Markets Today Cotton Markets From New Orleans and New York
Market notes from New Orleans and New York discuss weakness due to bearish cables and favorable weather. Citations mention Giles condition, crop estimates around 15,100,000 bales, carryover near 4,000,000, and weevil reports offset by good weather signals.
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T. W. Palmer & Company
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Fiorida
Wofler
New York
Alexandria
Giles
Garside
Mississippi College
Liverpool
Mae
Bley Hingo
Woman Used Petrified Body of Son in Mail Fraud Case
Federal authorities charged Mrs. Alliece Sawyer with using her petrified son’s body to obtain $32,000 from a Meridian Mississippi couple. The scam involved soliciting funds to sell the body to seekers, following a claim that large offers were pending. The case spanned California to Mississippi with investigation by postal inspectors and U.S. Attorneys Ames Peterson and Donald Armstrong. The son Theron died April 28, 1924, in El Centro and his grave was later opened after six months.
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108
Angeles
Alliece Sanver
Long Beach
Theron
EL Centra
United States
Ames Peterson
Donald Armstrong
Stutz
Meridian
Miss
Ross Collins
Mississippi
Levulose New Sugar Is Sweeter Science Finds
Chicago July 31 reports that a new sugar called levulose, one and a half times sweeter than ordinary sugar, has been developed but not yet produced commercially. The American Research Foundation bulletin notes science can tailor sweetness to market demand. Other claims include beefsteak flavor yeast, synthetic leather, artificial silk, and medicines derived from coal tar dye and petroleum byproducts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Research Foundation
Science
Bulletin Science
United States
Queen Victoria II of Sweden Reported Gravely Ill
A bulletin from Sweden on July reports Queen Victoria II in grave condition at her residence in Stockholm. The illness is described as bronchial and related complications. ongoing treatment and public concern surround her health crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Stochilulm
Sweden
Stowe
Queen Veter
Deuttinghalm
Chinale
Three Boy Scouts Bag Lions on Johnson Expedition
Three 15 year old Boy Scouts taken to Africa by the Johnsons on a photographic expedition report bagging one lion each. Letters from Martin Johnson defend the boys amid a camp surrounded by seven lions and a thrilling, perilous night. Scouts are Richard Douglas Greensboro NC David Martin Austin MN and Douglas Olver Avanta GA.
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New York
Africa
Martin Johnson
Johnson
George Parmer Putman
Richard Douglas
Greensboro
N. C
David Martin
Austin, Minn
Douglas Olver
Avanta, Gu
Noisy quotes drift through a 1928 dispatch from the era
The fragmentary wire copy reports varied curiosities from 1927 to 1928 including a gum bill figure, Chaucer copies selling for twenty thousand dollars, a German scientist seeking wood foods, and social commentary about politicians and American women, with a note on forest fire concerns inviting landowner action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
NEA Service, Inc
Fifth Sunday Sing At Pilgrim Home Remembered
The report notes a long remembered fifth Sunday sing at Pilgrim Home. The day opened with a 1:30 start, song, lessons, then three songs with duets by Abel and Jesse Farmer and a solo by Quincey Hollis of Texas.
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Steely
Abel
Jesse Farmer
D. G. Farmer
Jesson
Quincey Hollis
Texas
Receus
Hospital staff letters reference Dr J A Staff member widow
Fragmentary OCR notes show hospital staff sending to the widow of Dr J A, with references to minutes and staff clinics. The text includes names H C von Daem and medical officer in charge and mentions sending copies to the wife, but details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veta Hospital
J. A
Pege Quy Jose
Hospital Ne
H. C. von Daem
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Shembets
Helentiste
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Clevenberg
California
Labuetones
Alice
AEA
Washington Bureau
Niccholas Longe ‘Motth
Tate
Ronegvelt
S]aker
Howe of Represiver
Moses Dyhaar
Washington
Poe Angell
Gary
Ind
Beiing Point
Ort
Ene Manele
Chevrolets
Chevrolet
Reese
Fisher
Chania
Riley-Akins Chevrolet Co
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