Cotton acreage debate warns against crop shift to food
Washington May 5 John T Ashcraft Alabama argues against reducing cotton area to boost food crops saying a 12 million bale cotton crop in 1917 is vital for oil meal and feed. He notes cottonseed oil yields vast calories and taste and warns lower cotton output would harm food and feed supplies.
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Prorelle Ligabama
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Ashcraft
Cottun
United States
Horse meat to become popular says Meridian man
Washington May 5 The prospect of horse meat becoming a common food in the United States is discussed by W H Strong of Meridian Mississippi who cites European usage and notes personal experience as a Confederate soldier. He predicts European war may limit supply and suggests dog and cat meat could appear in some countries.
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Washington, D. C
W. H. Strong
Meridian
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Washington
United States
Europe
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South
New York
Metropolis
Old Fox Seeks Browns’ Trouble in American League
Sena tors manager Clark Griffith says his team has not yet started and hopes the Browns will be a troublesome lot in the American league this season.
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Senators
Browns
Fox
Picturesque Samarra on Tigris Shia Moslem Shine
The essay notes Samarra’s religious significance for Shiah Muslims, its role as the Bagdad railway terminus, and its famed ziggurat and mosque. It describes the city’s construction from excavated ruins, its historic Caliphate past, and the pilgrimage drawing thirty thousand annually, with broader regional and archaeological context.
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India
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Djarbekir
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Old
Haroun Raschid
Broadway
Constantinople
Arabia
Mohammed el Mahdi
Ali
Mohammed
Jesus Christ
Egypt
Turkey
Oli
Fatima
Proppet
Britain
New York Day by Day Reflections in May Evening
Special Correspondent recalls a city day filled with walks, meals, a fatal accident, and a lively portrait of New York society. He notes loneliness among newcomers, Garrison's kindness to migrants, and the mix of coldness and warmth in the metropolis.
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New York
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Times
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Riding Academy
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F. O’brien
the Sun
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W. Haasler
Fifth Avenue
O. M. Garrison
Wall Street
Metropolitan
Chicago Opera Company
Chicago
Ping Bodie praises swing hard for home runs
Ping Bodie offers his method to reach fame as a big league outfielder. He urges swinging with full effort while watching the pitcher and outrunning him, recalling his own 20 homers and over .300 batting average on the Pacific coast last season. He describes maintaining confidence at the plate and backing each swing with speed and aggression.
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New York
United States
Ping Bodie
Ping
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia Athletics
Mack
Bobby Jones
Bobby
King George's Anniversary Observed Quietly in London
London marks the seventh anniversary of King George III's accession with no public observance. Salutes will fire at Windsor and in London as the war continues.
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London
King George of
England
Windsor
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