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Jim Helmsley
Notice on Return of Borrowed Vapor Lamp
Paris Smith demands immediate return of a borrowed vapor lamp. Also promotes Martin Company offering groceries of all kinds at war prices.
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Paris Smith
Martin Company
Carranza retirement talks and Parrral battle updates
Dispatches indicate Carranza may retire if the Aguacalientes convention limits pro visional rule and allows his presidential bid. In Parral Chihuahua Herrera forces attacked Villa and after five hours the town endured fiercest fighting with heavy casualties and a massacre of prisoners.
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Carranza
Aguay Calientes
State Department
Obregon
Mexico City
Washington
Aguas Calientas
Juarez Ménday
Herrera
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
Manuel Chao
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Alternative
An advertisement warns against calomel advising Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims calomel causes illness and salivation, while Liver Tone starts the liver gently, is harmless for children, and guarantees no griping or side effects.
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Dodson
Wanted Horses 15 to 16 Hands High at Star Yard
Help sought for horses aged 5 to 8 years, 15 to 16 hands high, sound and in good flesh. Bring them in. Location Star Yard. Contact C. M. Albin with 7 10 price range.
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Star Yard
M. Albin
Grove's General Tonic Ad
Advertises Grove's Tasteless chill tonic with quinine and iron. Claims liver support malaria relief blood enrichment and overall health boost. Priced at 50 cents.
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Sea Island
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Renee Ewe
Aon
Tash
Red Cross
Lene
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Trsory
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Higginbotham’s
Carranza Gertan
Parrall
Grove
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