Cotton Growers Protest Transfer of Government Work
Six hundred cotton growers from nearly all cotton states pass a resolution in Macon urging the government not to shift the division of statistics to another department or weaken its usefulness. They demand 22 pounds tare per bale and threaten direct selling if buyers resist. The group also backs a policy urging southern growers to raise hogs and hominy to strengthen cotton bargaining power.
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Macon
United
Division of Atutistics
Texan
Texas
E. 8. Peters
Cotton Growers of
F. D. Wimberly
Georgia
South
Raisa
We Sell Shoes Boosting Battle Axe Brand Boots
A bold shoe peddler touts Wewell Bion F and Reynold's shows for men and Queen Quality for women. Julia Marlowe and Stop! Shoot lines claim quality, while Battle Axe Shoes promise honesty and value. Cash purchases are emphasized to please customers.
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Wewell Bion F
Reynold
Queen Quality
Julia Marlowe
Stop
Hattle-Axe
Reson
Local Notice Mixes Humor With Bird Hatching Report
A Western state report jokes about eggs and chickens to rouse attendance, while two late October incidents reach the press: Winston, N C printer K A Nelson, 53, dies choking on beefsteak at breakfast. November 9 in Washington Alice Fisher, 20s, shot at a government printing office friend’s home, killer Dougherty commits suicide.
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Winston
N. C
Winslo
K. A
Woashington
Alice Fisher
William Dougherty
Mina Fisher
Dougherty
Health Insurance Man Guards His Life and Liver
A Victorian style ad-like warning urges prudent men to insure their health and protect the liver from disease. It extols early action against illness, noting health safeguards benefit both family and self.
Bodies stored for medical research found in Louisville plant
Thirty deceased bodies were discovered in a cold storage room behind an ice cream factory on 8th Street Louisville. The bodies, kept in boxes and well preserved, were allegedly supplied legitimately by Kentucky penitentiaries and state institutions for thirty days of identification before use by several Louisville medical colleges.
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Louisville
8Th Street
Sevoral Colleges
Kentucky
Louisville Medical Colleges
Free Enlarged Photograph Offer With Purchases Excluding Groceries
A notice proclaims a sales promotion promising an enlarged photograph and frame at no cost for customers who spend twenty dollars in any line except Groceries, or a choice of photo or frame for ten dollars. The offer claims typical agent prices range from three fifty to five dollars and guarantees perfection.
New Dry Goods Stock Showcases Wide Range and Bargains
The store announces a large fall stock including yard wide tunny, standard drill, Cheviots, cotton flannel, wool flannel in multiple colors, Worsted Dress Goods, wool dress goods, and broad assortments of ladies and men garments. Prices range from 20 cents to 1.25 dollars. Aimed at men women and children with matching trimmings and a fall union suit line featured.
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Ehroo
Nico
Drosa
Poronia
Blue Calico
Io Hardware. Com
Soo Ua
Seus
Pico
Ayo
Linknga
Trimminga
Matah
Cara
Patna
Ifo
Bargain Shoes Sale Offers Wide Selection at Low Prices
The ad lists all kinds of shoes for men women and children, including shop-worn and odds and ends items priced from 50 cents to a few dollars. Sizes range to fit children and adults, with emphasis on low prices and a broad stock.
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Eizud
Alzon
Faint typed for sale ad with varied household items
A garbled price heavy ad lists hosiery, books, stoves, beds, and furniture. It claims low prices on children stockings, men and ladies items, stoves from 88.60, Bodatoads, bureaus, side boards, wardrobes, mattresses, tables, and other barn furniture with emphasis on cheap prices and stock availability.
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Barnitiro
History of South Carolina Fourth Volume Ends Revolutionary War
Gen McCrady completes The Historie of South Carolina fourth volume covering 1780 to 1788. It traces Green's campaign and the partisan leaders Sumter Marion and Pickens, placing SC within the British campaign and London war office strategy. The frontispiece maps battles, with an appendix listing 137 items and a concluding table. Bi-Centennial of John Wesley prompts nationwide Methodist reflection and future aims rather than retrospective praise.
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McCrady
South Carolina
Swith
Green
South
Sumter
Marion
Pickens
War Office
London
Seaboard
John Wesley
Fragments Reflecting On Marriage And Health Remedies
The passag e discusses a magic mirror foretelling futures and marriage fears. It extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female ailments, claiming it restores health, regularity, and vigor, with testimonials and offers for cloth bound volumes.
Silenced writer and town notes from Salem district
Local tidbits report Rev J. J. Abercrombie preaching at Whitmire last Sunday in his first return since leaving 18 years ago. Notices include fever recovery of Mr Frank Robinson and illness updates for Mr ET Whitmire, Mr Daniel Madden’s well digging, and various town details including a new night police appointment, a moving abingle mill, and a sizable 100 reward. The Farmers’ National Congress in Macon features discussions on reciprocity, protection for farmers, and tariff issues amid a coal strike impacting prices and supplies in Pennsylvania and England influencing New York relief efforts.
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Daniel Madden
EB. Madden
Jordan Crenshaw
Lula Dickson
Messrs
Juling
Lewis Lusk
Cap Cantrell
Anderson Mills
Pickens County
Little River
Mary E. Holden
Pickens
J. W. Cannon
Williams
Georgia
Henry Lewis
Walhalla
Frank Hoston
Fall Creek
Macon
Farmers’ National Congress
John K. Campbell
Michigan
Campbell
Mle
Ohio
Indiana
Isane
Coal famine in New York hits soft coal prices
New York reports nine dollars per ton for soft coal amid mine and railcar shortages. Anthracite price remains unsettled. One five ton lot sold at 126 dollars. 85 cents per bushel asked in some markets. Dealers blame rail companies for car shortages delaying mining and distribution. Cherry Tree swindlers in North Carolina: Amos Owen, Bright, and Wilkie to pay 5000 dollars restitution in federal court with further 5000 due later, avoiding prison but serving jail terms.
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New York
Greedaboro
N. C
Amos Owen Churry
Ontea
Thin Ferm
Charlotte
T'. Bright
Frank Bright
C.D. Wilkie
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back
An ad pitches Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney, liver, and bladder troubles including Bright’s Disease. It claims wide testing in hospitals and private practice, offers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail, and notes regular sizes are sold by druggists.
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Klimers
Tere Keilmen
Bright
Kilmer
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