Hurricane sweeps Eastern Gulf Coast causing widespread winds
A tropical hurricane moving northwest swept the Eastern Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida, with Mobile and Pensacola reporting 70 to 80 mph winds, high tides, and cut communications. Biloxi records 50 mph gusts, Pensacola 80 mph, New Orleans winds 34 mph, and Apalachee reports 7.10 inches of rain in 24 hours.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Pensacola
Mobile
Mississippi Sound
Biloxi
Miss
Thea
Deer Island
Appalachhicola
Fla
Southern states pay into internal revenues totaling 16 million
Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana contributed 16,045,192 to the federal internal revenue for the year ending June 20. Louisiana led with 10,182,988. Texas 4,032,276. Oklahoma 1,567,289. Arkansas 462,605. Totals include corporation and individual income taxes and ordinary taxes with state increases varying by category.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Treasury Department
United States
Brown County Wheat Crop Yields Mixed in Brownwood
Thrashing has continued for two weeks in Brown county with many poor yields, but some fields are very encouraging and as good as last year. Overall the crop is expected to be lighter than the previous season.
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Brownwood
Tex
Brown County
Texas Company unit declares $6 million dividend
The Producers Of Company of Houston, a Texas Company subsidiary, Friday declared a cash dividend of $6,000,000, equaling 200 percent of its capitalization. The dividend will be paid to the shareholders of the Texas Company.
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New York
Producers of! Company of Houston
Texas Company
Record In Petroleum Washington
The geological survey announced that U S petroleum production for the first half reached 140 million barrels, signaling a likely record year for the nation's output.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey
Yorktown approves $15,000 school bond by small margin
A $15,000 school bond election held Saturday in Yorktown Texas carried by a small majority. The vote results reflect local support for school funding despite a tight margin.
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Yorktown
Tex
Powder explosion at Aetna plant kills seven in Emporium
Seven men died and five were seriously burned when several thousand pounds of powder exploded in the cryhouse at the Aetna Explosives Company plant near Emporium on Saturday.
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Emporium
Aetna Explosives Company
Goliad farmer brings in first cotton bale of the season
Goliad Texas Sam Johnson from the Charco neighborhood delivered the towns first bale of cotton on Wednesday and declined a 126 offer to sell the produce promptly.
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Goliad
Goliad, Tex
Sam Johnson
Charco
Johnson
Best Poultry Breed For The Small Farm
The article weighs breed choices for limited flocks, endorsing White Wyandotte, White or Barred Plymouth Rock, and Rhode Island Reds for 100 or fewer chickens. It covers housing, ventilation, cleanliness, pest control, dust baths, feed in winter, and the profitability of poultry, with emphasis on care and wholesome meat and eggs.
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Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
B. Lara
Plymouth
Blue Grass Value Shown For Hog Fattening
Tests at the Missouri station over five years show blue grass producing an average $26 in pork per acre when hogs are valued at eight cents per pound of live weight.
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Missouri Station
Flavor effects of fertilizers on vegetables described
The article explains how soil fertility and specific manures affect vegetable flavor. Hog manure can taint celery and tobacco. phosphates sweeten tomatoes. salt enhances asparagus onions and celery. poultry and barnyard manures improve onions and melons but excess nitrogen softens fruit and strains tomatoes. Fresh barnyard manure worsens strawberry shipping quality.
Adjustable Vine Cutter for Potato Vine Pruning
A Parksley Virginia inventor introduces an adjustable vine cutter mounted on a beam shank ahead of a potato plow. The device features a circular plate and notched dome head to clamp the cutter and set the cut angle for cultivating the crop.
Spraying Apple Trees with Lime Sulphur and Lead Arsenate
Guide to spraying fruit trees recommends lime sulphur mixtures at one to forty for apples and one to fifty for others, plus two and a half pounds of arsenate of lead. Apply first as pink blossoms appear, then as petals drop, with a repeat spray two weeks later.
General Farm Notes: balance, care, and productive tips
Spraying yields clean fruit and a garden can be a money maker. Poultry respond to care, machinery displacement calls for more attention to upkeep, and a balanced ration needs gumption. Each farmer should run an experiment plot and keep a well kept yard with trees and ornamentation to enhance value.
Moving House Tips From A Practical Guide
Guidance on a careful moving process outlines how to tackle small tasks first to avoid a messy home during departure. It covers sorting unnecessary items for donation, packing clothing, packing fragile items with padding, and using tubs and barrels for packing china, glassware, and utensils.
Take Stains From Bathtub With Kerosene Method
Remove oily deposits from porcelain bathtubs and bowls by applying kerosene with soft paper, then wipe with more paper and burn the used sheets. Wash fixtures with soap and hot water. Avoid soda or scouring powders and use oxalic acid for brown stains from standing water.
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Nellie M. Killgore
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colorado
Corn Soup From Fresh Corn and Onion Milk
Cut corn from the cob to yield a pint of milky kernels without hulls. Add a pint of hot water or stock and cook ten minutes. Prepare a quart of milk at boiling, season with onion juice, combine with corn, thicken with butter and flour, simmer fifteen minutes, press, add butter, and serve with croutons.
Stuffed Fillets of Whiting Recipe
Three whitings with onion mushrooms parsley salt and pepper are rolled and skewered then dipped in egg and bread crumbs. Fried in hot fat or oil until cooked and served.
Orange Omelet with Cream and Orange Preserves
Beat yolks and whites separately from five eggs then combine and season. Stir in five tablespoons cream dissolved with two tablespoons cornstarch. Cook slowly in a buttered pan, then finish in the oven until set. Spread half the omelet with orange preserves and serve hot.
Dixie Dessert Assembly Guide
Beep out the tops of small sponge cakes and fill with banana chopped walnut and coconut. Garnish the edge with banana slices, top with half a walnut and sprinkle with coconut.
Rice and Ham Casserole with Crunch Crust
A recipe instructs mixing two cupfuls rice with a cupful minced ham browned in butter, salt cayenne and sugar. The mixture is placed in a buttered pan, topped with cracker crumbs and baked until browned.
Arkansas Man Recommends Lang-Vita for TB Suffering
J T Diwan testifies his wife with tuberculosis and poor health improved after four to five bottles of Lang-Vita. She gained weight and feels better. Sang-Vita is praised for consumption and asthma. Ad lists thirty day Tamy-Vita trial at $1.75 from Nashville Medicine Co. Nashville Tenn.
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Arkansas
J. T. Diwan
Ein Aa
Nashville Medicine Company
Dept. A
Nashville
Tenn
Ady
Remembers Her Bible in Odd Matrimony Quip
Two men boast they cannot live without her. She chooses the rich suitor, saying the poorer one might reach heaven more easily if he were to die. The exchange reflects a local society whimsy on courtship and fortune.
A Hint to Wise Women About Femenina Ad
An advertisement urges women to avoid suffering from ailments by using Femenina, claiming all female troubles will vanish. The copy promotes price at $1.00 and emphasizes quick relief.
Consistent line on carpet hints at border movement
The quote reflects a debate on policy direction focusing on border issues. It contrasts intellect with happiness and suggests the current topic dominates the discussion rather than broader contentment.
Why Women Write Letters About Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
Readers question the authenticity of letters published by Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. The company asserts all letters are genuine with consent from writers. It credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for alleviating female ailments and improving health and happiness for many women across the country.
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Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Houston
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Secret Service Company
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Texas Optical Co
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F. W. Heitmann Co
Kress
A. J. Hess & Son
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Sun Die Won
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Capitol Avenue
Houston Auto Supplies
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DeKalb Ave
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Batavia
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