Packers Nationalize Market Talks To Cattle Men
Fort Worth Texas report from the Cattle Raisers Association states the U S livestock and packing interests will discuss market conditions through the American National Live Stock Association and packing firms. A conference with Chicago leaders and Texas delegates backed supporting the El Paso market committee and possible state and federal aid.
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Fort Worth
Tex
American National Live Stock Association
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Texas Association
America
Cattle Raisers’ Association
el Paso
National Association
Chicago
T. E. Wilson
Sulzberger & Sons Co
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Edward Morris
Morris & Co
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
R. C. McManus
Wilkington Leavitt
Swift
Montgomery Demo Rats Vote In Statewide Pref Primary
In Montgomery Alabama voters in the statewide presidential preference primary nominated delegates to the national convention ten congressional candidate runners a national committeeman and state and county officers President Wilson was unopposed for the presidential nomination.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Congress
Wilson
Saengerbund to Meet in Fort Worth in 1918
The Texas State Saengerbund elected officers from Fort Worth for 1918 and announced Fort Worth will host the next meeting. The thirty first State Saengerfest closed on Wednesday in San Antonio.
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Saengerbund
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Worth
Fred Runge
J. Groeninger
J. Hierholzer
Bodies Found In Mississippi River Couple In Love Die
The bodies of Spencer A. Shelby formerly of Victoria Texas and Miss Helen Figenschue were recovered from the Mississippi river on Saturday, tightly locked in each other’s arms. They disappeared last Sunday after writing notes saying both suffered tuberculosis and could not wed.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Spencer A. Shelby
Victoria
Texas
Helen Figenschue
Mississippi River
Anna Gould Wedding Validated by Cardinal Commission
The commission of cardinals confirmed Friday the validity of Count Boni de Castellane to Anna Gould Duchess Talleyrand, rejecting his claim for annulment of their marriage in Rome.
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Anna Gould
Rome
Boni de Castellane
Duchess Talleyrand
Push Enrollment Campaign at Fort Crockett
Following General Leonard Wood approval relayed via Major Spinks Fort Crockett mobilizes enrollment for the civilian military training camp to be held June 5 to July 1. Active recruitment resumes this week to prepare for the program and participant intake.
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Galveston
Tex
Leonard Wood
Spinks
Fort Crockett
Beetle Invasion Douses Dallas Downtown in Tiny Insects
Dallas was visited by millions of small black beetles Friday night covering the lower stone and brick work of downtown buildings. The insects appeared to emerge from the ground or cracks in structures, blanketing streets and façades.
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Dallas
Tex
Del Rio Cancels Cinco de Mayo Fiesta After 25 Years
Del Rio Texas reports no Cinco de Mayo celebration for the first time in over a quarter century as unsettled border conditions and a strict 11 o'clock curfew keep residents from gathering.
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del Rio
Tex
Mediation Rejected in New York Garment Strike
Hope for settling the 60 000 garment workers strike faded when M J Regan mediator for the state department of labor said employers declined his offer of mediation.
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New York
M. J. Regan
State Department of Labor
Their Twentieth Child Is Born in Danville
Danville Illinois reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Elijah Williams on Thursday. The father is the nineteenth child in his family, highlighting a notable family size milestone.
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Danville, Ill
Elijah Williams
Forage Crop Needs for Field Peas in Northern Regions
The field pea is a cool season legume grown for hay or grain. Successful summer production is limited to northern states and Canada, with better results in high altitudes. it can profitably winter in the southern states. Adequate rainfall supports yield, with 15 inches in western Canada and 20 inches in Great Plains states cited. Pasturing with hogs or sheep is common in Colorado but feasible elsewhere near large ranges. Lambs fatten in 70 to 90 days, at about eight pounds per month per animal.
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Canada
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
United States
Clean Up Idle Corners While Plowing This Spring
Advice to farmers to address gullied spots bushy corners and stumps during spring plowing. Cleaning idle land during cultivation speeds summer work and enables waste places to be improved rather than left patchy and unsightly.
Locating Buildings on a Farm Saves Time and Effort
A North Dakota experiment station study shows rearranging a farmstead cut miles walked and time spent. Water, wood, machine shed trips, hog feeding and chicken care were reduced, totaling 217 1 8 miles saved valued at 36.74 dollars.
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W. C. Palmer
North Dakota Experiment Station
Handy latch for cow gate opens with foot
Roy Kinnebrew describes a simple latch for cow lot gates in Farmers' Mail and Breeze. The device uses a weighted latch bar held by a footpiece bolted to a gate slat and connected to an upright, with a second footpad on the opposite side for access from both sides.
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Roy Kinnebrew
Poultry Care Rules From Noisy Hens To Clean Nests
Practical guidance for poultry keepers on night-time moving of sitting hens, clean nests, sanitary conditions, and quality control. Advice covers incubators, air quality, duck raising, indoor runs for hens with chicks, remedies for maggot-fed hens, egg handling for hatching, feed substitutes, scaly leg treatment, egg sale quality, and nest sanitation.
May Crop Report Shows Decrease In Wheat Yield
Washington reports the Agriculture Department's May crop forecast projects winter wheat at 499.28 million bushels, down from last year's 655.05 million. Abandoned acreage totals 4.756 million acres, with the heaviest losses in Ohio to Illinois and in Texas amid wet soils and severe winter conditions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Texas
Montana
California
Atlantic
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Governor Proclaims Humane Week and Mercy Sunday in Texas
Governor Ferguson designated the week ending May 25 as humane week and Sunday May 21 as Mercy Sunday. He urged ministers to speak on the duty as citizens to assist suffering humanity neglected children and mistreated animals, per a Humane Society of Texas petition.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
The
Humane Society of Texas
Bandits Rob Millerton Bank in Oklahoma
Two armed bandits held up the State Bank of Millerton Oklahoma on Saturday and took about $300. They forced the cashier to mount a horse and ride out of town as they fled.
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Millerton
Okla
Seven Thousand Strike in St Louis Building Trades
Seven thousand members from sixteen building trades unions were called out on strike on Saturday. The walkout affected about 100 structures currently under construction.
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St. Louis
Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel tonics
Dodson's Liver Tone is advertised as a safe liver and bowel cleanser that cures sluggish liver without calomel. It claims to be a 60 cent bottle, vegetable and non salivating, marketed as a gentler alternative with morning relief and improved digestion. The surrounding text also mentions patchouli's and moth prevention in Porto Rico.
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Dodson
Garrid Harris
Porto Rico
United States
Porto
Ady
How It Impressed Him
Willie's father explains the vast progress of science and invention over fifty years. Willie interrupts with a blunt joke about how ignorant people must have been, highlighting a clash between awe at progress and youthful skepticism.
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Willie
Ouch He I Would Die For You Fragment Dialogue
A brief but intense exchange features a declaration of extreme devotion followed by a challenge asking what is delaying action and commitment. The fragment suggests romantic urgency and potential conflict.
Sealing a Kiss Not a Crime? Man Sentenced
A dialogue recalls a courtroom claim that stealing a kiss carries no crime while a man receives a life sentence when caught in an unspecified act. The snippet hints at public ethics and possible legal debate.
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National Order
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
States
H. N. Vinall
Mercy
Oklahoma Bank
Leeceman
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
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