Thornless Cactus Promises New Texas Fodder Era
The article recounts Luther Burbank's Thornless Cactus, its seven perfected varieties, and a Los Angeles company selling them. It notes high yields, hardiness, and potential to reclaim unproductive land, with Texas trials and drought resilience highlighted. It ends with local notes and community items.
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Department of Agriculture
Burbank
Wizard of
Santa Rosa
Cacti
Mr. Burbank
Thornless Cactus Farming Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Texas
United States
Marathon News and Notes Preview Local Developments
New tools arrivals this week and Scribner well work to resume next week with hopes of a July gusher. Ozona Telephone Co ships poles for Ft Stockton to Ozona line and talks of a Ft Stockton to Marathon line to link Marathon with San Angelo. Will Hatch fractured arm in a Tuesday fall. Miss Lucy Windus leaves Brackett home. Marlow Wells reports extensive coal south of Marathon, seed coal land acquired by Dallas interests for quicksilver operations. Orient railroad expected to unlock coal fields and other mining and agricultural prospects, reducing ranch-only dependence.
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Ozona Telephone Co
Ft. Stockton
Ozona
Marathon
San Angelo
Capt. Windus
Lajitas
Lucy
Big Bend
Miss Windus
Brackett
Marlow Wells
Marfa
Mr. Wells
Dallas
Quicksilver
Orient Railroad
Prosperity and Smooth Resources Move Along
The text describes steady progress with resource movement and uniform prosperity. It conveys a positive outlook on economic and logistical flow without specific figures or named entities.
Dentists' Painless Work Riddles Tax Joy in Florida Sea
Editor remarks on a Boston dentist's discovery of an "'ob tundent'" that renders all dental work painless. He jokes that only a tax method allowing payment without money would complete paradise, a line tied to Lake Charles American and Orange Leader contexts.
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Boston
Krebs
Lake Charles
Amercan
Earth
Orange
Alpine School Seeks Tulane Affiliation Details
The Alpine Texas public schools arranged an affiliation with Tulane after examining certificates of Miss Patton. The committee asks Supt. Geo W Page how much laboratory work is required in each science branch to complete records for affiliation.
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Geo. W. Page
Supt. Public Schools
Alpine
Texas
Patton
Tulane
Jewelry Repair and Stone Setting at Avert Palace Pharmacy
Avert offers jewelry repairs including stone setting and engraving with reasonable prices at the Palace Pharmacy. No job is too difficult for careful craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Mis-Leading Tyler College Move Clarified
The Tyler Commercial College owners H. E. Byrne and F. A. Glenn explain they did not move their Tyler school to Dallas. After the Draughon College closed in Tyler for three years due to lack of patrons, a misleading card suggested relocation. The Tyler campus remains in Tyler, praised for its healthful city and low board rates in East Texas.
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Draughon Colleges
Tyler
Texas
Tyler College
Dallas
Tyler Commercial College
America
Draughon
H. E. Byrne
F. A. Glenn
East
Bank President Finds Marfa Business Satisfactory
President Brown of the Marfa National Bank visited from Alpine to assess the business climate and pronounced conditions very satisfactory in Marfa.
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Brown
Marfa National Bank
Alpine
Marfa
Notice to Sportsmen on Koker Pastures
Notice warns no hunting or trespassing in the Koker pastures under penalty of the law. J. A. Bices serves as foreman.
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Kokernot
J. A. Bices
Collins Glasgow & Co Ranches List
Collins Glasgow & Co presents a catalog of ranches available for listing and investment. The firm invites clients to review properties, assess values, and proceed with brokerage and management services.
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Collins, Glasgow & Co
Fort Davis Auto Co Offers Buick Style 10 and 16x17 Cars
The Ft Davis Auto Co announces another car load of Style 10 little white Buicks and Style 16x17 four cylinder touring cars now on the road from the factory. Buick leads among automobiles and readers may request a catalogue by writing to Fort Davis Auto Co Fort Davis. The Avalanche costs 1 50 per year.
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Ft. Davis Auto Co
Buick
Fort Davis Auto Co
Fort Davis
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Joe
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Toyah
Joe Boehmer
Colorado Record
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Will Hatch
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Livingston Undertaking Co
W. G. Young
C. W. Livingston
Marfa, Texas
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John Young
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