The Journal annual subscription contest draws crowds and prizes
The Journal runs a large week long subscription contest with extended voting, new nominations, and district prizes. Bracelets valued at gold are shown as top incentives, while readers are urged to renew and aid young contestants, with rules on votes, eligibility, and deadlines.
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W. J. Rudge Co
Tues
Union County
Lancaster
Chesterfield
South Carolina
Monroe Township
Monroe
Farmers should hold cotton and cut acreage 50 percent
The article argues that cotton farmers must work their own salvation after Southern Senators fail to secure national relief. It outlines a five point plan: hold cotton if possible to protect lint quality, borrow from banks if needed, pool and grade cotton with neighbors for better prices, prepare to reduce acreage by 50 percent, and push state agricultural departments to expand crop marketing aid next year. It notes the lack of a unified Southwide plan and urges self-reliance and cooperative action among farmers and local institutions.
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South
Congress
Memphis
Texas
Georgia
Alabama
Oklahoma
Florida
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Poe
Vee Farmer
Craig
North Carolina
Hooper
Tennesay
Wade
State Agricultural Department
Agricultural College
Cotton relief plan defeated in House vote 123 to 91
Washington dispatch reports the compromise cotton relief plan proposed by Southern Congressmen failed in the House. The measure would have deposited 250 million dollars in Southern banks to loan to cotton and tobacco growers. Southern members fought for it, while Chairman Glass and Republican Leader Mann called it unsound. Lack of quorum halted actions on related banking notes and cotton warehouses. The plan posited funding via U S notes or Panama Canal bonds.
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Washington Dispatch
House
Glass
Banking and Currency Committee
Mann
South
Cotton Belt
Henry
Hardwick
Treasury
Scale of Votes for Subscriptions and Renewals
The document lists vote requirements for subscriptions and renewals. Subscriptions cover one to five years with 5 000 12 000 20 000 30 000 and 40 000 votes respectively. Renewals show 3 060 votes for one year and 18 000, 25 000 votes for four and five years, with zeros or missing values for some renewals.
Relief for Belgian starvations to be run by American commission
London dispatch reports an American led relief plan after weeks of diplomacy. Herbert Hoover heads a commission to feed Belgians in London and Brussels with $150,000 worth of food already purchased. The effort, funded by Belgian relief, aims to aid up to 1 million Belgians amid bread lines and worsening shortages, with ships and Belgian partners to supply Brussels Antwerp Ghent and other ports via Rotterdam.
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Ameren
Page
Belgium
England
Germany
London
Brussels
Herbert C. Hoover
California
American Relief Committee
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Rotterdam
Holland
Antwerp
Ghent
Lege
Commission
Congress Fails to Adjourn Amid Southern Filibuster
Washington dispatch reports Southern Democrats led by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia blocked a House-passed joint resolution to adjourn sine die. If no recess agreement by tomorrow, Congress would remain in session indefinitely. President Wilson rushed from a golf course to sign the war revenue bill at 5:45 with aid from Secret Service.
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House
Washington Dispatch
Congress
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Senate
Wilken
Secret Service
Clark
Senator Clarke
Hughes
New Jersey
Austrian War Despondency Affects New York Women
The New York Sun reports that several Austrian women in New York have fallen into despondency and occupy Bellevue Hospital psychopathic ward or are being treated elsewhere. Dr Menas S Gregory notes Germans’ belief in a righteous crusade limits frenzy or deep depression, while Austrian women lack consoling thoughts, facing defeat and death as relief from despair.
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New York Sun
New York City
Bellevde Hospital
Germany
Menas
Gregory
How The Youth's Companion Supports Athletic Youth
The Youth's Companion promotes athletic training for boys and girls through its sports department, offering guidance on pitching, running, swimming strokes, and training tips. It invites new subscribers with a test of issues and a free forecast for 1915, plus access to past 1914 issues and a home calendar.
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Companion
Youth's Companion
Berkley Street
Boston
Marane Youth's Companion
Texas House Defeats Bill on Cotton Acreage Control
Oct 20 Austin Texas A measure to make it a felony to plant more cotton than a fixed percentage of the current crop was defeated 84 to 12 in the Texas House. The proposed percentage ranged from 25 to 50. A voluntary acreage reduction proposal remains under consideration.
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Texas
Austin
House
War Fronts Stand Off In France Belgium and Poland
London dispatch reports brutal stalemate across Flanders and northern France with both sides claiming gains while German and French statements conflict. Russians announce Warsaw defense success as Austro-Hungarian forces push toward Bukovina. Belgian coast villages suffer shelling as Indians in France ready for service.
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France
Belgium
Paris
North Sea
Poland
Warsaw
Tvangorod
Oswewetz
Ossewetz
Pryzemystrat
Hungary
Bukowina
Galicia
London
Flanders
East Prussia
Nieuport
Dixmonde
Lachaise
Star
Yser Canal
Lille
England
West Flanders
Admiralty
Lawyers Call For From Within Reform To Curb Criticism
Washington October 20. The American Bar Association opened its season with a call for reform from within to curb criticism of the legal system. President Wilson urged humanizing the law by more justice and less citation. Former President Taft urged ending legislative delays. Associate Justice McReynolds urged judges to heed public sentiment.
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Washington
American Bar Association
Wilson
Taft
McReynolds
Supreme Court
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Labnese
Hivrvic
H. J. Holliman
Tom Candle
Holliman
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Lil
Camps
Noth
Mex
Hollins
New York
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