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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
8
The Austin-American presents a master edition on the University’s homecoming, tracing its growth from 1883 to a broad educational mission. It notes students from across the U S and abroad, and emphasizes the university as a bulwark against illiteracy offering education to every Texas child for success in business and life.
One ad notes 674 acres of land for rent one mile from Brookshire in Pattison Texas with Dr Clara A Sterling and otone M Green of Houston visiting weekly for dental work. Another ad offers insured representation by Max Wander with W D Mills notary public at Farmers State Bank Building for notarial services.
Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the Railway Executives' Advisory Committee, testifies before the Newlands Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce urging a new federal policy for railroad regulation. He argues regulation should ensure certainty safety and sufficiency of transportation facilities, not just rates, and proposes expanding facilities to relieve high living costs.
The piece urges Southern farmers to plant and stock food for 1916 by using New York retail price comparatives for November 1915. It argues meat and other staples will rise in 1917, warns cotton prices may fall, and recommends self sufficiency with a brood sow cows poultry and a garden to reduce reliance on groceries while noting cotton profits may lag. Clarence Ousley of Texas A. and M. College endorses growing feed and storing surplus for profit.
A discussion on railroad credit and regulation argues revenues are fixed by government policy, not investors. It contends new production access is needed, urges look forward, and warns that current rules deter investment while political control hampers efficient transport.
Partial column listing a club offer not including Youth's Companion or McCall's Magazine, with mentions of Metropolitan Valley Farmer. The readable text implies a periodical subscription offer or misprint in a newspaper ad.
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