Texas civic and industry notes span statewide events
Texas reports cover the Texas Women's Press Association meeting in Houston on May 10 to 12, a $25,000 modern sweet potato curing plant for Gonzales, cotton losses in Berclair from wind, and upcoming conventions in Galveston for the Cotton Seed Crushers and Laundry Owners Associations. Additional items include vehicle registration totals, road and school tax actions, railroad authorization, city fire chiefs conference, fire insurance credits for Robstown, and sanitation costs for San Antonio.
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Texas Women's Press Association
Houston
Gonzales
State highway control urged in federal aid plan
Windrow reports to Texas highway commission on a proposed federal aid bill dividing roads into major and secondary systems and requiring state maintenance funds. The plan limits eligible mileage to 7 percent of state total with Texas at about 10 000 miles and seeks $6 million yearly state match. President Harding expressed favorable, restricted federal highway aid.
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Austin
Tex
R. J. Windrow
Washington
Texas Highway Commission
Congress
Texas
State
Windrow
Federal
Executive Committee
Harding
Daughters of Republic of Texas Pick San Antonio for Next Convention
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas closed their annual convention in Austin electing officers for the year and naming San Antonio as the site for the next gathering. Rebecca Fisher of Austin was re elected president with a slate of officers from Austin Galveston Oklahoma City Navasota and Houston. Executive board members include Milby Henry Hanna.
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Austin
Tex
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
San Antonio
Rebecca Fisher
H. H. Sevier
Cornelia Branch Stone
Galveston
J. H. Geisler
Oklahoma City
Wallace W
Governor Neff Names Texas Trade Delegates for New Orleans
Governor Neff has appointed Texas delegates to the Mississippi Valley Association meeting in New Orleans on May 2 to 4. Delegates include J. A. Morgan Houston Homer D Wade Stamford Luther Stark Orange W J Neale Waco W H Fuqua Amarillo Edmond P Byers Ft Worth A L Burge Tyler R W Underwood Plainview Harry Haines Galveston A B S Stinnett Amarillo W A Nabors Winnsboro J W Blake Houston Albert Clifton Waco G M Knebel San Antonio A S Pawkett San Antonio John H Shary Sharyland S C Tucker Brownsville Earl Sankamer Port Arthur Dallas Scarborough Abilene.
Kansas Winter Wheat Acreage Estimated at 9.23 Million
Topeka Kansas reports the Kansas acreage of winter wheat at 9,233,768 with 86.8 percent of normal yield as of April 16 in the state board of agriculture first crop report of the season released Friday.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Market report shows declines across dairy and grains with mixed grain gains
The Markets summary from the Bureau of Markets notes dairy prices slipping about 3 cents with weak week closing. Cheese trading dull after declines. Corn and wheat show late week strength amid export demand and limited receipts. Livestock, fruits, and cotton fluctuate with varied weekly price moves across multiple regions and grades.
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Kansas
Northwest
Seaboard
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Timothy
Atlanta
Memphis
Omaha
Prairie
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Plan National Co op Marketing
Representatives from eight states ratified a plan for a national cooperative marketing agency to sell cotton handled by state organizations for their members. Oklahoma completed its quota of 300000 bales and other states followed toward forming the American Cotton Growers' Exchange to begin business after sign ups.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
United States
Cotton Growers’ Organization
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Oklahoma Organization
Oklahoma
National Co-Operative Plan
Aaron Sapiero
San Francisco
American Cotton Growers’ Exchange
Mississippi
Arkansas
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
North Carolina
Georgia
Senate Ratifies Colombia Treaty After Amended Vote
The Colombian treaty was approved by the Senate 69 to 19 in amended form. The agreement requires the United States to pay 25 million dollars and grant canal privileges to Colombia while Colombia recognizes Panama and the boundary line in the pact. The apology to Colombia was removed.
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Washington
Senate
Panama
Roosevelt
United States
Colombia
Bryan
Senator Wadsworth Seeks Registry for Chinese Pershing Volunteers
Washington reports Senator Wadsworth of New York introduced a resolution to register 379 Chinese who joined the Pershing expedition in Mexico in 1916. The resolution says these refugees contributed to the army with valuable services and cannot safely return home or be deported.
