Texas Farmers Record Vast Cotton Losses and Pecan Prospects
Reports from Texas counties outline extensive crop impacts and future plans. Bell County lost 10 000 bales of cotton valued at 1 000 000. Fayette County anticipates its largest pecan crop in years with several carloads likely. Dallas 1920 tax rolls show a 16 000 000 000 increase. State aid to Wharton County schools totals 94 835 with rural schools receiving 64 402 and 7 295 rural scholastics.
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Bell County
Fayette County
City of
Dallas
Wharton County
Condition Of The Texas Cotton Crop 1921 Report
Cotton Statistician F N Gray reports Texas cotton condition on September 26 1921 at 38 percent of normal. Forecasts yield around 97 pounds lint per acre and 1 863 000 bales from 9 199 000 acres planted. Weevil damage and floods caused the decline. picking nears finish in south and center regions. United States condition 42 2 percent and production 6 537 000 bales for September 25 1921.
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Houston
Tex
F. N. Gray
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Brazos River
McLennen
Nueces
United States
Harding appeals to mayors to form emergency relief boards
President Harding urged mayors and governors to create emergency relief boards to coordinate charities and relief efforts. He called for faster public works, job placement, and free employment bureaus to connect workers with opportunities, stressing national unity in protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Wine Theft Suspect Loots $300,000 in Washington County
Washington police cooperate with Virginia officials and private detectives to trace wines and liquors valued at about 300000 dollars stolen from the country home of financier Joseph Leiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Here
Joseph Leiter
First Tax Commissioner Dies in Texas
Austin memorial notes W. R. Davis aged 78 a pioneering Tex as tax official and secretary of state under Governor Campbell Davis previously served in South Carolina legislature and died at his home Saturday in Austin Texas
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Austin, Tex
W. R. Davis
Texas
Campbell
South Carolina
San Antonio Issues 64 Building Permits for New Construction
San Antonio issued sixty four building permits for new construction in the week ending a date not specified, authorizing projects totaling 106 thousand six hundred five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Cet, Ltd
Texas Leads States in Berry Production in 1919
Texas topped the nation in blackberries and dewberries with 6,287,333 quarts in 1919, up from 1,686,000 a decade earlier. All berries totaled just under 7 million quarts, with strawberries at 500 acres and under 600,000 quarts produced. Raspberries and loganberries were 6,700 quarts, down from 98,000 in 1909, showing the only notable increase from blackberries and dewberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Union
Additional School Bonds Cannot Be Bought For Year
Austin state board, at its regular meeting, said no new school bonds can be bought for a year. Outstanding bonds total 2,199,150 with slow collections delaying payoff. In six months only 22 percent of the debt was retired vs 60 percent expected, and 1,405,462 in new bonds were offered but not purchased, to be kept on offer for future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Manufactured Values Trebled Washington
The census bureau reports manufacturing products in 1920 totaled about 63 billion dollars, tripling the 1910 value and more than five times the 1900 value. California rises from eleventh to eighth with 1.981 billion in output and 243,800 workers. Texas ranks fourteenth with 990.6 million and 107,700 workers.
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Washington
Census Bureau
California
Texas
Wheat and Potatoes Budgets Show Shifts in Washington Crops
The October crop report indicates spring wheat output down about 13.2 million bushels and corn down 22.8 million bushels from a month earlier. White potatoes rise 22.8 million bushels while tobacco increases 43.2 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas Factory Output Worth Nearly One Billion in 1919
Census Bureau figures show Texas factory operations produced goods valued at about 1 billion dollars in 1919. There were 5 724 reporting concerns employing 107 700 workers, with plant capital totaling 588 797 000 dollars and material costs of 701 171 000 dollars.
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Washington
Texas
Census Bureau
Briand Says France Must Maintain Armed Strength
Aristide Briand, the French premier, urged that France must remain armed while its security is not assured. He spoke Sunday outlining the government's foreign policy priorities for national defense and international stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nazaire
France
Aristide Briand
Motor Car Registrations in Austin Through October
Motor vehicles registered in Texas totaled 444 022 up to October 6 according to the state highway department. Motorcycles numbered 3 684 chauffeurs licenses 15 373 transfers 92 366 and dealers licensed 2 196 with the count continuing.
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Austin
Tex
State Highway Department
Timber Inspection Means Two Men Battle Forest Fires
Woodville Texas Tyler County installs two watchers to monitor and fight fires threatening timber stands. They issue notices urging residents to extinguish flames and avoid lighting new fires in the woods to protect timber resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodville
Tex
Tyler County
Rice Thrashers Near Louise Boosted by Good Weather
Rice thrashing crews in Louise Texas work full time. If current weather holds, most of the crop will be in by next week.
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Louise, Tex
St Paul Reports First Snow of the Season
A driving snow fell for two hours on Friday in St Paul Minnesota marking the season’s first snowfall as it melted upon contact with the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Demand for Mohair in Brady Texas
Goats in Mc Culloh and nearby counties near completion of shearing as demand rises for fall mohair. Authorities report rising interest from buyers and ranchers anticipate steady market opportunities this season.
