Crop Bulletin Reports Heat Dryness And Mixed Crop Progress
The week ending May 25 saw a mean temperature 7 degrees above normal, reaching over 90 statewide and boosting corn and cotton growth. Light showers on the 21st and 23rd occurred with drought effects in central and western counties. corn and cotton stands remain irregular with replanting and moisture shortages. Sea island cotton improves, but overall cotton is small. corn remains variable with pests and replanting ongoing. in the Carolinas and Georgia replanting is common.
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Hampton County
Kershaw
North Central and Western
Beaufort County
Sea Island
Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Texas
Carolinas
Georgia
Mob Lynches Clifton for Killings Near Nowou Ue
In Denver Wyoming May 27 a mob from Gillette lynched King Clifton after battering down the jail door. Clifton, accused of killing John W Church and his wife near Nowou Ue, allegedly confessed April 17 claiming self defense. The bodies were found at the location Clifton indicated.
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Denver
Qubo
Post
Newscastle
Wyo
Clifton
John W. Church
Gillette
King Clifton
John Wy Churci
Nowou Ue
Wheeranel
Churcb
Church
How He Declined Lady and Doctor Inquiry
Curio of a West Virginia Record item includes a domestic scene about a husband's illness suspected as consumption, with a doctor visiting and a baby tired by his weakness. The note blends quips on nourishment and a series of riddles and jokes from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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West Union
W. Va
The Marble Boy and the Gambling Lesson
A small boy amasses marbles courtesy of game play with his mother objecting to gambling as wrong. The boy asks his mother to speak to his father, who supposedly won a silver dish at an engine party and may not mind keeping a few old marbles. Washington Post.
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Eloenine
Father
Ile
Washington
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds and Pneumonia Risk
An old clinical claim markets Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for colds and to prevent pneumonia. The advertisement emphasizes its preventive and curative effects and targets general readers seeking cold relief.
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Foley
Sully Accused of Benefiting Cotton Planters for 32 Million
In a Jacksonville Times Union critique, Daniel Sully is alleged to have benefited cotton planters to the tune of thirty two million by cornering the cotton market. The piece argues that if Sully or any Wall Street operator raised prices beyond market need, the struggling cotton planter would not gain at all, noting the two sides are only loosely connected by mutual antagonism.
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Daniel Sully
Sully
Wall Street
South
Jaclsonville
North
North Carolina
Charlotte
N.C
Farmers Institutes to be Held in Counties at Clemson
By authority of the Clemson College Board of Trustees rural institutes will be organized in counties that request them. Fifteen farmers must sign and send petitions by June 15 to D. B. New man director Clemson College. Institutes will be named by petitioners and dates set by college. The State Institute convenes at Clemson College from Monday evening August 10 to Friday evening August 14.
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Board of Trustees
Clemson College
Newman
Farmers Institutes
Oilcloth care and a political swamp tale
How to clean oilcloth without hot water and polish with bee wax and turpentine. A Georgia boy recounts his father entering politics, with contradictory newspaper gossip about him being a born boss, a stashed boss, or a married man leaving a widow.
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Georgia
Widder
Musique and political quips mingle in old press quotes
A collection of comic and political lines quoted from 19th and early 20th century papers. Notable items include Miss Woodby and Miss Newitt debating proposals, a musicale referenced as Tommy-Pop, social torture at events, a politician’s promise versus action, and light country humor about supper, horses, and Sunday school.
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Crop Bulletin
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Calero Mob
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ecaenr
Ian
Aigner
CPI
Silal
Papa
What Is
Castoria
CEN
Ane Castoria
Tommy—Pop
Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Johnny
Jack
Pat
Beara
HENRY
Pan
Vigor
Old WA
Nice
Stanford
Lancaster
Chichester
Briain
Madison Nyiires Bali
South Carolina
United States
Homer
Daily State
Times
Inust
Atyre
Bend Bartel
BTATH
Columbia
Papysil LA Aiet Surg Catawha House
South Ale
Lancaster Marble
Granite Works
Vor
Good
Lancaster Amil Chester Railway
Miday
Westlound
Bank UN Xolk
Chester Ly
Richbury
Ae Tay
Fort Lawn
Lancaster Artl
Aim
Southern Railway
Farlutte
Points
Bencard Air Line
Atlanta
Ostlanta
Pointe West
Cyrobat
Rortwestern
Columb
Polota
Medy
Routhern Railway
Fom Coluptin
Obate
Jay M. Heath
Leroy Springs
Journal
Wem
Lancaster Ledger
Sam Jones
Walker Lewis
Hoo Harvie Jordan
Huw John ‘Temple Graves
Mia
Ofice
Emien
Ted
Jrawford Brow Druggists
Agenta Lancaster
Iran
Paris
Crawford Brow Dragglet
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