Texas Cotton Acreage Estimate Reaches 12.3 Million
Texas farmers expect 12,312,000 acres of cotton this year up from 11,193,000 a year ago, with June 25 conditions at 72 percent of normal. Forecasts peg yield around 137 pounds per acre and output near 3.53 million bales, amid replanting and widespread weevil pressure managed by calcium arsenate and cultural controls.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Middle West
Nueces
Rio Grand River
Blue Sky Law Dented by Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota's blue sky law is nearly nullified by a state supreme court ruling that bans its prohibition on selling stock when the issuer does not offer securities in Minnesota. The decision holds that an absolute stock owner may sell his shares without violating the law.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
State Supreme Court
German Railroads Being Restored After Armistice
Berne Switzerland reports that 150000 freight cars and 6000 locomotives sent to France by Germany since the armistice have been replaced by new material. A Swiss delegate who returned from Berlin said railway men at a technical conference confirmed the restoration progress.
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Berne
Switzerland
France
Germany
Berlin
Harding at Marion asserts enforce law by majority
President Harding told his Marion audience that the constitution and laws sponsored by the majority must be enforced. He warned that menaces could arise but would be suppressed by the government while public opinion works to erase them.
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Marion, O
Harding
Fair Grounds
Marion
Ammeters for Home Radios The Hot Wire Ammeter
The article explains building a simple hot wire ammeter for amateur radio use. It describes a platinum wire element that expands with current, a movable thread and spring mechanism, and a dial to indicate current. Proper wire length and precise parts adjustments are essential for accuracy.
Tuning Coils and Inductances for Radio Receivers
A survey of tuning devices for radio reception explains simple tuning coils, methods to adjust wave length using sliders and taps, and the use of inductance coils, transformers, and chokes. It covers making home crafted coils, rotary switches, and practical notes on connections and adjustments.
Simple Vacuum Tube Receiving Set for Amateur Use
A plain two adjustment vacuum tube detector radio set shown with an aerial ground variable condenser induction grid leak fixed condenser grid phone receivers and 22 volt battery. Buildable from a pasteboard coil and simple components with tuning by condenser and rheostat for best signal reception.
Order Sale of the M. K. T. Railroad
Federal court orders foreclosure of three mortgages on the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad of Texas and authorizes a public sale about August 15. Special master A B Flanary to sell properties at Denison and Greenville with main Denison to Houston line at Colbert Ohio. Creditors’ priority to be determined later.
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Dallas
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway of Texas
James C. Wilson
North Texas District
Missouri, Kansas and
Texas
A. B. Flanary
Denison
Shreveport
McKinney
Greenville
Houston
United States Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Wilson
Colbert
Ohlo
C. B E. Schaff
Attorney General Opinion on Taxation of Penitentiary Lands
The attorney general states that only lands acquired to establish state farms and employ convict labor are taxable. The board of prison commissioners must list each farm separately for county taxation, paid from the farm's own revenue and charged to its operating expense, not from other farms' revenue.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
W. W. Caves
Board of Prison Commissioners
Texas
Five Towns Wiped Out By Irrigation Waters
El Paso region reports five former towns erased by Rio Grande and Elephant Butte dam floods. Cantadero once 400 residents, Santa Ricio 600, San Algino 250, San Jose 250, Alamocito 300. Their churches stores cemeteries and schools vanish beneath farm lands and crumbling remains remain.
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el Paso
Tex
Cantadero
Rio Grande
Elephant Butte
Santa Ricio
San Algino
San Jose
Alamocito
Builder Vitelle Convicted in Taft K K K Raid
John H. Vitelle, convicted by a jury in Bakersfield of assaulting Dr. Dwight R. Mason during a K K K raid in Taft, received an indeterminate prison term. Testimony described Mason’s hanging and floggings, with Vitelle identified as exalted cyclops of the Taft Klan.
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Bakersfield
Cal
John H. Vitelle
Dwight R. Mason
Taft
Dr. Mason
Vitelle
Cyclops
Taft Klan
British Columbia Goat Farms Rise In Provincial Agriculture
Several BC farms raise goats exclusively with herds in the hundreds. Milk sold to Vancouver and Victoria supports children and invalids, while young animals feed a growing market. Goats thrive on range and cost little when confined, yielding about six quarts daily.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Returned unto the Shepherds flock in 2:25 verse
A brief gospel verse notes that believers once wandered like sheep but have returned to the shepherd and guardian of their souls. The quotation emphasizes redemption and guidance through Christ.
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Peter
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
America
Hyatt Verrill
Mare
M., K. & T. Railroad
Darky
Goodyear
Arizona
Putnam
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