Farmers Demand $50 Per Ton Cotton Seed Price
Hill county farmers pass resolutions urging Texas growers to hold cotton seed for $50 per ton and oppose the $25 price. They call for higher tariffs on cottonseed oil to shield growers, urge statewide organization, and ask Texas A and M to publish a value table showing seed by product values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Hillsboro
Texas
Hill County
Congress
Sheppard and
Culberson
Rufus Hardy
China
Orient
Dallas
Texas A. and M. College
Judge Bryant probes Bryan College Interurban service adequacy
Judge Bruce W. Bryant of Austin representing the Texas Railway Commission arrived in Bryan to hear testimony on the Bryan and College Interurban Railway. The case, urged by A and M College authorities and the Bryan Chamber of Commerce, tests whether the line provides adequate passenger service. The commission is in Galveston hearing a separate freight and passenger rate case and will rule on the Bryan College request within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delly Eagle
Bruce W. Bryant
Austin
Texas Railway Commission
Bryan
College
Bryant
A. and M. College
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
Bryan College
College and
Texas
Cotton Receipts and Market Quotations Across City Warehouses
City warehouses report new cotton receipts totaling 564 square bales and 117 round bales with Eden square and round bales noted. Cottonseed sold at 20.00 per ton by the oil mill and Brvay today. Market prices list hogs 10 to 13 cents per pound and other farm goods including cows calves steers hides corn alfalfa prairie hay Johnson grass oats eggs chickens and Bermuda prices keyed to pounds bushels and tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Brvay
Johnson
Bermuda
Brazos County Marriage Licenses Report
The Eagle County lists Brazos County couples issued licenses to wed since the last report. The pairs include Lewis Wolf and Alberta New mond James Daniel Truckey and Ray Lavonia Miller Charlie Leaden and Pearl Martin William Frandlin and Litha King J. W. Roland Jr. and Wstella Cooper R. M. James and Phoebe Burts Alger T. Eastley and Bertha May Pollard Houston Bland and Saliva Clark George Carpenter and Hattie Krlax Edgar Sanders and Mamie Anderson John R. Loud and Elsie Williams Dewey Beene and Nora Pruitt Henry Mitchell and Pearl Grant.
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Brazos County
Eagle County
H. O. Ferguson
Lewis Wolf
Alberta Newmond
James Daniel Truckey
Ray Lavonia Miller
Charlie Leaden
Pearl Martin
William Frandlin
Litha King
J. W. Roland, Jr
Wstella Cooper
R. M. James
Phoebe Burts
Alger T. Eastley
Bertha May Pollard
Houston Bland
Saliva Clark
George Carpenter
Hattie K
Seed Crushing Shows Small Gain Over Past Year
Washington reports the census bureau announces four million nine thousand eight hundred sixty tons of cotton seed crushed in the year ending July 31, up from four million seven hundred seventy eight thousand five hundred eight tons the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Harper Named U S Marshal for Eastern Texas
Washington August 19 Wilkens Berryman Harper of Texarkana nominated by President Wilson as United States marshal of the Eastern District of Texas to succeed Marshal Ben Sherrill.
