Cotton standards threaten farmers as new rules start
Alabama cotton growers face a September 1 start for standard bale size 27 by 54 inches, sealed wrap, and nonwet conditions. Violations mark bills non negotiable, risking credit and losses. a nationwide push for uniform baling is urged amid anti tare concerns and pending conferences in Mobile and Europe.
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Alabama
South
Atlanta Constitution
America
Europe
Southern Commercial Congress
Mobile
Wisconsin Enacts Eugenics Based Marriage Health Law
Wisconsin adopts a eugenics focused marriage law requiring a certificate of health for grooms before marriage. The act bans second cousins marriages and marriages by epileptics, and orders sterilization of habitual criminals and mentally unfit persons in public homes. The health certificate must be issued within fifteen days of marriage, with physicians appointed county by county to perform exams.
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Wisconsin
State Board of Health
U S Steel Case Dragging On Through Government Suit
Judge E H Gary predicts the federal case to dissolve The United States Steel Corporation may run into next year with testimony to complete and possible appeal to the Supreme Court. Officials note strong earnings in spring and summer despite the Sherman law scrutiny and rising steel exports.
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New York
Europe
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
United States Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Steel Corporation
Illinois
Wickersham
Charles M. Schwab
Palm Beach
Florida
Schwab
United States
Congress
Iron and Steel
George Lauter Dies in Mobile at Age 7 Booster Pioneer
George Lauter died in Mobile on Tuesday at age seven. He was regarded as one of the citys original boosters for over half a century, operating a carriage and wagon business. He was noted for patriotism and exemplary citizenship and leaves a respected name to descendants and associates.
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George Lauter
Mobile
Classifying Colored Schools Study Initiated
The U S Bureau of Education cooperates with the Phelps Stokes Fund to survey private and higher schools for colored people. The aim is to map the field, reduce duplication, reveal neglect, and guide funding and policy decisions across states and organizations.
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United States Bureau of Education
Phelps-Stokes Fund
South
North
New York
Dillard
Jeanes Fund
Charter Board
Conference For Education In
United States Commissioner of Education
Phelper Fund
Schsols
Georgia
Pen
Moe
Mrs Laura Fixen Describes Swiss Tipping and NYC Contrast
Mrs Laura G Fixen a delegate to the Budapest suffrage conference tells Chicago friends about Swiss tipping. She notes nine different persons benefit from tips from cab drivers to hotel staff and extra charges for meals. She contrasts this with New York hospitality.
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Laura G. Fixen
Budapest
Chicago
Switzerland
Speise
New York
Soil Sweetening and Soil Fertilizing
Farm and Fireside argues sour soil wastes money on fertilizers. It urges liming to unlock fertility, noting many plants cannot use acidity locked nutrients and that sweet soil swaps idle funds for productive harvest gains.
Born blessed is he with sense of humor keen
The passage celebrates humor as a blessing and a tool to ease life. It urges all to cultivate joy, enjoy being human, and accept happiness and trouble in turn, noting jokes and jests can lessen strife.
What South America Thinks of Uncle Sam
An essay argues that indemnification and arbitration with Colombia are needed to ease U S relations with South America. It notes broad fear of U S imperialism, cites Guayaquil Galapagos tensions, Mexican intervention hopes, and Latin leaders like Ugarte and Reyes urging unity to resist North American encroachment.
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South America
Uncle Sam
Colombia
Panama
United States
Caribbean
Straits of Magellan
University of Cuzco
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chile
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Panama Canal Zone
Col. Gorgas
Galapagos Islands
Panama Canal
Mexico
Japan
Pacific
Senor Manuel Ugarte
Argentina
West East
Ugarte
Pacific Coast
Reyes
Crouing
Secant
Charity baseball proposed for Mobile orphans
An ex baseball player suggests the Police and Firemen play a charity game at Monroe Park on a Sunday evening to aid Mobile orphans. He asks The Item to publish and boost the idea, citing a song lyric about small actions having impact. Mobile, August 6, 1913.
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Monroe Park
Mobile
A Social Mandate from Washington Alters Society Coverage
The Dowager Empress Fashion issues a Washington mandate that hides guest names at social events. Editors have long printed guest lists and outfits, and some hosts now seek private celebrations. The shift challenges the tradition of society column exposure and provokes mixed public reaction.
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Washington
Memphis News-Scimitar
South American fears of U S expansion and the Panama issue
The piece argues South American distrust of the United States stems from perceived weakness among neighbors, a belief in inevitable expansion, and British and German meddling. It cites history from the Mexican War to the Spanish-American era and warns that Panama seizure fuels the view of the U S as a ruthless conqueror.
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United States
Caribbean
Pacific
Hemisphere
South America
Panama
Nicaragua
Mexico
South
Sam
Boston
Buenos Ayres
Duke of Westminster Hosts Invalid Children's Aid Meeting
Pearson's notes a tale from a gathering at Grosvenor House sponsored by the Duke of Westminster. A speaker recalls a child helped by the society who cannot name her father's Christian name, replying that her father is called Block'ead by her mother.
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Duke of Westminster
Grosvenor House
Invalid Children’s Aid Association
Pearson
Smith
Invented Bat Made From Tin Cylinder With Molten Metal
A Wilmington Delaware Evening Journal item describes a man crafting a homemade bat by rolling tin into a cylinder and filling it with molten aluminum and zinc, creating a dangerous improvised weapon.
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Wilmington del
In war of two weeks Mexico would be reduced to frisones
A contemporary speculates that a two week war would devastate Mexico, suggesting Boston troops should enter the fray and implying harsh outcomes for Mexican resistance or civilians.
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Mexico
Boston
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