Cavalry Squadron Heads to Border Duty in Texas
The second squadron of the 16th Cavalry left Fort Sam Houston on Monday for a hike to Fort McIntosh Laredo to relieve the 17th Infantry, placing cavalry on border duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
16Th Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
17Th Infantry
Texas Congress of Mothers Meeting Set in San Antonio
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associations will be held in San Antonio November 8 through 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
The
Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
San Antonio Noy
Industrial review shows unemployment easing in September
The department of labor reports 1.6 million workers across 1,428 firms with 18,000 more hires in September than August, a 1.2 percent rise. In Texas and Oklahoma conditions vary with oil and metal sectors weak but packing houses, rail repair, and building trades improving. optimism grows as housing and wholesale activity rise.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Texas
Oklahoma
Taft Becomes First Former President Chief Justice
The Supreme Court reconvened for the fall term as William Howard Taft took the judicial oath to become chief justice. Taft, the first to hold both top branches, received the oath from Chief Justice McKinna, complementing Harding’s prior constitutional oath. The ceremony preserved full high court rites and the oath to administer justice impartially to rich and poor.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Supreme Court
Mr. Taft
Joseph McKinna
Harding
Ubtice
Bodies of Dead Soldiers Arrive From Antwerp
The army transport Wheaton arrived from Antwerp with 2,246 American war dead. Captain Eugene McCarthy said this is the last regular funeral ship. fewer than 3,000 bodies remain to be transported home, carried a few hundred at a time on returning ships as relatives altered plans.
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New York
Wheaton
Antwerp
Eugene McCarthy
English Delegates Named for London Conference
The English delegation to the Dublin Irish leaders conference in London next Tuesday is announced. Members include Premier Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead, Sir Hamar Greenwood, Austen Chamberlain, Sir Laming Worthington Evans, and Winston Spencer Churchill. Attorney General Hewart may join for constitutional questions.
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London
Lloyd George
Lord Birkenhead
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Laming Worthington Evans
Winston Spencer Churchill
Hewart
Embargo Placed on El Aguila Assets in Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz authorities embargo all properties of the English oil firm El Aguila over a 3,000,000 peso patent tax dispute. The move targets assets needed to cover the amount claimed after El Aguila allegedly refused to pay or settle under prior arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
el Aguila
Texas Postmasters Nominated For Some Offices
Washington and Texas postmasters were nominated on Wednesday. The list includes Al Henderson, George Will Smith, Severinia, Charles A. Tiner, Sulphur Springs, and William P. Harris.
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Washington
Texas
al Henderson
George Will Smith
Severinia
Charles A. Tiner
Sulphur Springs
William P. Harris
Capture of four Negroes and whiskey still in Texas raid
Hardin County sheriff's department captured four negroes and seized whiskey, a pistol, and a still in a raid on Friday in Kountze Texas.
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Kountze
Tex
Sheriff's Department of
Hardin County
Pretty Swede and American Girl Break Grass Warning
A Swedish girl and an American woman disregard a grass warning on the Ellipse. A bicycle patrolman stops them but, after hearing their Swedish exchange, allows passage and points out monuments. The American asks what the other said. the friend reveals she recited the Lord’s Prayer from start to finish.
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Washington Star
Historians Debate Bias in English History Textbooks
The Anglo American Congress of Historians argues English history books may be biased. They discuss the possibility of abolishing certain history texts amid calls for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglo-American Congress of Historians
London Punch
Volcano clustering in Guatemala and Java noted
A brief survey highlights that volcanoes are most densely concentrated in Guatemala and Java, indicating regional volcanic activity and potential monitoring focus.
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Guatemala
Java
Lion Tamer Fails In Georgia Tour
A touring African show in Georgia sought an assistant animal trainer. An African American man was hired but balked at feeding the lions. He prayed for courage, and a lion spoke, telling him to proceed, revealing the lion as a local countryman and encouraging him to feed the animals.
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Georgia
Lion's den
King of Beasts
Dan
Big Boy
American Legion Weekly
Aren't people queer quotes trigger Boston Tram script
A fragment from Mates and Beams presents a teaser dialogue centering on gossip. J M recounts a married friend confiding scandal about a wife who cannot keep a secret. The exchange highlights social friction and gendered rumor within a casual chat.
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J. M
Boston
Library staff of League of Nations in Geneva all women
The Geneva League of Nations library staff consists entirely of women. This reflects the era and highlights women taking roles in international institutions.
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Library of
The
League of Nations
Geneva
No Two Leaves Are Exactly Alike from the Same Tree
The statement explores natural variation in foliage, noting that even leaves from the same tree differ in shape and texture. It highlights genetic and developmental factors shaping individual leaves.
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Lone Star
Freeport
Brasorta County
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Border
Texas Congress of Mothers
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Texas Postmasters
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Brampton
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Dr. Hartman
Arteur Peter & Co
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Spohn
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