Pecan Highway Idea For San Saba County
San Saba proposes planting pecan trees along its highways from the town to the fair park as a WWI soldiers memorial. The plan aims to extend statewide, creating a leading pecan growing center with potential tourist and publicity benefits. The feature also notes Brownwood publicity from the Old Gray Mare Band and urges leveraging media for regional gain.
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San Saba
Fair Park
Texas
Wright Armstrong
Brownwood
Sousa
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
New York
Paris
United States
France
Prevailing Rates Scored by Oil Men at Texas Ports
Dallas report from the Texas ports differential rate hearing cites Marland Oil and Refining Company testimony on advantageous Texas City facilities valued at 1.1 million dollars with 1.38 million barrels storage. Ponca City to Texas City eight day haul vs 12 days to New Orleans, reducing need for extra tank cars. objections to alleged subsidies raised. Also notes Texas railroad commission exhibit on rate of return to counter claims of lower New Orleans earnings. Lift on cotton shipments due to pink bollworm eradication removals. continued pest absence needed.
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Dallas
Tex
Marland Oil and Refining Company
Ponca City
Okla
Texas
New Orleans
T. C. Mulroy
Texas Ports
Texas City
Mulroy
Marland Company
Luther Walter
Chicago
Commerce
Mulr
Texas and Pacific
Washington
Louisiana
New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
New Orleans Rice Market Faces Receipt Shortage
Lack of receipts Friday caused a shortage of spot offerings in New Orleans with fancy grades scarce. Buyers sought supplies at interior points while locals paid top prices. Fancy Blue Rose quoted 6 to 6 1 2 c and other grades at varied rates as receipts totaled 610 packs of rough and no clean.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Bill to Abolish Labor Board Passes House
The house voted 81 to 1386 to approve the Watson Parker bill abolishing the railroad labor board and creating a new mechanism for voluntary dispute adjustment and sent it to the senate.
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Labor Board
Washington
House
Senate
Watson-Parker
Railroad Labor Board
Countess Winn Flight Permitted Entry to U S
Vera, countess of Cathcart, won free entry into the United States on Friday after Federal Judge Bondy overturned a prior ruling that had denied hundreds of foreigners entry on grounds of moral turpitude.
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Countess Winn
New York
Vera
Countess of
President Signs Record Peace Time Appropriation Bill
President Coolidge signed the largest peacetime appropriation in history. The annual supply bill funds the treasury and post office departments with a total of 868 281 501 dollars.
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Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Giant Sub Test Successful in New London
The submarine V-1 submerged Friday to the 200 foot level, the maximum depth at which it is intended to operate, marking a successful test off New London Connecticut.
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New London
Conn
Uncle Sam
Fort Benning
Georgia
French Cabinet Resigns After Tax Vote Loss
Paris officials announced the French cabinet resigned after a defeat in the chamber of deputies on the sales tax provision of the financial program.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
National Guard Strength Rises to 176047
The War Department announced this week an increase in national guard strength by 5700 over the past year, bringing the total to 176 047 officers and enlisted men nationwide.
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Washington
National Guard
War Department
Tax on Corporations Sustained in Louisiana Supreme Court
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Monday sustained the state tax on corporations doing business within Louisiana but not domiciled there. The ruling upholds the tax as applied to non domiciled entities earning in the state.
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Rotary
Denver
Texas
Colorado
Florida
California
Washington
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Safe Farming Movement Boosts Texas Agriculture
Texas agriculture gains via the Safe Farming Program led by Extension Service Director Charles H. Alvord and the Texas Bankers Association. A new Texas Safe Farming Association, chaired by J. A. Kemp with director Clarence Ousley, advocates better cotton or fewer acres and more feed on more acres. District Four reports strong public service across agents W. S. Marshall, F. W. Mally, O. B. Rollins, and others advancing leaf worm control, legumes, seed promotion, and club work in multiple counties.
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Texas
Texas Safe
Charles H. Alvord
Extension Service
Texas Bankers Association
Dallas
Texas Safe Farming Association
J. A. Kemp
Francis H. Welch
Nathan Adams
R. E. Harding
T. J. Caldwell
Ed Woodall
Safe Farming Association
Clarence Ousley
Ousley
Washington
A. L. Smith
W. S. Marshall
Mason County
F. W. Mally
Webb County
Bexar County
O. B. Rollins
Assiatant
Medina-Hereford
C. C. Jobson
Brady
H. T. McCollum
Williamson County
Silver Whitsett
Liano County
R. W. Terry
Concho County
W. R. Nisbet
Menard County
J. F. Rosborough
An Saba County
H. C. Atchison
Blanco County
I. Clark
Bell County
Walter E. Davis
Travis County
J. C. Yeary
Kerr County
Poultry Association
Truck Growers Association
Avon River of Death in Coventry sewage deters life
The Avon river long associated with Shakespeare is called the river of death due to heavy sewage from the town of Coventry. Plant life has stopped growing in the water, fish are dying, and vegetation along the banks is disappearing.
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Corpus Christi
State Board of Water Engineers
Nueces
Texas
San Antonio
Avon
Coventry
Mie
Scientists challenge view of human arrival in Britain
Scientists in Merseyside England reassess archeological finds that had suggested no human habitation before the glacial period. New evidence appears to push back and complicate the timeline of early human presence in Britain.
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Mer
England
Immense Crowd Watches Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans
Immense crowd fills streets of New Orleans as the Mardi Gras parade rolls by. King Rex raises a toast to the queen beneath the canopy, amid festive revelry and lively pageantry.
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New Orleans
Evers
Rex
Oklahoma rancher Ramsey to stand trial in Roan murder case
John Ramsey of Guthrie Oklahoma faces trial for the confessed killing of Henry Roan a wealthy Osage. Ramsey says the crime was at the behest of William Hale the cattleman known as King of the Osage Hills who is indicted in the same case as federal authorities seek to resolve the murders for millions mystery among the Osage tribe.
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John Ramsey
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Oklo
Henry Roan
Rumsey
William K. Hale
Osage Hills
Ramsey
Queen of Ozarks smiles for Joplin elects Ozark Smile queen
Miss Estella Southard of Joplin Missouri is named Ozark Smile queen by the Ozarks Playground Association formed to promote southwestern Missouri youth activities. The selection highlights regional community spirit and youth engagement.
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Estella Southard
Joplin
Ozarks Playground Association
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Rienzi M. Johnston
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S. C. Hoyle
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Atlantic
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North Atlantic
New England
Hampton Beach
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White House
Underwood & Underwood
Cal” Coolidge
K. P. Royce
National Capital
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