Independent Farmer urged to cut cotton and defend livelihoods
A disjointed rural appeal urges cotton growers to avoid overproduction, cut acreage, and protect independence by relying on home supplies. It warns against debt and risky contracts, touts self sufficiency, and references a constitutional remedy, Hall's Catarrh Cure, as a tangential aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
BJ. Cae
Ah Appalades Oo
Dru
Malta
Tidings from Tugaloo school notice and local events
Dec. 6 brief from Tugaloo notes health good in community and local activities. J P Powell gave a corn hushmie last week while A P Johns and Powell enjoyed a bird hunt. Milken Alpha and Alma Powell visited Pearle Lyles. School at Dearcourt under Miss Pearle Lyloa discusses improvements. An entertainment at Tagaloo school on Pay evening features dialogues recitations songs with expected good attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tugaloo
J. P. Powell
A. P. Johns
Milken Alpha
Alma Powell
Mias Pearle ‘Lyles
Dearcourt
Mins Pearle Lyloa
Pansod Examination Success Reported by James Donahue
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut writes that after trying several kidney remedies and doctors for diabetes he found Foley's Kidney Cure effective. He reports improvement after the second bottle and eventual cure, returning to live insurance examination. The note mentions Foley's Kidney Cure for backache kidney and bladder trouble and lists druggists as sources.
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James Donahue
New Britain
Connecticut
Foley
Reid
The Lookout Man Is Watching Christmas Eve Tale
A regional tale of Th Lookout Man watching children as Christmas nears. He notes misdeeds and tells Santa Claus who has been naughty or nice, while a boy and a girl are described for their behavior and lessons before Christmas morning. The cadence mirrors a rustic childhood fable with a moral about obedience and hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claus
Chriai
Man In
San
Bryan
Tillman Calle Investigation Resolutions Move Senate Action
Washington December 9 Senator Tillman introduced two series of resolutions directing the finance committee to investigate the treasury department and clearing house certificates amid the financial crisis. The measures, split into three sub divisions, instruct the committee to investigate and report to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Finance
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted Under Pure Food Law
Notice to Our Customer states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs cold and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults by All Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Peculiar San Antonio trial ends in retrial for Williams
A San Antonio jury failed to reach a verdict in the Rufus Williams case. He is charged with enticement and the robbery of Mrs. Sallie Gibson of about 61,000, with most funds recovered. Williams faces a new trial and may obtain bail.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rufus Williams
8. C
Sallie Gibson
Willams
Williams
Gibson
Gibson Big
Columbia
Prominent Young Man Oscar Taylor Found Dead in Swamp
Oscar Taylor of Hawkinsville Georgia disappeared last Tuesday and was found dead this morning in a swamp below the city. Searchers located his body after he crawled into a cypress log and used a coat as a pillow to shoot himself. No cause beyond despondency is given for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkinsville
Oscar Taylor
Taylor
Baptists Push Carey-Cothran Law and Prohibit Liquor Shipments
An Orangeburg dispatch reports the State Baptist Convention unanimously adopted a memorial urging the Legislature to repeat the Carey-Cothran law. The body also calls for Congress to amend the inter-State commerce law to ban liquor shipping into dry areas and curb license allowances. The Dolliver-Littlefield bill is urged for passage in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeburg
State Baptist Convention
Congress
United States
Congrona
Duel to Death in Behols County Georgia
Behols county Georgia reports a fatal duel after a quarrel between C B Mercer and W W Pennington both employed by T G Culbreth Mercer fired first Pennington jumped from his buggy and returned fire wounding Mercer fatally Pennington then rode to Mercers brother in laws home to inform and offer surrender Mercer son in law of ex State Senator Louis Roberts. The men were among leading county figures priorited by local news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
Behols County
C. B. Mercer
W. W. Pennington
T. G. Guibreth
Pennington
Keerar
Mercer
Mercer Way
Louis Roberts
Culbreth
Steam Locomotives Break Speed Records at New Jersey Test
In Clayton New Jersey on December 7 the Pennsylvania Railroad conducted speed tests proving steam engines still lead. A large locomotive reached over 99 miles per hour on a curved track though the run ended with snow blown along the rails by the passing locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton, N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Are You Going Home For Christmas Poem By Hugh J. Hughes
Poem laments returning home for Christmas to a valley and old house, recalling stars, memories, and youth. It contrasts aging family and dwindling vigor with calls to revisit boyhood dawns and laughter at the old home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh J. Hughes
Wilderment
Hood
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Walralia
Union Bureau
Cotseem
New York
Cnil
Tillman Calle
Bhoop
Castoria
Baptists
Hollie Ben
Cai
Georgia
J. W.bell
Waihalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Shoop
Hhoop
Chattanooga
Westminster
Bugsy
T. M. Lowery
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