Curing Meat on the Farm at Alabama Experiment Station
Auburn researchers report bulletin No. 166 on curing meat without ice and the effects of feeding on shrinkage. Hogs from various feeds, salt versus brine, curing times 40 to 60 days, winter slaughter avoids spoilage, salt makes meat hard, brine preserves weight more evenly, with hams shoulders and sides showing similar weight loss trends.
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Auburn
Ala
Animal Industry
Alabama Experiment Station
Dan. T. Gray
L. W. Summers
Claims lumber firm owns too much land
The State of Mississippi versus the Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago is set for trial in Poplarville on Thursday. The suit contends the firm and its subsidiaries hold timber lands exceeding the $2,000,000 limit for a single owner and seeks forfeiture of lands beyond that amount.
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Claims Lumber Firm
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
State of Mississippi
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Chiago
Poplarville
Bill to ban dresses with back buttons in Missouri
Representative Hay of Butler county introduced a bill in the Missouri legislature prohibiting dresses that button up the back with buttons as large as a dollar. The measure carries a fine of 1 to 3 dollars and a jail sentence for persistent offenders.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Hay
Butler County
Beecham's Pills Promote Health for Women Readers
A promotional note urges women to seek Beecham's Pills for relief from physical illness and nervous mood. It claims the pills remove the cause, clear the system, and ease headaches backaches lassitude and nerve rebellion, offering a safe effective gentle remedy and inviting readers to try doses to feel the difference.
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Beecham
Mississippi survey on waterway to connect Mobile bay and Ohio river
Mississippi geologist E N Lowe and W M Spann survey northeastern Mississippi to test a plan linking creeks and canals between Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers to divert Mississippi floodwaters into the Tombigbee and create a Mobile to Tennessee waterway. They seek federal aid, noting locks for low water and protection at Yellow Creek, with claims the project would reduce floods on the Mississippi and lower Ohio from Paducah to Cairo.
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Miss
Mississippi River
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Ohio River
E. N. Lowe
Mississippi
W. M. Spann
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Lowe
Tombigbe River
Tennessee River
Tombigbee
Tennessee
Mobile
Lower
Yellow Creek
Ohio
Paducah
Cairo
Kidney and Bladder Weakness Remedy Ad
The ad promotes Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound from Van Antwerp Drug Corp Mobile as a kidney and bladder remedy. It claims cleansing effects, lists numerous symptoms like scalding and fatigue, urges immediate use, and promises quick, remarkable improvements in vitality and skin tone.
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van Antwerp Drug Corp
Mobile
Stuart
Free 50c Rowan's Pastilles Offer for Urinary and Rheumatic Ailments
A Chicago based drug firm advertises pastilles to cure rheumatism kidney issues and urinary irregularities. It invites readers to mail in personal history age and occupation for advice and promises a free 50 cent package to restore health and strength addressing Bright's Disease and Diabetes.
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Rowan
Assets Overvalued Declared Creditors
Jackson Miss February 5 the schedule of assets and liabilities of the National Warehouse Company now in bankruptcy was filed and referred to receivers It shows liabilities of 15869786 and assets of 25255991 The principal assets are 56 warehouses listed at book value but creditors claim will not bring 30 percent of that amount
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
National Warehouse Company
Federal Court
Explorer White Breaks Leg Sliding in Santa Barbara Ball Game
Stewart Edward White the author and explorer broke a leg while sliding for home plate in a Santa Barbara ball game. Among the players was Winston Churchill the former Progressive candidate for New Hampshire governor.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Stewart Edward White
Winston Churchill
New Hampshire
Rains and Floods Retard Lumber Operations in Delta
Serious flood conditions in the Mississippi delta slow lumber production though most mills lie outside the flooded area. Heavy January rains worsen timber losses with over twenty small mills suspending work while logging is hindered by wet woods and poor roads. Demand remains good and prices rise with buyers including Pa Gordon of Kanouse Gordon Lumber Detroit and T M Bettinger of Nicola Lumber Pittsburgh visiting the market.
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Jackson
Miss
Delta
Mississippi
P. A. (Pa.) Gordon
Kanouse-Gordon Lumber Company
Detroit
T. M. Bettinger
Pe Nicola Lumber Company
Pittsurg
Senate approves popular vote for U.S. Senate
Charleston West Virginia February 5. The Senate adopted the house resolution ratifying the amendment to the federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
United States
Diversion Scheme Aims to Relieve Mississippi Levee Pressure
The plan contemplates diverting water from the Mississippi to raise the lower Ohio and Mississippi basins within danger limits under current levee systems. It argues that strengthening and maintaining levees can permanently reduce pressure and prevent breaches.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Three Women Suffrage Leaders Visit White House
Three women suffrage leaders gained access to the White House and asked President Taft for a guard of soldiers sailors and marines for their March 3 parade. They also sought a half holiday for women government employees. Taft promised cabinet discussion.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Taft
New Jersey Senate Ratifies Tax Amendment
The New Jersey senate voted 12 to 9 on February 5 ratifying the constitutional amendment allowing Congress to levy an income tax after the house had previously approved it.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Senate
United States
Congress
House
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