Expects Only Small Reduction in Cotton
Joseph O. Thompson vice president of the American Cotton Association tours the Cotton Belt in Dallas and says the 1927 acreage may fall slightly but the cotton market will be hurt by carry over and world competition. He urges tariff protection as foreign regions expand cotton production and urges farmers to diversify to secure food and feed first.
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Joseph O. Thompson
American Cotton Association
Dallas
America
South America
Australia
Europe
Asia
Africa
Great Britain
Mr. Thompson
Ideal Budget Shows Family Living on Two Thousand
Berkeley announced a model budget for a five person family on 2000 a year. The plan allows the father one pair of shoes every two years and a new overcoat every six, a monthly haircut. Mother gets an afternoon dress every three years and shoes every two years. Allocations include 394.99 for clothes 658.08 for food 390 for rent 251.64 for house operation 22.50 for vacations 27 for entertaining at home and 22.50 for presents including Christmas gifts.
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Berkeley
Cal
Jessice B. Peixotto
University of California
World's Largest Petrified Forest Found in Texas
Washington reports a newly discovered petrified forest in Big Bend Texas described by the American Forestry Association as the most marvelous known. Geologists Dr. C. O. Gaither and Prof. S. I. Cade locate upright trunks 100 to 150 feet tall and prostrate trunks, including one 896 feet long, buried under volcanic ash from the Chisos mountains.
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Washington
Texas
American Forestry Association
C. O. Gaither
S. I. Cade
Big Bend
Gaither
Cade
Rio Grande
Chisos Mountains
Soap production and wages cited in early 20th century report
A historical note states 1925 US soap production surpassed 4 678 million pounds averaging over 40 pounds per person. The value reached 230 million dollars, up 5 million from 1923, with an implied discussion about wages and living standards.
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United States
No Worms in a Healthy Child Tonic Claim
Advertisement asserts worms cause pale unhealthy color and stomach issues in children. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised as enriching blood improving digestion and acting as a general tonic to expel worms, with a two to three week regimen and 60 cents per bottle.
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Grove
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
A newspaper ad explains Calotabs as a purified calomel tablet to break a cold or grippe overnight. Take one or two tablets at bedtime with water and wake to a purified system and restored appetite. A family package with directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
Volstead Sees 1926 as Prohibition's Greatest Year
Andrew J. Volstead, father of the Volstead Act, hails 1926 as prohibition's best year. He notes slow but steady progress toward dryness and declares the enforcement law a success, speaking as legal adviser to the Northwest prohibition administrator and remaining loyal to the amendment.
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Minneapolis
Andrew J. Volstead
Volstead
Tragedy Reflected From Old Printer Devil Tale
A Gatesville Advance reminiscence recounts accusing a boy printer's devil of stealing pencils, only to later find them and never reconcile the wrongful charge. The memory echoes the Chicago Tribune report about Charles Burdette, pastor near Springfield, Mass., brother of Robert J. Burdette.
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Gatesville Advance
Dr. Cranfill
Chicago Tribune
Charles Burdette
Springfield
Mass
Robert J. Burdette
Burdette imprint lingers after lost Peoria mail tale
An old Peoria anecdote recalls Charles Burdette, a once-post office employee and later Baptist preacher, linked to a vanished registered package in 1879 meant to pay John Comstock for Kansas land. A steel reinforced leather pouch later recovered in San Francisco held a letter with the same sum, closing an incomplete case and prompting reflections on guilt and memory.
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Nalist
California
Bob Burdette
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Peoria
Charles Burdette
John Comstock
Kansas
Mr. Comsack
Charles
China
United States Postoffice
San Francisco
Public letter urges care in accusing others of crime
J B Cranfill of Dallas News publishes a plea drawn from Peoria papers about a respected Christian man wrongly suspected of theft over four decades. The writer urges readers to exercise restraint and fairness before accusing individuals of wrongdoing.
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Peoria
J. B. Cranfill
Dallas News
$85 Sow Produces $3000 Hog Value and 150 More Pigs
Hereford reports D L McDonald’s foundation sow started in 1920 has produced over $3000 of hogs from a single sow. Fifty red gilts and sows sold Feb 5 to Deaf Smith County farmers are expected to yield about 500 pigs next year, with increases continuing for years.
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Hereford
Texas
D. L. McDonald
McDonald
Deaf Smith County
Poland
China
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza Claim Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old medicine box advertises Grove's Bromo Quinine tablets as removing the cause of colds grip and influenza. It notes only one product “Bromo Quinine” with Grove’s signature on the box.
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Grove
Farmer wrecks bank windows after loan refusal
In Lamar Nebraska Al Mosler, a farmer from eastern Colorado, attacked the State Bank with bricks after a loan was refused by cashier Rodney Davis. Bricks shattered plate glass, causing over $500 in damage as the assailant rained bricks on the bank.
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Lamar
Neb
Rodney Davis
State Bank
al Mosler
Colorado
Bank bricks shatter windows as two men overpower Mosler
After bricks flew through bank windows, Davis fled, then joined by the town marshal to recapture Mosler who had run out of bricks. They overpowered Mosler and took him to the Imperial Nebraska jail. Sun Want Ad urges sale.
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Davis
Mosler
Imperial
Neb
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Chesley Rutledge
Pierce
Lincoln
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