Georgia Fights Cotton Ties Trust and Seeks Wire Substitutes
The Georgia Department of Agriculture launches a campaign against the cotton ties trust and calls for substitutes. Commissioner R.T. Nesbitt urges farmers to meet, resist price hikes, and outlines wire tie options from Cont intal Wire Co and Washburn & Moon. He notes letters praising wire ties and reports tests on strength and durability.
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Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Cotton Tie Trust
R. T. Nesbitt
Georgia
South
R T. Nessitt
Department of Agriculture
Farmers of
George W. Truitt
Continental Wire Company
Laclede Building
St. Louis
Farmers’ Alliance Exchange of
South Carolina
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Pearl Street
New York
R. T. Nesport
Truitt
Duncan
Blackburn and Blair in a Washington cloakroom tale
The New York Tribune recounts a Washington anecdote about Joe Blackburn and Senator Blair of New Hampshire. They debated brandy versus whisky as a man’s boon before Blair entered the room. Blair admitted ignorance of the difference and Blackburn expressed sympathy for the senator’s abstinent stomach.
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Washington
Joe Blackburn
Blair
New Hampshire
Blackburn
New York Tribune
Duck sex ratio in spring hunting puzzles readers
A letter to Forest and Stream reported 80 percent of ducks killed were drakes, four or five males chasing a single female, with 9 females among 45 ducks. Readers voiced similar observations and asked for explanations, noting no cause yet given.
Cyclone Tales from Kansas and a Mortgageed House
A Kansas man recalls cyclones as unpredictable forces that once saved him from a mortgage on a neighbor’s house. He tells how a tornado blew the house into his pasture, lifting the roof from its foundations while he had no stake in it. The tale moves to a brother’s dog whose tail was straightened by a cyclone, selling for eighty dollars.
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Kansas
Boot
Mit Glover
Pawnee County
Joway
Cyclone
Free Education Offer From The Southern Cultivator
The Southern Cultivator of Atlanta Ga presents a grand educational offer, praising its scope and design. The notice invites readers to form the largest number of words using the letters in the word read, highlighting a patriotic spirit from a reliable newspaper.
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Oftlanta
Cultivator offers free education prizes in Southern colleges
A Southern Cultivator promotion promises free tuition board and travel to top word contest entrants. The largest list wins a free education at a Literary College, the second prize at a Business College, with additional free tuition offers and a one year subscription to the Southern Cultivator and the Jackson Argus for $1.00. Submit lists promptly.
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Jackson Argus
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Jackson, GA
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Jackson Institute
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