Texas News Highlights From Across The State
The column reports coal mine shaft work near Lytle and a new Corpus Christi federal building foundation. It notes 375 million pounds of rice milled yearly, 228 cotton seed oil mills producing $30 million annually, and Texas rank on edge poultry. It also covers oil drilling near Victoria, a 20 year sentence near Lindale, and Humble field leading Gulf oil output at 40,000 barrels daily with 65 million dollars planned for 1915 building.
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Texas
Humble
Gulf Country
Railroad cases decided by Texas railroad commission
Austin, Tex. Commissioners Allison Mayfield and William D. Williams ruled on several cases. The wool and mohair minimum rate was granted while current concentration rules stay. Third class rating granted for sawed timber for lamb shelters. Cotton specials allowed until cancellation. Various rate adjustments and classifications approved or pending as lines clean up specials. No order on many tariff cancellation petitions. many cases remain under advisement.
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Austin
Tex
Allison Mayfield
William D. Williams
Railroad Commission
Galveston
Houston East & West Texas Railroad
Hartwell Iron Works
Paris
el Paso
Texas
Boston Wins World's Series in Remarkable Swats
Boston Red Sox capture the 1915 World Series in Philadelphia with two home runs that tied the game and won it, plus multiple extra hits. Boston finishes with a 5 1 record, while Philadelphia ends 1 4.200.
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Philadelphia
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Germany Makes Bid for Texas Cotton
The German financial agent offered to buy 1,000,000 bales of Texas cotton at 8 cents above the market price through the Texas warehouse and marketing department. The deal was not accepted because delivery was to Bremen under U S supervision and no cotton to be used for munitions of war.
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Austin
Tex
Germany
Texas Warehouse and Marketing Department
Bremen
United States
Boll Weevil Spreading Warns Planters Across Southern States
Washington reports a widespread boll weevil movement alarming cotton planters in Alabama Mississippi Georgia Tennessee Oklahoma and Texas. The Agriculture Department urges immediate winter measures to kill the pest to avert heavy next year losses.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Producers Oil hits 13th Humble well flows 10k barrels
The Producers Oil company struck a new producing well on the Stevenson fee simple tract at Humble Houston. The well, producer No. 13, flowed between 10 000 and 11 000 barrels to a depth a little over 3 000 feet on Thursday.
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Humble
Houston
Tex
Producers Oil Company
Gas Struck While Drilling Near Greenville Texas
Gas was struck ten miles south of Greenville at Cash during oil drilling operations by a local company. No injuries reported as crews continued to assess the find and its potential yield.
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Texas
Greenville
Tex
Cash
Economy Phobia: Frugal Fans From Tokyo In Fable
Two Tokyo laborers debate saving habits with a tale about fans. One keeps a fan usable for twenty years by opening sections, while the other keeps it intact by not waving it, using it across generations. The story reflects cultural ideas on restraint and resource use.
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Tokyo
First Spike Soon Drives by Dignitaries and Daughter
Officials request that a daughter drive the first spike for a new railroad. She accepts the honor, and a gold spike is offered along with a silver hammer. A hair brush is suggested as a practical alternative.
Golden opportunities and a heart tonic pitch
An advertisement urges readers not to gamble on risky opportunities and to try Renovine a heart and nerve tonic priced 50 cents and one dollar. The copy warns many so called opportunities are merely plated while promoting the tonic as a safer choice.
Motto for a lawyer and a fruit preserver
A compact wordplay compares a lawyer’s firm pledge I will with a fruit preserver’s concise I can. The lines nod to professional vows and practical readiness.
Period of Romance Ends with a Marriage Plan
In a staged domestic scene a woman declares the end of a long romance and reveals she will marry the man she loves. She vows to burn old love letters as she anticipates a new union and the cessation of the familiar nightly rituals. The dialogue contrasts fond memories with decisive commitment.
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Jeannette
Capucine remedy ad claims quick relief for aches
An advertisement promotes Capucine for aches pains and nervousness stating it is not a narcotic or dope and offers quick relief. The copy urges readers to try it and labels the product as suitable for women.
Hen Survives Nine Months in Abandoned Well
L. D. Palmer rescued a missing hen from a well at Elmore Dupree's home on Second Street after a cover was removed. The hen had survived nine months underground and laid 27 eggs during confinement, aided by worms and bugs in the well.
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Elmore Dupree
Second Street
L. D. Palmer
Macon Dispatch
Apartment Seeker Seeks Luxuries at Forty a Month
A woman demands a first class neighborhood apartment with ten rooms three baths and modern improvements for no more than $40 monthly. The agent replies that the path to such a place lies in consulting a clergyman.
His Error Imitates a Self Made Man
A dialogue hints at a character prideful of independence while acknowledging a mistake in not seeking expert guidance. The exchange contrasts self reliance with the value of professional advice.
The Menu Exchange in Baltimore Humor
A Baltimore American quip about a friend who is a woodman preferring to order chops, reflecting a playful restaurant pun and local wit.
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Baltimore American
Pursuit of Duty in Hanford’s Balsam Advert
A fragment notes a chase of a smuggler and frames it as a duty driven pursuit. The text invites readers to ask about it while contrasting belief in lies with truth. It also references Constantinople’s founding in 330 A D and mentions general skepticism.
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Hanford
Adv
Local photographer's odd portraits draw amused scorn
A reader recalls a young photographer named Bilkins who pursues art with earnest zeal. His family and friends are posed in unusual, sometimes paralyzed-looking positions at a local club exhibit, prompting amused questions from onlookers about his "trained relations."
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Bilkins
Rufus Choate Advocate Figures In A Boston Tale
Judge Parry notes Choate would meet with his Sam Weller. A prisoner’s theft case features a state’s evidence witness whose testimony implicates Choate’s client. The witness says the man in Boston named Choate would get them off if caught with the money in their boots.
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Parry
Rufus Choate
Choate
Sam Weller
Boston
Groves Tasteless Tonics and Witty Exchanges
An old humorous column includes an advertisement for Groves Tasteless Tonics claiming quinine and iron build malaria resistance and strength. It mixes jokes about defense, marriage, and a dachshund named Art, ending with reflections on marriage and hope.
Why They Don't Go
A brief dialogue explains a failed summer plan as one character reveals they bought an outfit but had no money left afterward. The exchange highlights financial constraint and hesitation affecting travel intentions.
Prominent Patent Remedy Adverts in Winter Issue
An advertisement touts PROMPT RELIEF for colds coughs la grippe and headaches with Laxative Quinidine Tablets claiming no head or stomach effect and urging a winter supply at 25 cents. It also includes a light feature about Carrie a "long headed girl" and a note on seaside engagement.
Hanford’s Balsam Promotes Quick Relief For Sprains
Short ad copy claims Hanford’s Balsam rub eases a sprain when applied thoroughly. A separate line asserts the acid test for a woman is how she looks at forty, and a statistic notes 28,000 printing establishments in Italy.
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Hanford
Italy
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Mahon
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Civic League of
Quitman
Corpus Christi
Nueces Bay
Victoria-Calhoun County Line
Port O'Connor
Ira McDougle
Lindale
J. E. Vickery
Wolradh
Yoakum
Port Arthur
Tampico
Mexico
Bowie County Oil Mill
New Boston
Texarkana Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Company of
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Collegeport
Galveston County
Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner
P.C. Bobion
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United
WM. Wrigley JR. CO
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Chicago
Wrigley’s
Utttelel
Libby
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Capucine
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Heeville
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Peden Iron & Steel CO
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