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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1915
Page
7
Cotton corn hay and other crops are said to be well advanced and gathered in large quantities while fruits are reported in excellent condition. the article notes activity on the harvest and signals a strong farming season.
In Alabama counties Peanuts harvest progresses while fall vegetables suffer for lack of rain. Oranges ripen and persimmons and kumquats are ready. Hay supplies look adequate for winter though range and corn crops suffer. St Elmo and Kushla areas report continued drought slow plowing and shipments seeking better prices as vegetation withers.
In a Petrograd report from September 29, soldiers suffer massive head and arm wounds with many failing to die. Wounded men return by truck, about forty percent rejoin the front after three months' rest. The piece ties blood quality to healing and advertises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for anaemia and blood purification.
The report notes lack of moisture with pastures drying, limited green feed, and slow garden produce except where water is carried. Sweet potatoes prosper while Irish tubers suffer. prices weak as growers eye a hoped revival with the produce exchange. Bayou La Batre reports similar conditions and a larger pecan crop in prep. Harvest advances under cool nights and warm days. farmers shuck corn to deter rats and weevils.
Farmers stockpile corn husk hay and small Spanish peanuts while okra yams cow peas and peanuts are sold. Soudan grass hay trials appear nationwide as a heavy Monday shower boosts rain needed for gardens. Oranges persimmons sand pears ripen, pecans show modest yields in this region.
Dry weather in Baldwin County hampers late sweet potato and Irish potato crops while delaying fall oats sowing. Haying benefits from the sunshine, corn harvests look above average, and velvet bean feeding is lighter due to drought.
The long drought in Orange Beach has dried soils and delayed planting while cane and late sweet potatoes benefit. Irish potato crops risk shrinkage without more rain, and strawberry plant losses threaten future patches. Pine Grove notes severe drought affecting fall planted potatoes and late sweet potatoes.
Farmers adapt to dry spell sowing hay and corn while cutting stalks for compost. Oats ground is being plowed and many stop due to hard soil. Hopes rise for rain to plant fall crops as cane and fruit trees ripen and spotty showers shift from east to west.
The report notes widespread drought hindering late crops and pastures while farmers harvest hay corn cotton and peanuts. Cotton picking winds down in some areas yet ginning continues ferried by dry weather. Hog cholera hits hogs and cattle losses rise with forage shortages across Jackson Fulton Salitpa Thomasville and Saltillo regions.
No rain this week as farmers finish harvests. Corn and late peanuts, pumpkins, and fall gardens show. sugar cane, pecans, and cotton yields noted. Hog cholera deaths near Jay. chickens poor with scarce eggs. cane crop excellent. syrup soon. sweet potatoes abundant but no market.
In Butler County Garland reports two weeks of good weather for crop gathering. Cotton is nearly all picked and sold as ginned. Corn gathering has begun and is going well. A large hay crop is saved. Cane potatoes and fall gardens are stressed by extreme dryness.
All crops are being harvested and more hay is saved than ever before with no rain. Fall gardens suffer from protracted dry weather. Saw mills opening up aid farmers by disposing of surplus.
Rain is much needed on crops including sweet potatoes rice and sugar cane and on gardens. It is almost too dry to plant garden seed and seed already planted may fail to come up. Lots of cotton is being ginned and shipped this week with a good price for cotton.
In Jackson County Ocean Springs reports ideal haying conditions and a record growth year for grass and orchard stock. Pecan crops in the district are projected at 150000 pounds valued around $75000 with six feet growth noted. Sugar cane matures well and sweet potato yields look strong while Irish potatoes face a poor stand and oats groundwork begins. Rice harvests are prosperous and Satsuma ripening as farmers prep oats. Big Point notes dry weather. a good rain is desired.
Alabama official James A. Wade, state commissioner, predicts cotton prices will rise above current levels and urges limiting production. He cites market strength, 1915 yield prospects, and warns against overreliance on cotton while stressing diversified crops to reduce costs. He notes boll weevil spread across counties and criticizes views of farmers who overplant cotton.
Federal officials report about 26 000 land fraud claims filed with the Southern Pacific Company as ten attorneys and land agents are indicted. An average fee of 150 dollars per client totals roughly 3.7 million dollars. Elmer Patten, arrested at Eureka, is the sixth man taken into custody. others named include W A Nicholson Franklin Bull Norman D Cook D J Connors and Byron J Sanford.
Eight sticks of dynamite were found under bag piles on the Brooklyn pier of the Sicula Americapa line steamer San Guglielmo as she sailed for Naples with 1,700 Italian reservists aboard. The dynamite was 40 percent brand and capable of destroying the ship, officials said.
In Chicago on Tuesday John W. Coppersmith husband of slain Ella Coppersmith attempted to stab William R. Pethick in court. Pethick had just been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty. Deputies restrained Coppersmith as the confession showed he went to the Coppersmith apartment to deliver groceries and killed the infant Jack to quiet an outcry.
Unionville Missouri resident Mrs Tha Seavey writes she suffered a female illness with weakness nervous spells and cramping yet after trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and now urges others to try it. The letter praises the medicine and claims long standing effectiveness.
In a reflective dialogue Mollie and Margie debate love versus marriage as youth fades. They argue that love is more sentimental for men, while women seek progress and understood roles. The piece contrasts Byron era views with modern hopes for clearer understanding and evolving relationships.
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