East Texas Editors Tour Highlights Regional Prosperity
Over 200 editors from across Texas visited Tyler and East Texas June 18 to 20. They saw diversification in East Texas farming, with peach and melon markets opening, berries thriving, and a shift from scrubs to Jersey cows. East Texas farmers benefit from diversified crops while West Texas remains cotton and grain focused.
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Tyler
East Texas
West
Jersey
Berkshire
Poland
China
West Texas
East Texas road network expansion eases western objection
The piece notes Westerners demand reliable roads and says East Texas is rapidly building a fine road system. Editors traveled to Tyler by car and learned that most towns and farms in East Texas will soon connect to the broader world, removing long standing objections.
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East
Texas
Tyler
East Texas
Farming gains from careful cultivation in East Texas
The article argues that diligent farming beats sheer acreage. It cites Tyler area farms with rotation and proper fertilization as fortunes, notes a Palestine area demonstration that well tilled small cotton patches yield more lint and profit, and urges Texas to adopt soil-building farming practices for multiple crops around Tyler and Jacksonville.
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Tyler
Anderson County
Palestine
Texas
East
Jacksonville
Hazards of single crop farming and diversification need
The article argues that over production risks in crops like tomatoes create instability for farmers. A one crop approach can fail or crash markets, so diversification is advised. Poultry and dairy near good markets are stable exceptions, providing steady food and income for farmers. The piece notes farmers often can rely on chickens eggs milk and butter.
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Jacksonville
Positively Professor and Innocent Student Banter
The exchange features a professor advising a humorous wife and a student quipping about his marriage. It preserves an old time tone with a light domestic tease and a pivot toward humorous marriage expectations.
A Cruel Joke First Yegg in Arizona Rope
A pair of criminals exchange a grim quip as they discuss hanging in Arizona. The first yegg says inmates with wooden legs avoid hanging there, the second notes that a rope is used instead.
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Pete
Arizona
Blonde Bess Hints at Deal Over Engagement Ring
Newspaper blurb quotes Blonde Bess stating there is one man who can compel her to return an engagement ring, declaring the installment man as the sole potential influencer in the matter. The remark signals a publicized, if humorous, feud over financial arrangements linked to a proposed marriage.
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Blonde Bess
Chicks Die From Heat and Crowding, Expert Advice
E P Clayton in The Progressive Farmer notes chicks die from too-warm brooder houses and crowded pens. He urges warm but not hot temps, 70 to 80 in the room and 90 to 95 under the brooder, with ample fresh air and ventilation. Proper temperature testing and open housing during the day improve survival.
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E. P. Clayton
Progressive Farmer
Cross Word Clue Sparks Talk of Spaniard Word
Puzzle fans learn an eight letter term Spaniard meaning a new lover type. The label stems from Ricardo Cortez in The Spaniard film by Raoul Walsh for Paramount, shown at the National Theatre on July 6 and 7.
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Card of Thanks for Billie Shoemate
We thank friends for sympathy deeds and flowers during the illness and death of our son Billie. It is in dark hours we learn the worth of kind friends. Mr and Mrs Ras Shoemate.
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Billie
Ras Shoemate
The Farm Labor Question
The article argues that attracting farm labor and using labor saving devices will solve the farm labor problem. It notes tractors and improved implements ease work and electric light and power plants provide lighting and power for pumping churning milking and washing among other tasks, improving farm life and attracting help.
Spaniard's in Town on July 6 7 in New Ricardo Cortez Film
Ricardo Cortez stars as the Spaniard in a new Paramount picture directed by Raoul Walsh known for The Thief of Bagdad. Jetta Goudal and Noah Beery co star in the adaptation of Juanita Savage novel The Spaniard with showings on July 6 and 7.
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Ricardo Cortez
Paramount
Mae Murray Circe Myth Picture at Liberty Theatre
Mae Murray stars in Circe the Enchantress a new Metro-Goldwyn picture written for her by Vicente Blasco Ibanez coming to the Liberty Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday. The star is regarded as a dependable entertainer and the film is expected to surprise fans with its mythic tale.
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Mae Murray
Car Dirks Whagg’s Odd Automobile Joke
The Car Dirks joke depicts Whagg describing a remarkable auto that is half pointer and half setter. It supposedly identifies pedestrians despite lamps and then points, retrieves, and holds them for the delight of the crowd.
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Christian Church hosts Florida preacher in Moran
Elder H C Harper of Sneed Florida concluded a successful meeting at the Christian Church Sunday night drawing large crowds. The church praised the preacher as a strong addition to the event and appreciated his ministry.
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Moran
H. C. Harper
Sneed
Florida
Christian Church
W. W. Agnew
Fort Worth
Stephens County
A. A. Sadberry
Grimshaw
Lueders
Texas
Brazos
This Week's Crossword Puzzle by Mrs Katherine Schober
The compact puzzle by Mrs Katherine E Schober promises about twenty minutes of fun. It is described as easy with several catchy words and clear definitions, designed to provide entertaining challenge without hard strain.
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Katherine E. Schober
Crossword Clue Answer Set Short Form
Clue grid lists common words by across and down. Answers include pronoun possessive, party abbr, edible item, negative term, prior, hence, walked, a rock type, degree, depart, convulsions, preposition, weight unit, toward, señor, lip border, pale, exists and more in compact word list with extra hints and related terms.
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