Record Cotton Crop Yields 1925 Set New Peak
Final 1925 census figures show 16,103,586 running bales of cotton, with equivalent 500 pound bales totaling 16,085,905 and lint 7.69 billion pounds. States list include Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, and others, while ginner count and American-Egyptian shares are noted. The article contrasts 1925 with 1914 as the prior record year. It also weaves in social anecdote about evolving youth culture and dancing fashions across generations.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
All Other States
Toledo Judge Says Younger Generation No Worse Than Last
Probate Judge O B O'Donnell of Toledo Ohio downplays alarm about youth calling the younger generation the same as before and dismissing the controversy as much ado about nothing in a interview about time saving inventions.
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Toledo
O. B. O’donnell
Ohio
O’donnell
Political Announcements for 1926 Democratic Primary
The Sun prints candidate notices subject to July 1926 Democratic primary actions. Sheriff candidates Floyd Everheart and J A Vaughan seek reelection. County Attorney Roy M Finley. Tax Collector S V Earnest and D K Roberts. Constable Pro No 3 Ed Lankford. Justice of the Peace J H Pennell.
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The
Sun
Constable
ED Lankford
Justice OF the Peace
J. H. Pennell
Income Tacks Letter From Van Zandt County Farmer
A Van Zandt County farmer writes to the income tax collector claiming no income and mocking forms. He says he barely pays mule feed and cannot afford beef prices, asks for guidance on completing the blanks, and signs as “yours truly.” The note is cited by the Athens Review with a quip about rapid world changes and marbles.
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van Zandt County
Internal Revenue Collector
Athens Review
Curious 1900s miscellany on customs and trivia
A collage of brief facts from a past era covers April Fools origins and ancient festivals, flour nutrition, wedding bands swapping, long snow fences, cadet rations at West Point, bank check costs, a red water circus accident, pink lemonade, France Christmas trees, KU freshmen stats, Canadian newspaper circulation, and Tokyo car mud guards.
Dr Osler Examines Friends for Life Insurance 1874
In 1874 Dr Osler examined two friends for life insurance. One surviving subject was refused due to valvular heart disease. The piece notes a deadly poison used by Central Papua natives and mentions a weapon causing rapid death after skin contact. It also observes fashion shifts from ostrich feathers to bobbed hair and notes ostrich skins used for handbags.
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Dr. Osler
Central
Papua
Dearborn
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Sally Waters
Charleston
Floyd Everheart
J. A
Arthur) Vaughan
Roy M. Finley
S. V
Vernon) Earnest
D. K. Roberts
Indianapolis Star
Bene
Effra
the National Coffee
Whitewright
Mangrum Bros
H. W. Wiley
New York
Middle Western
West Point
Federal Reserve Bank
France
University of Kansas
Canada
Tokio
Home Ice & Manufacturing CO
Huffines & May
South Side
Main St
Texas Qualified Druggists’ League
BOW - Wright Drug CO
League
Farm and Ranch and
Holland’s Magazine
Planters National Bank
Gordon Bros
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