Cotton bale sells for ten cents a pound first from Mr Jackson crop
The first bale of exotic cotton from Thomas A Jackson’s Georgia crop, described as the “Wackson jimbless” variety, fetched 10 cents per pound, double common cotton. Plants reach 8 to 11 feet, stalks green, samples praised for wool like softness. seed offered for sale with planting directions and postage.
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Thomas A Jackson
Hunter and
Forsyth
Sea Island
Equatorial
Africa
Red Hills
Georgia
Atlanta Evening Journal
Corker & Moors
Temple Court
Atlanta, Ga
The Farmer Boy and His Busy Morning Farm Duties
The farmer boy rises with the sun and completes a long list of chores. He feeds livestock, sharpens tools, harnesses stubborn mules, tends the herd, and dodges the buck that might butt him. A playful, rustic verse of farm life ends with the gander and a temperamental scene.
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Ben
Plant Fruit Trees for Arkansas Farms
This article discusses whether planting fruit trees is profitable in Western Arkansas. It notes suitable land, careful selection and cultivation, and cites Missouri apple crop value in 1897 as evidence of potential profits. It mentions fluctuating prices, export demand, and spacing guidance for orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Missouri
Northwest Arkansas
Saad
Hog killing dominates Rocky week and local notes
In Rocky this week hog killing dominates the scene as community updates roll in. Prof Tarrant's school closed sine die while Rev Lacy Boone, P E, preached Sunday evening. Jeff Lawthers near Potter is very sick with rheumatism and a recent fight ended with Vaughn injured by a pistol shot. Shady Grove singing class invites participation as A H Cummings serves as secretary. The town discusses sawmills, pine timber work, and forest change as hunting pushes deeper into the mountains. Polk county is praised as fertile farmland with big red apples. A tonic, Prickly Ash Bitters, is advertised by F G Savage and Jackson Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Boone
P. E
Jeff Lawthers
Potter
Polk County
Luke
Granniss News From Granniss Arkansas February 3 1808
Dear STAR notes alive, gardens planted, crops ahead. post office receipts doubling since December. Entertainment planned by Mr Beatty. marriage of Jeff Douglas and Anna Pate. town expanding with fruit trees, new depot, houses. Major Poe returns, strawberries revived, six acres added for market. PRiLuirta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
Hempstead County
Jeff Douglas
Hope
Anna Pate
Owaha
Tex
Katherine Wood
Granniss
Major Poe
Mena
Priluirta
One Minute Cough Cure Recommended for Lung Health
A brief promotional note urges use of One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive for pneumonia consumption and other serious lung troubles following neglected colds. Pipkto and Haves promote the medicine through a short endorsement.
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Pipkto & Haves
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de Witt
Pipkin & Hanes
Farmer Boy
Rocky
Tarrant
Nichols
Vaughn
Shady Grove
A. H. Cummings
Saytem
F. G Savage
Jackson Drug Go
W. R. Blocksom
North
Mena St
the Star Pharmacy
F. C. Savage
Queen & Janssen Ave
Mena, Arkansas
DeQueen
Janssen
Denker
Granniss News
Granniss, Ark
Star
Hotel Mena
Mena Street
W. S. Pryor
Powers & Thayer
S. L. Lindsay
G. W. Pultz
Sherwood Avenue
Oppsite
J. C. Byers
Federal
Supreme Courts
de Queen Street
Honert Avenue
East Mena Street
R. M. Watters
Garrett’s Transfer CO
Maree Flow
Wink
Ee Wents
VICK
Weekly Star
the Star
the New, Time the Great Reform Magazine
B. C. Flower Frederick Upham Asse
Cece
Fifth Ave
Chicaco
The
New Time
Mena Weekly
Ark
Civery
Slverwood
da Avenues
Fred Salyers
Vine Hill
Mt. Pleasant, Terras
Black Bros
R. P. Cook
ENA Produce CO
Goceries
Mar
Erin Hadgins
Carder Block
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