Why the Negroes Are Flocking North
Analysis of a surge of African American migration from the South driven by the boll weevil, high Northern wages, and social mobility. The piece cites estimates of 350,000 to 600,000 leaving, with 125,000 in Texas, 40,000 in several Georgia counties, and 1,500 from a South Carolina county since March. It notes labor recruitment by railroads and industries, the dangers of emigration agents, and varied regional crop impacts shaping the exodus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Snowden Stabler
Country Gentleman
Department of Labor
Washington
South
Tal
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
North
Cotton Belt
Athens
Mississippi Delta
Coahoma County
Memphis
Delta
Oii
Louisiana
Chambers , Commerce
W. G. Cooper
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Maryland
Waco
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers’ Association
Drink a Glass of Real Hot Water Before Breakfast
Sanitary science promotes internal cleansing by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast. The regimen claims to flush out indigestible waste, sour bile, and toxins, improving appetite and overall health for all, with a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue Man
Darken Gray Hair With Sage Tea and Sulphur Mix
An old time remedy claims to restore dark lustrous hair by using Sage Tea and Sulphur. The formula, improved with other ingredients, is sold as a ready mixture to dampen and apply to small strands for a natural dark look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ives
Morncae Shearpeste
Lesser Meat With Bag eage and Kidneys Hurti
A lengthy old cautionary note argues meat causes kidney trouble and cites Jad Salts as a remedy. The piece then shifts to a broad wartime labor shortage in the South, noting mass mobilization of unemployed and the threat to crops, with references to Maryland and Texas labor situations and calls for migration controls. It mentions riots in East St. Louis and Chester as context for shifting labor patterns and includes a brief testimonial about Chamberlain's Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M.soule
Georgia State College of Agriculture
South
Savannah
East St. Louis
Chester
Pennsylvania
Ui North
New Orleans
Mobile
Charleston
Salvannah
Lemmond Attorney Advertises Practice In Monroe North Carolina
W. O. Lemmond, attorney at law, based in the Law Building old Library Room Monroe, N C, announces he will practice in all state and federal courts. Specializes in collecting claims and settling estates by administrators and executors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Lemmond
Old Library Room
Monroe
N. C
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Journal
Advanta
Produce Merchants of
Virginia
Chamberlain
R. H. Garren
Hamilton-Liles Co
Reaklence
Monroe, N
R. L. Payne
Postathes
Union Co
Visk
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
Marshville
Matthews
W. B. Houston
N. D
Fitzgerald Akan
Court House
Julia R. Prior
Monroe, N. C
East Windsor
Monroe Iron & Metal
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