Crop Outlook Encourages Soil Producers Across Regions
The government July 1 report suggests better conditions ahead for farmers. Wheat is seen up 33 million bushels from winter crops, corn yields rise despite wet weather, and cotton faces boll weevil pressure with lower fertilizer use. Prices may drop as crops grow, while rail rate disputes and overseas transport tensions weigh on exports and overall business sentiment.
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Railroad Commission
Germany
S Re
Fortroads
Encouragement For The Mobile Juvenile Court
The Juvenile Court in Mobile begins operation in the county court house with Judge Jesse F. Hogan presiding and Corinne Roberts as probation officer and clerk. Sessions will run three days weekly. The Item summarizes powers and procedures for bringing incorrigibles to trial and placing children under court jurisdiction.
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Jesse F. Hogan
Corinne Roberts
Bation
Denver
Colo
Lindsey
United States
Mobile
Remember the Horse During Hot Weather
Practical guidance from the Boston Workhouse Relief Association on protecting horses in heat. Advises load light, seek shade, water often, sponge harness marks and body, wash feet, avoid hoses, and provide cooling measures and suitable feeds. Includes signs of heat danger and emergency steps for overheated animals.
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Boston Workhouse Relief Association
Locust Year Outbreak Described as Seventeen Year Pest
The article notes a sixth occurrence of a locust swarm in the Middle West and contrasts it with 1898. It cites government concern over eradication, past rail disruptions in 1881, and suggests a controversial idea from The Cleveland Plain Dealer: market locusts as a delicacy to reduce the pest.
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Middle West
United States
Cleveland’ Plain Dealer
Ohio
John the Baptist
Diodorus Siculus
Aristotle
Greece
Palestine
Dallas County Mule Purchase Sparks Local Debate
The Selma Journal reports Dallas County bought fine mules from Tennessee, raising questions about buying outside the state despite the county's strong agricultural base. The item laments lingering habits of sourcing abroad and urges returning to local production.
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Selma Journal
Tennessee
Dallas County
Dallas
Old Black Belt
Petra
Bryan Defends Neutrality View on Editorials and Rights
Former secretary defends editors as neutral about their selections. He argues most Americans seek to protect rights and maintain neutrality, opposing pressure from pro Allied or pro German press. He notes dangers of submarine warfare and supports measures to keep Americans out of danger without surrendering rights.
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Los Pale
Leola
Wgnition. Com
Bryan
San Francisco
Los Ang
Germany
Sunday School Workers Hold IG Convention at Wilmer
One hundred seventy five people attended the Seventh District Sunday School Association semiannual convention at the Methodist church in Wilmer. The gathering featured talks on raising standards, organized adult classes, and teaching possibilities led by district and county leaders.
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Mobile County Sunday School Association
Methodist
Wilmer
R. L. Whatley
C. S. Calhoun
Marjorie Clemens
Jerrey S. Davison
Mission York
Ruth Nelson
J. W. Barnett
Home Department
Robert L. Howell
Lightning Strikes Farmer Home Injuring Entire Family
Biloxi Mississippi July 12 Special. A farmer Samuel Smith living on Koshtaw Creek seven miles from Biloxi had his home struck by lightning. Mrs Julia Smith and their daughters Halla Miller Daisy Willie Grace Lottie and Callie Smith were badly injured. The house was shattered and every room touched by electricity. Willie Grace seven was burned from chin to feet and taken to a Biloxi hospital. Mr Smith escaped injury as he had on his shoes when struck.
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Biloxi
Miss
Samuel Smith
Koshtaw Creek
Julia Smith
Halla Miller
Daisy
Willie Grace
Lottie
Callie Smith
Alabama School of Medicine Removal Opposed
The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce in Mobile stated that any plan to move the University of Alabama School of Medicine from its city to theirs would oppose their aims. Assistant Secretary W. B. Everett voiced the stance on a Mobile Saturday.
Uncle Wiggily and Swans Feathers Adventure
Flappy and Flippy swan brothers carry bags of swans feathers to Mother Goose’s house in a forest path tale. Uncle Wiggily the rabbit gentleman joins in aboard an airship chased by a cat. The cat tries to drop cushions but the feather bags cushion their fall and the cat sneezes away.
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Flippy Longneck
Duncle Wiggily Longears
Flippy
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Papa
Mamma
Grandma Bigwing
Grandpa Blackfoot
Mother Goose
Rabbit Gentleman
Uncle
Uncle Wiggly
Johnnie Bushytail
Flappy Longneck
Value and history of the American silver quarter and flag
The 1852 American silver quarter is quoted at 26 cents in perfect condition. A brief history of the American flag notes adoption in 1777, with June 14 as the flag day. France: no. States added in 1791 to 1792, 1794 flag with fifteen stars and stripes, then back to thirteen stripes in 1818. Congress has not fixed star arrangement or flag shape, causing ongoing debate about star patterns.
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Continental Congress
United States
Vermont
Kentucky
Union
Congress
Gases Used by Germans on Russian Front Grow Deadlier
London July 12 The Red Cross reports that German gases on the Russian front are denser deadlier and act quicker than before Reuters Petrograd correspondent notes numerous deaths from gas exposure and widespread use of respirators.
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London
Red Cross Society
Reuter
Petrograd
Miss Thurah Hamil Died Of Typhoid In Greenville
Miss Thurah Hamil daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Hamil died at her Greenville home Saturday afternoon from typhoid fever Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon and burial was in Magnolia cemetery The item ends with a question about what a man does with money saved by smoking a pipe instead of cigars
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Thurah Hamil
Greenville
A. R. Hamil
Magnolia Cemetery
Christianity is Not a Failure Says Rev Richards at Open Air Service
Rev A G Richards rector of Trinity church declares Christianity has not failed and that only some professed Christians misuse the faith. He argues Christianity rests on faith not force and that people, not Christianity, have faltered. Fifteen hundred gathered in Bienville Square for the Federation of Churches open air service with a large choir directed by J H Wienard.
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A. G. Richards
Trinity Church
Federation of Churches
Bienville Square
God
Pplst
J. H. Wienard
Boy Struck by Motorcycle in Ocean Springs
In Ocean Springs Mississippi Harold Madison a 13 year old boy was struck by a motorcycle driven by Phil Wieder on Saturday. Madison escaped with bruises and no blame is placed on Wieder who was moving slowly. He sprinted into the road to jump on a wagon.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Harold Madison
Phil Wieder
Wieder
Madison
French Company Unconquerable in Vosges Rescue
Detail of a French unit in the Vosges region holding a pocket under siege. A breach breach forced by German counterattack, 187 defenders including 5 officers held for days with dwindling rations until a crushing artillery barrage drove back the enemy. The feat earns the designation Company Sir Ibrahim.
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Paris
Langenfeldopf
Vosges
Sir Ibrahim
Demented Man Scatters Holiday Crowd Wounds Three
In Kansas City on July 12, George Gilezeas, described as demented, fired sixteen shots into a holiday crowd in the foreign quarter from pistols in both hands. Three people were wounded, with one possibly not recovering. The incident ended when police stopped him. details suggest mental unbalance.
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Kansas City
George Gilezeas
Glezeas
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