Onions Make Texas Farmers Rich and Busy
Article details Laredo Texas onion growth driving wealth with 1500 acres planted, net nearly one million dollars, yields up to 22 000 pounds per acre. Pioneer grower T C Nye started the industry a decade ago and a marketing association vets seeds and prices. Face of success includesCanary Islands seed purchases and rising land values while farmers enjoy summer travel and new wealth.
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Mro
Gates Woodman
Baredo
Texas
Thousand Islands
Boston
New York
Woodman
Bermuda
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
United States
T. C. Nye
Canada
Mintull
Roy Campbell
Campsbell
Canary
Campbell
Islanois
Tie
Brownsville
Hidalgo
Cotulla
Carrizo Springs
Beruda Islands
Llanacre
Look Out For Him A Soap Swindle Prompts Caution
The Chicago Packer warns of a Florida trader claiming to represent Excelsior Soap Co. He offers premium laden soap orders with prepaid express delivery and takes money in advance. He targets growers around Lake Mary with offices supposedly in New York St Louis Kansas City and Dallas Texas. Authorities return letters to those offices.
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Chicago
Lake Mary
New York
St Louis
Kansas City
Dallas
Tex
Cinnamon Canaries Color Change Through Pepper Diet
Collier's Weekly notes cinnamon canaries can change color through heavy peppered foods. Fanciers claim various red items aid the effect, but only a portion of birds show color changes and artificial value motivates the practice.
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Canaries
Collier’s Weekly
Confession of Mouth Attacks Dental Charlatanism
A city dentist defends his profession against graft and fraud charges. He argues that dishonesty exists in all businesses but more among the elite practitioners, and says dentists can judge honesty by a patient’s prior care in minutes, noting many reputations crumble under examination. He adds a dentist cannot fool another dentist.
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New York
Clobe
Four Kinds of Nails and Insect Net Fact
A primary class in a young ladies school showcases ambition as Sadie M seven yields a witty essay about four kinds of nails. The article then explains how insects and birds interact with nets, noting that insects see a hidden mesh due to many eye facets while birds perceive the mesh and pass through.
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Young Ladies’school
Sadie M
Rhymes and Rhyming in Whitechapel Talk
A speaker addresses a rough audience near Whitechapel on Rhymes and Rhyming to show how poetry can brighten the poor man's hearth. He notes rhyming puzzles with sea and burglary as examples, while a listener jokes that a rhyme for burglary depends on the judge. My Bill got seven years.
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Whitechapel
Loudon
Practical Tuner Mr K Sheets Visits Corona for Work
Pomona musician and piano tuner Mr K Sheets, connected with Pomona Music Company, traveled to Corona on business. He plans to visit every thirty days and will be reached through the Pomona Music Company. Sheets praises Corona and expects benefits from visits to nearby towns.
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K. Fri. Sheets
Pomona
Pomona Music Company
Corona
Sheets
Mariion
Iowa
Gitter
Auider
California
Ilhngh Town
Riverside
Caddies Change Roles in Golf History
The term caddie derives from cad and cadet and referred to messengers or unattached male servants. Originally a class found in almost every Scottish town serving anyone needing tasks done, they were at the beck and call of those headed to a game of golf, now generally employed only by the golfer.
Philosopher Smiley Faces Luck Debate
A Louisville Courier Journal exchange notes Smiley says he has no luck, preferring none to bad luck, while friends discuss his outlook. A defiant woman admits kissing him and reveals the friend asks if he resisted. The Atchison Globe imagines many would answer roll call if he returned to earth.
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Roll Ca— Atchison Globe
Prado Notes Visitors and Local Happenings in Corona
Prado notes Miss Caleste Botiller of Corona visiting her father and grandmother in Santa Ana along with Eva Chapman and Mary Williams from Los Angeles visiting local friends. Mrs. Y Cota and granddaughter visit Mrs. M J Scully. Mrs. R Lyman visits sister Mrs Willy Krutzkamp. Nelson Teeter entertains guests from New York and tends alfalfa. Chas Arborns builds near Valley School. Elmer Branch returns from San Bernardino after court attendance. The article extols Prado as a pleasant picnic ground by the Santa Ana river and spreading trees.
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Miss Caleste,Botiller
Corona
Eva Chapman
Los Angeles
Victoria Cota
Y. Cota
Santa Ana
M.J. Scully
R. Lyman
Agusa
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Sree
Milwaukee
Buster Brown
Smiley
Louisville Courier-Journal
Prado
Willy Krutzkamp
Mary Williams
Nelson Teeter
W. R. Coon
Brother
Chas. Arborns
Valley School
Elmer Branch
San Bernardino
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