Farm contest drives cotton profits in Waco area
The Waco cotton contest rewards earnings per ten acre plots rather than total yield. J B Fike won last year with five hundred dollars. this year Munroe Allbright leads as central Texas counties join the program amid drought. Allbright irrigated by nature near Latin shows about nine bales on a ten acre plot with strong boll counts and good staple.
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Waco Times-Herald
Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Budaly
Texas
Munroe Allbright
T. C. Westbrook
Allbright
Ordi
Westbrook
Borrowed Steer to Begin on Henry Miller Cow Baron
A San Francisco report outlines how Henry Miller started with a borrowed steer to build Miller and Lux into a vast land and cattle empire spanning California Oregon and Nevada. The firm created a 70 mile canal linking San Joaquin headwaters to navigable sections and spurred towns while land values rose from 65 cents to 1000 dollars an acre before dissolution among heirs.
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Henry Miller
San Fransisco
Miller and
Lux
Germany
California
Oregon
Nevada
San Joaquin
Big Lux Land
Lux and
Miller
Good Records Needed for Passes at A and M College
College Station Texas October 13 reports that A and M College of Texas students must have good scholarship and disciplinary records and be over 21 to obtain passes for out of town football games. If under 21, parental consent allows a pass. Cadet corps may travel to Houston for Rice or Waco for Baylor. exact trip undecided.
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College Station
Texas
A. & M. College of Texas
F. H. Turner
Houston
Waco
Baylor
A. and M. Needs More Building Report
College Station Texas October 18 The crowded dormitory condition at A. and M. prompts officials to seek additional construction funding and expansion plans to relieve student housing strain.
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College Station
Texas
Martin's Poultry Tone and Reoot Paint for bug control
A field note promotes MAR TIN'S POULTRY TONE to feed infected chickens and MARTIN'S REOOT PAINT to paint hen houses. The product claims to kill and deter insects and is guaranteed by Schiller Pharmacy. 48-3m.
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Martin
Schiller Pharmacy
Baby Tone Guarantee for Child Digestive Relief
Advertises Baby Tone from Schiller Drug Store claiming to neutralize stomach acid and bowel upset. It lists Bismuth as an intestinal antiseptic and Pepsin to aid digestion, safe for children and easy to give.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiller Drug Store
Summer Dysentery Report Hits Cameron Residents
An apparent summer outbreak of dysentery affects children and adults around Cameron. The notice urges readers to seek medical help if symptoms appear and warns of rising illness rates in the town.
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Ummer
Cameron
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Mclennan
Fike
J.B. Fike
Mart
T. C. Walton
R. A. Tag
Dopgee Brothers
Decker Motor Company
Cameron, Texas
Donse Brothers
Marcel
Fred Farmer
New York
Lalia Meyers
Beauty
Texas State Fair
Dallas
Santa Fe
Trip
Santa Fe Agent
Miles
Mereta
Miles and
Joe N. Luce
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