Changes in Dates of Government Reports
Washington announces revised timing and dates for USDA crop reports. Grain crop reports dated April 8 and August 10 move to 3 p m. Acreage report for corn and other crops except cotton shifts from July 9 to July 11. Cotton July 9 report shows July 1 acreage. Sept 8 and Dec 8 cotton reports add abandoned acreages. July 6 Sept 23 Oct 25 cotton reports eliminated.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Final World War in 1928predicts Armageddon date
The British Israel World Federation announces a final world war will begin May 29 1928 and end September 15 1936. They claim ancient Egyptians deciphered the date from pyramids using a polar inch as a 6 000 year timeline. The predicted initial conflict pits Great Britain against Russia and Turkey with a Great Britain victory.
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London
British
Israel World Federation
Great Britain
Russia
Turkey
Dewey Ball Receives 99 Year Murder Sentence
Sherman reports Dewey Ball convicted of murder for killing his 16 year old bride near Hagerman on November 21 1926. He claimed temporary insanity due to epilepsy. Jury initially split nine for death, three for life, finally agreeing on a ninety nine year penitentiary sentence after five hours deliberation.
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N. C. Evans
F. E. Wilcox
Wrong Pronoun Prompt Sparks Doctor's Preferred “Them”
Anxious father debates pronouns with a doctor who rejects gendered terms, opting for the plural neutral “them.” The exchange highlights evolving language in medical care and familial communication.
CORRECT CONCLUSIONS Jokesmith Punchline
A jokesmith jokes with his son about selling 1 587 jokes at 2 dollars each. The son replies that the result is an automobile. The exchange frames a playful math quip.
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Son
Special Features For Texas Clean Up Week
Communities plan contests and campaigns for Clean Up Week April 3 to 9 led by Dr J C Anderson state health officer. Events include cleanest town beauty yard pure food shows health poster birth registration and better baby contests with cash prizes in many towns.
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J. C. Anderson
Federated Women’s Clubs
Hill
Harrison
Civic League of
Pearsall
Comanche
Harlingen
Civic League of Navasota
Port Arthur
Boy Scouts
Galveston
Women’s Civic League
Lions Club
Method for control of the corn borer
The article notes that careful plowing of infested corn stalks and stubble helps control European corn borer. It warns that careless plowing leaves debris that shelters borers, allowing them to surface and mature. A wide-bottom plow with a chain or wire helps bury debris and improve results.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Corn Yields Rise Across Major Crops In U S
A USDA survey shows per acre corn yields up 18 percent since 1885 while wheat climbs 17 percent and oats 14 percent. Potatoes rise 39 percent as total area grows 52 percent, boosting total production 77 percent.
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United States
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Women Employed in Britain Mines Reach Ten Thousand
In Great Britain the number of women employed in mine work is reported at about 10 000. The figure highlights the expanding role of women in industrial labor and the mining sector during the period.
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Great Britain
Piles Cured Fast with PAZO OINTMENT
A drugstore ad promises pile treatment with PAZO OINTMENT that cures itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days. It claims instant itch relief and restful sleep after first use with a 60 cent price and money back guarantee if not cured.
Man Impugns Honesty Kills Manager and Self
In St Louis on March 22 George J. Shultz 65 allegedly attacked pride over a claim of stealing canned sardines from a Piggly Wiggly. He returned the next day and killed Waldo Thilking 24 the grocery store manager and then shot himself. Mrs. Shultz said his honesty record as a jewelry house night watchman defined his life.
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St. Louis
25 Bowls of Soup Too Much for This Jap
Tokio reports K Hirose 32 of Ibaraki prefecture wagered 10 yen he could drink 25 bowls of shizuko soup. He finished the twenty fifth bowl then died within a minute, rolling in agony before aid arrived.
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Tokio
K. Hirose
Ibaraki Prefecture
Snyder Cream Sold in Dallas Market
Snyder in Scurry County plans to shift from cotton to livestock poultry and dairy production as Metzger Creameries of Dallas complete purchase arrangements for Snyder cream, aiming to increase dairy output despite being 270 miles from headquarters.
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Dallas
Snyder
1926 cotton crop reaches 17.69 million bales in Census report
The 1926 cotton crop measured 17,687,607 running bales or 17,910,258 equivalent 500 pound bales per the Census Bureau final ginning report. It compares with 16,122,516 running bales in 1925 and trails the Agriculture Department's December estimate of 18,618,000 equivalent bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Tragic Rastus Narrows Escape Ends in Railway Sleep
A grim nugget from a bygone era tells of Rastus who dozed with his mouth open on a railroad track. The engineer mistook the yawning gap for a tunnel and nearly collided, prompting a blunt fatalistic punchline in local humor.
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Rastus
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Promises Money-Back Guarantee
An ad from Bow-Wright Drug Co. offers Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore or bleeding gums and pyorrhea with a money-back guarantee. It claims the product is unlike anything used before and promises certain results.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
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