Marketing plans of Farmers' Union offered to city and farm readers
Our Weekly Farm News outlines the Farmers Union marketing program. It details warehouse storage capacity at 350 plus union warehouses, a central selling agency in Houston, financing at six percent, and the goal to give farmers independence. The plan seeks to store cotton until sale, secure loans up to 75 percent of market value, and reduce reliance on coercive middlemen while preserving farmer control and fair prices.
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Farmers’ Union
Capi
Tal
Houston
Texas
Thoughtful Painter Aims to Save a Stricken Colleague
A wary observer notes a painter covering up repairs on a man who fell from a roof to keep him from losing hospital funds. The fallen painter is praised as a good man, whose final acts include touching up unreachable spots during the fall.
Those Girls Blanche at the Amateur Theatrics
Blanche frets over makeup for a theater skit while Constance chides her to simply go with her usual style, turning a small backstage moment into a lighthearted exchange.
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Blanche
Constance
Disgraced Dinner Story Stirs Local Gossip
A fragmentary OCR item hints at a dinner scene with odd phrases and misused words. The terse note references Padie and a trio of forks and spoons left unused, suggesting a small, tainted social episode that drew local attention despite unclear details.
Manager Hides Villain Salary Fears Performance
A cunning manager secretly withholds part of the villain's pay, fearing the captive will skip. He claims the withholding keeps the villain in line, insisting the man acts his role more aggressively when angry.
Crushed in the Rush Football Item Brief
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a boy on a football team with implied injury or pressure. The readable bits suggest a rush incident affecting a student athlete, but specifics such as names, dates, teams, or outcomes are not clear.
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Peter Radford
Fort Worth
Farmers’ Union Marketing, Flan
Central Selling Agency
Sandy Jones
Will C. Perry
Prank A. Woods
Perry & Woods
Mitchell
Franklin
VIA
St. Louis
Chicago
Michigan
Canadian
New England
D.j.price
THE
Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone CO
Dallas,texas
Padie
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Hearne Mercantile CO
Hearne Mercantile CQ
the Hustler
Owl
Belfast
Continental Marble and Granite Company
Hearne
A. G. Cobb
Agent Texas
Hearne Democrat
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