Made in Texas Week to spotlight state manufacturing
G M Knebel of the Texas State Manufacturers Association announces a statewide campaign titled Made in Texas week. It aims to highlight Texas industry with parades, displays, and community programs across the state, urging citizens to buy Texas-made products and back local factories for continued employment and growth.
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Manufacturers Association
Texas
United States
Texas State Manufacturers Association
Neff
Fehanterwittbe
Texas News Roundup Reflects Agricultural and Tax Bets
Texas farm conditions in Matagorda and Walker counties show promise as cotton growers rush to harvest. A Brazoria bond issue of 25,000 funds a hard surfaced road from the Brazos River bridge to Angleton, while Nueces County opinion blocks remitted tax money for deep water projects. Wool growers hold prices steady awaiting fall markets. statewide education survey conference is postponed to late August.
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Texas
Brazoria
Brazos River Bridge
Angleton
Nueces County
Florida system of combating weevil in Texas trials
San Antonio Texas experiments test the Florida method of boll weevil extermination on the Corpus Christi road US Experimental Farm. Workers pluck new squares and inject calcium arsenate into the terminal bud to starve larvae. June to August sees weevils migrate. initial steps yield slight damage and potential fair profits, with Greenville also trialing the method. If successful, Texas growers expect widespread adoption next season.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Corpus Christi Road
Texas
Florida
Greenville
Highway amendment voting date questionable in Texas
In Austin Texas observers question if publication of a highway amendment met constitutional rules. The July 28 election date may be void if publication did not begin at least three months prior as required. Officials admit no record shows when publication started.
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Austin
Tex
Kingsville gin completes 1923 season milepost
In Kingsville Texas a local Farmers' Gin Company operation carried out the 1923 ginning season. Alfred Ortega and J R Trussell were involved at the mill with the town’s gin weighing 87 pounds after processing. The piece notes first bale day and the farm connection.
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Kingsville
Batelle
Tex
Alfred ‘Ortégon
Riring
High Court Decision on Co operative Marketing
Austin Texas supreme court reversed and remanded the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association versus J C Stovall ruling, holding that pooling farm products for sale is authorized under the co operative market act and that such contracts are enforceable. The decision sets a Texas precedent on co operative marketing and addresses issues of unilateral terms mutuality and contract sale intent.
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Tex
Gale
Supreme Court
Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association
J. C. Stovall
Ellis County
Texas
Sgh
Association
District Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Dallas
Cureton
Aliens Seek Entrance at Nuevo Laredo Flux
European aliens pile into Nuevo Laredo Mexico seeking entry to the United States under new July quotas. Captain William Hanson, chief immigration inspector, notes two years residence in Mexico is required before U S recognition for entrance.
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San Antonio
Tex
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
William Hanson
United States
Alvin District Expects Good Cotton Crop
Alvin Texas farmers forecast the best cotton crop since 1918 due to two weeks of favorable weather. Acreage is not large but conditions are good and insect damage signs are not alarming. Hay outfits are active across the area.
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Alvin
Tex
Dempsey Defeats Gibbons For Heavyweight Title
In Shelby Montana on July 4, Jack Dempsey won a points decision after a 15 round battle with challenger Tommy Gibbons. Dempsey failed to KO Gibbons but retained the heavyweight crown amid strong contention the challenger gave his best.
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Shelby, Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Dempsey
State General Revenue Deficit Reaches 2 Million
The Texas general revenue deficit has surpassed 2 million dollars, according to State Treasurer Terrell. With two months left in the fiscal year, officials expect the deficit to near 4 million by year end.
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Austin
Tex
Terrell
Opinion Sought on Sulphur Tax Legality in Texas
State Controller Smith asked the attorney general for an opinion on the legality and provisions of the sulfur tax act. The request cites inquiries from sulfur firms about collections under the original act, noting it was repealed and a new season act enacted. The statute set a 2 percent gross production tax on sulfur.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Smith
Sesson
Omaha Family Observes Old Plymouth Cradle Custom
Thomas Reynolds Porter Jr of Omaha travels 2100 miles with his parents to Plymouth Massachusetts to participate in a family rite of rocking a cradle claimed to be used for 800 years. The event centers on the Samuel Fuller cradle and the family tradition across generations.
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Thomas Reynolds Porter, Jr
Omaha
Samuel Fuller
Plymouth
Mass
Thomas Reynolds Porter
Bits of Information On Politics And Society From Various Regions
A compilation notes serious Mohammedan men in politics and Egyptian women active in public life with ballot ambitions. It recalls knights dying in medieval tilting, U S unemployment around 1.5 million in 1922, and a remark on dry rock and freezing resistance. It mentions Oxford women students and marriage rates.
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Egypt
United States
Spirit doll angers Conan Doyle tribute by hotel staff
A group of young Ambassador hotel workers in Los Angeles crafted a spirit doll honoring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle reportedly became irate upon learning of the tribute, asserting his belief in spiritualism and disliking the gesture.
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Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Conan Doyle
Arthur
King Boris Seeks Princess Elena Heart Heir to Bulgaria
European dispatches report King Boris of Bulgaria asking for Princess Elena, youngest daughter of Queen Marie of Romania. Elena is sixteen. Boris is twenty nine. The rumor cites royal marriage as a path to strengthens ties between Bulgaria and Romania.
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Europe
Boris
Bulgaria
Elena
Marie
Romania
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