Rain Benefits Cotton In Texas
Washington reports the week ending May 29 brought varied conditions for crops in the South and Southeast. Texas enjoyed warm, sunny weather with beneficial rains aiding field work and cotton progress, while Oklahoma and Arkansas faced heavy floods, hail, and poor stands. Overall cotton conditions remained unfavorable in many regions, though Arizona and New Mexico reported better prospects.
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Washington
South
Department of Agriculture
Southwastern
Carolinas
trans-Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Cotton Belt
West Gulf
Tennessee
New Mexico
Arizona
Browns ville Country Club Builds Resaca Water Spill Project
Brownsville Texas reports a concrete spill is under construction by the Brownsville Country Club to maintain the water level of the Resaca de la Guerra. Water will be pumped from the Rio Grande during dry seasons to sustain the lake on the club grounds.
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Brownsville
Tex
Brownsville Country Club
Resaca de la Guerra
Southexas
Country Club
Rio Grande
Mallory Avenges Defeat in Middlesex Cup Run
In Chiswick England American tennis champion Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory defeated Mrs Geraldine Beamish 7 5 6 2 to reach the Middlesex tournament semi finals. The victory avenges last year’s loss to Beamish in the same event.
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Chiswick
England
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Geraldine Beamish
Mallory
Williamson County Tax Rate Set by Commissioners Court
Williamson County commissioners court met Friday and fixed the coming year’s tax rate at 88 cents per $100 valuation. An additional 25 cent poll tax was levied along with occupation taxes on certain trades and occupations.
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Georgetown
Tex
Williamson County Commissioners’ Court
Clara Phillips To Fight Sentence In Court Battle
Clara Phillips was brought back to Los Angeles to San Quentin prison. Large crowd met the train and watched the nervous defendant regain composure and vow to fight to the last ditch.
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Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
Cal
San Quentin Prison
Fire damages Lutcher & Moore Lumber mill in Grange
Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company in Grange sustained a large fire Thursday that damaged the housing covering a four boiler battery, resulting in an estimated loss of 25 000 to 30 000 dollars.
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Grange
Tex
Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company
Texas
Italian Deputies Approve Budget Vote of Confidence
Rome deputies in a monthly budget debate backed the government with 288 votes in favor and 83 against, then approved the budget bill. Prime Minister led the government through the confidence motion as the chamber passed the measure.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
The Flag Goes By and the Star Spangled Banner
A reflective piece on Flag Day and the flag’s meaning. It recounts Francis Scott Key, Key's poem, and the flag’s symbolism across American history, linking patriotic memory to national resolve and the Star-Spangled Banner’s enduring prominence.
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John Dickinson Sherman
United States of America
Earth
Henry Telcom Bennett
Department of the Interior
Washington
Framklin K. Lane
Cotton Exporters Reach Agreement on New Standards
Washington says leading cotton exporters and Secretary Wallace reached a practical accord on implementing the new cotton standards act set to take effect August 1. The pact covers translating U S standards into Liverpool and other foreign equivalents for inter state and foreign commerce to aid buyers and exporters during the coming crop year.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Wallace
Liverpool
Thosa Exportera
Manchester
Thenglish
Women outnumber men in Europe after war, studies claim
A historical article notes a vast postwar balance shift with Europe holding about 26 million more women than men. It cites ratios by country, highlighting Russia and Germany with large female surpluses and Poland as an exception, while overall per thousand men, women exceed prewar levels.
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Berlin
Europe
Anus BO
Dite
Euerope
Germany
Australia
Pecan Growers Seek Two Experimental Stations
Brownwood Tex The Texas Pecan Growers Association adjourned after a three day session reelecting HH G Lucas as president and Oscar Gray as secretary They urged the legislature to establish two pecan experiment stations one in East Texas and one in West Texas to study all phases of pecans and related crops A committee will prepare a bill for near term presentation The stations are deemed essential to the Texas pecan industry The association also endorsed orderly cooperative pecan marketing as urged by M E Hays Texas Farm Bureau Federation secretary
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Brownwood
Tex
Texas Pecan Growers’ Association
HH. G. Lucas
Oscar Gray
Waxahuchie
Texas
M. E. Hays
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
War on Rice Worms Campaign in Japan
The food bureau of the department of agriculture launches a campaign to destroy rice worms in Japan, where about 1,600,000 bushels of rice are destroyed annually by pests. This effort aims to protect the harvest and stabilize food supplies.
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Tokio
Japan
Food Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Berlin Budget Shows 12 Billion Mark Deficit
Berlin report says the Reichstag passed the 1923 budget as adopted by the Reichsrat with a deficit of 12,400,000,000 marks. The council of the empire approved the budget Friday, signaling a large shortfall for the year.
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Berlin
Council of the Reisa
Reichstag
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