The World's Frontiers Passing and Dry Farming Rise
The article surveys historic famines and humanity's march toward mastering nature, noting progress from hunger to better housing and living standards. It promotes the Texas Dry Farming Congress in Uvalde, August, with officials and Mexican agriculture reps detailing soil, moisture conservation, and the promise of reclaiming semiarid West Texas lands for farming communities.
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Egypt
France
India
Texas
Uvalde
Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Alpine
Trans-Pecos
Eagle Pass
H. P. Attwater
Sunset Industral
Entin
West Texas
West
Dead Beat Credit System Discussed by Merchants
Beeville Bee reports the Ketan Merchants' Association formed in Beeville with State Organizer Edgecomb leading a 30-member initial meeting. The group plans a credit rating bureau to assess customers, resembling Dunn and Bradstreet, with card index records and no blacklisting. Ratings reflect transaction history, misfortune, or sickness, and target only habitual deadbeats who refuse to pay.
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Ketan Merchants’ Association
Edgecomb
Reta
Bureau of Credit
Dunn and Bradstreet
Texas
Fort Worth
Beeville Bee
Unnamed Doctor Targets Potatoes and Potent Pessimism
A Texas Republic reaction cites a Massachusetts physician claiming potatoes are not digestible and shorten life, mocking medical alarmists. The writer argues doctors often spread alarm rather than sound sense, urging censorship of such sensational claims and praising measured views.
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Sam
Massachusetts
M.D
Ireland
Wiley
Texas Republic
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