Texas Bond and Resource News Across Counties
A Texan bond issue of 300000 for Brazoria road work carried in Saturday election. Weslaco fire insurance rate cut to 66 per cent after water works. Tabasco district bonds approved at 360000 with 6 percent interest. Smithville precinct road bond for Giddings Waelder failed. Manganese shipped from Burnet Llano and western counties with 1918 peak. Austin Webberville flood irrigation planned by local business league. Copper deposits in Burnett Llano and trans Pecos. Hazel mine near Van Horn notable. Pine cotton shipments from Alpine may use ten bale lots via Marfa with fumigation stop. Orient Railway valuation urged at 2000 per mile by county judges. Gregg County promotes winter cover crops. tests planned. Irrigation permits total 711 acres described. Texan Cottonseed Crushers seeks mixed car rule revision. East Texas yields from Laredo soy beans boost stock feed. Kimble County pecan traffic to Menard Kerrville surpasses 850000 pounds. Cameron county flood control surveys to start January with 1800000 project cost.
Ancient Rome Senate Toga Joke About Pockets
A humorous exchange plays on Roman nobility as a wife quips about the effort to find pockets in a senator's toga. The line contrasts delight at elevation with the practical nuisance of attire. The witty diorama evokes classic political life dialogue.
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Theater dialogue excerpt from playscript
A brief dialogue snippet shows a couple's domestic exchange with one character asking for help late at night and the other agreeing. The tone is intimate and lightly humorous as the tired speaker requests favours after midnight.
Artiste Have Their Uses
Raucous cartoon caption humor notes a conversation about art and agriculture as a speaker quips that painting in someone else’s field avoids needing a scarecrow. The playful exchange hinges on wordplay about art and employment.
From Fuel to Jewel in Fashionable Diamantine Shine
A fragment notes a curious exchange about a black stone described as a fashionable diamante, with one speaker asking about the gleaming object and another answering that it is a thracite diamond crafted for style.
Ancestry Joke About Grandfather and Horsestealing
A humorous line recalls tracing ancestors to Mexico and losing track of a grandfather accused of horsestealing. The joke hinges on absurd misdirection and playful family lore.
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Mexico
Good Grounds The Coffee Pot Divorce Motto
A witty witticism compares divorce grounds to coffee grounds, joking that the reason for separation is as obvious as used coffee remnants. The light item frames marriage ending in playful, period newspaper tone.
The Best Reward Miss Mugg at the Seashore
A whimsical note asks how to repay a rescuer with a playful line about marrying someone named Elza. The fragment hints at seaside setting and a comic tone without clear longer context.
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Elza
Hidden Quarrel Over Similarity in Marriage Rights
A humorous fragment shows a husband George granting his wife permission to address him in intimate terms. The exchange hints at marital dynamics and mutual consent within a domestic routine.
Markets Report From Department Of Agriculture Gleans Prices
U S Department of Agriculture reports varied changes in fruits vegetables dairy and cotton markets for the period. Potatoes rose up to one dollar per hundred pounds while Maine Green Mountains worth 4.00 to 4.50 a bag in New York Boston. various regional potato, cabbage and apple prices noted with New York Chicago and Rochester benchmarks. Dairy prices eased but top grades remained scarce. butter in storage showed some demand and cheese markets held steady amid gradual Wisconsin declines. Cotton spot prices fell about 1.55 cents, with December futures at 19.72 cents.
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New Orleans Rice Market Shows Light Offerings
New Orleans rice trade remained quiet on Friday with light receipts and sluggish demand as buyers await lower prices and a stronger market. Fancy Blue Rose quoted at 64 to 64 1/2 cents per pound while fancy long grain ranged 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 cents. Blung Rose for ten day shipment offered at 6 1/2 and later at 6 3/4 to 6 1/4 cents. Rainffected several trading points as activity stayed muted.
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Fort Worth Stock Market Mixed Results on Friday
Fort Worth cattle trade saw cows up to 10 cents higher while calves fell as much as 25 cents. Beef steers stayed nearly steady with yearlings selling briskly on strong demand. bulls unchanged. Estimated 2,600 cattle and 900 calves traded.
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President Coolidge Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
President Coolidge proclaimed Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day expressing gratitude for many blessings of the year. He noted the nation is at peace with safe progress at home and abroad, strong public health, productive harvests and industries, and rewarded labor.
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Ducks Destroy Feed Crops Near Bryan Texas
In Brazos bottom wild ducks are being slaughtered in large numbers under a special permit obtained by plantation owner Alen Carr to protect his maize feed crop from destruction. The birds invade the area threatening the crop.
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Brazos
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Moody urged to cancel highway contracts in Texas
Austin officials refuse to cancel 31 county highway maintenance contracts. The Texas highway commission cites Attorney General Dan Moody ruling that bids were improper and threatens suits to cancel the awards as quickly as possible.
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Painleve Cabinet Resigns Over Financial Majority
Premier Painleve presented the collective resignation of his ministers to President Doumergue on Wednesday. He said the cabinet could not continue the work of restoring French finances without a favorable parliamentary majority.
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I C C Declines Lower Rice Rates from Arkansas to New Orleans
The I C C Saturday declined to lower rates on rice from producing points in Arkansas to New Orleans. Complaints of the New Orleans joint traffic bureau at current rough rice rates as unreasonable were dismissed.
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