Cotton variety tests and soil improvement in early 1900s Clemson College report
A Raleigh Progressive Farmer excerpt discusses 1907 cotton variety tests on Clemson College Experiment Station grounds. It highlights long staple yields, especially Columbia variety at 1813 pounds seed cotton per acre, notes differences in soil types, and urges farmers to select varieties improved on their own soils. Also includes a local cough remedy advertisement by Dr. Shoop and a sale note by J. W. Bell.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Webber
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Allen
King
Peerless
Big Boll
Cook
Dickson
Clark
Excelsior
Floradora
Mell
Moss
Towle
Willett
Wally
Black
B. R
Brooks
Big Bell
Evans Ae
Harden
Toole
Russell
B. B
Corley
Hagaman
Hawkins
Pride of Georgia
Shank High
Southern Hope
Tooley
Triumph
T. B. Deleney
Protection of Piling From Marine Borers and Creosote Impregnation
A detailed discussion on the longevity of wharf piles against shipworms, covering external coatings, iron casings, and creosote treatments. Notes the pine and oak timbers used across regions, the open-tank and pressure impregnation methods, and references Forest Service Circular 128 on borers and preservation devices. Also includes an anecdotal Pineules kidney remedy testimonial from Texas.
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Maine
Alaska
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
The
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Choose His Company In The West A Missionary Tale
In the West about twenty years ago a missionary travelers seeks lodging at a Swede's ranch. The Swede, wary of muddy Indians about, questions hosting them. He finally asks if immortality requires dwelling with Christians while the Bible speaks of many rooms in his father’s house.
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Lippincott’s
West
Pineules promised relief for backache and rheumatism sold locally
An old advertisement touts Pineules claiming 80 days of treatment for $1 to relieve back pain and stiffness. It urges buyers to try a single bedtime dose and lists J. W. Bell and W. J. Lunney in Seneca as sellers.
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Joe King
Woodland
Texas
J.W. Bell
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
J. W.bell
J. W. Bell
Appalachian Park Bill Inches Toward House Passage
In Washington January 30 1910 Speaker Cannon pledged to bring the Appalachian Park bill before the House this session signaling expected passage. Congressman Aiken and allies greet the move jubilantly after formal delays in prior sessions. Secretary Wilson warns of forest loss threatening East and South rivers, backing a national forests proposal in White Mountains and Southern Appalachians with a proposed 5 million dollar appropriation for about 6 million acres in the South and 600 thousand in the White Mountains.
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A. M
Anderson Mall
Washington
Jan
Cannon
Aiken
House
Senate
Congressman Aiken
Wilson
American Forestry Association
White Mountains
Appalachian Range
Congress
How a Copperhead Bite Was Survived by Sloan’s Liniment
Mrs. K. M. Fisher of Dillsburg recounts a near fatal copperhead bite on August 29 1906. With no medical aid nearby she used Sloan’s Liniment which reportedly relieved pain and saved her life. The item also notes a small fire at Sharpe's Jail building on Assembly Street and a cough syrup advertisement for Fee’s Laxative Cough Syrup with local vendors listed.
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K. M. Fisher
Box 40
Dillsburg
Sloan
Columbia State
Sharpe
Assembly Street
Aftermath of Boyertown Fire Shocks Berks County
Boyertown Pa January 30 The coroner s jury that investigated the Rhoades Opera House disaster in which 169 died returned a verdict at 1 am It states Mrs Monroe and Deputy Factory Inspector Betchell are largely responsible for the catastrophe due to negligence and urges Berks County prosecutors to arrest and convict Monroe owner of the stereopticon and Betchell deputy on criminal negligence charges.
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Boyertown
Rhoades
Opera House
Mra. Monroe
Betchell
Berkes County
Harry McC. Betchell
Messenger Bam Both Struck by Train in Ewing Ga
Valdosta Ga Jan 30 Bam Both, a young express messenger for the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, was run over by a train at Ewing Ga this morning as he attempted to board it. Both legs were severed above the knees. He was taken to Jacksonville for treatment but the injuries are feared fatal.
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Valdosta
Bam Bothwell
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Ewing
Jacksonville
The Immortal Now Poem and Cold Cure Ad
A verse urging the soul to seize the present to achieve immortality and divine life, followed by an advertisement for Preventics cold cure tablets claiming early use prevents pneumonia and touting a large box for 26 cents and pocket boxes for 6 cents sold by Dr. J. W. Bell.
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Lucy Larcom
Grippe
J. W. Bell
Modern Baby Raising Rites and Whims Aboard
A fragmentary set of nursery rhymes describes varied tasks for caring for a baby. It lists actions like boiling items and weaving or shaping objects, framing a cautionary tone about safety and care in a playful, old fashioned register.
Light on Treasury Report Sparks Senate Debate
In Washington on January 29, the Senate debated Secretary Cortelyou s Treasury relief report. Culberson and Tillman attacked it for incomplete answers and printing delays while Lodge defended the document, noting irrelevant light for some observers. Owen introduced a joint resolution for an income tax. Also an advertisement touts ManZan piles treatment with collapsible applicator tubes.
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Washington
Senate
Cortelyou
The
Treasury
Culberson
Tillman
Secretary of the Treasury
Lodge
Tijiman
South Carolina
Owen
A Memory Test at Canterbury Inn
A professor of memories entertains yokels with feats in an inn parlor during a London train delay. A whistle sends him away, leaving the waiter to joke that the silly hamburgh forgot his umbrella. Also advertising copy for King's Little Liver Pills with two local sellers.
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Canterbury
London
Umburg
College Trustees Inquiry Stirs State College Board Conflicts
Representative Verner filed a House resolution asking the judiciary committee to examine if trustees at Clemson and Winthrop colleges may hold other offices. The measure targets Clemson lawmakers and Winthrop trustee Senator Tillman, raising constitutional questions about will provisions and board protection from suit. A debate is anticipated when considered.
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Columbia State
Verner
House
Judiciary Committee
Mhe
Clemson College
Tillman
Winthrop College
Winthrop Board
Clemson
Two of a Kind and a Stranded Stranger
A tall man stutters at a red headed boy on a village platform asking about a late train. A passerby questions why the boy did not respond and fears the man would punch his face. An ad for Foley’s Honey and Tar promises to cure coughs and expel colds.
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Everybody's Magazine
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Clemeon College
Shoops
Dr. Shoop
Wyatt
Atken
Fee
F. S. Royster Guano Co
Norfolk, Virginia
the Immortal
Tell
Learae
W. J. Lunaey
College Trustees Inquiry
Dillman
Foley
R. B. Glenn
North Carolina
Cowan
ALU
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