Flood Toll Tops One Hundred in Williamson and Milam Counties
San Gabriel river floods in Williamson and Milam counties kill or trap over 100 people, many Mexican farm laborers. Reports from Taylor, Rockdale, and nearby towns describe 21.5 inches of rain, bridge losses, and extensive property damage estimated above one million dollars. Two white youths and a girl were rescued after hours in a tree. two children drowned in Brushy Creek. A tornado damaged Hutto’s black community, destroying fifteen homes and a church.
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San Gabriel River
Williamson
Milam
San Antonio Express
Taylor
Thorndale
San Gabriel
Alligator Creek
Roy Bland
Elm Grove
Jake Bowers
The
Express
Rockdale
Milam County
Brazos
Gause
Valley Junction
Ed Green
Hearne
Weather Bureau
W. D. Barfield
County Road
Barfield
Hutto
Williamson County
Negro District
Negro Baptist Church
Farm Digging Yields Hidden Spring Near Burlington
After years of fruitless wells on the H Stoebner farm near Burlington a son Fritz found a tiny rivulet on a hill. The family then dug to 12 feet and uncovered six feet of pure domestic water, greatly increasing the farm’s value by thousands of dollars.
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Burlington
H. Stoebner
Fritz Stoebner
Stoebner
Fire destroys home of John Lewis on West Main
Sunday blaze on West Main Street destroyed the home of Joan Lewis, with only a small portion of household goods saved. Firefighters laid two lines of hose and kept the fire from spreading. the house was insured for 3000 dollars.
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John Lewis
Joan Lewis
West Main Street
Automobile Enamels
Geo A. Thomas & Sons advertises automobile enamels and related supplies along with drugs and jewelry.
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GEO A. Thomas & Sons
Milam County Red Cross Nurse Reports Record Activity
Miss Stella Carter county nurse for the American Red Cross files a detailed annual report. 1105 visits were made with about 317 hours in schools and near 5000 children examined. Nursing visits 239. school contacts 163. school children examined 4860. deficient 2842. corrected 283. scabies 265. conjunctivitis 639. pediculosis 10. underweight 178. Fees collected 364.00.
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Stella Carter
American Red Cross
A.S. Epperson
Milam County
R. C
Red Cross Public Health Nurse
Cotton Situation Forecast Stabilizes in 1921 Market
New York reports show a sharp weekly cotton price rise driven by the September bureau reports and weather concerns in Texas and Oklahoma. The rally pushed New York and New Orleans contracts higher amid heavy trading and two cent daily limits, with foreseen declines possible but overall strong fundamentals for the season. The boll weevil damage and tight world supplies pressure prices, with New England mills holding stocks while seeking higher grades, and a 16 cent basis for middling seen as a minimum for autumn.
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Cameron Herald
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Manchester
Liverpool
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool Exchange
New England
Notice of Lost Cotton Receipt No 50617
Ce Eron Compress Co. lost receipt No 50617 in the name of Frank Valka dated August 18 1921 for one cotton delivery. The legal owner holder warns others not to accept or deal with the cotton or its possession by any person other than Valka.
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Frank Valka
Ce Eron Compress Co
Flood toll rises in Taylor Texas area
Taylor Texas September 13 reports show flood waters from the San Gabriel river and Brushy creek receding as the death toll climbs to 80. Most victims are Mexican and African American workers along the San Gabriel and Brushy Creek with verification remaining uncertain. Maj David R Nelson notes 27 Mexican farm laborers drowned near Youngstown.
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Taylor
Texas
San Gabriel River
Brushy Creek
Williamson
Milam
Maller
Burnett County
Maj
David R. Nelson
Youngstown
San Gabriel
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Milam Counties
Laneport
NID Cross Report
J. W. Say
Campbell’s
Byron
Maxwell House
White House
Middleton
Thomas
J. D. Morton Old Stand
Oxsheer Smith
Tennie Parker
Santeetlah
N. C
Sol
Thacher Medicine
Chattanooga
Tenn
U.S
DR. Thacher
E. O. Schiller
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