Local visitors and travels around Cain City and nearby towns
Emily Reagan visits Cain City with J Adams relatives, joins Otto Kirchner on a trip to Harper. Fredericksburg weekend guests include Olan Price and family. San Antonio and Randolph Field connections appear for Lee Roy Brehmer and Pat hunts. Families of Price, Tatsch, Fiedler, Grim, Waltman host and travel.
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Emily Reagan
J. Adams
Cain City
Reagan
Lian
J. W. Adams
Otto Kirchner
Harper
Olan Price
Fredericksburg
L. F. Price
R. R. Brehmer
Lee Moldenhauer
San Antonio
Willie Moldenhauer
Chas Wahrmund
Douglas Price
Douglas
Kelley Field
Ross Billings
Prices
Lee Roy Brehmer
Richard Brehmer
Lee Roy
Randolph Field
Edgar Tatsch
A. A. Fiedler
Frederickburg
G. H. Grim
Rock Creek
L. C. Waltman
Corley
Johnson City
Kirchner
MORKEIS RANCH LOCALS AND HOLIDAY VISITS
Local social notes detail Thanksgiving visits among Opalouses Louisiana residents and nearby towns. Families like the Morris, Heimann, Barrett, Usener, Mayes, Schoeferkoeter, and Morris Jr. are mentioned with travel to San Antonio Coleman Sisterdale and Stonewall for gatherings and teacher meetings. A rayon production statistic compares 1914 cotton substitutes to 1938 output.
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Cotton Walker
Opalouses
R. H. Morris
R. Marine
Louisiana
Raymond Heimann
Sisterdale
A. C. Heimann
Walter Woerner
Velma
Alfred Heimann
Myrtle
San Antonio
Cora Kathleen Morris
Reginald Morris Jr
Prices and cotton markets before World War I and recovery
The article notes cotton traded near 11.9 cents per pound before hostilities in 1914, fell to about half that when exchanges closed from August 1 to November 17, 1914, and took two years after the war to return to prewar levels.
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Europe
Painting and sympathy ripple in a classroom quip
A school teacher guides a class around the National Gallery and muses that Joshua Reynolds can alter a face with a single brush stroke. A small boy responds that his mother can do the same. The exchange highlights art's persuasive power.
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National Gallery
Joshua Reynolds
Texas Oil Industry to Launch Institutional Advertising Series
The Texas Mid-Continental Oil and Gas Association will begin a series of institutional and educational ads this December in state newspapers. George Gibbons says Texas, as the largest oil producer, can boost employment and reduce exports by attracting new industry and processing more products at home. The program highlights refining, new plants like a paper mill in Lufkin, and opportunities in wool and cotton, with oil products supporting Texas jobs, tax revenues, and wealth creation. A Father and Son quip ends a separate note.
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Texas Oil Industry
The
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Texas
George Co. Gibbons
Oil and Gas Group
America
Lufkin
Eckert Locals Share Weekend Visits and Small Town News
The Eckert community reports residents moving to Willow City and visiting relatives in nearby towns. Guests included the Schlaudt, Halm, Heye, Ottmers, and Moehle families, with several students on Nebo school honor rolls. Thanksgiving visits and local hunting prowess among Nebo youths are noted.
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Johnny Sweatman
Eckert
Willow City
Ira Stephens
Liano
Damon Moehle
Rennie Schlaudt
Gilbert Halm
Robert Heye
Erwin Ottmers
Walter Ottmers
Florine Schlaudt
Arthur Ottmers
Clayton Ottmers
Ployd- Self
Valley Springs
Harry Hohmann
Ruby Moehle
Durham Institute
Austin
Dave, Moehle
Damon ‘Moehle
Dave Moehle
Gladis
Taylor Williams
Graceville
Texas
Lee Holland
Agatha Merle Sweatman
Willie Mae Holland
Louise Crenwelge
Nebo
Bernice Carter
Spofford
Edgar Schmidt
Inks Dam
Hohmann
Clifton Holland
Cotton Outlook forecasts reduced mill consumption in Europe 1940
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports in Cotton Outlook that mill consumption of cotton is expected to fall in belligerent European countries in 1940. The projection highlights likely declines amid wartime disruption and trade restrictions.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas Spends 48 Million on State Highways
The Texas State Highway Department reports 48,211,350.52 spent on highway construction and improvements in the fiscal year ending Aug 31. The year saw 786 projects, 2,430.78 miles of upgrades, large bridges costing 3,990,619,553, and underpasses totaling 2,556,360.80.
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Texas State Highway Department
Texas
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L. A. Woods
Texas Warm Springs
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Morkeis Ranch
BOY Scouts
Park Avenue
New York, N.Y
Fredericksburg Motor Co
Itz
A. T. Wendleg
Boerne, Texas
Basse Express
San Antonio — Eckert
Llano
Cherokee
San Saba
Lometa
Lampasas
East Main Street
Farmall Tractor
McCormick Deering
Hill Country Implement Co
Ine
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
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