Price Fixing Plan for Southern Cotton Trade Proposed
President H D Smith of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Association outlines a campaign to organize Southern capital and farmer cooperatives to fix cotton prices. He urges warehouses, holding companies, and state charters to concentrate supply, finance, and sale, arguing a united South can secure higher, stable prices and prevent further losses from market swings.
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H. D. Smith
South Carolina
South
Southern Cotton Association
America
Dale
Boston
Mass
Washington
EK. D. Smith
Sleep Aid Ad Promotes Nervous System Restorative
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine and Restorative Nervine as cures for sleeplessness nervous exhaustion and related ailments. It includes a testimonial from Mrs I B Gilnerton of Helvidere Illinois claiming severe headaches neuralgia and fatigue improved after using the product and notes a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
Bewan
Dr. Milow
Gilnertson
Herylan
Helvidere
Dr. Milon' Nervine Ia
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as only positive cure
A wartime and newspaper ad style item praises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any failed case, urging readers to request testimonials and noting products Hall's Family Pills as best. It also includes General Chaffee on Russian and Japanese volley fire.
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Hall
Dexty « Co
Toledo
Rooks Use Potatoes To Measure Nest Interiors
A North Wales church dignitary describes a rookery near his rectory where potatoes lie scattered beneath the trees during nest rebuilding times. An old parishioner explains the birds use the potatoes to gauge nest dimensions, comparing them to a rook’s eye. after measuring, the potatoes remain uneaten and accumulate beneath the trees.
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North
Wales
Eyles
Film Glover or Surgeons Rubber Glove Development
A historical note describes a film glove for surgeons made by dipping hands in a weak gutta percha solution in benzene or acetone. The coat forms an imperceptible, impervious pellicle preventing blood, pus or secretions contact while preserving touch and skin pliability, offering a protective alternative to rubber gloves.
Preacher Kissed Another Man's Wife Amid Scandal
In Owensboro Kentucky on June 2 Rev. Benjamin Franklin Lawhorn was suspended from the Methodist ministry pending Louisville conference action after a charge of immorality. Joseph Sapp, a Hawesville merchant, alleged the pastor kissed and caressed his wife, prompting a church investigation that led to initial exoneration, then renewed testimony by Mrs. Sapp who admitted falsehoods under pressure. Lawhorn denies the charges.
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Owovsboro
Benjamin Franklin Lawhorn
Louinville
Ilo
Joseph Sapp
Hawesville
Sapp Snys
Mia
Sapp
Cananea Riots Executed Leaders Reportedly by Mexican Forces
A Douglas dispatch says eight Cananea riot leaders were executed by Col. Kosterlitzaky’s rurales. They stood before a stone wall near Ronquillo, cried out against the government and Mexico, and faced a rifle volley. Cananea did not burn. mining firm losses reach about $500,000 with work to resume soon.
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Los Angeles
Donglas
Ariz
Cananea
Kosterlitzaky
Ronquilla
Konterlitzsky
Mexico
Cananea Consolidated Mining Company
Mae
White Brute Arrested in Woodruff Incident
In Spartanburg on June 1 a white mill operative named Williams was arrested on a charge of attempting to assault a white girl. He lured the child to woods behind the church but was stopped by two passing Black men who seized him and handed him to Woodruff marshal.
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Spartanburg
Williams
Woodruff
Guardian seeks final settlement of minor estate
Adelena Oelker guardian announces an application to D A Smith judge of probate in Walhalla South Carolina on July 9 1906 at 11 oclock for leave to make final settlement of the estate of F Brownlow Oelkers minor and obtain final discharge as guardian of the estate. June 6 1906.
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D. A. Smith
Oconee County
South Carolina
Walhalla Court
F. Brownlow
Keowee Courier and Charleston News Offer Discount
A clubbing deal combines The Keowee Courier with the Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Courier for 1.50 per year. The Keowee Courier is praised as a top county paper in South Carolina, while the Semi-Weekly News and Courier is a Wednesday and Saturday publication with full Associated Press dispatches. The offer provides two leading papers for about the price of one, saving readers nearly 50 cents.
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Charleston
Keowee
Ocones County
South Carolina
News and Courier
Associated Press
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