Planting Shade Trees Promoted Across Texas Coast
A Texas initiative aims to plant hundreds of thousands of shade trees in the coast country over the next two years. Growers and nurserymen seek Gov. Campbell’s endorsement and an arbor day, while schools and arborists join the effort. Eucalyptus is favored for coast conditions and John W. Gates’ Port Arthur grove is cited as proof of rapid growth and value.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Campbell
John W. Gates
Port Arthur
South
California
Midway farmers rush corn planting as winter ends
In Midway Texas favorable weather spurs outdoor work and plowing for corn. Farmers rush planting, hoping for good stands as February corn comes up. Rain is needed to settle freshly broken black land. more corn will be planted than usual. Surplus is favored over shortage.
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Midway
Tex
Insect Appears in Sherman County Fields
A small grain pest, described as resembling a grasshopper and closer to crickets, has appeared in Sherman County. Specimens may be sent to the state entomologist at the Agricultural and Mechanical College for evaluation.
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Sherman
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Summer school for farmers endorsed at A and M College
F W Davis of Woodbine Texas endorses a June 14 to July 24 summer school for farmers stock raisers and others at the A and M College of Texas. He praises vocational training in public schools and notes the shift toward extension work to reach rural communities, calling the initiative a step toward Texas becoming a wealthier happier land.
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A. and
M. College
Texas
E. W. Davis
Potatoes Drive Acreage Boost in Taylor Seed Trade
A surge in Irish potato planting is noted as Triumph seed potatoes shift to new planters. Within two days one firm in the city sold two carloads to different buyers, adding to sales from about a dozen other dealers in Taylor.
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Taylor, Tex
Triumph
Taylor
Drought Grim Foe For Alleyton Farmers
Alleyton Texas reports an early spring with only one rain in eight weeks. Farmers and stockmen complain of drought effects, scarce water, parched grass, and delayed planting. prospects grow bleaker if rain does not arrive in two to three weeks.
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Alleyton
Tex
Smuggling case bound over for El Paso court
Toribio Jiminez faced an examining trial before US Commissioner H. B. Griffin in Marfa Texas accused of smuggling fifteen head of horses and mules. The trial concluded with Jiminez bound over in the sum of $500 to await action by the US Court at El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Tex
United States
H. B. Griffin
Toribio Jiminez
el Paso
Onions Shipped From Laredo In First Carload
Laredo Texas Monday saw the first carload of onions shipped by Mr Davis president of the Southwest Texas truck Growers Association. Several more cars will depart this week by other growers as Webb county crop is expected to top sixteen hundred cars this season.
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Laredo
Tex
Davis
Southwest Texas Truck Growers’ Association
Webb County
Palacios Beacon Established by Col D L Stump
Palacios Texas now has a newspaper named the Palacios Beacon. It was established by Col D L Stump who previously worked for the Port Arthur Daily News and later for Crow ly Acadian in Louisiana.
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Palacios, Tex
Palacios
The
Palacios Beacon
Col. D. L. Stump
Port Arthur
Houston Belt and Terminal completes major land purchases
The Houston Belt and Terminal company completed extensive land acquisitions totaling about $500,000. The purchase includes a full block sold by Sheriff Anderson for $32,000 and a strip of land to straighten the road’s approach to the new station.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Belt and Terminal Company
Sheriff Anderson
Burned at the stake for attempt to criminal incident
A white woman faces a severe act described as burned at the stake in connection with an alleged criminal attempt. Details are sparse in the readable text.
Rockwall Lynching Ends With Negro Burning After Identity
In Rockwall Texas a mob overpowered jail staff, identified Anderson Ellis as the assailant of Mrs. Arthur McKinney, tied him to a kerosene soaked stake, and burned him after he refused to speak. Earlier, Will Clark was shot when his father refused a posse entry to search for Ellis.
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Rockwall
Tex
Arthur McKinney
Anderson Ellis
Rockwall County
Rarlier
Will Clark
Andrew Clark
Ellis
Clark
Dallas
Collin
Hunt
Bills
Caddo Mills
Dugan
Greenville
Hunt County
Celeste
Sheriff Hall
Katy
Grosand
The Egg Product of Texas
Taylor shipments of eggs to Eastern markets show the hen’s impact on local business. Ten carloads shipped in ten days, 144000 eggs per car total 1,440,000 eggs worth about 14400 dollars at 12 cents per dozen. Beeville citrus growers form a local organization to cooperate with the state association and share planting and pest control methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Tex
New York City
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Beeville Citrus Growers
Beeville
Houston
Abilene Farmers Show Strong Interest in Modern Farming
K R Kone commissioner of agriculture spoke at an eleven day institute in Abilene noting high farmer interest and promising cooperation with the department. In Hearne Edwin Reinhardt a Central telegraph operator developed a gripograph claimed to cure operator's paralysis and aims for success with the invention.
