Stop Stem End Rot In Watermelons Affects Transit
United States Department of Agriculture finds a common fungus causes stem end rot in watermelons during transit. Preventive steps include burning field weeds, removing culls, washing wagons, spraying Bordeaux mix, careful handling, loading with stem ends outward, and applying a starch paste with bluestone to fresh stems.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agricuture
Palmists in England To Be Stamped Out
London authorities launch a campaign to curb palmists crystal gazers and clairvoyants amid wartime stress. Police courts reveal large sums paid by wives and sweethearts of soldiers for glimpses into the future with notable profits in Manchester and Birmingham. A famed London clairvoyant was fined 500 dollars as society women comprised a major portion of patrons.
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Associated Press
London
England
Manchester
Birmingham
1915 American cotton crop and 1916 year in review
A Commerce Department bulletin reports 1915 American cotton production at 11,068,173 running bales with seed value of 167.9 million and 1916 cotton year usage and trade figures. Texas led output, four states supplied over one million bales each, and acreage and yields fell due to war market effects.
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Sam J. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
William M. Stuart
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Oklahoma
California
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Netherlands
United States
Massachusetts
South
Darcy to star on American vaudeville tour
Australian boxing champion Lea Darcy begins a U S vaudeville tour in Trenton with a reported weekly salary of 5000 dollars the highest ever paid to a pugilist on stage. The schedule lists engagements in Philadelphia Boston Providence Pittsburgh Cleveland Detroit Chicago Cincinnati St Paul and other major cities.
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Trenton
N J
Lea Darcy
Darcy
Philadelphia
Boston
Providence
Pitsburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Paul
Flood Control Plan Sought by Tri State Association
New Ulm Minn Jan 19 The Tri State Flood Control association met with delegates from Red river and Minnesota valleys Dakota and Minnesota towns. They plan to decide on flood control measures to present to the legislatures of three states.
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New Ulm
Minn
Tri- State Flood Control Association
Red River
Minnesota
Dakotas
War Debts Incurred In 1870 Not Yet Paid
Paris reports that several French towns have not finished paying obligations from requisitions by German armies in 1870. Villages in Haut Marne Aisne Haute Saone Somme Meurthe and Moselle owe sums tied to wartime contributions. Amiens owes three million after a five million levy in 1870.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
ISTO
Haut Marne
Th Aisne
Haute Saone
Somme
Meurthe
Moselle
Amiens
King Albert Grants Clemency to Belgian Military Prisoners
The Hague January 10 King Albert commander in chief of the Belgian army pardons about 150 military prisoners at Fresnes. After the battles at Liège Namur and Antwerp he imposed strict discipline. Now, with morale high, groups are released and sent to the front after exchanging prison garb for new uniforms at Le Mans and shouting Long Live the King.
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Associated Press
The
Hague
Netherlands
Albert
Fresnes
Liege
Namur
Antwerp
Yser
le Mans
King
West Virginia Legislature Opens With Tied Joint Ballot
Charleston on January 10 reports the West Virginia legislature begins a biennial session. The lower house leans Democratic while the senate is Republican, predicting a tied joint ballot and a major push to resolve a 60 year old Virginia debt controversy amid routine business.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Senate
Virginia
Federal aid road funds allotted to states for national forests
Secretary Houston announced the 1918 allotments from the ten million Federal Aid Road act funds for roads and trails in national forests. States receive varied amounts based on forest land area and timber value, with 10 percent withheld as contingency.
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Washington
Houston
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
French Reservist Pronounced Dead Found Alive in German Camp
Auguste Bambert, missing since August 24, 1914, reappears alive as a prisoner in Sennelager Germany. His wife Madame Bambert had mourned him since October 1914. Bambert was captured at Lille after the German advance and sentenced by a court martial to confinement until the end of hostilities.
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Associated Press
Paris
Auguste Bambert
Sennelager
Germany
Madame Raymond
Colonne Ricouart
Lille
Bradner Buys Powell Interest in Local Firm
On December 29, 1916 B H Bradner purchased B R Powell s interest in the Bradner and company concern and all owners are urged to settle their accounts promptly so the purchaser may pay all bills owed by the old company signed B H BRADNER B R POWELL
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B. H. Bradner
B. R. Powell
Bradner and Company
Foley Kidney Pills Praised by 87-Year-Old Ad
Springfield local letter from H Adams age 87 praises Foley Kidney Pills for relieving a severe kidney trouble. The ad notes the pills build up weakened kidneys, purify the blood, and ease bladder issues, with Mann Drug Company selling them.
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H. Adams
Springfield
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Bank of Commerce High Point annual meeting notice
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Commerce in High Point North Carolina will be held in the director room of the bank on Wednesday January 17 at 10 30 a m for the transaction of business that comes before the meeting.
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The
Bank of Commerce
High Point
N. C
What Dr Patterson Says About Mothers Joy Salve
Dr R D Patterson of Liberty North Carolina reports his boy suffered pneumonia with a 104 fever. After applying Mothers Joy Salve to throat and chest, his temperature returned to normal within an hour. He presents the note for humanity though skeptical of many patent medicines.
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R. D. Patterson
Liberty, N. C
Certificate of Dissolution for Manufacturers' Club, High Point
The Secretary of State certifies the Manufacturers' Club a corporation of North Carolina dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent on October 14, 1916. J Bryan Grimes notes the filing of the dissolution consent and official records in Raleigh.
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Department of State
Manufacturers’ Club
South Main Street
High Point
Guilford
State of North Carolina
J. H. Dobbs
I. J. Bryan Grimes
State of
North Carolina
Raleigh
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States Department OF Commerce
Les Darcy
B. H. Bradner, B. R. Powell
Bell Directory
Southern Bell Telepsera, and Telegraph Company
J. Bryan Grimes
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
J. E. Guy
Elwood Basement
South Main St
W. F. Clayton
Bk. of Commerce
J. Fred Tesh
C. E. McManus
North Carolina Public Service Company
Bulletin NO. Vil
North Carolina Public
Chas. B. Hole
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