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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1928
Page
13
Dallas estimates a poultry and egg business near 10 million dollars annually with strong growth and 100 percent hausse in recent years. Texas towns increasingly ship to eastern markets and demand outstrips supply due to improved handling and marketing systems.
The Tahoka Chamber of Commerce hosted a sun-up breakfast drawing the largest turnout yet as organizers outlined plans for the coming year. The event borrowed from pioneer Texas camp meeting traditions to lure attendees who rose early for the meal and talks.
Floydada adopts free mail delivery marking a shift from village to city airs. Residents used to line up at the post office to receive mail and chat, but the initiative shows local growth and sufficient post office receipts to justify organized service.
An Oklahoma farmer grows a large acreage of Russian sunflowers and contracts the entire output to poultry feed dealers who will grind it into chicken feed. The crop is praised as an excellent feed for laying hens, suggesting Texas hedge-row sunflowers may adapt to the Russian variety.
Odessa plans new school buildings funded by a recently approved bond issue totaling 150000 dollars. The city, led by Editor Tryon of the News and its chamber of commerce, emphasizes growth and progress as it expands public institutions to accommodate rising needs.
The Pampa Times posed whether civic funds would back Frank Kell's railroad from Pampa to Cheyenne Oklahoma to connect with Kell lines into Oklahoma City. Before a clear pledge emerged Kell cryptically declared the project would be built, signaling a bold claim.
The remark signals a push toward a thriving, youthful city in Pampa. Local leaders highlight plans and possible developments to attract residents, businesses, and investment, framing the town as poised for renewed momentum.
Wichita Falls becomes early Texas city to announce a cotton mill project this year. Northern capital has purchased land and will begin a 5 000 spindle mill within ninety days as part of a 160 acre industrial development by the same backers.
New Braunfels plans a $425,000 gauze mill for medical gauze production and a surrounding suburban addition for mill employees. The Chamber of Commerce reports $3,500,000 in this year devoted to industrial development in the city.
A Shreveport mill company purchased a large lumber mill and allied plants near Wascom in Harrison county for about one million dollars. The facility can produce 300 000 lumber feet daily and employs around 500 people. It controls enough Panola county timber land for ten years of operation. Capitalists plan to build a lignite by product plant on a 5 000 acre tract of lignite lands in Panola county. Panola is expected to see substantial business activity in the coming years.
Fourteen counties are represented in a new San Antonio formed organization to cooperatively handle poultry products in South Texas. The group plans expansion to cover almost all South Texas as cooperative movements grow state wide to aid farming and allied interests.
East Texas awakens to dairying importance with widespread meetings and schools on production handling and marketing. The East Texas Chamber of Commerce earns credit for drawing attention to profits and for securing plants to handle dairy products.
Miss Ber Nice Terry hosted a blue and yellow themed bridge party honoring Miss Jennie Brown at Mrs. J. L. Barmore's home. The event featured three tables, telegram wishes from Mexico City, and gifts of kitchen utensils for the bride-to-be.
Mrs Dan Collins hosted the first meeting of a newly organized Bridge Club last Friday afternoon. Mrs Eugene Green won the high prize and Mrs John C Young received the low prize, a bottle of perfume, after a dainty salad course.
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