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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
11
Editorial urges readers to support the home merchant against direct sales by large manufacturers. It argues local dealers offer lower overall costs, smaller profits, faster access, and strong community ties, while promising to match demanded lines if asked. It encourages price comparisons and collective patronage to keep commerce local.
Texas and adjacent counties report heavy rains easing road damage and boosting crops. Wheat yields in Chillicothe and Ballinger areas are projected around 20 bushels per acre, with overall Texas wheat potentially reaching 15 million bushels. Better rains improve corn, cotton, oats, and cattle grazing prospects across the Southwest.
The bumper grain crops and urgent cotton labor demand draw workers from the region and beyond. Pay rises, railroad harvest excursions, and in some communities officials and professionals joining the fields reflect a nationwide scramble for labor while officials report tens of thousands of needed harvesters. Meanwhile local reports note a successful Children’s Day service and advertise Try Hoppe Company for difficult forge work.
A Lorenzo event on July 2 and 3 offers premiums for top farm products, ladies work, and cooking. Activities include roping, horse and relay races, foot races, car and potato races, two baseball games by top South Brains teams, an evening dance, candidate speeches, and merchant bargains inviting broad attendance.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a medicinal remedy or drug claim. Mentions B P Flopkins, Addler-ika, and digestive issues. Lacks coherent events or verifiable names, leaving uncertain specifics or outcomes.
In Trinity Texas on June 18 farmers across East Texas work long hours to replant cotton after Trinity River overflow washed away crops. One farmer operates 100 planters for 14 hours daily. six weeks of hard work ahead to recover. Rural free delivery helps bring groceries to distant farms as many cannot reach town.
Light rain Sunday fell around Lubbock and across the county, soaking the ground mostly without urgent need for farming. The city area benefits as range grasses recover after Monday's rain, and stockmen report better conditions and prosperity. The note ends with a playful ad cue for Hopper & Ceat and a prompt about First Monday.
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