Wish I Had a Million Shares and Useful Life Lessons
A humorous family vignette from a 1920s magazine depicts a farmer father dreaming of cash and stock while his wife brews biscuits and plans pies. The piece shifts to a moral essay by Frank Hall praising useful activity, education aligned to productive work, and the goal of shaping well rounded citizens. The combined text contrasts domestic life with broader social utility and proper education for youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New York
Frank Hall
Farmers Union and bargaining power for producers
President Barrett explains how farmers, as a class, form a powerful producing force and have pushed for fair prices. He notes rapid growth of the Farmers Union to nearly 3,000,000 members and describes the shift from passive selling to demanding prices for cotton and other products.
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Standard Oil
Farmers’ Union
Barrett
Interesting Debate on Cotton Price Policy at Farmers Union
At the National Farmers Union Convention the key discussion followed the cotton minimum price report. Debates centered on policy to secure a fair price while educating farmers about production costs. The tone remained fraternal with calls for loyalty to enable the union to succeed under organized leadership.
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National Farmers’ Union
Committee
Farmers’ Union
Busines
Secret Cotton Prices Enforced by Local Unions
The document states minimum cotton prices must remain secret within the Union. It urges locals to enforce the order and threatens expulsion for offending members.
Neighborly Labor Improves Heart Action and Youthful Camaraderie
A reflective note on doing good deeds for neighbors, how labor fosters inner growth, and recalling childhood mischief as a reminder of shared community bonds. The piece suggests kindness benefits both giver and recipient and invites mindful action.
The Farmer's Daughter Advice from Farm Star
The Farm Star urges that a farmer's daughter be the household pride and future mother of workers. She should be well educated, financially independent, healthy, and modest, while parents ensure her happiness and health. The piece adds practical tips like personal grooming before visiting neighbors.
Thrifty Advice on Saving Boxes for Use
A quotation urges readers to act promptly and save all boxes for future uses. Mrs. A Joseph stresses thrift and practicality, suggesting boxes have many potential purposes beyond kindling.
Boats for the Trinity start talks to secure navigation
Negotiations began to secure Trinity navigation with aims to complete deals by January 1. Leaders from relevant teams and authorities discussed routes, safety, and toll arrangements for the river passage.
Dallas Bridges May Hinder Trinity River Navigation
Dallas reports negotiations to open regular Trinity River navigation to Galveston with boats of four to five feet draft and 300 to 400 tons capacity. Counties with bridges over the river may be required to raise or convert them to drawbridges, else the government may remove bridges. Railroads also urged to act as war department formalities could ease bridge removals.
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United States
War Department
State Tax Office Targets Continuous Performances
The State Revenue Department sent letters to tax collectors to collect taxes on two performances when a sham continuous performance hides an extra admission fee. If pass checks allow reentry, only one tax is due, the notice implies.
Mansfield seeks interurban line from Dallas to Cleborne
Mansfield Commercial Club asks Dallas Commercial Club for support to push an interurban line from Dallas to Cleborne. A conference is planned for Oct 8 with the hope of tangible progress and a satisfactory outcome.
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Burne
Commercial Club
Mansfield
Dallas
Eight Hour Law Invalid Dismissed in Arkansas Case
Judge Charles Coffin dismissed the State of Arkansas v St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company case in Jackson County Court finding the eight hour day telegraph operators in the train service act unconstitutional. Prosecuting Attorney R E Jeffery was involved in the suit regarding penalties for noncompliance.
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St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company
R. E. Jeffery
Texas Wool Market Sees Lower Supply and Steady Prices
The supply of twelve months Texas wool has been much smaller than expected and prices hold firm at 20 cents, or 50 to 53 cents clean. About three million pounds of Territory wool sold at 1 to 22 cents for medium and 21 to 22 cents for three-eighths, quarter and half-blood.
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Boston
Texas
Territory
Train Collision Near Duncan Leaves Two Dead
A Southern Railway southbound train No. 41 struck an open switch near Duncan South Carolina late Thursday. The engine baggage car and a coach derailed. the engineer and fireman were killed. Two passengers were killed and four others injured, with three passengers and the baggageman seriously hurt.
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Southern Railway
Duncan, S. C
Train collision kills twenty two in Montana
A Burlington passenger train No 16 collided head on with a westbound freight at Youngs Point Montana during a snowstorm. Firemen Babcock and Phillips both of Livingston died. Head Brakeman Hilo Hawley from Birings also died. Nineteen passengers were killed outright and eleven others plus two engineers and mail clerks and baggage man were seriously injured.
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Livingston
Mont
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Young’s Point
Here
Babcoe
Tom Phillips
Hilo Hawley
California Detectives Seize Suspect in Campbell Killings
Austin Lanford and Sheriff H M Buffington of Santa Clara County obtained a warrant for William Hatfield held at Sherman on suspicion of being James Dunham, accused of killing six people in Campbell on May 26, 1896. Dunham had eluded detectives for twelve years as they chased leads across the United States.
