Menacing march of the boll weevil across southern states
A 1917 Progressive Farmer analysis examines boll weevil spread from Louisiana through Mississippi Alabama and Georgia south of parallel 33. It projects steep cotton losses, with Louisiana Mississippi southern Alabama Georgia and South Carolina affected at varying times up to 1920, based on historical yields and climate factors. It warns of continued decline as the pest moves northward and anticipates timing for heavy damage in the southern half of Georgia and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
B. L. Moss
Texas
United Sates Weather Bureau
Missisippi
al Bos
Cotton Belt
Gulf Coast
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Miksiscippi
Parallel 34
Laundry Service and Model Steam Laundry Agency
Advertises up-to-date pressing and laundry work with cash payments. States agency for Model Steam Laundry of Charlotte. Laundry collected Tuesday evening and returned Thursday. Emphasizes prompt, proper service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Model Steam Laundry
Charlotte
Wealth and war profits stir Milwaukee railroad meeting
Percy Rockefeller arrives for the Milwaukee Railroad annual meeting and warns that postwar America may face unprecedented financial disturbances. He says the nation will be eyed by many as countries scramble for wartime wealth and calls for strong American resolve to safeguard it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Milwaukee Dispatch
Percy Rockefeller
Milwaukee Railroad
Doan's Kidney Pills Bring Monroe Relief Claim
Bad morning backache common as kidney issue. Mrs. D M Peach of Monroe credits Doan's Kidney Pills for strong mornings and reduced pain. She reports relief since using the remedy, with price listed at 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co. as manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Doan
D. M. Peach
English St
Dean
Legins Crime at 3 and Reform at 8
Middletown Dispatch reports Walter Everson aged three began a life of crime by stealing wagons, tricycles, and toys, then attempted arson. His father C H Everson stood with him as a complaint for juvenile delinquency was filed, and Walter was sent to Randall's Island Reformatory after commitment. An officer accompanied the boy to the reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Everson
Randall's Island Reformatory
Miedeeda
C. H. Everson
Walter
Grove's The Old Standard Tonic Promotes General Health
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is marketed as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Ceuts
Roosevelt Taft Handshake Reunion At Club Reception
The meeting between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft at a Union League reception featured a brief handshaking moment and exchanged greetings. Elihu Root introduced nominees, and President Hughes spoke as the crowd cheered. Roosevelt and Taft later addressed the room, with Roosevelt condemning German U-boat warfare debates and urging steadfast national principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Union League
Charles E
Mr. Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Chauncey M. Depew
Elihu Root
Abraham Lincoln
Root
Roosevelt
Weh
Colonel Roosevelt
Thomas R. Lounsberry
Yale University
Professor Taft
Colonel Roosevevlt
Colonel Rooseelt
George W. Perkins
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Taft
Hoebes
Teddy
Hughes
Reichstag
United States
Ghove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as Malaria Tonic
Fragmentary ad text claims Ghove's Tasteless Chill Tonic strengthens the system and drives out malaria. It mentions benefits for adults and children and presents a rustic tone with a moon referenced as the only seller figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghove
Notice of Publication in North Carolina Suit over Will
Publication notice in Union County Superior Court states Daniel Starnes et al v L A Thompson et al to challenge a purported will of Alexander Thompson and quiet title. Respondents named include Nancy White Lola Crenshaw and others. case set for October 16 1916. Attorneys Redwine Sikes listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolin
Union County
Daniel Starnes
W. B. Starnes
Jobs Richardson
L. A. Thompson
Bettie Browden
Nagey White
Will White
Walker Thompson
Sallie Williams
Nasb
Hardy Williams
Will Thompson
Lula Crenshaw
Henry Thompson
Elle Thompson
Ida ‘Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson
Kelle Carter
Rebecca Starnes
Moser Starnes
Hettie Freeman
Nancy White
Wilt White
Lola Crenshaw
Cmd
Hie Band
Hamp Crenshaw
Henry Thompseon
Ella Thompsom
Ida Thowpoon
Sarah Thompson
Bettie Freeman
Hornhy
Alexander Thompson
Cline
Mendiy
Lemmond
North Carolina
Fil Wolfe
Redwine & Sikes
Attys
Notice of Sale of Farm Lands in Union County NC
Under order by R W Lemmond clerk of the Superior Court the commissioner will on Saturday Oct 21 at 12 oclock at Monroe court house door offer for sale eighty acres more or less in Vance township Union County North Carolina adjoining C G Parker and others. The tract excludes forty acres formerly sold to C G Parker. sale for partition cash. Sept 15 1916 W B Love Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Lemmond
Superior Court
Union County
T. Parker
C. G. Parker
Court House
Monroe
Vance Township
North Carolina
Rigain
Register of Deds
W. B. Love
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Flow & Phifer’s
Phifer
Henderson Roller Mill
English Drug CO
Gordon Investment CO
Philadelphia Life Ins. Co
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank Bldg
Monroe, N. C
Paris
Pinaud
Parfumerie
Dept
Pinaud Bldh
New York
Carolina Pressing Club
Helms & Hinson
Riches Startle
Rockefeller
Legins
Middletown
N. Y
Dispatch
Mann
Mons
R. H. Garren
Hamilton-Liles
Monko
Julia R. Price
Monroe, N.C
Hayne St
G. M. Smith
Union Drug Store
N. C
B. Bivens
Marshville
N.C
Carolina Bank
R. L. Payne
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
N. O
Matthews
W. B. Houston
Fitzgerald Building
Law
W. C. Lemmond
Old Library Room
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