South Leads Nation in Industrial Growth How the South Surges Ahead in Manufactured Output
A 1927 study by the Rockefeller Institute shows the eleven Southern states produced about 10 percent of U S manufactured output while the nation rose 1170 percent since 1880. The South accounts for more than half of cotton manufacturing and major shares of fertilizer, lumber, turpentine, and petroleum products. The report notes natural resources as a key driver, with cheap labor playing a lesser role than often assumed. It covers Virginia to Texas and lists top Southern manufacturing industries and output figures.
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Institute
University
Rockefeller Foundation
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
North
West
Local merchants advertise to build a thriving community
A regional message praises home merchants at Edson and Shawnee Okla for consistently advertising their wares. It argues stores are attractive with well displayed goods and emphasize dependable service. Buying locally keeps dollars in the community and fosters cooperation for prosperity.
Prison reforms aim for self support and safer Huntsville
Texas prison board approved plans to build a packing plant and cannery at Imperial farm and to fireproof Huntsville prison with upgraded sanitation and new inmate employment. The moves target self sufficiency, better health, and fewer idle inmates, while boosting safety and overall reform of the system.
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Texas
State Prison Board
Houston
Imperial Farm
Huntsville
Huntsvile
Ohio State
DeWeese
Lions Club Social Honors Past Leaders At Meeting
Entertainment featured vocal and piano numbers by Mrs. Carl Sprague and Miss Ruth Mayo. Past President Henry S. Locke presented a Past President lapel button to Lion Harry L. Durham. Lion M. Lamar Jones will attend the International Lions convention in Denver July 15 to 18. A resolutions committee drafted unanimous resolutions on the death of Lion W. E. Neeley. Visitors included Miss Gassney and several Dallas guests.
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Carl Sprague
Ruth Mayo
Henry S. Locke
Harry L. Durham
Lions
Lion Durham
Lion
M. Lamar Jones
Fort Worth
Texas
Denver
Colo
Jones
Lions Clubs
Lion W. EF. Neeley
R. V. Armstrong
Social notes from Bryan and surrounding area
Miss Gertrude Tucker of San Francisco visits her Bryan relatives while many locals and guests travel for holidays and short trips. The column lists departures and returns among families, including trips to Houston Galveston Waco Beaumont Chicago San Antonio and Camp Tejas with several mentions of engagements and relocations.
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Gertrude Tucker
San Francisco
Cal
J. C. Tucker
Louisiana
H. O. Boatwright
Lelia Law
Pauline Davis
Chicago
Great Lakes
C. M. Cummins
Sallie
Baytown
Dan Jackson
Elizabeth Sloop
Camp Tejas
Clear Lake
Houston
Neutral Editorial Promotes Fair Campaign Coverage
The Hearne Democrat declares neutrality in the campaign while acknowledging many worthy aspirants for state offices. It notes equal treatment for all candidates and invites political advertisers to buy space at regular rates if properly signed as sponsors and marked political advertising.
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Sargon
Konjola
Democrat
Hearne Democrat
Lights and Shadows On Manhattan Isle
Paris diary notes perfume aisles and sprays as a travelogue. The writer jokes about perfume sampling in Paris, mentions famed houses like Coty Houbigant Caron and Lubin, and notes perfumes sourced near Grasse. He describes prices rising sharply especially in America and hints at a secret No 3 formula guarded by a French aristocratic family.
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O. Q. Mintyre
Paris
France
M. Coty
Houbigant
Caron
Lubin
de Grasse
America
Ford wage expansion idea tests European reception
An editorial analyzes Henry Ford's plan to pay European factory workers the same relative wages as in Detroit. It notes European journalists, employers, and publics resisted the move, fearing it would turn Europeans into overworked robots, while U.S. and German observers debate the impact on home markets, mass production, and living standards.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford
United States
International Bureau of Labor
Geneva
Boston
Edward A. Filene
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dearborn
America
International Labor Bureau
Prague
Tokyo
Coventry
Stettin
Europe
Germany
Conserva Science Monitor
German painter Adolph Schreyer born July 9 1828
Today in history notes the birth of German painter Adolph Schreyer on July 9 1828 marking the artist's origin in 19th century European art.
