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Newspaper
Canyon City News
Location
Canyon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
A round up of local movements and visits. Notables include R W O Keefe on his ranch and Elder Shore moving to Hereford. Various residents travel to Virginia Stephenville Plainview and Tulsa. Obituaries noted Mrs Cox and family news plus entries on sales and local commerce. Refrigerators advertised and lawn swings promoted by Canyon Mercantile Co.
The Hereford Democrat reports Deaf Smith wheat prospects with about 25 000 acres sown and yields of 15 to 18 bushels per acre. At 18 bushels average total could reach 450 000 bushels while 15 bushels would total 875 000 bushels. Randall county acreage is lower but capably matches per acre yields.
Subscriptions received since last report are listed with payer names and amounts. The roll includes John Begrin Fulton Brown Oak Ed Diffenderfer Merton Bogar Mrs W C Bennett J L McReynolds W W Stephenson G A Dougherty Myra G Eblews and others in amounts around 1 00 to 1 000 with total shown as a long sum.
The Methodists held their Sunday school picnic in the Bates pasture on Thursday. The Baptists are picnicking at the Falls today.
An article describes small wooden barrels produced in American factories from white birch. Barrels range from one and a half inches to ten inches high, with six inch and smaller made by a cutting tool that shapes the whole barrel in one pass. Factories run multiple machines, selling millions yearly to confectioners, perfumeries, fairs, and as samples.
The Washington Post notes that small barrels with a slot end are used as savings banks and teaching tools in churches and schools. Individuals buy them as button boxes and toys, with millions produced annually and exported globally.
An American traveler in Europe resists German frontier procedures. A gold braided officer orders luggage inspection. the American asserts US sovereignty, refuses to allow handling, and declares the frontier state insignificant as he turns away.
A Chicago Tribune item recounts a classroom moment where a teacher asks a new boy to state his name. The boy stutters dramatically while revealing his name as Clarence Pup Perkins, explaining he only stutters when speaking his name or when pressured by questions.
An Edinburgh public dinner dwindles to two guests, an Englishman and a Highlander. The Englishman concedes mountain and area points, but the Highlander’s sharper logic wins the argument with the retort that England’s larger size collapses when Scotland’s hills are flattened to reveal the greater area by hundreds of square miles.
The Canyon Mercantile Company advertises a full stock of refrigerators available for immediate purchase. Local shoppers can choose from a wide range of models and sizes suited to kitchens and businesses.
Prices for grain in sacks report No 2 wheat at 3 00 90 oats best at nO CP BENG maize threshed at 60 00 per bushel millet hay ten dollars per ton Johnson grass hay ten dollars per ton alfalfa ten dollars per ton chickens and eggs fryer dozen prices reflect the day before publication and are from Canyon City grain dealers
A fragment lists numerous insurers including C. N. Harrison & Co. Aetna American Central Common wealth Detroit Home of N Y Insurance Co. of N America Liverpool London & Globe Mechanics and Traders Michigan Commercial New York Underwriters North River North British & Mercantile Northern Assurance National Union Phenix of Brooklyn Phoenix of Hartford Providence of Washington Queen Insurance Co. Royal of London Eng. Springfield Canyon City.
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