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Washington
Wilkens Berryman Harper
Texarkana
Wilson
United States
Eastern District
Texas
Ben Sherrill
Farmers Must Pay It AIL
The Texas division of markets plans disposal of about 45 million bushels of the 1920 crop outside the state. Major Sam H. Dixon says Texas will export surplus to Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. He warns freight rate hikes may shift costs to farmers and cover inputs while noting railroads receive more money with limited service.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Division of Markets
Department of Markets
Sam H. Dixon
Major Dixon
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Soviet Prisoners Pour Into Warsaw Amid Evacuation Crisis
Reports from Warsaw on August 19 describe Soviet prisoners pouring into the city as the Soviets evacuate Brest-Litovsk along the Bug River. Russian forces retreat in disorder between the Vistula and Bug as Polish troops push forward with tanks air power and artillery. London reports fierce fighting near Warsaw with indecisive results in Cracow sector per Moscow officials.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Vistula
Bug Rivers
London
Moscow
Crieman
Wholesale prices report slide in July declines
Washington reports wholesale commodity prices fell about 2.33 percent in July per the Department of Labor. Clothing materials led drops with a five and a half percent decline, while foodstuffs fell four percent and farm products about 2.9 percent. Prices remain higher than July 1919 levels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor
Texas Republican Convention Nominates Full State Ticket
Dallas Aug 12 The Republican convention ends in harmony after adopting a platform and nominating a full state ticket. Governors slate includes Culbertson Smith Wharton Gross Starling Mulkey Kingsbury Lindsey Harris Baer Craeger Myers and others with a long executive slate listed.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Bailey
John G. Culbertson
Wichita Falls
Howard M. Smith
Port Arthur
Earl Wharton
Houston
Frank C. Gross
San Antonio
Albert A. Lindsey
Winnsboro
Supreme Court
C. O. Harris
San Angelo
Republican State Executive Committee
Phil E. Baer
Paris
R. B. Craeger
Brownsville
Four More Die From Rubber Plant Explosion
Muskegon Michigan reports four more deaths from an explosion at the Heunswieck-Balke Collender rubber department plant yesterday. The fatalities total seven with three other workers gravely ill possibly dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Heunswieck-Balke Collender Company
Anti Mass Meeting in Nashville Opposes Susan B Anthony Amendment
Nashville August 19 Opponents of woman suffrage plan a mass meeting to discuss steps to save the South from the Susan B Anthony amendment Speaker Walker is not expected to force reconsideration of Tennessee House ratification action Senator Underwood and Governor Pleasant have been invited to speak The mood in Tennessee politics is described as highly tense with expectations that ratification will be defeated Thousands of suffragists are gathered across the state with about 20 000 000 women expected to vote in November
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Associated Press
Nashville
South
Walker
Tennessee House
Underwood
Alabama
Pleasant
Louisiana
Tennessee
United States
Waldrop and Hall Return From Ozark Vacation
Waldrop of Waldrop & Co. and Hall of the First State Bank have returned from a vacation in Monte Ne Arkansas. The trip included references to Theodore Roosevelt and the Ozark mountains with fishing and mountain scenery. The article notes Col Coin Harvey promoting the Ozark Trail and ends with a tribute to Bryan era ventures and a nod to Arkansas pride.
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A. M. Waldrop
Waldrop & Co
Ed Hall
First State Bank
Monte Ne
Ozark
Arkansas
Waldrop
Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Ozarks
Mr. Hall
Mr. Waldrop
Col
Coin’ Harvey
Wm. J. Bryan
Col. Harvey
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Messrs
Mr. Wadrop
Mone Ne
St. Saut Marie
Long Beach
Ostend
Coney Island
Pike’s Peak
Estes Park
Bryan
Eagle
Mesers
Chas. H. Brough
Arkansaw
Brough
Noah
Hall and
Old Arkansaw
Federal students protest northern southern veterans pay gap
Federal students at A and M College protest a federal board ruling that pays disabled soldiers in the North $20 more per month than in the South. They argue the study favored large Northern cities and are circulating a protest petition among the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. and M. College
Federal
Murder and double deaths in Waco home
In Waco Texas Aug 19 the bodies of Mr and Mrs S H Wafford were found with deep throat wounds. A bloodstained razor lay under the woman and a pistol was nearby. The couple aged about 40 had moved from Rosse three months earlier. the woman had two children by a prior marriage. Justice Pagett said he believed the woman killed by her husband and the man died from injuries related to the incident.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
S. H. Wafford
South Fourth Street
Mrs. Wafford
Stolen Silk Shirts Costly for Charley Thomas
Fort Worth Texas August 19 silk shirts prove costly for Charley Thomas who pleaded guilty in county court to stealing three shirts from C C Morgan at Meachams store. He faces a $25 fine court costs and thirty days in jail.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Charley Thomas
Charley
C.C. Morgan
Meacham
Oklahoma woman shoots man in Ardmore case tied to past killing
Mrs Jula Brown is jailed in Carter County awaiting results after shooting Bill Kyle five times on a downtown Ardmore street. Kyle, held on bonds for the spring killing of Dave Holly, is in a local sanitarium in serious condition. Brown is related to former Ardmore police chief Don Braziel. her brother-in-law Bob Braziel faces trial in Fort Worth for Les Sigler’s death.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Jula Brown
Carter County
Bill Kyle
Dave Holly
Kyle
District Court
Brown
Don Braziel
Bob Braziel
Fort Worth
Les Sigler
Farmers of Collin County set cotton price and seed minimum
In McKinney on August 19 the Collin County Council of Agriculture fixed cotton picking at 1.50 a hundred and announced a minimum seed price of 50 dollars per ton, stating they would not sell seed for less.
