Texas cattle producers urge no price fixing on meat
Report from the Texas Committee to the National Food Commissioner in Washington dated June 2 1917 argues against government price controls on beef and related feeds. They warn fixed prices would disrupt production and lift costs for farmers while pledging to expand output through an open market. Comprising Dayton Moses Ire Pryor and R J Kleberg state opposition to price fixing and endorse a competitive livestock market to restore confidence and stabilize prices.
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James B. Feretson
Tex
Klood
Wen Jay
Washington
Canada
Ganteary
Rade
Uier
American National Live Stock Association
National Wool Grow‘ers’ Association
Dayton Moses
Ire T. Pryor
R. J. Kleberg
Comininee
Prankster Sends Unusual Gift to George in Letter Return
A playful suspect named Jay reportedly disliked spending money and sent a friend in the south a letter containing a large flat object packed in a box with wrappings. After hefty postage and charges, the recipient found a note saying Dear George and an unexpected toad inside, described as a joke. The case, noted in the New York Globe, hints at a golf related aside and a puzzled reaction.
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Jay
Jie
Shea
George
New York Globe
Fowls Cause Neighborly Discord in Suburban Garden
A suburban resident grows frustrated as her neighbor Mrs Jones allows fowls to roam and damage her Botas niums. A new English maid is sent to complain, prompting a cautious, comic exchange about manners and keeping poultry at home.
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Dane
Christian Theginter
Wwe
Black Draught praised as family remedy from Ringgold
Mrs Chas Gaston of Ringgold Georgia extols Thedford s Black-Draught as a trusted family medicine used since childhood for headache from constipation malaria and chills. She credits it with reducing doctor bills and restoring health after constipation indigestion and liver issues.
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Ringgold
Chas
Gaston
Thedford
Waalston Thadford
Woman Credits Tanlac for Remarkable Recovery
A Georgia woman recounts a dramatic rebound from illness after taking Tanlac. She describes near-shipwreck health, a long hospital journey, and the revival of appetite and strength that enabled her to return home to Acworth five miles from her sister in Atl...
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Odege
Andy Curdiary
Tita
Tay
Nowith de
Teal
Acworth
Rome
Atlanki
Tad Alzavet
T Onty
Mr. Patele
Taulac
Taniae
Mr Battle
Tanhie
New York Artist Tells Whistler Story at Art League
No Blut Robert Heart recounts a Whistler anecdote from the Art Students League. He recalls a Paris class where Whistler disliked a red background and experimented with brown and gray, while a student watched and whispered.
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Robert Heart
New York
Whistler
Art Students’ League
Posa
Qguce
Paris
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