CanadaTourist Trade Flourishes Amid Drought Fears
Toronto reports tourism as Canada's second major wealth producer riding a strong 1929 season. Officials project record traveler numbers from the United States, with auto and rail traffic expanding, new hotels rising, and budgets boosting promotions. Estimates show U.S. motorists entering Canada likely exceed 3.7 million this year.
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Toronto
Ont
Dreuth
Canada
Dominion
National Resources Intelligence Service
Ottawa
United States
Mmeasin
Canad
Ontario
Quebec
American Automobile Association
Department of Commerce
Sleep on tracks ends in boy’s death near El Paso
Elkey Chafin aged 19 from McVeigh Kentucky was killed instantly and Charles Riley 18 from St. Louis was critically injured when struck by a freight train near El Paso Texas. The pair had reportedly fallen asleep on the track and did not hear the approaching train as it rounded a curve. Far l Chafin, 27, brother of the deceased, escaped unharmed.
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el Paso
Tex
Elkey Chafin
McVeigh
Charles Riley
St. Louis
Here
Farl Chafin
Cotton pests widespread across Texas cotton areas
Reports from 38 counties show boll worms causing severe injury while leaf worms are reported in 23 counties. Boll weevils are generally severe, especially in rank cotton and bottom lands west to Tom Green County. Supplies of calcium arsenate in Texas are scarce.
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College Station
Tex
Tom Green
Texas
Auto crushing woman asleep proves fatal
Mrs. Lottie Burchfield Baldwin of Hot Springs Arkansas died from injuries after an automobile ran her down near Bonham Sherman when she dozed off during a picnic and was struck by the farmer's son. Her burial followed in Ketor east of Sherman where her parents reside.
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Sherman, Tex
Lottie Burchfield Baldwin
Hot Springs
Ark
Bonham
Ketor
Baldwin
Charbon Epidemic Ravages Victoria County Farmlands
Victoria Texas Aug 2 A major charbon epidemic sweeps the Inez Telferner area as County Commissioner Scherrer reports nearly every farmer has lost livestock from the disease. Vaccination is widely used to control the outbreak amid persistent wet weather.
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Victoria, Tex
Victoria County
Inez- Telferner
Scherrer
Inez
Train Strikes Truck Killing Two Mexican Tenants
Richmond Texas August 3 two Mexican tenants Joe Araisa aged 55 and Pedro Revino 45 were killed when their truck was struck by a westbound Southern Pacific passenger train at the Harlem state farm crossing near Richmond.
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Richmond
Tex
Joe Araisa
Pedro Revino
J. Winston
Southern Pacific
Harlem State Farm Crossing
Here
Perfect Complexion Ad Promotes Lady Margaret Cosmetics
An advertisement urges readers to use Lady Margaret cosmetics for a satisfying confident appearance. The Central Drug Co. sells the product with an advertisement callout.
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Lady Margaret Cosmetics
Central Drug Co
Adyv
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Fredericksburg Bottling Works
Thedford
Doshie Terry
Fourth Avenue
Decatur
Victoria CO
J. N. Young
HY. Becker
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Fredericksburg
Chevrolet
Fisher
Flint
Mich
Standard Motor Co., Inc
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