22 Jul 1927
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1927
Page
1
A compilation of Texas rural happenings includes cotton pest damage near Bryan, cedar harm, and a Bet ton gin planned at about 40000. Harris County road and bridge spending totaled 550,008.60 in June. Brownsville and Karnes County show farm, road, and water developments, plus a Devine artesian well expected to yield 50 to 100 barrels per minute.
Mort Werth reports the Cotton Picking season will start soon with about 60,000 workers expected to go to the Rio Grande Valley and other South Texas areas. The federal labor bureau has sent two agents to San Antonio to survey cotton and labor conditions as pickers are sought in the region.
Liberty County and South Texas celebrated the completion of the Willis Lane highway closing a historic gap. Thousands from South Texas and Louisiana joined a day of speeches and barbecues marking the opening to transcontinental travel.
Ernest L. Smith and RB Bronte of California arrived at Wheeler Field near Honolulu aboard army planes after leaving Oakland Thursday morning. They had flown sustainedly toward Hawaii, were diverted to Molokai for refueling, and landed there briefly.
New Orleans reports from 87 mills show orders down 20.78 percent from the prior week, shipments down 19.41 percent, and production down 11.66 percent. The period recorded 34,991,872 feet ordered, 37,261,992 feet shipped, and 42,444,361 feet produced, with 165,468,640 feet on hand at week’s end.
Laredo sheriff Albert Hauser of Maverick County was elected president of the Texas Sheriffs Association at its 50th anniversary meeting. Harris County Sheriff J A Binford was chosen as vice president.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will visit every state and 75 cities this week as he embarks on a three months tour in the Spirit of St Louis. The journey is funded by the Daniel Guggenheim fund to promote aeronautics and advance aviation knowledge nationwide.
A town fire in Bedias, Texas, 20 miles west of Huntsville, swept through the community destroying 19 business houses and causing about 100000 dollars in losses.
Brownsville Texas report shows 11 177 aliens applied for admission in the Brownsville district for the fiscal year ending June 30 with 333 denied admittance according to Police Department inspector in charge W Brewster the immigration inspector.
Orange Tex Lite Cypress school district received an order from the Orange County Commissioners Court authorizing the issuance of bonds totaling 10000 dollars. The decision was made recently by the county court.
Harlingen and the Lower Rio Grande Valley were awarded the 1928 convention for postal clerks rural carriers and supervisors at the annual meeting concluding in Abilene Texas.
Rio Bravo Oil Company No.3 Bender at Pierce Junction near Houston is reported to be flowing about 1500 barrels of pipeline oil, a notable production surge for the area and company.
Weather map advances use 43 balloon stations with army navy and air plane observers providing data. Balloons kites and a forthcoming captive balloon feed wind direction velocity cloud types and visibility at multiple altitudes. Helicopters may replace balloons later as Weather Bureau plans to take over broadcasting weather conditions nationwide once funding is approved.
Andre Verugia, arriving from Jance, proclaims Paris as the king of shoe styles. He says American manufacturers err by using straight lasts for crooked feet and claims most feet are inherently crooked. He argues women’s feet, and fashion, must adapt to natural shapes rather than rigid standards.
In Winston Salem a towering tin coffee pot sits at a busy corner, famed as possibly the first direct advertising piece in the region. Erected in 1858 by Jitus Mickey of Sutem, it sparks local legends about Civil War shelter and stirring memories of old Moravian life.
One voter, Nicholas Titenkov, claims to be 182 years old and among the oldest in the Soviet Union. He says he volunteered for the Russian army and pursued Napoleon's army during the retreat from Moscow, detailing a century-spanning life and wartime experience.
Michael J. Spel inoy, a mining engineer, returned from Bogota after his dog was transported by plane for 600 miles at a cost of 106 dollars. The carrier ruled the animal excess baggage and required payment for its shipment.
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his eighty eighth birthday recently and posed for this photograph at Tarrytown New York.
Eddie Stinson wins the national reliability tour piloting his Stinson-Detroiter airplane.
A golfer and his caddie search for a lost ball during a stage of the game when a tall angular spinster emerges from undergrowth to denounce driving balls. She claims a ball ruined her dog’s teeth, adding comic tension to the scene.
A small abrupt cirque cuts into the eastern wall of the Trail Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park. The wall is nearly precipitous and a lakelet lies at its bottom, fed by a small glacier with ice cakes on the surface in August. Accessible from the south side, the lake offers striking views from every angle.
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