Diversification urged as boll weevil threat grows
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner J. A. Wade urges farmers to diversify crops and livestock as boll weevil damage looms. He argues small landowners and tenants face loss from corn and cotton, promotes livestock as a key future path, and advises prudent diversification including hogs, corn, hay, and perishable crops to buffer against market swings.
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Alabama
Montgomery
James A
James Wilson
United States
South
Mississippi
Ohio
A Smooth White Skin That Defies Weather
An advertisement claims a mercorized cream can transform blotchy coarse or red skin to smooth clear complexion. It promotes dissolving powder with hazel to prepare a face wash and promises visible results after one application.
Exports to Mexico rise sharply in late November
Exports to Mexico for the week of November 21 to 27 rose notably led by food and machinery. Border port reports show 96 carloads total excluding munitions, with 30 carloads of machinery, 80 of sugar and coffee, and 40 of flour. Armaments to support the de facto government included 1 150 rifles and 210 000 rounds.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Uncle Wiggily Helps Mice as Storm Approaches
Uncle Wiggily ignores a looming storm and wears his tall silk hat to visit Grandfather Goosey Gander. He rescues a hungry family of mice, placing them in his overcoat pockets and hat, then returns home to shelter them in his bungalow. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy approves.
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Uncle Wiggily
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Mr. Longears
Hollow Stump
Janie
Nurse Jane
Grandfather Goosey Gander
Jane
Goose
Goose Gentleman
Grandpa Goosey
Papa Mouse
Mother Mouse
Uncle Wigelily
Uncle
Mr. Whitewash
Polar Bear
State in Debt but Conditions Better, Alabama Spotlight
Montgomery reports Alabama would be in a stronger treasury if no school building spending since 1907. Officials outline $2,000,000 plus in educational improvements, $437,237 in roads, and $2.5 million total under two administrations. A proposed $1.5 million bond issue aims to cancel old debt, not incur new obligations.
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Montgomery
Ala
State of Alabama
University of Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Alabama
Comer
O’neal
Henderson
To Put On Flesh and Increase Weight
An analysis of stubborn weight gain issues notes some people absorb too little nutrition while others gain easily. It suggests defective assimilation as the cause for thinness and recommends Sargol tablets with meals to improve fat absorption and boost blood carrying power.
Whistler Church, Lodge, and School Meet Pauses Noted
Whistler activities include Mechanics Lodge No 69 I O O F meeting Tuesday at 7 PM on Carr street. Bethany Baptist church stewards and members meet Wednesday at 7 PM with Ladies Aid invited. A Whistler School Improvement Association meeting is set for Thursday at 7 PM.
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Whistler
Ala
Mechanics Lodge No
Carr Street
Bethany Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Switz Barker
Baby
Switz, Jr
Robert Powers
Mobile
John Tew
G. L. Lambeth
Robert Walker
Saraland
Joe Barrett
Whistler School Improvement Association
Merrill Orchard Company to Join Citrus Exchange
M H Van Benschoten manager of the Merrill Orchard Company, touring Mobile, says the firm will join the Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange. The company farm spans 1500 acres near Merrill, with 40 acres bearing fruit now and 100 acres to fruit within two years. plans call for Satsumas on the entire orchard plate. Market timing is light this winter, but next winter should show trees at their best.
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Citrus Region
Merrill Orchard Company
M. H. van Benschoten
Merrill
van Benschoten
Satsumas
Merrill’ Orchard Company
Gulf Coast Citrus Exchange
Mobile
Rhodes
Exchange
Negro Women Held Without Bail After Fatal Stabbing
Lizzie Johnson and Elvira Winbush, both Negro women, were ordered held without bail after a coroner's jury found evidence linking Johnson to stabbing Annie Alexander. A bloodied knife matching her property was found near the scene. The jurors were John Simmons, Robert Purvis, H. D. Wood, W. H. Bolton, Sam C. Bailey and Peter G. Jackson.
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Lizzie Johnson
Elvira Winbush
Annie Alexander
Johnson
Alexander
John Simmons
Robert Purvis
H. D. Wood
W. H. Bolton
Sam C. Bailey
Peter G. Jackson
Treasury bonds retirement eyed by 1930 in state report
A state official released encouraging daily reports from across the state and stated the treasury could retire bonds by 1930. The message highlighted improving financial condition and potential debt reduction.
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Jority
Treasury
Prayer Meeting at Methodist Church in Toulminville
Local notes show a Thursday 7 30 prayer meeting at the Toulminville Methodist church led by Rev D Y Register. Other items include church events, Thanksgiving visits, and a Busy Bee Sewing Circle meeting with a note that 4 30 Friday attendance is desired for upcoming business.
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Toulminville
Ala
Methodist Church
D. Y. Register
E. M. Daffin
St. Elmo
Geraldine Pritchard
Methodist Sunday School
Anna Krassin
H. R. Duke
Chunchula
R. E. Williams
McDavid
Fla
Mayers
Crichton
Mt. Vernon
Florence Nightengale
Bulgars Fear New Avenues of Attack
A Reuters dispatch from Saloniki reports Bulgarians withdrawing troops from the Turkish frontier to face potential advances by Romania or via the Black Sea. German forces in Serbia bolster Bulgarian positions, while an Agrarian squad from Philippopolis surrendered to a British outpost on the Strumnitza front.
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London
Roumania
Black Sea
Reuter
Saloniki
Serbia
Bulgaria
Philippopolis
Strumnitza
Prilep
Vassilich
Monastir
Times
Bucharest
von der Goltz
Danube
Washington
Stephan Panaretoff
Tchernopeef
Boyadjieff
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MR Riferous
Delicia
APU
POLY
Wade
J. A. Wade
Eget
Sever
Dreaper & Burns
Howard R. Garis
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Merrill Company
Citrus Exchange
Dustin Farnum
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Paramount
Stone
Searf
Dauphin Street
Mobile, Ala
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