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Adolph Schreyer
Paris Tippling Troubles and a Welt of Bistros
A traveler writes of tip culture in Paris, resisting tips while noting polite yet servile French staff. He describes wives abroad, a slow return home for husbands via telegrams, and the prevalence of liquor establishments. He laments bistro crowds dictating social life and politics.
Big Trade at Les Halles Exposes Crowded Market Dark Side
In rue des Petit Champs a side show window advertises for a “beautiful and demure young girl with engaging smile and pretty teeth” as a crowd of husky porters drink and brawl. The scene blends revelry with distress in a 1950s Paris backdrop.
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Rue Des Petit Champs
Helas
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Open Air Revival At College Avenue Baptist Church
The College Avenue Baptist Church will hold an open air revival beginning next Sunday night in a vacant lot on Oak Grove Ave near the highway to Hearne. Rev. Roy S. Holloman says services will be in the evening only with lighted, comfortable seating and the public is invited. Further announcements to follow this week.
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College Avenue
Llano Marble Man Locates in Bryan
L. H. Baldwin, longtime figure in Llano marble and granite, will join Bryan Marble and Granite Works and plans to move his family to Bryan before the autumn school opening. He is brother of Mrs. Oak McKenzie and already well known in Bryan and Brazos County. Miss Sadie Hatsfield, district home demonstration agent, is in Franklin for an all day rally of club boys and girls.
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L. H. Baldwin
Llano
Bryan Marble and Granite Works
Mr. Baldwin
Oak McKenzie
Bryan
Brazos County
Sadie Hatsfield
Franklin
Daily Bible Thought on Eph 3 14 19
Reflection cites Paul’s prayer that Christ dwell in believers through faith. It emphasizes being rooted and grounded in love to grasp the breadth and depth of Christ’s love, ultimately that believers may be filled with the fullness of God.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Twenty Five Years Ago Highlights From Bryan Morning Eagle 1905
Notes from 1905 include boll weevils in north and west Texas. Scholl of A and M to New Braunfels on business. Hearne and Parker attend ball game in Hearne. Greens Brigade officers elected. a $10,000,000 Rockefeller fund for higher education. quicksilver prospecting in Brewster county. Saban B Anthony responds at National Equal Suffrage Association convention in Portland.
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Bryan Morning Eagle
W. D. Hunter
Washington, D. C
Mit Parker
Jacek Gordon
Hearne
Caldwell
Swan
Texas
Fallis
Lincoln County
Oklahoma
C. B. Wilson
Taylor
Greens Brigade
Confederate Veterans
J. C. King
Waco
General Educational Board
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Brewster County
Saban B. Anthony
National Equal Sufferage Association
Portland
Oregon
Higgs Family Visits Sandalls This Sunday
Mr and Mrs Anester Higgs and their daughter from Bryan spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs H N Sandall in Navasota, sharing a friendly afternoon visit.
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Anester Higgs
Bryan
H. N. Sandall
Navasota Examiner
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J. D. Swafford
San Antonio
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June Thornton
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Marilynn Miller
Frances
Edge
Emile Cochran
Florists
Mexico
Clayton Overt
Laredo
Thomas Deese
Austin
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Bush
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George Halsell
J. T. Maloney
Frank Ish
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Daily Bible Thought
Associate Justice Court of Civil Appeals
James P. Alexander
J. A. Stanford
Lee J. Rountree
Lamar Bethea
Raymond B. Jones
R. R
Dick” Broach
Frank Worsham
Clyde F. Goen
J. M. Ferguson
Jess B. McGee
Roy Montgomery
J. H. Reed
F. M. Vance
D. J. McDonald
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Atorney
J. G Minkert
Guy F. Boyett
PF. H. Pool
Emmett Holland
J. W. Harris
Precinet No
Fred A. Wehreman
C. A. Buchanan
John G. Smith, R., Pat Patterson
H. A. Burger
For Justice of the Peace
J. T. McGee
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