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McKinney
Texas
Collin County Council of Agriculture
Train Two Hours Late From Freight Wreck
The southbound Houston and Texas Central passenger train arrived two hours late this afternoon due to a freight wreck north of En.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston and
Texas Central
Tennessee Moves to Ratify Federal Suffrage Amendment
Reports from Nashville Aug 19 describe Speaker Walker switching to aye on a motion to reconsider ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. Attorney General Cureton Jodz would not opine until final House action. A suit to test ratification is filed in Cincinnati and national groups prepare to defend the measure in New York.
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Associated Press
Austin
Cureton Jodz
Tennessee House
Man Walker
Hobby
Texas
City Commission Holds Regular Monthly Session
City Commission met in regular monthly session with Mayor J. M. Lawrence presiding and commissioners L. L. McInnis Tyler Haswell and H. A. Burger present Absent Commissioner Wilson Bradley City Manager E E McAdams reported no reply from Texas Marbleoid Company on high school floor The Country Club light and power line extension was approved Damages of 6525 to Mrs F L Yeager for sewer line crop damage and 24326 for Eugene Edge flood damage were discussed W S Martin named chief of police at 100 monthly and T H Franklin appointed policeman at 75 monthly J Willie Rogers librarian salary raised to 75 monthly Adjourned
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Council Chamber
J. M. Lawrence
L. L. McInnis
Tyler Haswell
H. A. Burger
Wilson Bradley
G. P. Bittle
E. E. McAdams
Texas Marbleoid Company
Country Club
F. L. Yeager
Bill
Eugene Edge
Vick Bros
D. D. White
McInnis
Willie Rogers
Carnegie Library
W. S. Martin
T. H. Franklin
North Carolina Fails to Ratify Federal Suffrage Amendment
Raleigh August 19. The federal woman suffrage amendment failed in North Carolina by a noon vote of seventy one to forty one.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina
Governor Cox Links League of Nations to Economics
Gov Cox told a large South Bend crowd that national and international financial adjustment and the high cost of living hinge on the success of the League of Nations, emphasizing its global economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
League OF Nations
Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Bryan Boy Wins State U Scholarship Award
James P. Watson of Bryan is named the first recipient of the James A. Edmond loan scholarship at the University of Texas. The award honors Pete Edmond and favors UT students with proven university experience, especially in social sciences. Watson, a UT sophomore, entered with prior military service and earned a place on the honor roll.
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Austin
Texas
James P. Watson
Bryan
James A. Edmond
University of Texas
Belle Edmond
Waco
Pete” Edmond
Cotton consumed in July 1919 and year prior figures
The census bureau reports July cotton consumption at 525 405 bales lint and 37 703 linters. The previous July saw 510 328 lint bales and 22 368 linters.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Census Bureau
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R. R. Service
Harper
J. Allen Myers
D. H. Morris
Linden
W. Y. Harris
Sulphur Springs
M. A. Taylor
Bonham
J. T. Wakefield
Sherman
C. A. Duck
Greenville
George F. Rockhold
Geo
C. Q. Harris
B. F. Robery
Coleman
Fred W. Nelson
Clifton
George Spareburg
Big Spring
W. C. Kenyon
Avarillo
Henry Zweifel
Granbury
J. B. Schmidt
Denton
MA Fall
Oklamoma
Nessee
Lexus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Jerome Sturm
New York
Womar Frage Association
C. E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Bryan Boy
State U
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