Cholera Epidemic in St. Petersburg Reaches Peak
In St. Petersburg experts say the cholera epidemic has maxed out with daily new cases likely to stay steady for a week or ten days and then decline as cold weather takes effect. Little progress has been made against tenement courts, factories, slums and other breeding grounds, risking a spring renewal.
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St. Petersburg
St. Pet Ersburg
Breaks Cotton Picking Record on County Farm
On Tuesday starting at 5 AM at Ont berg farm two workers Branden Wiles and Will Wilson picked cotton weighing 1252 and 1262 pounds respectively. The wager of 15 dollars sparked a county record, with Morty and Murray weighing 175 and 165 pounds earlier.
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Taylor
Ontberg Farm
Charlie
Branden Wiles
Tay
Stephen Morty
Typhoon Hits Central Philippines Causing Widespread Damage
A powerful typhoon swept the central Philippine group including Samar Northern Leyte Southeastern Luzon Northern Palley Masbate and parts of Romblon. The storm moved west by northwest and vanished in China. Wires are down and overall damage details are scarce but severe devastation is evident.
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Manila
Philippine
Samar
Leyte
Luzon
Palley
Masbate
Rombion
China
Widow of General Bragg Dies in New Orleans at 88
Mrs. Eliza Bragg widow of Major General Braxton Bragg of the Confederate Army died in New Orleans after a brief illness. She was 88 and the cause was listed as general weakness. Her death followed a illness that began on September 20, an anniversary aligned with her husband’s Chickamauga victory.
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New Orleans
Eliza Bragg
Braxton Bragg
Oil garnish case files responses in district court
Answers filed in district court in garnish ment proceedings by the State against the Security Oil Company and the Navarro Refining Company. General denial of stock ownership by Standard Oil companies. Navarro Refining attaches stockholder list showing no ownership by Standard Oil.
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Austin
Security Oil Company
Navarro Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Tragic Practical Joke At Buffington Plant
Andrew Babo, taken from Buffington Indiana to a South Chicago hospital, suffered fatal internal injuries after coworkers forced an air jet into his mouth and opened the stop cock. Medical prognosis was poor as authorities investigate the prank at Buffington Cement Company.
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Chicago
Andrew Babo
Buffington
Ind
Buffington Cement Company
Storm Rips Through San Antonio Area Causing Major Damage
A midnight storm swept across San Antonio causing thousands of dollars in property damage over a six by fifteen mile area. The worst destruction occurred at the government experiment farm where several buildings were unroofed and crops damaged.
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San Antonio
Government Experiment Farm
BOYS CHEER NEW PRESIDENT AT A & M COLLEGE
College Station Texas opens with attendance doubts as 580 cadets report against last year’s 623. The new president addresses students to energized applause after the entrance exam results are posted, revealing some faces not on the list and prompting mixed reactions.
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College Station
Tex
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Reunion of traveling men in Houston November 14
Adolph Boldt leads planning for a Texas traveling men reunion in Houston with a large executive committee and a day of events including meeting, reception, parade, and banquet. All traveling men in Texas invited to attend, with no organizational affiliation distinctions.
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Houston
Tex
Adolph Boldt
Boldt
H. H. Cherry
W. C. Munn
Tom Flaxman
J. Kahn
S. C. Brashear
BK. W. Kirkland
J. A. Bryan
W. L. Howze
E. C. Smith
Louis Christiansen
Smith
U. C. T. Council of Houston
Texas
Texas Poultry Show Plans In Houston During November
The Texas Poultry and Pigeon Association prepares an annual exhibition in Houston from November 9 to 14 with Secretary Robert Black in charge. Breeders across the state pledge pens, judging by H B Savage of Belton for chickens and Charles F. Taylor of Detroit for pigeons. No-Tsu-Oh Carnival timing enables low rail fares, expanding reach from Red River to Northeast Texas and Shreveport.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Poultry and Pigeon Association
Robert Black
Association
H. B. Savage
Belton
Poultry Journal
Red River
Bel Rican
Texas
Shrew
Train Collision Kills Nineteen in Montana Snow
A Burlington passenger train No 16 on Northern Pacific tracks leaving Livingston at 5 20 AM Friday collided head on with an eastbound freight at Youngs Point siding eighty eight miles out in a blinding snowstorm. Nineteen men were killed and a score wounded.
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Livingston
Mont
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Young’s Point
Here
Saved His Arm But Lost Hand in Texas Saw Accident
Robert Knight, a truck farmer, was injured eight miles north of Jefferson, Texas, when his left hand was amputated by a fine saw while his arm was torn by rotating blades. He wrapped his arm, rode his mule through a stream to his home, and received medical care. doctors expect he will probably recover.
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Jefferson
Tex
Robert Knight
Knight
Pepper Rows Yield Big Profit for Texas Farmer
Lockhart Texas, W H Rowe a farmer in eastern Caldwell county has three rows of sweet peppers each about thirty yards long. From Aug 1 he has sold over $25 worth of fruit. The record shows remarkable revenue from the small plots.
