National Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association Formed
C A Bertel of New Orleans elected president as members from eight districts select officers and directors. The group aims to promote the cotton industry, seek removal of trade barriers, modify harmful laws, engage in cooperative advertising, and work on national or international issues affecting cotton markets.
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New Orleans
N. C. Blackburn
Memphis
Gordon Kenna
Colum 8. C
J. 8. Roberts
C. E. St
Missouri-Arkansas
W. J. White
Little Rock
Fred Mathes
Jonesboro
Ark
H. L. Boeving
Carruthersville
Texas Coastal
R. D. Ernst
Houston
Texas-Oklahoma
B. L. Anderson
Dallas
H. P. Smith
South Carolina
D. K. Durst
Columbia
W. S. Glenn
Spartanburg
Bond's Pill Ad Promises Waste Removal At Bedtime
An old advertisement touts Bond's Pills as more than a laxative. It claims the remedy cleanses bowels, relieves headaches and biliousness, and starts the bile to remove poisonous waste, sold by druggists for 25 cents.
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Bond
TeFlis Grotto Concert Tonight at Central School
The TEFLIS GROTTO band directed by J C Ray performs tonight at 7 30 on the Central grammar school campus as the second program in a series. The program features marches overtures and crowd favorites including Washington Post National Emblem Dynami Overture El Capitan Crown of Jewels Salutation Them Basses Iron Count Our Director and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Central Grammar School
Teflis Grotto Band
J. C. Ray
Ouachita Parish
Walter Minniear
Washington Post
Eliza
el Capitan
Convicted Slayer Moves to Madison County Jail
William C. Mitchell, convicted of first degree murder for the torch slaying of two negroes, is ordered moved from LeFlore to Madison County jail by Circuit Judge John Kuykendall. The judge gave no reason. Mitchell’s scheduled execution at Coffeeville was halted by a last minute writ claiming he was insane at trial. The victims were Coot Bryant and his father Lewis Bryant. A hearing on the writ likely will be set for the fall term in Yazoo County circuit court.
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Canton
Miss
William C. Mitchell
Madison County
LeFore County
John Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Mitchell
Coffeeville
Coot” Bryant
Lewis Bryant
Yalobusha County
Funeral held for Gold Star mother Juliette McCearley
Natchez and Fer riday La. mourn Juliette Brevard McCearley lifelong Natchez resident and widow of Andrew J. McCearley. She was the parish’s only living Gold Star mother and the Gray-McCearley post 148 was named in her son’s honor. Burial followed in Natchez city cemetery.
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Ferriday
Natchez
Miss
Juliette Brevard McCearley
Shaw
Natchez City
McCearley
Gray-McCearley
American Legion
Andrew J. McCearley
C. L. Buck, Jr
Houma
Griff McCearley
Shaw, la
John D. Dicks
Phil Hough
W. A. Cauthen
Alex Peale
Walter Babbitt
Militia orders spark more violence at Warren strike
Governor Davey ordered mobilization as 20 000 to 30 000 marchers threatened Cambria works. Explosions near Republic Steel at Warren targetted a car with guardsmen, no injuries. Police arrested a man. caches of clubs found near the plant as disarmament of C I O pickets continued. The strike’s fate hinges on a strong back to work movement.
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Cambria
Davey
Warren
Republic Steel
Republic
FBI mails 50000 notices on Parsons disappearance
The federal bureau of investigation sent 50,000 large circulars describing missing Long Island society heiress Mrs. Alice McDowell Parsons. The mailings include five photographs to aid the search as investigators pursue clues in the June case from Stony Brook.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island Society
Spider anatomy contrasts with insects
The text states that spiders lack antennae, unlike insects, and have four pairs of legs versus insects' three. It emphasizes the structural differences between spiders and insects in a concise comparative note.
Way Cleared for Buying Approaches to Mississippi Bridge
Louisiana Highway Commission reached a settlement in an expropriation suit with Joseph Gebelin and others paying $30,000 plus costs for property needed for the bridge approaches across the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. The commission had previously offered $25,000.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Highway Commission
Mississippi River
Commission
Joseph Gebelin
Two Brothers Killed in Mississippi Crash Near Leland
Clifton Collum age 29 and Lloyd Collum age 26 died after their car collided with a second auto two miles north of Leland on US 61. Richard Merchant, 21, of Winstead Minnesota, hitchhiker, was critically injured with a broken leg and body injuries. The elder Collum, a carnival concessionaire with the J. J. Cauley shows, died instantly. Lloyd Collum died later in Greenville hospital. The other driver was Mrs. Lottie Rippee of Elizabeth Station.
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Greenville
Miss
Clifton Collum
Lloyd
Richard Merchant
Winstead
Minn
Leland
Callum
J. J. Cauley
Merchant
Collum
Lottie Rippee
Elizabeth Station
Collision Ends Two Lives Near Tibbett Mississippi
A coroner's jury ruled the Collum brothers died in an unavoidable accident after a collision in which a Collum machine hit the Rippee car, struck a telephone pole, and was demolished. Witnesses described Merchant being extricated by motorists after the wreck. Lloyd Collum, of Tibbett, Miss, was connected with a local mercantile firm.
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Collum
Collum Brothers
Lloyd Collum
Tibbett
Miss
Methodist Mission Circle in Session
Misses Allie Glynn and Geraldine Thomas ages seven and ten, daughters of Mr and Mrs Byde Thomas of Jonesboro, celebrated their June 21 birthday with a lawn party. Attendees enjoyed see-saws swings and refreshments of cake cream and punch on the Thomas home lawn.
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Jonesboro
Allie Glynn
Geraldine Thomas
Byde Thomas
Virginia Black
Doris Marie Edwards
Jerry Stovall
Dorothy Jean Hammons
Betty Lou Walsworth
Margaret Carr
Alice Dunn
Ramona Wiggley
Judith Thompson
Lucy Amelia Green
Ruth Pruett
Jean Acklen
Ocie Edwards
Wayne Murphy
Alma Jean Jordan
Local Civic Directory Names Read Like A Who’s Who
A list of residents including Jamie Stovall Geraldine Murphy Ira Murphy Billie Jean Walsworth Bob by Jack Fallon Betty Dunn Okelyn Starks Janice Irwin Joan Bailey Jan ice Corley Herndon Corley Conrad Edwards Richard Black Charles Dunn Pete Starks and Loreta Russian appear in a community roll call or notice. The fragment preserves names and potential family or household connections in a local era context.
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Jamie Stovall
Geraldine Murphy
Ira Murphy
Billie Jean Walsworth
Bobby Jack Fallon
Betty Dunn
Okelyn Starks
Janice Irwin
Joan Bailey
Janice Corley
Herndon Corley
Conrad Edwards
Richard Black
Charles Dunn
Pete Starks
Loreta Russian
Small Share of US Farm Land Used for Human Food
Report notes only about ten percent of all farm land in the United States is devoted to producing food for human consumption. The statistic highlights land use priorities and potential gaps in dietary production.
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United States
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