Expensive Mosquitoes Threaten Mississippi Delta Prosperity
A Washington Post piece cites Professor Glenn W Herrick on the Mississippi Delta, noting its fertile soil yet crippled by malaria. It discusses annual chills and fevers, lost labor time, reduced cultivation, and the potential economic gains if malaria is eradicated, signaling a shift toward a new era of Southern growth.
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Washington Post
United States
Nile Valley
Mississippi
Glenn W. Herrick
Union
Yazoo River
Tennessee Line
Egypt
America
South
Herrick
College of Agriculture of
Beet Sugar Men Indicted Over Water Rights Fraud Near Mountain Home
Federal jury indicts five defendants including John H. Garrett and Fred Daniels in conspiracy to defraud the government related to water rights sales by the defunct Great Western Beet Sugar Company. Indictments allege lands near Mountain Home Idaho were claimed with no water delivery and rights sold repeatedly.
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Boise
Idaho
Great Western Beet Sugar Company
John H. Garrett
United States
Mountain Home
Fred Daniels
K. J. Colthorp
C. J. Griffith
January Forecast and Halley’s Comet Portend A Wild Winter
The column tongue in cheek predicts January’s quirky lore from a pig thief financier to Janus, with Prohibition era shifts, water wagons, and a parade of climate whimsy. Halley’s comet looms as a providential sign, with May urging a Peary Cook dispute and a national moon of mischief.
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John
We Reach the People Ready for Anybody
An early promotional note touts the long distance service of the Northern Telephone Company as a ready option for any caller. It emphasizes reach and accessibility across distances, inviting the public to use the company’s communications network.
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The
Northern Telephone Company
Laughed Out of Denmark Hat Causes Stir in Copenhagen
Miss Ingen borg Mariam Jensen, visiting her old Copenhagen home after an appendicitis operation, wore a hat three feet wide on the liner Oscar II and drew laughter and stares from locals. She said she could not stand the insult and left after two weeks aboard.
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New York
Ingenborg Mariam Jensen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Oscar
Acar
Lang Knocks Out Fitzsimmons in Twelfth Round
Australian heavyweight Bill Lang defeats Bob Fitzsimmons at Rush cutters Bay Stadium in the twelfth round after a close bout. Lang drives Fitzsimmons to the ropes and lands a decisive right uppercut to end the fight watched by about 12,000 spectators.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Bill Lang
Rushcutter's Bay
Australia
Sydney
Rushcutters Bay Stadium
Lang
Fitzisimmons
Fitzsimmons
United States
Fitz
Rose
Scott
Resources Loans and Discounts Report
The transcript shows figures for resources and loans including banking house, furniture and fixtures, and expenses. High level totals indicate bank balance components such as banking house value 4,647.00 and furniture and fixtures cost 2,185.80 with other entries including large sums like 17,014.76 and 20,063.80.
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American Continent
Sevral Bowbells
Ganderbone
Calaboose
Janus Bifrons
Janus
North Pole
B. C
Numa
Pole
Caesar
Carrie Nation
Prohibition Potter
Carrie
Boreas
Gambol
Halley
Beckefaller
Morgan
Hellan‘dam Cannon
Standard Oil Co
United States Steel Corporation
National Geographic Society
Peary
Cook
Ma Seneuary
Anton Gs
Robert
A. C. Wipler
Hier
Ussr
V V A Bank
Bowbells
U.S
Total
National Bank
First National Bank
B. M. Wohlwend Cashier
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