Texas Agricultural and Infrastructure Updates
News briefs report Texas wheat and melon exports, oil totals for Texas City, May building permits in Port Arthur, and a July waterworks bond election in Jack County. Other items cover school census figures, hotel bonds in Lufkin, Magnolia Park bond approvals, coast guard cadet examinations in Galveston, and planned road and canal projects in Anahuac to Devers.
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Port Arthur
Raymond Brooks
Texas State Railroad
Southern Pacific
Yucatan
United States
Texas
Galveston
Texas City
Houston
Beaumont
Neff
Callahan
Eastland
Jon Burkett
Senate
Texas Rail Revenue Shows an Increase
Texas rail lines report a strong first quarter year with total operating revenue at 55 776 639 dollars up 4 75 percent from the prior year. Freight and transportation gains led the rise while mail and some services declined. Net revenue from operations reached 4 405 298 dollars, up 107 86 percent.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Lines
Bergdoll Family Fines Paid Under Protest
Emma Bergdoll and four co defendants paid 23000 in fines under protest to the United States District Court. The group faced conspiracy charges to aid Bergdolls in evading military service. Sentences included a year and a day in prison for Mrs Bergdoll Braun Romig and others with remittance if fines were paid by June 13.
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Philadelphia
Emma C. Bergdoll
Bergdoll Brothers
Grover C
Erwin R. Bergdoll
United States District Court
Charles A. Braun
German Sub Buried Aboard U S Wilmette Sinks U 97
The German submarine U 97 was sunk Tuesday in Lake Michigan about 30 miles off Chicago by four inch guns from the U S S Wilmette under Captain Wurtz baugh. Two hundred naval reservists from Indiana and Illinois participated. The sub had been stripped of machinery and brass. It toured the Great Lakes during the Victory loan drive and had a record of sinking seven allied ships.
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U. S.8
Wilmette
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Railway Earnings Decline in April Despite Cost Cuts
The American railway sector reported April net operating income of 29,201,000, down 1,494,000 from March, even after operating expense reductions. The report, issued Sunday by the Association of Railway Executives, notes continued earnings weakness.
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Washington
Bodies of Flood Victims Found Along Arkansas River
In Pueblo and nearby areas the bodies of flood victims were recovered Friday from slime and debris along the Arkansas River banks. Four adults and two infants were identified among the six bodies found.
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Pueblo
Cole
Lizmore
Arkansas River
Market Report From The Bureau Of Markets Details Grain And Dairy Movements
The Markets Latest market report from the Bureau of Markets notes hay prices easing as receipts stay light due to limited demand. Prices for No 1 timothy and alfalfa vary by city with Chicago and Cincinnati showing strength, while feed commodities trend weaker or steady. Wooly details cover wheat, corn, oats, meal, and grain futures, plus fruits, vegetables, and live stock figures across multiple markets.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Cincinnati
Timothy
New York
Philadelphia
Memphis
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Omaha
Memphis $23. No
Prairie
Minneapols
Graina
Cottonsead
P.c
Buffalo
St. Louis
Sterling Exchange
Southwest
Kansas
Winnipeg
South Carolna
Virginia
South Carolina
Texas
Louisiana
Bliss
Bermuda
California
Florida
New York City
Pittsburg
Mississippi
Georgia Carman
Tom Watson
Aize
Acore
Boston
Wisconsin
Coffee's Arrival Unknown to Ancient Greeks and Romans
A terse note observes that coffee was unknown in the Greek and Roman world before Christian era, highlighting the beverage's later emergence in historical records and culture.
Swamp-Root Endorsed by Druggists and Advertisers
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root kidney liver bladder remedy praised for decades of use in physician prescriptions. Advertisement urges testing with a sample request and notes it is carried by druggists on merit. Also mentions Vader-Balm corns remedy and a short ad line about winning affection and psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Early dining customs and silk invention cited
The passage notes Greeks and Romans ate with fingers and credits silk's first production to Si-lng-Chi, wife of Hoxng-T, Chinese emperor, in 2600 B.C.
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Si-lng-Chi
Hoxng-T
Emperor of
China
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Jack Bonville
Cottle County
San Augustine
Tul- Ing Independent School District
Caldwell County
Lufkin
Attorney General's Department
City of Magnolia Park
United States Public Health Service
United States Coast Guard
Harding
Civil Service Commission
Dublin
Electra
Henderson
Mineola
Paris
Ranger
San Benito
Seguin
Sulphur Springs
Sweetwater
Temple
Anahuac
Devers Shell
Shell
Liberty
Chambers County
Secretary of State
Robison
Bergdolls
Bureau of Markets
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Len Siee
Post Houston
Travis
Hooatbacsbane
Auto Parts Co
Preston Avenue
Houston, Texas
United Motor Company
Louisiana Street
E. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Adv
Bellans
Allen
Irene
Embliss
Hoyan
Carter
Sreduptes
Bohol
J. P. Burnett
Nursing Baptist Denltarian
Tamer
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