Texas Farmers' Congress Elects New Officers at College Station
The eighteenth annual Texas Farmers' Congress closed with John Gorham of Waco elected president and Fritz Englehardt of Eagle Lake as vice president. O. Moser of Dallas was re elected secretary and treasurer as the Woman's Council was organized with twelve members. The group adopted resolutions on rural schools and libraries and heard speeches on rural education and domestic science. The congress plans to reconvene next year on the college campus.
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College Station
Tex
Texas Farmers’ Congress
John Gorham
Waco
H. F E. Singleton
Moe- Kinney
Fritz Englehardt
Eagle Lake
Gorham
O. Moser
Dallas
Woman's Council
Congress
Texas Woman's Educational and Industrial Association
R. H. Hayes
Alvin
Harry E. Singleton, Jr
FE. W. Knox
San Antonio
Texas
Nursery Men's Association
J. H. Arbenz
Sarita
State Horticultural Society
Louis Scholl
New Braunfels
Texas Bee Keepers’ Association
KE. J. Kyle
EB. 8. Stockwell
Texas Orange Growers’ Union
Benigna G. Kalb
Bellaire
Texas Co-operative Poultry Producers
Fritz Englehardat
Fagle Lake
Texas Truck, Growers’ Association
B. Youngblood
Texas Experiment Station Association
A. B. Connor
Texas Farm Management Association
T. F. Gilley
Caldwell
Texas Cotton Growers’ Association
John ©. Burns
Texas Horse, Jack and Mule Breeders’ Association
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Austin
EK. M. Barrett
State Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Congress
Clint Williams Hanged for Murder in Fort Worth
Clint Williams a youthful negro convicted of murdering Oscar Scroggins to steal his motorcycle was hanged in Fort Worth, Texas, last Thursday. His neck broke on the fall.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Clint Williams
Oscar Scroggins
Federal Reserve Plan to Move Crops Aids Cotton Market
The Federal Reserve Board outlined a plan to use Fed system resources to finance the fall crop movement, focusing on cotton to prevent price volatility and credit stringency. Banks would rediscount farmer notes secured by warehouse receipts and insurance, with storage and collateral details guiding loans.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Cotter
New York Cotton Exchange
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Banks
Peary Sends Phonograph to Cape York Eskimos
Admiral Robert E. Peary fulfilled a wish of Ootah and Cape York Eskimos by shipping a phonograph and records to the northern tribe. The items are loaded in the MacMillan relief ship George B. Cluett which has cleared Sydney Nova Scotia for the Arctic voyage.
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New York
Robert &E. Peary
North Pole
Ootah
Pole
Cape York
Globe
MacMillan
George B. Cluett
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Arctic
Labor to Teach Prison Convicts at Sing Sing
With AFL president Samuel Gompers approval labor representatives volunteered Tuesday to send instructors to Sing Sing prison to teach inmates modern methods of manufacturing.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
Amercan Federation of Labor
Sing Sing Prison
Drying Plant for Curing Black-Eyed Peas at Hearne
A drying plant for curing black-eyed peas has been erected at Hearne Texas. A large acreage has been planted in peas, indicating substantial production activity in the area.
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Hearne
Tex
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Healthier Liver and Family Safety
An aging advertisement essay condemns calomel and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims one spoonful purges sluggish liver and bowel waste, with a money back guarantee and endorsement for all ages. It also includes a contrasting theatrical excerpt on slander attributed to Peaumarchais.
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Dodson
The Tibetan Market Dance of Haggling
A traveler notes Tibetans by the roadside bargaining with signs and smiles. Peddlers offer jade cups and turquoise or carved goods while inviting a patient, pride free negotiation that defines daily life and commerce in sunrise markets.
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Tibet
Hair or No Hair and Roads in China Debated
An ad for Cuticura hair care products claims scalp health benefits and free samples. The piece also includes a humorously critical travel note comparing Ireland's snakes to Ireland roads and a roads recipe from Wide World Magazine describing a dirt poor North road turned by floods into a rough track.
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Ireland
China
Wide World Magazine
Perverse Human Nature Quotation on Poverty and Riches
A dialogue questions whether poverty or wealth improves perspective. The speaker doubts both, arguing poverty keeps life simple by necessity while riches prevent simple living due to doctors’ advice.
