Taxless City and Grade A Milk Debate in Alpine
A Chanute editorial defends strict credit practices while warning about uncollectible accounts. It condemns wasteful end-year charging and emphasizes attentive credit management. The piece also covers Chanute's 1891 budget funded by municipal taxes and electricity, and cites dairy regulations in Alpine pushing Grade A milk standards amid small dairies resisting labeling rules.
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Bennett
Wood
Barry Seabee
Earl Clark
Kaito
Prophets Wrong About 1921 Recovery Predictions
A 1921 note reprinted from the Port Worth Star-Telegram recalls ten business experts who forecast slow or flat recovery after the recent depression. Their pessimistic views contrasted with the later swift postwar rebound, exemplified by rapid gains by 1922.
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Ne Bi Bend News
Port Worth
Roger Babson Parsuaps
Credit habits for youth and welfare of payment morals
The editorial argues for teaching young people to pay their bills on time through early education in responsible credit use. It links moral obligation with financial discipline and contrasts it with broader social issues while urging groundwork for responsible consumer behavior.
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United States
Cheap Clean-Ups and Clean Towns in Alpine
A local note argues for cheaper cleanup services as jobless workers could do the work, keeping premises clean while aiding families. Alpine seeks a spruced up town with trimmed yards, cut vents, weed removal, and fewer hay fever sufferers as part of a broader beautification effort.
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Alpine
Anean
Wade Phelan School Becomes Nation’s Largest Coaching Program
LUBBOCK Texas Technological College hosts Wade Phelan coaching school from August 3 to 15 with 312 registered participants. Most attendees come from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma while a smaller group travels from California Tennessee Arizona Ohio Louisiana Missouri Arkansas Kansas and North Carolina.
Fresh nap beans squash and melons in local notes
Farmers report good showers and crops including nap beans squash peas pumpkins and more while Burrus near study Jutte sells watermelons and cantaloupes. Willams game warden of Serra Blanca investigates beaver tree destruction amid a visitor set. Local guests include Winn Hig tins Mercet Merket Merit ll and Vaughn visiting from several cities. A Houston party was found dead in a reservoir with no clue, a cat drowned while chasing fish, and school plans push for an annual event under head coach Pete W Dathon and assistants Dutchy Smith and Dell Morgan.
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Burrus
Willams
Serra Blanca
V. A. Winn
Uvalde
Clyde Higtins
Sanderson
Jim Mercet
Floyd Merket
A. M.J. Merit
China Grove
RW. Merket
Cisco
RG. Vaughn
San Antonio
B. F. Norvell
T. J. Work of
Houston
French
Peron
Ina
Pete W. Dathon
Dutchy Smith
Dell Morgan
Core riches hidden in Earth's depths and eerie frog find
A sensational piece blends speculation on rich nickel and iron deposits deep in the core with a local oddity about a large frog caught in mud near Boise. It cites geophysicists from Carnegie and Washington, noting shafts 200 miles deep would be needed to reach the core, while recounting the dramatic fishers’ tale of a giant frog and cats at a farm in Washington.
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Ronan
Belet
Carnegie Mallete
Washington
Ali
Boise
J. B Prench
Terlingua Residents Travel and County News Update
Mr J B Anderau left on vacation to San Diego and California with planned stop at Carlsbad. Mr and Mrs W W Jenkins drove to Del Rio and Georgetown for about three weeks. W M Waters appointed precinct school trustee to replace Marcus Hulings. other precinct trustees are Mrs W D Burcham and Mr F E Lewis. Weekend guests at Preane Canyon ranch included Mr and Mrs W D Burcham and Mr and Mrs P E Lewis and families. After the hottest week, southern Brewster county logged heavy rain Sunday causing washouts and major damage. Roads blocked, miners affected, Rainbow mines smelter flooded and closed Monday. Lajitas mail carrier truck found buried in sand and brush. Old timers call the storm the worst in years. Weatherford notes pecan production around 50 percent of US crop within 100 miles.
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J.B Anderau
San Diego
California
Carlsbad Oxyrns
W. W. Jenkins
del Rio
Georgetown
W. M. Waters
Marcus Hulings
W. D. Burcham
F. E. Lewis
Ofr
PE. Lewis
Familes
Harris Smith
Preane Canyon
Brewster County
Rainbow Mines
Lajitas
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Chanute
Kansas
Wxatton
Depoeita
Alliies
Paso Mera Post
Wade-Phelan School
Cash & Carry
Orient Dairy
W.L. Matthews
HOT Springs
Earth
Avalant
Terlingua
Weatherford
America
State National Bank
Benj. F. Berkeley
W. T. Henderson
V-Pres
Clon Hetol
Studebaker
A. Studsbeker
Rndick
Free Wheeling
Ford Motor Co
MARFA
Texas
Central Power Aud. Light Company
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