05 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1924
Page
1
Houston cotton freight rates on steamers rise one cent for 109 pounds on new contracts to United Kingdom and French Atlantic Ports. Rate shift follows insurer rate cut narrowing class gaps, signaling improved cotton trade stability and contract fulfillment ahead of a Bremen update.
In Gillespie County at Stonewall a tract of about twenty eight acres was deeded to the State of Texas by three local citizens John P Burg Hugo Weinheimer and Otto Lindig The donation increases Texas state parks to thirty five the most of any state and places Texas ahead of Michigan Connecticut and New York in park counts as of the visit to Gettysburg last May.
The Texas railroad commission set a hearing in Austin on September 9 to consider an allowance to owners sellers or buyers for loading cotton on freight cars at their expense. The proposed allowances apply per square bale with tiers: 1% for the first tier, 20 for up to 200 bales, and 30 for 200 bales or more.
County Judge Ed McCarve reported by the Texas sanitary livestock department that the Orange County anthrax quarantine in effect since July 19 has been released. Stock men express elation as restrictions hindered marketing of cattle deemed in good shape, causing heavy losses.
The Texas Association of Sanitation, aided by the board of health and Houston city, conducts its second short school of instruction for health workers in Houston from November 4 to 7. The association, formed in Austin, earlier ran its first school sponsored by the state board of health with cooperation from the University of Texas and City of Austin.
Readable fragments from a Texas acreage note mention Brownguide and El Jardin with references to a seasonal or planning context. Details are sparse and the OCR yields partial phrases about land or property planning. No clear events, dates, or named organizations are extractable for a fuller summary.
A Houston fire caused about 50000 in loss at a big barrel factory. Texas shipped 40000 carloads of watermelons this season. Dallas hosts the state fair October 15 to 26 with executives attending on a special day. Grimes County bonds for roads total 1549500 after a countywide plan vote. Inland, cotton planters and ginners meet brownsville to curb smuggling amid pink bollworm concerns.
Edinburgh report on world cattle trends notes the United States has surpassed production in consumption for sheep and mutton and is at the balancing point in beef. Major Wentworth predicts Britain’s colonies may export to the U.S. in 15 years while the U.S. will remain a beef and dairy market rather than a pork or bacon market.
Washington officials of the United States Shipping Board asked the Department of Agriculture for information on the movement of Kansas wheat to determine if diversion is feasible. It will not be possible to divert some flows from Canadian ports to Galveston and New Orleans. Large quantities are moving through the Great Lakes and in British vessels from Montreal, a route about three cents a bushel cheaper than Gulf port routes. The Shipping Board has been asked to consider the competition and is sending data to decide on any lower Gulf ocean rate.
Juneau Alaska More than 10 000 000 will be required by the Alaska road commission for roads and trails with an annual maintenance charge of 750 000 after completion Col onel James G Steese president of the commission says the commission oversees 9626 miles of thoroughfares The first division includes eighty miles of wagon road and a half mile of trail There are 204 miles of highway in the second division 3035 34 miles of trails 27 miles of bobsled road and 87 miles of tramway The third division has 488 miles of wagon road 1488 miles of trails and 177 miles of bobsled road The fourth division has 628 miles of wagon road 2402 miles of trails 824 miles for sledding and 13 miles of tramway
Sixty Willacy County cotton farmers met to discuss the boll weevil crisis. They planned to clear and burn cotton fields and fence rows after harvest to destroy weevils and considered using pure bred seed for higher yields.
Reported unofficial data show speed exceeding 21 knots and about 35 000 horsepower during the first of three standardization trials of the West Virginia. The superdreadnought is the last U S capital ship to be completed in ten years under the armaments treaty.
About 1 600 bales have been shipped from Walmar since the start of the month with around 500 bales remaining in farmers yards. Gins are idle as receipts are light. The cotton crop outlook is not as promising as a few weeks ago.
One hundred ten carloads of free text books have arrived at Oklahoma City and will be distributed to all 400 county and independent depositories as rapidly as possible, announced M A Nash state superintendent of public instruction on Wednesday.
Bandits released American lumberman R G Bartineau who had been held for ransom in a disputed border area. report notes his release after payment or negotiations and confirms his safety.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a Persian incident reference with unclear names and locations. The readable portion notes a death or slain event in Persia, mentioning Buehires and steam as garbled terms, but lacks complete details or context.
Flint youth Campbell Soot, aged twelve, has earned over 180 medals and several cups becoming the champion dancer of the world. He has competed against top dancers from Scotland Ireland and across the United States in exhibitions and contests.
Harry M. Manley a Freeport lawyer and psychologist completed an eighty day fast to study human potential. He weighed 148 pounds at the start and 110 pounds at one point, arguing ordinary nourishment is secondary to the body’s response to poisons.
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