Balsam of Myrrh Trade Expands from India Sample
A tiny sample of Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh found in an interior Indian village and became the seed of a growing, consistent trade. Each shipment grows larger as the commerce expands the supply chain.
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Hanford
India
Landlord Urged to Inspect Rain Damage at House
Brief exchange requests landlord visit to verify ceiling damage from rain and to assess further harm caused by children to the residence. Both parties insist on the landlord witnessing all affected areas before any action or repairs.
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Henry
Han ford's Balsam of Myrrh for metal burn relief
A fragment notes usage of Han ford's Balsam of Myrrh to soothe splashing metal burns. The text also references a girl described as a daisy yet revealed as a black-eyed Susan, implying a social or moral label within a stereotype.
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Hanford
Adv
Glasgow Lodging Houses Heart of City Provides For Poor
Glasgow operates seven municipal lodging houses with six for men and one for women. The stone buildings range from three to five stories and offer each lodger a private room with bed and chair. Beds are equipped with wire springs, hair or fiber mattresses, coarse sheets, a blanket, a coverlet, a pillow and pillowcase. Rooms are aired cleaned and washed each morning. The seven houses total 2 235 bedrooms.
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Glasgow
Nightly quip about Nero and Rome fire mischief
The joke contrasts Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burned with a worse image of bagpipes. In Bensonhurst a counterline suggests less tragedy, joking that the old man might have played bagpipes instead.
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Flatbush
Nero
Rome
Bensonhurst
Capudine Adassails Aches Pains And Nervousness
An advertisement touts Capudine as a non narcotic remedy for aches pains and nervousness promising quick relief and urging readers to try it.
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Adv
Milton's Record Beat as Student Brags on Writing
Brooklyn Star reports a student quotes Milton took fifteen days for a single page in Paradise Lost. A convict counters with a claim of endurance, saying he has spent six years on one sentence.
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Milton
Brooklyn Star
Laughter Fades As Professor Cites Hanford's Bal Sam Tact
A student denies laughing at the professor. The professor responds by highlighting Hanford's Bal sam for back treatment, advising thorough application and rubbing in. Ady.
Not Under the Circumstances
A fragment from a humorous dialogue contrasts expectations around Jones death and highlights a grim remark about drinking. The exchange notes a physician's presence and implies resignation rather than shock in the speaker.
Echo Keeps Its Last Word, Pa Says
A humorous exchange as a mother attempts to speak but is interrupted by her child. The father jokes that an echo is the only thing that can cheat a woman out of the last word.
Well Named Whirlwind Winded Promising Salesman
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls a promising young traveling salesman who failed to deliver. One man notes his early success on the first trip but only brings back excuses on the second, joking that he was all whirlwind at the start and all wind at the end.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Claims Malaria Cure
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria fighter and iron builder. It emphasizes quinine and iron in a tasteless form and notes a 50 cent price with no name attached to the payment unless a bank balance backs it.
Automobile salesman deceives man in fatal accident tale
A humorous modern anecdote recounts a man named Dobble who was urged into a casual chat with a smooth talking car salesman and ended up buying a vehicle that led to an unfortunate incident. The tale frames the incident as a cautionary joke about gullibility and commerce.
Ground Itch Cured by Tetterine Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Tetterine as a cure for eczema ground itch and related skin diseases. Mrs. Thomas Thompson of Clarksville Ga. says fifteen years of tormenting eczema improved after using Tetterine. The ad claims thousands testify and lists J. T. Shuptrine Savannah Ga as supplier at 50 cents by mail or at druggists.
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Thomas Thompson
Clarksville
Tetterine
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah
An Error in Debate Over Expense With Wife
A Detroit Free Press quip notes a husband admits a mistake in arguing about expense with his wife. He said he could not afford an automobile, which backfired as she wants it more than before. The exchange highlights humorous domestic dynamics.
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Detroit Free Press
How did you come to run up your cottage
A terse exchange ends with a deflective reply. The line hints at an anecdote linking a cottage’s rise to the speaker’s path, inviting readers to read between the lines for a fuller anecdote.
Hanford's Balsam Ady Featured For Wire Cuts
The note mentions Hanford's Balsam Ady in relation to wire cuts and jokes, implying a playful or promotional element. The terse line suggests a novelty angle tied to vaudeville humor and post graduate course satire within a local context.
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Hanford
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Ady
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