Cotton Market Tactics Urged To Hold Prices In 1919
Austin Texas July 26 1919 forecast that the 1919 cotton crop will be short but demand high signaling likely prices above recent years. Farmers are urged to organize against efforts by spinners and cotton gamblers to depress prices and to use financing tools like warehouse receipts and reserve banks to maintain profitability. The Texas Legislature has adjourned after passing appropriation bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
South
Departments of Agriculture
Friends of Cotton
Bureau
Cotton marketing and farm cooperative drive in Texas meet
The State Farmers Institute in Austin will discuss improved marketing channels for cotton, price stabilization plans, and strong banker merchant farmer cooperation for the next two years. Legislative members familiar with cotton markets volunteer support, while Doan's Kidney Pills promote relief for back and kidney issues with local endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
State Farmers’ Institute
Austin
Friends of Cotton
Cost of Food and Wheat Supplies in June
The federal bureau reports over fifty million bushels of wheat in elevators and storehouses on June 1, not including farm and commercial stocks. Wheat flour stocks are twenty percent higher than last year, signaling possible artificial scarcity and rising costs next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Markets
A Gathering Cloud Over China and Japan in 1915
The piece argues 1915 saw Japan press for extended Port Arthur and Dalny leases and control over Manchuria and eastern Mongolia. It claims this would yield a de facto protectorate over China, with Japanese advisers, police, joint governance, and rail rights linking key cities, signaling Asia’s shift toward Japanese dominance while the U S faces immigration policy contrasts.
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China
Port Arthur
Dalny
Japan
Manchuria
Mongolia
Germany
Russia
Sities
Wuchane
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Hangchu
Choa- Chou
Eastern Asia
Pacific
Asiatic
Cheap Sacks Sold by Bonn and Co
Local ad announces a large supply of coarse oat sacks available from C Bonn and Company. The notice notes ample stock and invites buyers to contact the supplier for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rk. C. Bonn & Co
Road Bond Election Planned for Menard County Texas
A road bond election is set in Menard County on August 23, 1919 to determine if taxpayers authorize 275000 in 30 year road improvement bonds bearing 5 4 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menard
Texas
Menard County
Lavoptik Eye Wash Claim Astonishes Fredericksburg
A Fredericksburg ad touts Lavoptik eye wash as rapidly soothing weak or inflamed eyes. It notes a girl with strained sight improved after a single application and promises a small bottle plus a free aluminum eye cup at Central Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Shetos
Central Drug Co
Adv
War souvenirs saved as grenade shaped banks by Cain City Bank
Hand grenades like those used against German lines are turned into savings banks. The Cain City State Bank distributes these items as keepsakes through a Treasury Department program.
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Cain City State Bank
Treas
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G. H. Holly
G. H. Houy & Son
Scott & Bowne
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
San Antonio
Richard Henke
R. L. Schmerbeck
Lowry Ridg
Kerrville, Texas
Quealer
Buick Automobiles
Republic Motor Trucks
Cleveland Farm Tractors
WM. C. Henke
Prop'r
Main Str
Tex
Knopp & Schneider
Butte
Soutwestern No
Martin
Secor Sanitarium-Hospital
Kerrville-on-the-Guadalupe
America
Europe
Kerrville
Dean
R. J. Hays
Canterbury St. Austin
Doan
Cameron
Iturkis
R J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Businessman
No. 40
W. Habenicht
F’b’g. Publishing CO
Klaerner’s
Opera House
Schlueter’s Orchestra
Walter Klaerner
H.C. Maier
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