Texas bankers plan 100 million fund to retire cotton
Dallas conference outlines a 100 million loan pool to buy and retire 5 million bales of cotton at six percent, backed by warehouse receipts and mortgages. The plan targets Texas and neighboring states with 25 percent acreage cuts in 1927 and aims to reduce surplus through coordinated farm and banking actions.
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Dallas
Texas
Clearing House Associations
Fort Worth
Houston
Waco
Galveston
Austin
Dallas Clearing House Association
Baker Hotel
J. B. Adone
W. P. Allen
American National Bank of
First National Bank of Waco
Arthan Adams
American Exchange National Bank of Dallas
T. J. Caldwell
Union National Bank of Houston
Franz C.gross
San Antonio National Bank of San Antonio
Allen
Clarence Ousley
Texas Safe Farming Association
Vera Cruz Hit by Devastating Hurricane Flooding Seaport
Reports from Vera Cruz via Tampico describe a hurricane flooding the seaport by one to five feet and sinking several ships. The San Juan wrecks in the bay, lights and power are out, many houses destroyed, but early word records no loss of life. The storm also uprooted trees as it moved inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Tampico
San Juan
Woman killed as tree limb falls at Lovelady Park
Mrs. G. Fitzgerald, 40, of Cleburne Texas, was accidentally killed Sunday afternoon at Lovelady Park when a limb broke from a bee tree her husband was cutting. Her neck was broken and death was instantaneous.
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Cleburne
Tex
Water in the Home Through History and Methods
The author traces a family water supply from a mountain spring to the home and describes devices like a hydraulic ram and gravity and artesian sources. He argues running water saves labor, noting cost and efficiency, and places water supply within practical rural settings and self-improvement.
German Fertilizer Firm Formed in San Antonio
Organization of the National Chemical Company announced in San Antonio. Officers listed include J. C. Kastner as president Carl Lueteke German consul in San Antonio as vice president and legal adviser and E. Dreiss Kastner as secretary treasurer. The firm will represent Germanys largest fertilizer company in Southwest Texas and sell products locally while surveying Texas resources for fertilizer manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Chemical Company
San Antonio
J. C. Kastner
Carl Lueteke
E. Dreiss Kastner
Texas
Germany
Local Hardware Offers Windmills and Piping at Low Prices
Aermotor auto oil windmills offered at greatly reduced prices along with piping and water-supply accessories. Work in this line promised prompt and guaranteed at liberal prices. Oscar Krauskopf announces a sale of new odd size blinds at the same price as boxing lumber suitable for wash houses and porch interiors.
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Oscar Krauskopf
Night riders warn gin owners in Mississippi
Notices posted on gins at Ackerman Weir and McCool instruct ginners to close down until cotton values rise. Ginning reportedly halted. West Point Federal Compress Co. increases night guards amid fears of incendiaries. Some growers near Electric Mills pick cotton at night to push to market before prices fall further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Jackson Daily News
Ackerman
Weir and McCool
Coleman
Federal Compress Company
West Point
Wisconsin Beer Referendum Cleared for Vote
Wisconsin voters will decide on modifying the Volstead act after the State Supreme Court refused to grant an injunction blocking the November 2 election question. S. A. Fulton of West Allis, director of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League, had sought the injunction.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
S. A. Fulton
West Allis
Wisconsin AntiSaloon League
Escaped Jail Birds Ask Cop for Ride
San Antonio reports two of three men who escaped from a Tyler jail on Sept 25 were arrested after police sergeant Jack Hice gave them a ride home. He recognized them from descriptions from the Tyler sheriff.
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San Antonio
Tyler
Jack Hice
Hice
ADVERTISED LETTERS AT FREDERICKSBURG POST OFFICE
List of uncalled letters at Fredericksburg post office dated September 27 1926 includes John McGown Lila Crayton Rolland O Cash James Hudson Kirby Howlin Paul Staudt. Uncalled by October 11 1926 will be forwarded to Dead Letters. Fly Tox ads claim 40000 yearly deaths from flies and promote a odorless non staining product for poultry kitchens and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
John McGown
Lila Crayton
Rolland O-Cash
James Hudson
Kirby Howlin
Paul Staudt
Sayings of Uncle Billy Boll Weevil
A fragmentary column presents sayings attributed to Uncle Billy Boll Weevil and references to cotton farming. It includes lines about cotton bales in Texas, winter feeding on green cotton, and multiplying weevils, with a brief aside on early Spanish settlements near Nacogdoches and a note about Upson Board for insulation.
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Billy Boll Weevil
Texas
Nacogdoches
Van Brunt Drilling Machines Offered for Grains and Oats
Stein Lumber Co offers Van Brunt drilling machines in sizes with single or double discs. The tools drill the smallest grain and oats with guaranteed results. Priced very reasonably at (price not shown).
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van Brunt
Odd Size Sashes Offered for Hot Beds
We have many odd size sashes suitable to make Hot Beds and will sell them at the price of the glass.
By all means always read the advertisements in this paper
A reader is urged to peruse the paper’s advertisements for potential finds. The note emphasizes that bargains or notices may be tucked in the ads.
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Arkansas
Ginners
Missippi
Ady
Schandua
Reichenau
Schandua & Reichenau Tinner
Schroeder Bros
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