Texas Radio Leads Farmers to Modern Air Broadcasts
An Texas editorial extols Texas radio growth, noting 85 receiving sets statewide with WBAP WFAA WOAI and WEAY as leaders. It urges farmers to adopt radio for markets weather and farm programs, detailing daily time blocks and the financial practicality of one two and three tube sets.
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Texas
United States
California
Pennsylvania
WBAP
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
WIAA
Dallas News and Journal
WOAI
San Antonio Express
WEAY
Iris
Houston
Williamson
WFAA
Palestine
John McFarlane
Anderson County
Sally Gooden
S. M. Morris
Weir
W. H. Burnap
5. M. Morris
Roseshill Farm
Mrs. Morris
Boston
Mass
Winnipeg
Canada
San Francisco
Mexico City
Confederate Home at Austin Cheers Pension Increase
Southern heroes now resident at the Confederate Home for Old Soldiers in Austin rejoice over Texas voters approving an increased pension for Confederate veterans. The Home, established through 1884 efforts and state-managed since 1891, now covers 26 acres with 88 buildings, including the Hobby Memorial Hospital opened in 1920. Superintendent Judge Edwin Winfrey, a veteran, leads care with modern comforts such as steam heat and electricity, while inmates uphold the grounds and an old-time fiddler culture flourishes.
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Austin
Texas
Confederate Home
John B. Hood
Confederate Veterans
Albert Sidney Johnston
Daughters of the Confederacy
James B. Hogg
Board of Man
Hobby Memorial
Edwin Winfrey
Army of Northern Virginia
Lfe
South
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Judge Winfrey
Bis
Lee
Bradstreet Reports Texas Business Failures Shrinking in 1924
Bradstreet notes Texas had 649 business failures in 1924 with $11,056,515 in assets and $16,742,626 in liabilities, far below 1928 and 1922 figures. The report suggests 1925 may be prosperous with fewer failures than in many years.
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Bradstreet
Texas
Texas towns save fire insurance premiums in 1924 credits
J T McMillan, chairman of the State Fire Insurance Commission, announces that Texas towns saved 1 355 484 44 in fire insurance premiums in 1924 through good fire record credits. Credits range from 3 to 15 percent, based on loss ratio, with no credit if the ratio exceeds 55 percent.
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Texas
J. T. McMillan
State Fire Insurance Commission
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Williamson County
Texas Announcers
David.j. Morris
Austin, Texas
Bernice M. Strawn
Confederate Home For Old Soldiers