Cotton crop estimates spark protest against federal statistical plan
The Atlanta Journal notes opposition to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson's idea to have the Department of Statistics prepare a November 10 estimate of cotton conditions. Cotton factors nationwide back the move, while critics call the proposal conjectural, unscientific, and a potential threat to business interests.
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Wilson
Department of Statistics
Secretary of Agriculture
Atlanta
Reasons for voting to license or abolish saloons
A historical notice outlines twelve reasons to vote for abolition of saloons and argues against neutrality. The text cites Christian duty, protection of homes, orphans and mothers, and spiritual judgment, urging adherence to Prohibition and the moral law. It references H. J. Watkins in the South Bastin News Virginia.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
H. J. Watkins
South Bastin News
Virginia
Texas Patents Granted This Week to Texas Inventors
List of patents granted to Texas inventors this week reported by C A Snow and Co patent attorneys Washington DC John A and J H Kimbro Georgetown wire stretcher Edward J Krenek LaGrange insect catcher Leonard F Williams Thurber re charging value Send ten cents in postage stamps with the date of this paper for copies to A Snow & Co Washington DC
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Texas
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington, D. C
John A & J.H. Kimbro
Georgetown
Edward J Krenek
LaGrange
Leonard F. Williams
A. Snow & Co
Silk Glove Promise Sparks Curious Fortune
A note promises a fortune to the man who invents a silk glove guaranteed not to wear through at the fingers in two wearings. The odd claim appears in a clipped advertisement or feature, inviting inventive readers to test the idea.
Game Laws And Open Seasons For Wildlife
The notice details hunting laws with penalties for illegal taking and selling of birds, open seasons for deer and game birds, daily limits, and nighttime firing prohibitions. It also mentions exceptions for certain birds and notes a broad regional description, plus ancillary ads about cotton price guides and telephone competition.
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Npe
Dont Borrow Trouble and Red River Navigation Plan
A Fort Worth era advertisement touts Electric Bitters as relief from dyspepsia and biliousness. A Paris Texas Red River Navigation Convention drew three congressmen Randell Sheppard and Burgess to plan river navigation.
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Bright
Price Co
Paris
Texas
Randell
Sheppard
Burgess
Awful Cough Cured and Pear Grower’s Big Season
An reader shares a cured cough with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy that stopped a pneumonia related cough in a child. A Comanche County fruit grower reports $2000 from thirty acres of pears this season after $2500 last season from the same ground.
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Apel
Mia
Ora Bozsard
Brubaker
Comanche Co
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