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Washington
Wadsworth
New York
Mexico
Last Year's Imports From Germany Decline and Scale
Washington reports show imports from Germany in 1920 valued at 88,837,230 dollars, nearly nine times the 1919 total of 10,608,141 dollars and about half the prewar average of 184,211,352 dollars in 1913. The Commerce Department summary released Sunday notes the 1920 total compared with 1919 and 1913, reflecting postwar shifts in trade.
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Washington
Germany
Department of Commerce
Cocaine Seized From Coal Bunkers of West Tantant
Customs officers in New Orleans found $35,000 worth of cocaine hidden under coal in the bunkers of the steamship West Tantant. The drug was in forty nine bottles and is listed as without an owner.
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New Orleans
West Totant
Tanlac credited with 25 pound gain for Syracuse woman
Mrs Emma Reifenstein of Syracuse NY attributes rapid weight gain and relief from nervous exhaustion to Tanlac. She says she could not leave home or eat solid food, but now eats freely and sleeps well. Her husband notes her improved health after fifty two years of marriage. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
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Emma Reifenstein
Webster Avenue
Syracuse
N. Y
J. Reifenstein
Taniac
Tanlac
Adv
Curtain of the Future Remains Behind the Scene
A fragmentary observation notes that the future stays obscured as expectations and plans linger unseen. It hints at uncertainty about what lies ahead and the challenge of revealing upcoming developments.
Vader-Balm Endorsed For Pain Relief In Adyvy Ad
An Adyvy promotion urges consumers to try Vader-Balm for pain relief and to keep it on hand, warning against imitations and emphasizing efficacy. The message frames Vader-Balm as the trusted choice and highlights availability for immediate use.
Omar Khayyam and a Desert Life in Old Tales
A nostalgic reminiscence blends Omar Khayyam’s layabout desert dream with a modern outlaw mood. The piece contrasts timeless desert imagery and a freewheeling life with prohibition era limits and a widow's quiet sorrow.
The world will never get better until children improve on parents
A provocative line warning that true progress requires the next generation to outgrow the flaws of their elders. It frames hopeful reform as a duty of society to raise better citizens for a brighter future.
The Builder Knicker Is a Full House Tax Exempt
Bocker states tax status varies and notes that gifts to a spouse may arise from losses. context unclear but implies tax considerations tied to a game or event and marital gifting rules.
Money is Not the Main Thing Says Expert
An expert argues that wisdom in managing finances outweighs mere wealth. The emphasis is on budgeting savings and prudent investment over chasing bigger sums.
Market Sags as Fort Worth Cattle Receipts Rise
Fort Worth stock market reports 4500 cattle receipts with Southwest Texas supplying about three fourths of the market. Trading shifts to enclosed tick divisions. About 2000 head en route to pastures and 1500 calves among offerings. Overall market conditions unfavorable with a general downward revision for sellers.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Sheep Freeze to Death in Utah Blizzard
About 1200 head of recently shorn sheep froze to death during a blizzard at Elford New House and Blackrock Utah on Saturday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Elford
Newhouse
Blackrock
Rice Acreage Dropped in Jefferson County Rice Belt
Jefferson County county agent J C Tisentraut said the local rice crop will total about 15000 acres this year, a drastic reduction from 75000 acres planted last year.
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Beaumont
Tex
Jefferson County
J. C. Tisentraut
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la Porte
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Cottonwood
Texas Midland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce
Greenville
Victoria
City Fire Marshals and Fire Chiefs’ Association
State Fire Insurance Commission
Robstown
Flatonia
George B. Terrell
State Board of Control
United States Bureau of the Census
Texas Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dallas
R. H. McLeod
Palestine
P. H. Kveton
John L. King
Frank Harmon
Robert Brown
Convention OF Daughters OF Republic OF Texas
Texas Trade
Colby Salis
England
Bainbridge Colby
Bureau of Markets
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
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Jersey City
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Columbia Treaty
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Webster Ave
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Omar Khayyam
Khayyam
Salome
Aziz
Sun
Mother
Clara
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Te ‘Toor
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Fort Worth Stock Market
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