Army worm outbreak prompts public guidance from state entomologist
In College Station Texas on August 27 1910 or 1920s era context,State Entomologist Wilmon Newell warns farmers that despite prior warnings the cotton leaf worm or army worm damage is increasing across the state. He sends an article with simple remedies to agricultural papers and asks The Eagle to publish promptly to aid cotton farmers facing the pest.
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The
Eagle
College Station
Tex
Wilmon Newell
The Cotton Leaf Worm Invades Texas. Advice for Control
The cotton leaf worm or army worm has appeared in parts of Texas, spreading from the southern cotton belt. It is a generation problem, with rapid development and northward moth migration, but it is controllable by dusting dry arsenate of lead on the cotton plants. Paris green is discouraged due to yield loss and health risks. avoid liquid sprays and certain poisons. When large, partially stripping foliage to let sunlight aids control, and reserve Paris green as a last resort if arsenate of lead is unavailable.
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Texas
Cotton
Paris Green
Texas Officials Advise Arsenic Or Lead Dust For Weevil Control
The letter urges farmers to allow unrestricted worm activity after October 1 to destroy young squares and starve the boll weevil. Planters should prepare for the cotton worm and stock powdered arsenate of lead. WILMON NEWELL offers a list of Texas dealers handling arsenate on request.
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Texas
Mexican exiles in San Antonio raise federal watch
Federal officials in San Antonio monitor prominent Mexicans including Felix Diaz and Huertistas to prevent a new revolu tion plans. Also present are Manuel Bolanos Bacho Miguel Cardenas Jose M. Luzia and V Cabrera as Huerta sympathizers.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Francisco I. Madero
Diaz
Bernardo Reyes
Madero
Reyes
Felix Diaz
Manuel Bolanos Bacho
Oaxaca
Miguel Cardenas
Chihuahua
Porfirio Diaz
Lic
Jose M. Lugia
Interior
Huerta
V. Cabrera
Private owned warehouses proposed under state oversight
A new warehouse bill was introduced in the House to allow private ownership under State supervision. In the Senate a separate bill for a cooperative market bureau was presented.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Lieutenant Hill Assigned as Professor at Texas A and M
The War Department announces First Lieutenant Levi G Brown is relieved from duty at Texas A and M College College Station and Second Lieutenant James R Hill Thirteenth Cavalry is detailed as professor of military science and tactics at the college effective September 1 1914. Hill will report in person at College Station on that date. The travel is military duty.
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Washington
War Department
James R. Hill
Thirteenth Cavalry
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College Station
Texas
Levi G. Brown
Cavalry
Hill
College
Installing Phone Systems in Wellborn and Millican
R. W. Baker of Wellborn says he and his brother are installing about eighty five telephones in Wellborn. They will begin next week on a separate system for Millican run by a Millican switch board and central, while Wellborn uses Bryan central.
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R. W. Baker
Wellborn
The Road Drag and Its Use in Earth Road Maintenance
Experts from the US Department of Agriculture and state authorities endorse the road drag as a low cost method for smoothing ruts and puddles, hastening drying and imparting water resistance. The article details drag construction from a split log, offset runners, hitching, and operation, with costs ranging from 2 to 12 dollars and guidance on timing for best results.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin No
Department of Agriculture
United States
Death of Fritz Plagens In Kurten Family
Fritz Plagens died at his home after a brief illness. He was born at Kurten on January 15 1885 and was 29 years old. Survived by his wife two children and his parents and siblings. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Kurten cemetery at 1 PM.
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Fritz Plagens
Kurten
Mr. Plagens
Gus Plagens
Henry Prinzer
Kurten Cemetery
Americans Reach New York After European War Escape
Nearly 1 500 Americans stranded in Europe due to the outbreak of hostilities arrived in New York aboard the Oscar II from Copenhagen and the Taormina from Genoa Palermo and Naples. Survivors recounted hardships and a sighting of a British collier blown up by a mine in the Elbe. Additional ships housing passengers and reservists sailed from New York for Hull and other ports.
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Associated Press
New York
Europe
Copenhagen
Genoa
Palermo
Naples
Elbe
Taormina
Francisco
Hull
Emma Muir
Vienna
Austria
Russia
Bury
England
Muir
Hamburg
Horse Thief Arrested Near Houston
A man named Jake Price was arrested by Sheriff Conlee in this city on suspicion of steeling a horse he rode and tried to sell for 17.50. The horse had been stolen about seven miles north of Houston and Price was jailed awaiting Houston officers.
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Jake Price
Conlee
Houston
Fire damages Madisonville dwelling. $400 loss
A residence owned and occupied by P. J. Randolph in Madisonville Texas sustained about $400 in fire damage yesterday morning. Local firefighters worked persistently to prevent total destruction and saved the structure.
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Madisonville
Tex
P. J. Randolph
Ocean Liners Renew Sailings
Washington reports that the United States abandons the proposal to recognize belligerent chartered ships as neutral for refugee relief. Diplomats to discuss neutralization of relief ships under a Hague article. France and Britain require American officers aboard German chartered ships.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Germany
France
Great Britain
Interurban Brings Cotton to Brazos Bottom
Traffic Manager Hewit reports the interurban delivered four cars of cotton today to the Brazos bottom, bringing this season total to seven. Several empties were moved to sidings for loading in coming days, including one car hauled from Snook in Burleson County, a first for Bryan's cotton intake.
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Hewit
Brazos Bottom
Snook
Burleson County
Bryan
Brothers Die in War's Clash Near Liege
A Paris dated letter to Alfred Pierre Lawrence, assistant steward at the Rice Hotel, reports his two half brothers, captains in the German army, were killed in the fighting before Liege. It notes Paris near panic and high food prices with Lawrence's wide European connections.
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Paris
Alfred Pierre Lawrence
Rice Hotel
Liege
Europe
Lawrence
Houston Chronicle
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