Texas Wheat Yield Forecast Hits 46 Million Bushels
A federal crop report from Austin on June 12 predicts Texas wheat output at 46,175,000 bushels based on conditions June 1. The vast crop would surpass last year and the five year average, with regional yields of about 15 bushels per acre in Northwest Texas and 18 in central areas. Oats also show strong prospects near a record 42.6 bushels per acre and rye shows notable improvement.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Sausage mill derails butcher divorce case in Chicago
The Kolecek divorce case collapses over a sausage machine dispute. John, a Chicago butcher, refused to give up his machine, while both sides spar over alimony and shop ownership. An injunction request about a butcher’s cleaver under a pillow is noted, with a hearing set for June 16.
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Chicago
John
Bernice Kolecek
Raymond Kelner
Kolecek
Kelner
Daniel P. Trude
May crop and labor prospects noted in statistics
May production estimates show 270000 bushels versus 112000 last year. Barley 81 percent versus 55, tame hay 79, wild hay 80, alfalfa 87. Early Irish potatoes 69, peaches 43 on June 1, citrus prospects down from a prior forecast, farm labor supply still above demand.
Nuptials Unite Two Fortunes
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia wed Mrs. Margaret Schultz daughter of copper magnate William Boyce Thompson at the Princes Row register office in London. The groom, linked to the Duke tobacco fortune through his ex wife, and the Schultz family share in Thompson estate worth about $100 million. They limited honeymoon plans and noted a Brigg beet sugar factory cost $1.75 million.
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London
America
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia
Margaret Schultz
William Boyce Thompson
Princes Row
Biddle
A. J. Drexel Biddle
Mary L. Duke
Duke Tobacco
Schultz
United States
Gertrude Hickman
Helena, Mont
Colonel Thompson
Register Office
Board in Session On School Rating
The annual meeting of the classification committee for Texas high schools began in Austin and will continue Saturday. Members include S. M. N. Marrs state school superintendent and chairman E. J. Mathews C. E. Finley Walter King A. W. Evans C. E. Evans C. A. Nichols L. V. Stockard R. G. Boger B. B. Cobb L. A. Woods Roger Burgess W Z Rogers F. M. Black J. M. Hodges.
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Austin
U.R
Classification Committee For
Texas High Schools
S. M. N. Marrs
E. J. Mathews
Charles E. Finley
College Station
Walter King
Denton
A. W. Evans
Lubbock
C. E. Evans
San Marcos
C. A. Nichols
V. Stockard
Dallas
R. G. Boger
Weatherford
B. B. Cobb
L. A. Woods
Waco
Roger A. Burgess
Merkel
W. Z. Rogers
Lamesa
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Butcher
Ted
Gola
Fortune
Brigg
England
Wright Printing CO
Taylor
Portage Oxfords
Phoenix
Stetson
City Druc
Dr. West
Rexall Theatrical
Renaud
Fleurs de Grasse
Orange Blossom
Jasmin
Bayer
Neuville
Myra Vellum
Spalding
F. W. Fitch
Fitch
Fitch’s Tonique Superbe
Polk
N. Fillmore
Carolina San Jacinto
SIFY
Hurst's
Ladies’ Bulova
Bulova
Elgin
Marvel
the Panhandle
Saturday Evening Post
8Th
Peters Shoes
Children’s
Bargain Corner
Levine
and Taylor
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