Prices Manipulation Alleged Behind Meat Price Swings
Dr. Harry W. Wiley of the Agriculture Department says an illegal, deliberate manipulation raised meat prices and a later reduction is fictitious. Secretary Wilson notes cattle feed costs and the high hay price drove farmers to sell beef and sheep, predicting lower prices once corn and grain are abundant, unless an agreement keeps prices elevated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Hhe Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Wilson
Texas Stockman
Defect in Short Stories
A Chicago Inter-Occan critique laments modern magazine short stories as stagnant and repetitive. It notes surplus dialogue and aimless plot drift with characters stalling at the same positions, awaiting a parade that never comes, leaving readers dissatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroan
Chicago
Strong Deer and Dew Comment on Niagara Sobriety
Crippenree's Loepeater Dew told a Buffalo reporter America lacks sobriety, contrasting with Britain where night slums, beer and illness stories surface. The dialogue includes garbled quotes about pink snakes and crawling worms, reflecting a damaged OCR capture of a sensational, fragmentary exchange.
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Loepeater Dew
Crippenree
Buffalo
America
Niagara
Scotland Yard
Newod and Oldbach Word About Wife’s Temper
Newod says his wife has a temper and wonders how he discovered it. Oldbach responds that she lost it, implying sudden or unexplained behavior in the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newod
Pretty Close to Paradise Oyster Trees in Porto The Poet Snippet
A satirical passage imagines oysters growing on trees in Porto and mocks a pleasant rural fantasy. Vivid lines depict picking oysters from a water tree, cooking them, and eating with salt and pepper while a controversial image appears toward the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto
P. R
Wales
George
Decay Vacation System and Princess of the East
A collage of items notes critique of public school vacation rules urging fewer interruptions to calendars. It contrasts a Progressive Princess blending Indian and Saxon traits with remarks on costume, travel, and pearl collection. Also covers advice on lightening heavy schoolbook loads and a list of new salads and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan
India
West
Fragmentary Rural Market Banter on a Lost Darling and a Dog
A garbled dialect fragment depicts a seller offering a dog for fifty cents while a woman laments a lost beloved. The dialogue hints at rural life and a thrift transaction with an uncertain target audience.
City Faces Drying Up Sparks Turbulent Debates
Fragmentary OCR notes show a clash over prohibition era policy in the city. References to economic impact and public opinion hint at friction between officials and residents regarding a dry movement and its consequences.
Notice to Trespassers on Altura Ranch Pastures
Notice posted warnings against hunting or wood hauling on Altura ranch property. Property owner Jason W. James notes an exclusive agency for Stark Bros Nur Company and mentions a 25 cent discount on orders for delivery. Readers are invited to place orders and select fruit trees.
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Altura Ranch
Jason W. James
Stark Bro’s. Nur
Notice of land and shrub ownership by Big Bend Manufacturing Co
Notice states Big Bend Manufacturing Company claims ownership of all unsold school lands in Texas and all school lands sold since September 19, 1907, plus ownership of all shrubs on University ads in Texas. Unauthorized removal will lead to prosecution, fines, and imprisonment as property is in custody of law. L. B. Canurers, November 16, 1910. Receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend Manufacturing Company
Ragin Advertises Land Agent Services in Brewster County
W H Ragin, land agent and abstracter, offers to redeem lands pay taxes for non residents and prepare correct abstracts of title for lands or town lots in Brewster County Alpine Texas. Mentions Cosmopolitan Magazine and a representative needed in Alvin for references.
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Brewster County
Court House
Alpine
Texas
T. J. Anderson
Houston
Cosmorouirax
Alvin
H.C. Campbell
Cosmopolian Magazine
Broadway
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A. McCallum
Paul J Vogt
Old Mexico
Brewster
Presidio Counties
Avon
A. M. Turney, Land Company
J. L. Wade
Ndifer
Chon
The
Texas Company General Offices
Houston, Texas
Measday & Co
Ote
Sunny Brook
Jefferson County
Goldof
T Bros
Sia
EL Paso
Pretty
Paradise
University of Chicago
Chicago News
Philanth
ROPIC_MIBBION
Kokernot
LG. Kokernot
Rob't. George
W_M
Livinston Undertaking Co
C. W. Livingston
W. G. Youxe
Tex Marfa
W. T. Henderson
Vuleway Cattle
Seeme Glen
Carazonas Ranch
T. & N. C. Railway
W. H. Ragin
Ben J. F. Berkeley
Rysician
ffice—Palace
Dno
A. Hardy
M. D
Alpine Res
Wigfall van Sickle
Ac Brooke
A.M. Turney
Ofice
Aurixe
Higgins
Aunxe
MeKacenmes — Cement
Sargent and Sargent
Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Orient Railroad
San Angelo
A . As
Future City
F. A. Hornbeck
F. E. Grimes
Kansas City
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