War Cotton Shapes Global Conflict Says Scientific American
The article explains cotton's pivotal wartime role from ammunition to clothing. It details Germany's heavy cotton usage for smokeless powder, daily powder and cartridge needs, and compares cotton with copper in war material. It notes Britain’s blockade aims to cut Germany’s cotton supply and argues the blockade targets cotton rather than food.
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Germany
Tarnow-Gorlice
Galicia
Lloyd-George
Castleman
Lloyd George
United States
England
Great Britain
Beveridge
Scientific American
Aviator Art Smith to headline Texas State Fair displays
Art Smith, famed Panama-Pacific Exposition pilot, costs Dallas fair $10,000 to perform daily flights and six night shows. He is hailed as a record-setting aviator surpassing Lincoln Beachy, with a lit bi plane performing loops and stunts at night and fireworks from the aircraft. The act is described as spectacular, thrilling, and the fair’s most popular feature.
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Art Smith
Dallas
Smith
Lincoln Beachy
San Francisco Bay
Grapes for sale near town by H Hunter
Fine large grapes offered at 80 cents per bushel at my place three miles northeast of town. Contact H Hunter for details.
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H. Hunter
Spread of Pellagra in Navarro County Texas This Epidemic Warning
Dr Cross, Navarro County citizen, cites 1910 Texas Pellagra lower than Navarro in 1915 and warns that the disease is widespread across the southern central and eastern state. He reports 500 Navarro cases, calls Pellagra infectious, notes rising insanity related to Pellagra, and urges hospital facilities as the disease spreads through every community.
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Texas
Cross
Navarro
Navarro County
Cress
South
el Paso
State Fair of Texas Eyes 2000 Soldiers Visit
President W S Yopp and Mayor Henry D Lindsley lead efforts to attract 2000 U S regular soldiers from the War Department to Dallas for the State Fair. Last year the army drew strong public interest with exhibition drills, contests, and sham battles. indications suggest soldiers will attend again, making the event a major feature.
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W. S. Yopp
Texas
Henry D. Lindsley
Dallas
War Department
Washington
U. S
United States Army
Power Farming and the Tractor Revolution in Farms
The article argues that affordable small tractors replace mules, cutting tilling costs by half, enabling farming to run nonstop and handle tasks from feeding to threshing. It notes broader access, improved farm life, and kept young people on farms as tractors grow in capability.
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Florida Keys
Keys
Key West
Havana
Cuba
Everglades
Atlantic Farm & Ranch
Farm & Ranch
Pratt seeks permit to divert 500 cubic feet per second from Brazos river
L M Pratt of Eliasville Texas filed July 12 1915 with the Texas Board of Water Engineers for a permit to appropriate 500 cfs from the Clear Fork of the Brazos River for irrigation of a 50 acre parcel on the east bank near Graham in Young county. A hearing is set for August 16 1915 at 10 00 am in Austin to determine the application with appearances allowed.
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L. M. Pratt
Eliasville
Texas
Board of Water
State of Texas
Board of Water Engineers
State of
Austin
Travis
Attorney General Says Court of Criminal Appeals Should Be Followed
In Austin on July 28 the Attorney General advised the Comptroller that the Court of Criminal Appeals is the final authority on enforcing criminal laws and that prosecutions should be pursued when facts justify it. He noted the Supreme Court had held the pool hall act unconstitutional but urged adherence to the appellate court’s opinions.
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Court of Criminal ‘Appeals
Supreme Court
Dallas State Fair opens with 100000 Opening Day Keys sale
A unique campaign to ensure a successful 1915 State Fair of Texas in Dallas uses 100000 Opening Day Keys sold for 50 cents each equal to general admission. The key allows Saturday October 16 entry, with thousands already sold to Dallas residents and outsiders. Businesses unions and civic and fraternal groups back the effort, calling it the most successful campaign in Dallas.
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Texas
Dallas
County agent reports boll weevil fight shows results
Ea T. Cox, government agri cultural agent, brought cotton stalks to the Round-Up office noting abundant squares and small bolls with no signs of the weevil. He says boll weevil damage is decreasing in his area and spreading sections report fewer losses. Tie a small brush to your plow handles and knock the young weevils off the stalks to kill them.
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Ea T. Cox
Cisco
For Sale Notice in Graham Texas
For sale. Good horse and survey and sale. I am to sell. See or write Edgar McLendon, Graham, Texas, before August 3.
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Edgar McLendon
Graham
Texas
Notice for Oak Grove Cemetery Dues Payment
Citizens are asked to pay cemetery dues to secretary E. H. Graham or Beckham National Bank. The treasury is empty to pay the sexton. Mrs. E Mabry serves as president.
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Oak Grove Cemetery
E. 8. Graham
Beckham National Bank
Treasury
Sexton
E. Mabry
Oil Burning Locomotive Makes Fort Worth Run
The first oil burning locomotive built for Fort Worth and Denver began service from Childress to Fort Worth with a freight train. Engineer J K Fauntleroy and W F Carter led the trip. the Mikado engine, 73 feet long, 64 inch drivers, 27 by 30 inch cylinders, holds 350 gallons of oil for divisions. Ten such engines planned, six for Denver and four for Wichita Valley.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
W. F. Carter
J. K. Fauntleroy
L. Dawson
Texas
Wichita Valley
Wichita Times
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Frank H. Bowron
Eorror
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Sonally
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Castor
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Castoria
the Coentaur Company
York City
Fellow Criminal Court
Court of Criminal Ap
America
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Via
Rock Island
C. S. Wynns
Geo. S. Pentecost
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