Second Crops in Texas Show Promise of Diversified Farms
F. O. Norris of Eagle Lake advocates second crops of corn and sugar cane as a path to diversified farming. Capt. Dunovant’s 100 acre corn plot near Eagle Lake illustrates potential with homegrown and June corn slated for roasting by October. Poisoning pests proved costly but feasible with proper materials and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Norris
Eagle Lake
Capt. Wim. Dun Evant
Dun
Capt
Lunovant
Eve
Cape
Dunovant
Hragos
Texas Railroad Commission Sets Soap and Powder Rates
The Texas Railroad Commission orders new carload rates for soap and soap powder moving to Texas points from St. Louis and other cities. Houston to common points 33 cents per 100 pounds, Galveston 36 cents, with differential territory rates set by existing fifth class rules. Effective Sept 21, the order invites Texas business leaders to a large convention to support the measure and Texas interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission of ‘Texas Laying
St. Louis
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Louston
Employig
Express Messenger Adair Receives Two Watches
A Wells Fargo employee, Express Messenger Adair, earned praise after a banditry incident at Stucin's Pass and received two fine watches. Back from a Cochise, Arizona layoff, he was honored in the Wells Fargo office with a running Bob Sigersoll doll watch and a gold engraved timepiece from his colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
Wells Fargo Company
Southern Pacific
Stucin's Pass
el Paso
Dia Bokkup
Cochise
Ari
Wella, Barge Company
Bob Sigersoll
Proclamation Calling Texas Counties to Industrial Convention
The governor asks county judges to appoint delegates to an industrial convention in Dallas on October 20 and 21. The event is billed as signaling a new era of industrial enterprise and manufacturing in Texas, with Dallas commercial interests inviting manufacturers and capitalists from other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Kenneth Foree
Dallas County
Tes
Dallas
Tex
Pexats
Weaders
Special Session Sought by Two Texas Representatives
Representatives J. G. Willacy of Porthind and J. W. Bolin of Daingerfield met in Fort Worth and urged a special legislative session. They expect the governor to call lawmakers in November or January to consider tax and related bills likely to affect the state next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Willacy
Porthind
J. W. Bolin
Daingerfield
Fort Wort
Willacy
Fix Cent
Cniee
Willary
Hoodlums Arrested After Opera House Disturbance
A repertoire troupe faced repeated disturbances at the Chimesville opera house as a band of hoodlums disrupted the pigeon roast crowd. Officers trapped the group and arrested several suspects the next morning, likely ending the nuisance.
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Chimesville
Feed Adulteration Concerns Texas Farmers and Stockmen
The Texas Experiment Station reports adulteration in cotton seed meal from Alverson County. It notes moisture damage and hull content as adulterants, dark color indicating lower value, and blends with heated seed or old, fermenting meal. The piece calls for a pure food law to protect consumers and animals, as no actionable purchaser remedy exists currently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Alveston County
Texas Experimental Station
J. H W. Connell
Peabody Fund Letter on Prairie View Scholarships
Dr J L M Curry general agent for the Peabody fund writes to state official Kendall about using Peabody money for Prairie View Normal and Industrial school for colored people He declines scholarship use for Prairie View and favors using funds to pay teachers' salaries noting a broader policy tied to similar privileges for Texas schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. L. M. Curry
Peabody Fund
Prairie View
Texas
Uly
JL. M. Curry
Yard Improvements at Sherman
General Roadmaster Griffin and Division Roadmaster Kelly of the St Louis Southwestern railway inspected yard projects at Sherman. Upon completion about two and a half miles of new yard will be added mainly in East Sherman, expanding capacity and signaling growth in shipping tied to local manufacturing interests.
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Sherman
Griffin
Kelly
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Shermen
East Sherman
St. Louis Southwestard
Mbone
Yusive
South
Kansas
Texaa
Wollstan and Texas Central Railway
New Railroad Meeting In Jacksonville Advances Southern Pacific Link
A meeting of businessmen and prominent citizens in Jacksonville discussed attracting Southern Pacific to route through the area. Resolutions approved pursuing proper procedures, donations for a depot, and rights of way, as steps to close the Rockland Cedar gap.
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Tacksonville
Rockland
Cedar
Rheroker Coulty
Road project discussion in Nacogdoches and Jacksonville
A meeting was held with Mayor B S Wetter of Nacogdoches to confer with the management of the proposed road project. The mayor represented that the city would cooperate with Jacksonville to attract the road to pass through Nacogdoches, aligning intentions for the plan.
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Tee
B. 8. Wetteranatrk
Nacogdoches
Jacksonville
Avogdoches
Dolar Dinner Plans Set for State Fair Grounds
A contractor to serve the Dolar dinner at Texas state fair grounds on Democrat day arranges a grand feast. He will cook a 200 pound hog in an oven, arrange nine tables of 90 feet and five tables of 40 feet on stage, totaling 500 yards of table, with 1000 dozens of china pieces and 110 waiters to serve.
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Luis
Lease Land Receipts Show Rise Under New Administration
From Austin a dispatch reports lease land receipts for the past three months surpassing the same period last year. June to August 1898 totals range from 21,218.34 to 37, with 1899 figures higher yet, while land office fees rose to 2,898.55 this period. The gains reflect measures to make the land office self supporting as mandated by the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Mir. Rogan
Land Office
Inquest Fees at Issue in Emma Spears Case
Justice Barker sues Grigson county to recover fees for inquesting Emma Spears body. Commissioners refuse, deeming death self evident. Case may interestJustices of the Peace as the inquest question receives full ventilation from opposing views.
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G. A. Barker
Klondike Clunms Brakeman Wilson to Visit Oakland
Rock Island railroad brakeman J. K. Wilson of Fort Worth invested $1000 in the Klondike two years ago and holds 25 claims on Bonanza Eldorado Dominion and Hunker creeks. He received word that his sister in Oakland has news from Dawson and plans to go there immediately. He intends to join her within twenty days and his railroad friends cheer his good fortune.
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J. K. Wilson
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Klondike
Eldorado
Dominion
Hunker
Oakland
Cal
Dawson
Wilson
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FO. Norris
Texago
Capt. Dunovant
Louis N. Mullen
Misa Marie Kern
Frank Hernisch
Birmingham
Ala
Mullen
Louis Napoleon Mullen
United States
Sam Mullen
Thirty-Third Regiment
Philippines
Manila
St. James Hotel
San Antonio
Sam J. Winter
Court of Civil Appeals
California
Monterey Bay
Bodge Hunter
Hunter
Sacramento
Monterey
Fayette
Grayson County
Fayette Candle
Alabama
Second
Texas Infantry
Spain
Warden Wilkins
Woods
Altbama
Gordonville
the Peabody Fund
New Railroad
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