Freak tomato weighs 24 ounces in Yoakum streets
Aley Farrington of Yoakum displayed a freak tomato weighing 24 ounces a pound and a half on a city street. The fruit appears as three merged tomatoes with no clear growth lines. Farrington grew it on his farm near Yoakum. Albert Roth of Concrete, ten miles south, showcases a cluster of 14 large plums and a peach cluster of nine peaches. He sprays systematically and yields strongly. In Beaumont a deal closed for 22 ships with Gray fleet ownership transferring to local buyers. Pendleton Brothers of New York City confirmed the sale but declined to name buyers or reveal the price, calling it a great bargain.
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Yoakum
Texas
Aley Farrington
Farrington
Albert Roth
Concrete
Here
Roth
Optometrist Treadwell Here in Fredericksburg Saturday
Wilbur C. Treadwell, optometrist, will be in his Fredericksburg office in Gold Building, Saturday July 5. New and used oat bags arrived. Subscribe to the Standard. R. M. Lewis.
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Metrist
Frede
Watermelon shipments loom as Texas melons grow
Eagle Lake reports 1200 acres in melons with rains boosting yield and superfine quality. In Galveston, the Texas Laundry Owners' Association moves to study loan shark practices and urge legislative curtailment. Pending Supreme Court actions delay final bond decision in San Antonio flood prevention project and involve mandamus petitions. Do Subscribe to the Standard.
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Eagle Lake
Tex
Galveston
Texas
Texas Laundry Owners’ Association
Frank W. Patton
San Antonio
Austin
Supreme Court
R. F. Wendover
E. B. Garess
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Heavy rains cause severe bee losses and floods near Batesville
Reports from east of Batesville recount unprecedented rainfall with eight inches at Live Oak Creek. Leona River rose rapidly, destroying 200 bee colonies owned by D. F. Sawyers and over 200 by M. Reid. Pioneer residents call it the heaviest rain they have seen.
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Tex
Batesville
Live Oak Creek
Leona River
D. FE. Sawyers
M. Reid
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