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Lockhart, Tex
W. H. Rowe
Caldwell County
Boll Weevil Feeds on Peas and Okra Across West Bank
Reports from parishes on the west bank of the river state the boll weevil has been found feeding on peas okra and other vegetables for table supply. The matter has been referred to the Crop Pest Commission for investigation.
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Baton Rouge
Crop Pest Commission
Rain Dampens Belton Cotton Receipts
Belton Texas reports rainfall reducing picking activity and lowering daily receipts for a period. Total cotton receipts reach 3,500 bales to date.
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Belton
Tex
Death of Timpson Mayor Known for One Dollar Salary
Timpson Texas mourns J D Ford longtime Timpson Times editor and mayor who served a salary of one dollar annually. He died at 3 pm after an appendectomy. Businesses closed in Timpson. Funeral at Woodlawn cemetery. A L Ford of Orange was at his bedside.
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Timpson
Tex
J. D. Ford
Ford
Timpson Times
Woodlawn
A. L. Ford
Daily
Weekly
Leader of
Orange
Weather Swing In Houston Teeters On Warm to Chilly
A Houston report notes a Sunday norther with an unusually warm morning. The thermometer rose to 86 at noon then plunged to 65.5 by 12:45, dropping about 20 degrees in fifteen minutes, a rapid late morning temperature swing.
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Houston
Tex
Freshmen Harassed in City Chase at State University
As registration closes at the State University on Saturday night upperclassmen begin initiation rituals. Freshmen report being chased around several city blocks, caught, and subjected to paddling or a bath as part of the college life initiation.
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Austin
Tex
the State University
American Pacific Fleet Arrives at Samoa Harbor
Several ships of the American Pacific fleet have reached Apia Samoa via Auckland led by the Tennessee flagship under Rear Admiral Sebree. Other arriving vessels include the Washington the Whipple and the Hopkins bringing a strong naval presence to the harbor.
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Apia
Samoa
Auckland
Tennessee
Sebree
Washington
Whipple
Hopkins
Nacogdoches Names Herring as Telephone Manager
D B Herring of Austin was checked in Thursday as manager of the telephone system here by Auditor Smith. W G Lee, who resigned, will go to Austin or San Angelo.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
D. B. Herring
Austin
Smith
W. G. Lee
San Angelo
Alvin Nurseries Pass State Inspection Certificate
State inspector Sam H. Diven has inspected Alvin orchards and found them free of disease. Nurseries may ship stock bearing the certificate of inspection, and express or freight agents may not accept nursery stock without it.
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Alvin, Tex
Sam H. Diven
Alvin
Clearance at Galveston as eight ships depart
Galveston Texas reports a busy Monday with eight ocean going vessels clearing. They carried mixed cargoes including cotton and cotton seed products. The total cotton 53 803 bales valued at about 2 690 050 dollars based on 50 dollars per bale.
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Galveston
Tex
Col Gussett Dead Pioneer Col Norwich Gussett Passes
Corpus Christi Texas reports Col Norwich Gussett a pioneer of the region died Monday at 4 am. Born in Guilford North Carolina nearly 81 years ago he had made this area his home since the Mexican conquest.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Norwich Gussett
Col. Gussett
Guilford
N. C
Joseph Linz Dies Pioneer Texan Jewelry Firm Founder
Joseph Linz, prominent Dallas businessman and founder of Joseph Linz Brothers jewelry firm, died Monday morning in St. Louis at 3 o'clock. The funeral will be held in St. Louis after Clarence Linz arrives, along with brothers Albert and Simon who left for St. Louis yesterday.
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Joseph Linz
Dallas
Tex
Joseph Linz Brothers
St. Louis
Texas Anté Tuberculosis Association to join national group
In Washington, the Texas Anté Tuberculosis Association, well represented at the International Tuberculosis Congress in session in the city, will soon affiliate with the national association for study and control of tuberculosis.
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Washington
Texas Anté Tuberculosis Association
National Association For Study and Control of Tuberculosis
Cholera Reported in Manila with New Cases and Deaths
Fourteen new cholera cases and three deaths were recorded for the twenty four hours ending at 8 o'clock Monday morning in Manila.
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Manila
Ducks Hit By Cold Front At Local Club Lake
Large numbers of ducks arrived with the norther on Sunday night and Monday morning. Mr. Joe Howard killed five ducks on the club lake in Louise pasture about a mile and a half from town.
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Bryan
Tex
Joe Howard
Louise Pasture
Mexia Seeks Interurban Line Extension
Mexia Texas residents push for Waco Marlin interurban line to extend to Mexia amid strong prospect of the project. Local citizens unite to lobby for the extension.
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Mexia
Tex
Thein
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Co-Operative Union of America
Mary F. K. Hutchins
Woman
Trinity
CURE
State Revenue
Cle
Little Rock, Ark
Charles
Arkansas
Atlanta
Pasenger
Freight
Hera
Russia
Philippines
Gen. Bragg
Haskell
Guthrie
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Oklahoma
C. N. Haskell
National Democratic
National Committee
Dennis Flynn
Oklahoma National Guard
Roosevelt
Texas Poultry Association
Missouri
Alvin Nurseries
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