Union County Farmer Profitable On Small Acreage
Mr. Lathan of Buford township in Union County is highlighted as a prosperous farmer who yields high cash from limited land. He harvested 295 bushels of peas on 1.5 acres and sold 12 bushels at $3 per bushel, six at $2.50, while reporting strong pea and cereal production from poor soil amid local farm life notes and community events.
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A. Lathan
Union County
Buford Township
Mr. Lathes
Waxhaw
Heart Stephenson
Lizsie Norwood
Ecloek
Mr. Stephenson
W. J. Stephetson
Marvin Communi
Naval Board urges light draft motor boats for coast defense
The Naval Consulting Board urged a large fleet of wood built, high speed light draft motor boats with guns for early deployment to defend United States coasts and harbors. Funds come from emergency Congress appropriations. resolution sent to Secretary Daniels. Also notes deaths of Capt. Jack Crawford and John Crew seeking citizenship.
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Naval Consulting Board
New York
United States
Grove's Old Standard Tonic Ad Pitches Quinine Benefit
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a general tonic with quinine claimed to contact the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system though phrasing is marketing heavy and dated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Piles Cured In Sixteen to Fourteen Days Claim
Readable text claims a remedy to cure piles in six to fourteen days using tests and money refunds if not cured. The fragmentary source provides no verifiable details about method, authorities, or outcomes.
Congress Eyes A New Session And Party Clash
Stirring scenes are promised as Congress plans an April 16 extra session. Democrats back Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Kitchin, while Republicans show division over their candidate. President Wilson’s program includes railroad and commerce reforms and a new disputes act. Also noted is a Charleston harbor sinking case where German Hansa line crew were acquitted of piracy.
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Congress
Raleigh News & Observer
House
Hoase
Clark
Kitchin
Mana
Champ Clark
Senate
Florence
Maren
Ficers
Hansa Line
Charleston
United States District Court
Johann Klattenhoff
Wa I
When Cotton Was 12 Cents A Pound In An Average Year
A Moultrie Observer-quoted look at how farm prices shift with cotton at 12 cents per pound. It lists staple costs for a bale of cotton worth $60 and the corresponding amounts of potatoes, lard, flour, bacon, corn, hay, shoes, cloth, and other essentials, showing how farmer sustains family needs when cotton prices fall to 2 cents. It notes farmers growing their own supplies benefit from surplus food crops, highlighting the paradox of cheap cotton and rising food costs.
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Moultrie Observer
Cfnte
Boston woman and Annie Stewart tout tonoline testimonial
A Boston social figure Annie Stewart endorses tonoline after seven years of stomach troubles inclining to indigestion dyspepsia gas constipation and headaches. She claims relief within two weeks and urges friends to verify the claim through English Drug Co. notes cautions about weight gain and continuous use.
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Boston
Annie Stewart
Tam
English Drug Co
World News and Cultural Spotlight Of The Era
Important world events include the arrest of Hindi student Heramba L Gupta at Columbia amid charges linking Dr Chandra Chakraborty and Dr Ernest Sebunna to a plot against U S neutrality. Rep C A Sulloway dies, leaving 214 Republicans to 214 Democrats in the House. James W Gerard and party arrive in Havana en route to Key West. A San Francisco earthquake and fire devastate Sailor's Rest, foreshadowing the film Hell Man's Girl at a local theater.
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Heramba L. Gupta
Columbia University
Chandra Chakraborty
Ernest Sebunna
India
C. A. Sulloway
New Hampshire
Congress
Washington
James W. Gerard
Germany
Havanna
Cuba
Corunna
Spain
Gerard
Key Weet
Fin
Morgan
Edtlor
C Carnedl
Currell
Lola
Ue Theatre
Cow With Wooden Leg Shocks Fort Worth Market
At Fort Worth Live Stock Markets a Jersey cow named Bossie, with a wooden left foreleg, sold for 5.50 to Frank Meehan. Bossie, raised in Bell County by A C Chaffin, weighs 710 pounds and has given milk to feed the hired man’s family. The animal’s peg leg came after a cotton chopper accident over two years ago. In politics, Washington reports Republicans likely to organize the House with 218 votes, amid current 215 Republicans and 214 Democrats, with a New York district vacancy and Whitman’s pending election call for Conry’s successor.
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Forth Worth
Tex
Fort Worth
A.C. Chaffin
Temple
Bovine
Chaffin
Bell County
Frank Meehan
Bossie
Lee
Washington
New York
Michael Conry
House
Whitman
Conry
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Rodmen & Brown
Vann
Wingate
Arcoos
Chapman Heath
Capt
W. C. Heath
Hiebwont
Houston
Usele Levnant Faison
Lineberry
Baptist State Convent
Vadownest Fund
Meredith Ste
Winston
Bis
Marsha
Piedmont Industrial Institute of
Char
B. L. Giggers
C. W. Baucen
J. E. Brown
W. R. Auetim
Rev
D. M. Austin
J. W. Bivens
R. F. Beasley
Postoffice
Henderson Rolie Mill
John Wallace
Jack Crawford
General Custer
High Seas
British Isles
John Crew
Cleveland
Saxioge
Intersate Commerce Commission
Kerwanis
Loston
Sikes Stables
Sikes-Sanders Co
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company
Gordon Insurance & Investment CO
North Carolina
Jack
Henderson Garage G Machine Co
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