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Abilene
Austin
Tex
K. R. Kone
Kone
Department
Hearne
Edwin Reinhardt
The
Central
Apple Farm Sold At Lake Arthur New Mexico
Brownwood Texas reports Messrs H H Sig man and John Davitte sold their irrigated 480 acre apple and alfalfa farm at Lake Arthur New Mexico for 43000 dollars at 90 per acre. They recently bought the land at a nominal sum and installed artesian wells and alfalfa fields.
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Brownwood
Tex
Messrs
H. H. Sigman
John Davitte
Lake Arthur
N. M
Messrs. Sigman & Davitte
Largest Peanut Farm Planned in Calhoun County Texas
A. J. Hoover and C. A. Burton announce plans to create the largest peanut farm in Texas in Calhoun County. They recently bought the Caloma pasture of 9,000 acres eight miles from Port Lavaca and will plant 1,280 acres in fenced groundnut, amid an active market.
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Port Lavaca
Tex
A. J. Hoover
C. A. Burton
Texas
Calhoun County
Caloma
Beaumont Woodman circle team wins state drill prize
Houston Tex Beaumont Woodman circle team takes first prize pennant in the circle drilling contest. Denison earns the second highest state medal. Olive Grove San Antonio wins South Texas medal and Greenville circle wins North Texas medal. All winning teams are composed entirely of ladies. Woodmen teams had not completed their drills.
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Houston
Tex
Beaumont Woodman Circle
Denison
Olive Grove
San Antonio
South Texas
Greenville Circle
North Texas
Woodmen
The Right Kind of Reading Matter
A local paper touts itself as essential reading, emphasizing home news and community gossip as the first and most interesting material for readers, promising content tailored to townspeople.
Lufkin Canning Company Elects Leaders Plans Plant Site
The Lufkin Canning Company held a meeting Thursday and elected officers and chose a site for a new plant. Construction starts immediately and should finish in time for the upcoming fruit and truck crop, with a capacity of about one car per day.
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Lufkin, Tex
Lufkin Canning Company
Fire destroys Lufkin Lumber commissary in Texas
A fire at the Lufkin Lumber company commissary in Lufkin Texas caused $1000 in building damage and $1000 in furniture loss. Insurance covered the losses.
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Lufkin
Tex
Lufkin Lumber Company
Rosenberg Postoffice Robbed in Texas Burglaries
Rosenberg Texas post office burglarized Saturday night. Intruder forced the door with an iron bar but did not crack the safe and took about 8 dollars in stamps.
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Rosenberg Postoffice
Rosenberg
Tex
Farmers Add Small Gasoline Engines For Home Use
Flatonia Texas farmers install small horsepower gasoline engines to grind corn saw wood and pump water, boosting self sufficiency and local processing capability.
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Flatonia
Tex
Cotton Growers Organize Meeting in Taylor Texas
Merchants business men and farmers of Taylor and nearby areas are called to a mass meeting at city hall this week to organize a Williamson county branch of the National Cotton Growers Association. Hon. J. C. Jones from Caldwell will preside and speak.
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Taylor
Tex
National Cotton Growers’ Association
Williamson County
J. C. Jones
Caldwell
Dry winter leaves Lampasas grain crop nearly ruined
Lampasas Texas reports an extremely dry winter with minimal freezes. Less than one inch of rain fell in 1909 and only one inch in December. Ground is arid and farmers urge rain to save the grain crop.
Miners Strike Near Graham Texas Over Tonnage Scale
In Newcastle area coal miners walk out after failing to agree on tonnage scale. about 100 workers affected. Pay had been 3.3 dollars per day prior to the stoppage.
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Graham
Tex
Newcastle
Paprie Parmesan Buttered Wafers Bake
A recipe note describes salted wafers baked with butter sprinkled with paprie and Parmesan, then browned in the oven for a savory crisp. The instruction emphasizes layering flavors and finishing with a golden crust.
Children Taken to Pasteur Institute After Mad Dog Bites
Four children of Dewitt Taylor deputy postmaster and Arthur Sublett aged 12 were taken to Austin on Wednesday to be treated for bites from a mad dog at the Pasteur Institute in Austin.
