Representative Parks Fights Cotton Futures Gambling
D C June 18 Rep utative Parks of Arkansas vows to end gambling in cotton futures and push for a bill to ban futures trading. He outlines that buyers fix prices, hurting farmers, and compares futures to monopolies, aiming to free cotton producers from quasi slavery by prohibiting cotton gamblers from price setting.
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Thington
D. C
Parks
Arkansas
Sentative Jaceway
Mr. Parks
Mrs Julia A Gill Buried This Afternoon
The body of Mrs. Julia A. Gill aged 94 died at her Telephone Texas home yesterday. Her remains arrived in Prescott at 430 PM and were laid to rest at De Ann cemetery after funeral services by Rev. J A Sage. Survivors include son Dr J Gill of Dodge City Texas and daughters Mrs R G Howell and Mrs E G McSwain of Telephone Texas. She was well known in Prescott having lived here until about twelve years ago.
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Julia A. Gill
Telephone
Texas
Prescott
de Ann Cemetery
J. A. Sage
J. [A Gill
Dodge City
R. G. Howell
E. G. McSwain
Robber Shot After Store Break-In Near Prescott
Frances Magonette a 20 year old French born man is recovering at Park Sanitarium from buckshot wounds suffered around 1 am Saturday while robbing Alex Avery’s store six miles north of Prescott. Avery a justice of the peace fired when intruder used a key. Magonette admitted the robbery and had previously carried out break ins for six months. He was arrested at his home and is under guard as doctors say he should recover barring complications.
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Frances Magonette
Park Sanitarium
Alex Avery
Prescott
Avery
Magonette
Hempstead County
E L Cox & Co Appointed to Handle New Ark Feed
E L Cox and Company a Prescott merchant firm, wins appointment to represent Dixie Cotton Oil Company of Little Rock Arkansas in distributing their new blends of feeds for cattle, horses, and poultry in Nevada county after extensive testing and trials.
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E. L. Cox & CO
New Ark
E. L. Cox & Company
Prescott
Dixie Cotton Oil Company
Little Rock
Arkansas
Cox
Nevada County
High Grade Cicoco Feed Promises Low Costs for Livestock
An Arkansas notice touts Cicoco feed as a cheaper option for horses and dairy cattle, claiming daily costs of 17 cents for horses and 12 to 14 cents for cattle, with reports of increased milk flow. It credits Dixie Cotton Oil Company for developing a low freight feed system and highlights local distributor Mr. Cox. Also advertises Prickly Ash Bitters as a digestive tonic at $1.25 per bottle from Hasterly Drug Store.
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Little Rock
Dixie Cotton Oil Company
Cox
Hasterly Drug Store
Sutton Well Progress Near 2500 Feet In Nevada County
Nevada county oil exploration advances with multiple tests in formation of shale lime rock and shells at 2490 feet. Col Straughan Humphreys Petroleum and Shaw and Shaw push toward 3100 feet as Bluff City test reaches 2715 feet with lime deposits. Kanark oil Co Col Straughan test at 2400 feet with rotary rig. Straughan oversees operations closely.
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Nevada County
Col. Straughan
Humphreys Petroleum Company
Shaw and Shaw
Sutton
Bluff City
Kanark Oil Company
Col. St
Two More Young Wolves Are Bagged
A hunting party including Jim Bryson Dr G A Buchanan Jim Barn ham Horace McKenzie and William Johnson hunted near Lee McCain’s farm west of town on Saturday night and bagged two more juvenile wolves about two months old. One was killed by the dogs while the other was captured and brought in. The total captured rises to seven and the hunters expect the mother of the pack to move nearer the den.
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Jim Bryson
Dr. G. A. Buchanan
Jim Barnham
Horace McKenzie
William Johnson
Lee McCain
Little Fellows
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Man Tilman B. Parks
Cates
J. M. Powell
Tomrrow
Bank of Prescott
Justice of the Peace
Route 6
Young Man
The
Schram
Ozan Mercantile CO
Kodak
Buchanan Drug Store
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