British Empire Producing Third of World Cotton Says Report
The British Empire now supplies about 30 percent of raw cotton worldwide and may soon spin more than enough for its own needs. The growth, concentrated in the last 25 years and accelerating recently, suggests U.S. cotton growers face intensified foreign competition unless they cut costs and raise quality in the Southern states and streamline marketing to reduce overhead.
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British Empire’ Marketing Board
George
United States
India
Egypt
Africa
Dallas Times-Herald
Hogwallow News Roundup of Odd Local Happenings
Jefferson Potlocks and Washington Hocks form a two person committee to plan a cupola atop Hog Ford church elevating the preacher’s voice. Cricket Hicks returns from Bounding Billows ruined financially after slot-machine losses. Miss Peachie Sims talks up chewing gum. Tickville council paints a stop sign on the Town Marshal to prevent collisions. Columbus Allsop quotes a married woman’s need for hands around the house. Fletch Henstep resigns as Wild Onion school trustee, resuming ordinary citizen status.
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Jefferson Potlocks
Washington Hocks
Hog Ford
Cricket Hicks
Bounding Billows
The Crowded Colleges and The War’s Education Effect
A reflection on postwar college enrollments showing students flocking to campuses, with concerns that many pursue degrees without grasping college aims. The piece argues colleges should cultivate citizens rather than money earning paths.
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Advertised by Bow-Wright Drug Co
An ad guarantees satisfaction or money back for Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy. It claims to treat sore or bleeding gums pyorrhea and loose teeth with a product marketed as different from anything used before and promising certain results.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Bartlett Tribune Urges Narrowing Student Focus at Colleges
The Bartlett Tribune argues colleges should reject students lacking scholastic discipline and suggest vocational work for those unable to meet preparatory standards. It urges capable students to pursue usefulness without the distractions of a saturated student life in Bartlett and beyond.
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Bartlett
Bartlett Tribune
Engraved calling cards offered for Christmas
The Sun advertises engraved calling cards as Christmas presents with styles to choose from. Prices range from 2.50 to 5.00 per hundred with new name plates available. Order now.
A White Banker
Two North Carolina colored men discuss the local banker. One says he is kind of tight.
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North Carolina
Want Ad Warns about Trusty Banker in 25 Word Notice
A dialect filled line notes a loan of five dollars two years ago still unpaid and repaid in two bit payments weekly. The speaker claims the banker is white and warns readers.
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Charles E Hughe
Warren G. Harding
James M. Cox
Calvin Coolidge
John W. Davis
Robert M. LaFollette
Whitewright
Hogwallow News
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Tickville
Columbus Allsop
Fletch Henstep
Wild Onion School
Kenyon
Enyon Tires
Lincoln
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Fordson
Grayson County
Vestal Music and Machine Co
South Travis Street
Sherman, Texas
Star Gas Company
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