Texas Items Reflect Statewide Developments and Plans
A Texas rural Presbyterian conference slated for Dallas January 18 19. Ranger bank authorized to operate by state board with 76000 capital. Sulphur taxes paid to comptroller for 214784 tons mined in Mata Zorda county. Corsicana orphans and a teacher treated for rabies begin a 21 day program at Pasteur Institute. Bronze service medal planned for about 9000 Texas cavalrymen from 1918. Teachers Aid Society of Texan established with Athens headquarters. New red snapper ground located near Red Fish bay off gulf coast. Texas clay and kaolin deposits valued at 5 million in 1924. Agriculture commissioner Terrell travels to Rio Grande Valley to reorganize citrus inspectors. Round trip fare for Texas Teachers Association convention in Dallas set at one and one fifth. Lumber shipments may be creosoted in transit at Beaumont Orange and Houston. Texas Midland railway loses freight rate rights on feedstuff. Rock asphalt discovery south of San Antonio to be developed. Austin-Manor Houston highway contract 291000 with Travis county share 97000. Lisno County iron ores of substantial deposits and large bedded imonite nearby. Texas coal found in bituminous lignite and brown coal categories with local use and growing imports. 300000 tons bituminous and over a million tons Nenite produced. Bituminous beds extend across northeastern and southwestern counties up to fifteen feet thick.
Some Benedicts Kickers Pair Quip on Marriage
Two Benedicts share witty lines about marriage and contentment. One laments earthly desires while the other jokes about short married life. The exchange highlights enduring humor in domestic life with light social satire.
Breakfast Table Talk Sparks Debate Over Electric Co Op
A breakfast table discussion turns to a current fiction line and a claim that the electric cooperative is improving its service. Residents question the reality of the improvement and debate the tone of the article.
Prominent Residents Highlight Community Morals
In a cheerful note, Mrs Brown praises the new minister for his honesty and steadfastness. Mrs Gray muses on the ideal husband, praising thoughtful, uplifting qualities in a partner.
Delicate Compliment in a Humorous Exchange
A playful dialogue captures a character bragging about water in his ears and a friend quipping about the ocean’s apparent length. The exchange blends whimsy with a maritime image, implying a humorous or lighthearted moment.
A Mere Amateur Exchange at the Hotel
A grumpy guest boasts many kicks the hotel clerk has not yet imagined. The clerk retorts that the guest knows few kicks compared with what he has. The exchange underscores a playful clash of wits in a hotel setting.
Lion Crowned King of Beasts in Football Class
The lion earns the title by strength and mane as a playful tale in the football class. The narrative contrasts might with appearance to justify the regal claim.
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Doubtiows
Alibi at the De Pauw Yellow Crab
A quirky exchange reports a hostess and guest in a humorous imposter moment at De Pauw Yellow Crab. The guest admits a knife was in his pocket, claimed to be too turned-laked to leave on the table.
War and politics in a quip about power
A cryptic exchange compares the pen and the gum ahoe to the steam roller as a metaphor for influence in wartime and political power. The odd wording hints at a satirical or coded remark on force versus persuasion in public discourse.
Report of Markets from U S Agriculture Department
Latest market report shows potato prices up 30 cents from a week earlier across several markets. Cabbage and apples moved, onions and yellows rising, hogs and cattle weak, cotton soft, dairy prices steady to firm with cold storage at 134 million pounds.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
D .C
Chicago
New York
F.o.b
Rochester
Maine
Green Mountains
Presque Isle
Applea
Baldwina
New York City
Eastern York
Virginia
Midwestern
Philadelphia
Bae
Boston
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Pilot Bets Bets: Bettis Breaks World Speed Record
Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis wins the Pulitzer Trophy race at Mitchel Field New York, setting a new world speed record for a closed circuit of 248.99 miles per hour, surpassing the prior 248.67 mph mark as flames shoot from his plane in darkness.
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Mitchel Field
Cyrus Bettis
Fort Worth Stock Market Cattle Trade Mixed Shipment Run
Cattle trading in Fort Worth, Texas was delayed by late stock trains on Friday. Sales showed a steady overall tone with moderate receipts and a poor to mixed quality offering. Calf quality drew interest with several loads of desirable weighty calves among about 3,000 cattle and 700 calves noted in the run.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New Orleans Rice Market Shows Firm Spot Prices
New Orleans La spot sales were light on Friday due to tight supplies. Prices remained unchanged with firm tone as Fancy Blue Rose quoted at 6 to 6 cents and Honduras at 6 to 6 1/4 cents. early receipts were 1,266 sacks of rough.
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New Orleans
Fancy Blue Rose
Choice
Fancy Honduras
Zeta
Lady Wright
Warning Issued Against Dengus in Austin Texas
Following recent rains state health board warns of dengue fever season. Dr H O Sappington urges continuous mosquito control to keep Texas free from the disease this year.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Health
H. O. Sappington
Texas
Submarine Narrowly Escapes Sinking After Collision
In San Diego a submarine fighting maneuvers near the Coronado Islands collided with the naval tug Ortolen on Thursday. The submarine struck the harbor bottom as it surfaced but narrowly avoided going to the sea bottom.
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San Diego
Cal
Coronado Islands
California
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Rural Presbyterian Churches of Texas
Dallas
Citizens State Bank of
Ranger
State Banking Board
Mata- Zorda County
S. H. Terrell
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company
State Orphan Home
Corsicana
Pasteur Institute
Texas Cavalry
Teachers Aid Society of
Texan
Athens
Gulf Coast
Red Fish Bay
Point Isabel
George B. Terrell
Rio Grande Valley
Texas State Teachers Association
Angelina and Neches River
Beaumont
Orange
Houston
Texas Southeastern
Commission
Texas Midland Railway
Carriera
Grouth
Railroad Commission
International Great Northern
San Antonio
Somerset Road
Claude McCauley
State Highway Commission
Travis County
Austin-Manor- Houston
Mae
Lisno
Ruhr
OUR Comic
Felix
Fanny
Apt
Tae
Mra. Brown
Mra. Gray
Fort Worth Stock Market
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