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Austin
San Marcos
Tex
Dewitt Taylor
Arthur Sublett
J. B. Sublett
Pasteur Institute
Corn Planting Delayed In Giddings Area
Giddings Texas reports widespread delays in corn planting as February weather leaves pastures brown and dry. Moisture is scarce on black or bottom land, though sandy soils show enough moisture to germinate corn.
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Giddings
Tex
Drouth Threatens Brazoria County Farms
Dry weather in Brazoria County Texas has halted planting as farmers wait for rain. Some who planted earlier report seed failure due to ground that will not sprout from the persistent drought. Most land was prepared while moisture was available, awaiting future showers.
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Drouth
Brazoria County
Columbia
Tex
Bank President Thrown From Auto in City Collision
Uvalde Texas. W D Kincaid president of the Uvalde National Bank was thrown from his automobile Tuesday in a collision with a street car. He landed on his head and was unconscious but regained consciousness and it is thought he will recover.
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Uvalde, Tex
W. D. Kincaid
Uvalde National Bank
Egg shipments fall as prices drop in Gonzales
Since Christmas fourteen cars of eggs have been shipped and about fifty coops of chickens are sold weekly. Egg prices have halved since last Christmas, with a car that once brought 4000 dollars now yielding 2000 dollars.
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Gonzales
Tex
Preparing Crops Despite Drouth in San Antonio
Sheriff Jesse B. Farris of De Witt county reports farmers in his area press ahead with crop preparations despite the drought and lack of rain. He is in San Antonio for a short stay and notes continued effort amid dry weather.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jesse B. Farris
de Witt County
Monk Gibson
McDade Man Survives Severe Foot Injury
Ed Eschberger of McDade area cut his foot with a foot adz while working on a wagon. The severed artery threatened his life until a physician arrived and tied the artery, saving him as he grew weak.
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McDade, Tex
Ed Eschberger
McDade
Rain Needed as Crops Grow in Plantersville
Plantersville observers report corn thriving but drought conditions persist with hard cloddy soil. Mr. T. J. Tucker ginned the last two bales of 1908 cotton on Saturday while cattle are faring well.
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Plantersville
Tex
T. J. Tucker
New Flume Underway on Lone Star Canal in Texas
Anahuac Texas report notes the dismantling of the old Lone Star Canal Company flume and the start of a new reinforced concrete and creosoted timber structure. Planned repairs and management assurances aim to enable water access to rice lands when conditions permit.
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Lone Star Canal
Anahuac
Tex
Lone Star Canal Company
League City lands sell at twenty dollars per acre
The League City Land Company sold 100 acres at League City to W. P. Ross for the Texas Land Company of Chicago. The purchase price was twenty dollars per acre.
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League City
Houston
Tex
League City Land Company
J. ‘McFadden
W. P. Ross
Texas Land Company of
Chicago
Forty Five Acres In Tomatoes Planned At Oakhurst Texas
Farmers in Oakhurst Texas will plant forty five acres in tomatoes for Northern markets this year. One grower will set about 225000 tomato plants as part of the organized trucking operation.
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Oakhurst
Tex
Co L V tale of a damp night and a wagons value
An Australian Stock Exchange member guarding a wagonload of goods during a cold night asks a colonel for a rough value. The colonel estimates about £200, provoking the soldier to threaten to return to camp to cash a check for the amount before weather ends him. The exact response of the colonel is not recorded.
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Co. L. V
The
Stock Exchange
Melbourne Times
Boiling grease scald heals with Cureitura ointment
Mrs Hare recalls a severe facial scald when a frying pan spilled boiling grease on her baby. After doctor care and months of use, Cureitura Ointment fully healed the skin leaving no marks. The account cites Potter Drug & Chem Corp in Boston as supplier.
Lost Articles and a Gingerbread Clue
In a brisk domestic scene Bridget recalls four red apples missing from the Morse storeroom while hinting that a child’s gingerbread may reveal them. A New York doctor’s patient story follows with a nurse and a hotel chambermaid rumor about a fraught scene.
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Bridget
Morse
Smalls
New York
Shure
Maggie
Congenial Work And Strength to Perform It
A Washington girl recounts improved mornings after switching to Grape-Nuts and milk for breakfast. She notes greater energy and ease in her stenographer job, credits the cereal for lifting her spirits and work vigor, and cites Postum Co. Creek Michigan as the source.
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Washington
Postumi Co
Creek
Mich
Racineville
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Moulton, Texas
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Adolph Darilek
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F. W. Lueke
Moulton Bottling Works
Negro
Posse
Anderson
Lagest Peanut Farm
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