Advice to Southern Farmers From The Item 1913
The Item urges Southern cattle breeders to stop shipping breeding cows to the West. It cites USDA findings on doubled Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana cattle receipts at St Louis and argues for breeding up native stock with purebred bulls, better pastures, and silage fed with cotton seed cake for higher profits.
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Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
St. Louis
West
Gulf States
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Montana
Birmingham
Osceola County
Oklahoma City
South
Department of Agriculture Letters
Lanas
Federal Department
Music in the Parks Could See Municipal Band Formation
The article reviews past and failed attempts to fund summer band concerts in Bienville square and suggests Mobile form a municipal or police band funded by public collections. It notes cities like Richmond budget 3500 for park music, and argues an employed band could attract crowds even without private subscriptions.
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Bienville Square
First Regiment
Mobile
John Craft
Old Commercial Club
William Fry Tebbetts
Richmond
Virginia
Philharmonic
Spring Hill
California Big Trees as World History Told by Rings
Ellsworth Huntington argues California giant trees hold a world history from Trojan War to modern times. Reading tree rings reveals past climate and events, with implications for early North American inhabitants and ancient civilizations. The interior department notes pamphlets on Mesa Verde cliff dwellers and prehistoric peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ellsworth Huntington
Department of the Interior
California
Troy
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Lebanon
Asia Minor
North American
Aggememenon
Ulysses
North America
Europe
Asia
Thern
Achilles
Abraham
Julius Caesar
Stepneson
Lumber Trust
Mesa Verde
Colorado
Wwe
Rome
Tuscany
Ilindis
Ohio
Mexico
A Line O' Cheer Each Day 0 the Year
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs on temper and self control. It notes that losing temper harms the person and that a temper kept in check is worth more than any momentary fury. The verse counsels steady restraint and patience as daily guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick Bangs
Fiery Hand escape capsizes widow's plans
On the Fiery Hand Captain Grubbles feigns peril to flee widow Mrs. Click who demands marriage. The mate stages a fake shipboard fire to kickstart her exit, while Grubbles mocks the feisty claimant and vows to avoid Sludgeport as Jim praises his lying craft.
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Sidia
Dena
Grubbles
Jim
Mrs. Click
Lonager
London
Siidgeport
Mrs. Duck
Slourghcombe
Click
Sloughcombe
Captain Grubbles
Johnston Averts Reductions in Fort Morgan and Fort Barancas
Response to Pensacola Chamber of Commerce prompts Senator Johnston to prevent reductions at Fort Morgan and Fort Barancas. He is trusted to act quickly on Alabama and neighboring states' matters, and the piece contrasts religious courage with secular charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Johnston
Pensacola
Foley
Baldwin County
Alabama
Loxley
Wisconsin Senate bill targets lobbyist gifts to lawmakers
A Wisconsin senate bill would outlaw treating or lending money to legislators with penalties of 100 to 1000 dollars or up to one year in jail. It presumes intent to influence votes on pending legislation. The proposal cites a lobbyist saying to entertain lawmakers at a top hotel as inspiration.
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Washington
Owen-Glass-McAdoo Banking and
Wilson
Congress
United States
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve District
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Comptroller of the Currency
Senate
Federal Reserve Banks
Wisconsin Senate
People’s Forum to Improve Handling Cattle in South
A June 19 1913 letter from A Cary Auburn Alabama invites all railroad men cattle dealers bankers and business leaders to a July 9 Montgomery meeting to launch a campaign to improve cattle handling from quarantine territories and boost southern cattle raising and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
South Land
South
A. Cary
Auburn
Postage Stamp Helps Decide Panama Route History
M Bunau Varilla in a new book on the canal recalls sending ninety Nicaragua stamps to all senators with notes claiming volcanic activity. The St Pierre eruption amid debates over routes tipped the vote to Panama by four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bunau-Varilla
Panama Canal
Panama
Nicaragua
Bunau- Varilla
Washington
Republic of
St. Pierre
New York Post
Alarm Box Locates Fire In Factory Buildings
Brooklyn inventor designs floor level alarm boxes for factory buildings with many women workers. Each box on a floor part shows a number and letter to indicate the fire’s location, and bells illuminate across boxes to guide occupants to safety.
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Brooklyn
The first magazine article on conversation and cliff dwellers
William Atherton DuPuy and M. O. Leighton recall writing the first magazine piece on conversation. The text surveys cliff dwellers in the American West and similar cultures in Indiana Ohio and Mexico, noting cliff palaces caves catacombs and mound structures, and praising US Geological Survey efforts in prehistoric study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Atherton DuPuy
M. O. Leighton
Geological Survey
Washington
DuPuy
Leighton
Popular Magazine
Singapore Chinese Theatre Opens Rough Stage With All Male Cast
In Singapore the Chinese theatre shows a Peking style play on a bare platform with orchestra behind the actors. No scenery, no drop curtain, and acts end as performers rise. Props suggest temple altar, city sign, mountains. All female roles are played by men.
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Singapore
Peking
Wide World Magazine
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Mobile Item Company, Inc
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James C. van Antwerp
B. Hanson
Albert P. Bush
John C. O'Connell
Associated Press
International News Service
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Albert “Janson
Fifth Ave
New York
MAIL
Een
Noaie
tamemeeeee ae + Amemid
Aca
Bell
Home
United States Department of Agriculture
Hal. Coffman
Minnie
Washington Comment
BY Victor Elliott
People’s Forum
Singapore’s
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