Main Street paving inspection reports cement mix and depth
L M Hewit and engineers tested the Main Street paving materials finding the concrete depth about a quarter inch over spec and curbs slightly under. Westrumite deliveries and expert tests by Henry Hanneman aim to ensure strength and proper mixing as top layer work progresses with hopes to open half of Main Street by February 16.
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Eagle
L. M. Hewit
Commercial Club
Hewit
Proudfoot
Henry Hanneman
Westrymite Company of
Chicago
Hanneman
United States
Whiting
Ind
Cold snap saves Texas fruit crop after early budding threat
The Texas cold snap saved the fruit crop from danger of premature budding. Two inches of snow fell at Tyler while San Angelo area temperatures hovered about ten degrees.
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Tyler
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Texas
San Angelo
Cullom Leaves Estate Valued Over One Hundred Thousand
Washington January 30 Senator Cullom died not poor as friends thought but left an estate valued in excess of one hundred thousand dollars.
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Senator Cullom
Bank Robbery Strikes Montgomery Texas for $8000
The First State Bank of Montgomery Texas was robbed of eight thousand dollars last night. The incident occurred in Montgomery on January 30. No suspects are named in the report.
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Montgomery
Tex
First State Bank
Cannibalism Reported In New Guinea
Missionary Rev. H. A. Malley reports considerable cannibalism in New Guinea with young children as principal victims. The Associated Press notes he returned from the antipodes to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cal
H. A. Malley
New Guinea
Miners Strike Halts Work in Fort Smith County
About a thousand coal miners from Central Coal and Coke Company walk out in Fort Smith Arkansas over a dispute involving four workers. The strike begins Jan 29 as workers protest treatment of those men.
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Central Coal & Coke Company
Old A. and M. Boy Honored by Porto Rico Government
Professor E W Kerr of Baton Rouge Louisiana graduate of A and M College and son in law of Mr and Mrs B Sbisa has been honored by the Porto Rican government He was invited by the Vice President of Porto Rico to visit inspect the largest sugar refining plant in the world He leaves for Porto Rico last Wednesday and will be away a month He is a noted authority in the scientific world and has received many honors
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E. W. Kerr
Baton Rouge
A. & M. College
B. Sbisa
Porto Rico
Kerr
Savannah Bar Petitioned Judge Speer for Texas Promotion
Savannah Ga January 29 W W Osborne told the Speer investigators the entire Savannah bar petitioned for Judge Speer's promotion to a Texas judgeship hoping it would take him far from Georgia and reduce his influence there.
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Savannah
W. W. Osborne
Speer
Texas
Georgia
Pastor Nash to Leave Bryan for Woodville Mission Work
Rev. R. L. Nash announced at Baptist prayer meeting he will leave Friday for Woodville Tyler County where he has accepted a call to mission work in Tyler and Hardin Counties. He has pastored Old Bethel Church near Harvey and served several Bryan churches, leaving many friends who regret his departure.
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R. L. Nash
Baptist Prayer Meeting
Woodville
Tyler County
Tyler
Hardin Counties
Brazos Soil Survey Delayed in Texas Counties
The Bureau of Soil Surveys of the U S Department of Agriculture will survey Bell County immediately, announced by B Youngblood director of experiment stations. Brazos County surveys delayed due to December floods while Smith County work progresses rapidly.
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Bureau of Soil Surveys
United States Department of Agriculture
Bell County
B. Youngblood
Brazos County
Smith County
Making Supplies At Home To Govern Prices
A speaker argues that individuals should help steer prices by producing goods at home. He recalls a carpenter who started with the top pieces first, illustrating inefficiency when efforts are misordered.
Farmers Govern Prices Yet Build Permanent Silo Equipment
A Progressive Farmer excerpt discusses price control and crop storage, stressing the need to plant seeds before topsets. A new 18 500 gallon water tank will crown a 58 foot silo on the farm, with an 11 foot foundation and 20 foot inside diameter six inch walls. The P W Smith Company of Fort Worth builds the steel framed silo, part of permanent station equipment as described by Mr Youngblood.
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A. F. Johnson
P. W. Smith Company
Fort Worth
Brazos County Ginning Report for 1913 Crop
Census ginning enumerator Derden reports that by January 16, Brazos County had ginned 26 831 bales of the 1913 cotton crop. Ginnings to that date compared with last year show 4 218 bales less, a decrease of 7 287 bales.
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Brazos County
Navasota Bridge Completed Under Flood Repair
Judge Maloney reports the Madisonville crossing over the Navasota River is finished after the flood washout. John W. Hicks of Reliance received the contract to build the bridge.
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Maloney
Navasota River
Madisonville Crossing
John W. Hicks
Reliance
Senator Shelby M. Cullom Dies After Fifty Years in Public Service
Washington January 28 Former Senator Shelby M Cullom of Illinois died today ending fifty years of continuous public service that linked him to presidents from Lincoln to Wilson Taft called him Uncle Shelby He was born in 1829 in Elk Spring Valley Kentucky near the Cumberland River
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Associated Press
Washington
Shelby M. Cullom
Ilinoig
Shelby Moore Cullom
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Uncle Shelby
Senator Cullom
Elk Spring Valley
Cumberland River
Largest Silo in the South Underway at A and M College
The Texas A and M feeding and breeding farm at the experiment station is building the largest silo in the South. Constructed of reinforced concrete and steel it will hold 400 tons. Director Youngblood notes the station tests all silo types to find the best for farmers and stockmen as this becomes the station's fourth silo.
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Texas Experiment Station
A. & M. College
Youngblood
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Demator
UME
Fort Smith, Ark
OLD A. & M
Rev. Nash
Brazos
Derden
Navasota Bridge
Texas Experiment Feeding and Breeding Farm
J. I. Case
Bryan
William J. Oliver
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