Weevil Control Efforts Highlight Cotton Seed Gins
Washington reports Special Agent W. D. Hunter warns boll weevils spread mainly via ginneries and seed cotton. Recommendations urge improved cleaning devices, fumigation limits, and seed storage to delay spread and protect planting stock.
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Washington
Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Secretary of Agriculture
W. D. Hunter
Texas
South
Louisiana
Hunter
Louisiana Crop Post Commission
Baern
Sabine River
Terrific clashes at Port Arthur and Roosevelt peace note
Unconfirmed reports describe heavy fighting around Port Arthur as Kuropatkin’s forces attempt to regain water supply with Kuroki’s troops moving east. Novoe Vremya notes Roosevelt’s call for peace amid ongoing hostilities. A private Port Arthur letter details Sept 19 to 22 bombardments and Japanese assaults on High Hill, including heavy losses on both sides.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Port Kuropatkin Io
Luno
Kuropatkin
Kuroki
pitTe Nere
Novoe Vremya
Parker
Prent Roosevelt
Europe
Che Foo
Ya Piack
Peggarosky
Penal Settlements and Oddities from a Dizzy Page
A miscellany of colonial observations on Ceuta penal colonies and Moroccan guard routines clashes with anecdotes about poisons, flags, kidney remedies, and old medical cures. The fragment includes tales of Ceuta rationing, convicts escaping, a Macedonian flag, and humorous foreign office tales.
Prison visitors spark sarcasm in old inmate interview
An elderly man tours a prison when a prisoner retorts on the question of what makes prison life most objectionable. The exchange reveals tension and the hardened view of inmates toward curious outsiders.
Job He Would Like Warder Conversation
A warder asks a newly arrived convict about his trade. The convict replies that he is an aeronaut, expressing his hope to work at his profession in the institution and progress upward.
A Man of Originality
A dialogue features a Russian warship commander joking about inventing his own international law as he speaks of obedience to global rules. The exchange highlights claim of originality over established norms and invokes international conduct.
Boxing match fatality in New Jersey ring incident
John Peters, a principal in a boxing bout in West Bergen New Jersey, died after a knockout in the fourth round early Sunday. Police have arrested several individuals and the county physician conducts an investigation. Patrick Dormandy is under arrest as one of the principals.
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New York
John ©. Peters
West Bergen
N. J
Patrick Dormandy
Fire Threatens Texas Oil Field in Batson
A massive blaze tore through acres 1 and 2 of the Bal oilfield near Batson Texas on Sunday. Hundreds joined to battle the flames amid loud whistles and pistol shots as derricks burned with no wind for hours. Estimated damage runs about 37000 dollars with minor injuries reported among workers.
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Beaumont
Texas
Bal
Batson
Bat Son
Batson Field
Fire destroys final wood store in Nacogdoches limits
The old Wettermark Bank building housing Joe Reindl bakery and family grocery burned at 7 am with about 1500 dollars in losses and no insurance. An explosion rattled nearby brick structures within 100 feet as flames spread. Also notes strategic location references Fu Pass near Mukden and Mongolian theatre.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Wettermark Bank
Joe Reindl
All Hope Abandoned Washington Postmaster General Payne
A Tuesday 2 am report states Postmaster General Payne was barely alive with no stimulants given and doctors allowing nature to take its course. The bulletin notes grave condition and abandoned hope.
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Washington
Payne
Inclosed money order for Simmons Liver Purifier offer
A letter from Thos H Reilly of Jonesville Louisiana encloses a one dollar money order and requests the value in Simmons Liver Purifier in tin boxes. The ad notes the price is 25 cents per box and the writer claims thirty years of use.
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Simmons
THOS
H. Reilly
Jonesville
Coffee trouble ends with Postum diet drink
A Connellsville woman claims twenty five years of migraines ended after stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. She reports relief from headaches and other ailments, noting her husband stopped buying remedies and she feels stronger and healthier with Postum.
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Connellsville
Dong
Fricyn
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