Texas Turkey Boom and Road Bonds Mark 1928 Season
Turkey crops around Marlin rise as the region eyes bumper yields and Marlin sketches a Cuero of Central Texas. Bastrop County reports 22 480 bales ginned by October 18 1928 versus 20 288 in 1927. McAllen city approves two street and sewer bond issues. Fairfield Freestone approves a 1 million road bond election. Jefferson County rice warehouses and abandoned farms noted. state funds and bonds move for education and infrastructure across several counties.
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Bastrop
Nurse Gains 15 Lbs on Tanlag
Miss Mary Early of Omaha Nebraska a practical nurse for fifteen years praises Tanine in a testimonial noting recovery from typhoid illness and post illness weakness she claims Tantac built her appetite aided digestion and she gained fifteen pounds with continued health. Tanine is sold by druggists with no substitutes according to the advertisement.
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Mary Early
North 26Th St
Omaha
What Is a Collation The Little Hit to Eat Served
A compact description notes a collation as a small, light meal served with drinks or at a gathering, often featuring finger foods and pastries. It emphasizes casual reception style rather than a formal banquet.
Digestive Aids and Tower Project Headline Row
Pape's Diapepsin promises quick relief for indigestion gas and heartburn with inexpensive tablets. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills offer trial treatment for indigestion constipation and biliousness. Engineers draft plans for a 1200 foot Giant Concrete Tower to house a wireless station.
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Wright
Dandelion Butter Color Sold in Stores for 35 Cents
An ad notes a harmless vegetable butter color called Dandelion used for 50 years with bottles sold in Drue stores and general stores at 35 cents. The piece comments on voter confidence when voting to punish someone.
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Drue
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise Letter
A Chicago woman describes relief from fatigue and nervous condition after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports better sleep and energy and urges friends to try the remedy, noting its praised history of use for nearly fifty years.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Caicago
Lydia E. Pinkhbam
Loin Disease Cure Outlined by Texas Scientist
A collaboration among Sir Arnold Theiler and the A. and M. College of Texas with J. E. Boog-Scott links Southern Texas loins disease to South Africa’s sickte. The remedy is giving cattle three ounces of bone meal daily to supply phosphorus and prevent toxin formation from decaying carcasses.
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College ‘Station
Tex
Texas
Sir Arnold Theiler
M. College of Texas
J. E. Boog-Scott
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Lamsickte
South Africa
Sir Arnold
Cotton acreage treated against boll weevil across states
A national survey reports about ten percent of Texas and other states cotton acreage treated with calcium arsenate to combat boll weevil. Some areas had multiple applications while Arkansas used fourteen percent mainly against defoliating caterpillars. A departmental field survey is underway.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Tech
Trade Balance Shows U S Advantage in October
Washington exports for October reached 402 million dollars while imports were 303 million, yielding a 99 million dollar trade surplus. Preliminary figures show exports up 20 million from September and 31.9 million from October last year, with imports higher than 1922 and September 1923. The Commerce Department notes prices were steady and October moved a much larger volume of goods than a year earlier.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Monument to Confederate Soldiers Erected in Lockhart
A granite monument now stands on the northwest corner of Caldwell county courthouse square in Lockhart Texas. The General X DaBray chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy raised funds over years, and the past year saw completion.
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Lockhart
Tex
Caldwell County Court House
General X. DaBray
U. D.C
Briggs Rehearing Refused in Manslaughter Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled the state’s motion for a rehearing in the Leon Briggs case. Briggs, sentenced to five years for manslaughter after the death of federal agent J. W. Floyd during a May 1922 raid on Briggs’ home.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leon Briggs
Briggs
J. W. Floyd
Prohibition
Editors Elect Officers in Corpus Christi Meeting
Corpus Christi reporters elected officers of the Texas Editorial Association in person Friday. M H. Lester of Houston was named president with Louis J. Wortham of Fort Worth as first vice president and June P. Miller of Houston as second vice president. J C Son of Palo Pinto became honorary vice president for life Hamp Cook of Houston was recording secretary for life and Austin Callan and Zayte Pagg named corresponding secretaries.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
M_. HE. lester
Houston
Louis J. Wortham
Fort Worth
June P. Miller
J. C. Son
Palo Pinto
Life
Hamp Cook
Austin Callan
Zayte Pagg
Texas Editorial Association
Corpew
He and She Consider a Practical Marriage Plan
A brief dialogue reveals two relatives debating marriage as a simple, convenient arrangement. One notes the other’s father is a mint maker and the other cites a lawyer in the family, hinting at a possible union.
Fragmentary note on proposals and social events
A garbled fragment mentions a proposal and a person named Della along with odd phrases about feeding and someone having three this month. The text is incoherent and cannot establish a clear event or outcome.
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Navarro County
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A. and M. College
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