Market Review Highlights Week in Cotton and Produce
Houston reports from Sept 6 note the government Sept ist report spurred a roughly 1.00 bale rise in New Orleans cotton. December jumped to 11.40 before a 15 point pullback as shorts covered. Rough rice shows strong demand with limited offerings absorbed at current quotas. Fruit, vegetables, and dairy show steady or improving activity with California grapes, lemons, and a strong banana market. Cold storage stocks sustain commerce. potato prices rise amid drought and crop shortages in New Jersey and New England.
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Houston
Texas
New Orleans
California
Bananna
New York
New Jersey
New England
Global news wrap: floods, fires, records and officials
Reports from Alpine to San Antonio note a gold mine discovery near Alpine, 242 building permits issued in August, and a cotton crop forecast of 12 918 200 bales. Highlights include Garros’s altitude record of 13 943 feet and Gotch’s win over Hackenschmidt in Chicago.
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San Antonio
United States Department of Agriculture
Roland G. Garros
Lavaca County Court Convenes For September Term
Hallettsville Tex Sept 4 The Lavaca County Court opened its September term with the criminal docket. Three pleas of guilty were entered two for carrying pistols and one for aggravated assault. Four cases were dismissed by the county attorney. Twenty four criminal and ten civil cases remain. All jury cases must be disposed of this week as no jury sits next week.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Mrs A Thulemeyer and family visit ends
Mrs A Thulemeyer and her young daughter returned home Saturday after a pleasant visit to San Antonio Kenedy and Victoria. The younger girl enjoyed a bop at the opera house Thursday night. Saturday afternoon the Literary Club met with Miss Berta Thoroton and Miss Ligie Thoroton. The India lesson was read and discussed and instrumental and vocal selections were performed. A committee of Mrs C C Amsler Misses Mary Martin and Sophia Amsler was appointed to amend the club constitution. Refreshments followed the business session. A crowd of youths chaperoned by Mr and Mrs Oscar Blohm attended creekside gatherings with lunch served to numerous attendees. Hix Woods and Edwin Paschal of San Antonio were in town on business. September 3, 1911. REPORTER.
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A. Thulemeyer
San Antonio
Kenedy
Victoria
Eet
Opera House
Berta
Ligie Thoroton
India
Mary Martin
Sophia Amsler
Folke
Oscar Blohm
the Creek
Oscar Bloom
Hillie Wendtland
Ella Richter
Lillie
Stella Wolters
Edna
Brownsville Banks Under Construction At $100000 Each
Two new bank buildings are being constructed in Brownsville with a project cost of $100,000 for each structure. The work advances as developers push toward completion this year.
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Brownsville
Watch Yourself Go By Poem by Strickland Gillian
Poem urges self scrutiny by personifying the reader as another self. It exhorts standing aside from ego to observe flaws, condemn cowardice, and judge motives without sympathy. Reading encourages humility and self improvement through honest self judgment.
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Sims
Strickland W. Gillian
Success Magazine
Paulus Views Spark Texas Legislature Critique
Hallettsville Texas September 1 Senator D A Paulus returns from the state capital denouncing the Thirty second legislatures action. He pins blame on prohibition senators for ignoring the people s will and argues Colquitt s administration is strengthened by their conduct. Paulus, a former Lavaca county official and district senator, plans to run for comptroller against Lane in the next Democratic primary.
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Hallettsville
Texas
D. A. Paulus
Senate
Colquitt
Democratic Party of Texas
Mayfield
Paulus
Lavaca County
Lane
Bailey Will Quit Senate Candidacy
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey arrived home in Gainesville Tuesday and announced he will not seek reelection to the senate next year. Bailey, first elected January 23, 1901 to succeed Horace Chilton, has served five terms in the House and his current term expires in March 1913.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey
Gainesville
Senate
Bailey
Horace Chilton
House of Representatives
Brownsville Women Raise 3000 for Road Upgrades
Brownsville ladies collected three thousand dollars by popular subscription to oil streets. Each dollar spent on improved roads is an investment promising a handsome dividend to the community and the county.
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Brownsville
Texas aims to develop and harmonize state forces
The statement envisions Texas fostering a favorable environment for universal development by coordinating the various forces within the state. It stresses long term growth through unified policy and balanced growth across sectors.
A Community in a Rut Laments Lack of Effort to Change
A community, treated as an individual, shows a fixed disposition and little drive to improve. The text notes people repeatedly complain of their life conditions yet fail to take any meaningful steps to better themselves or prove their situation can change.
Saturday Review urged for reading by Eagle readers
The Eagle prints a notice that the Saturday Review began in Dallas on September 2 under W. P. Connelly. The first issue is called a hummer and readers are invited to order. The weekly publication costs 1.50 per year.
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the Eagle
Saturday Review
Dallas
W. P. Connelly
Time for concerted action to fix bad roads
Citizens acknowledge the need for better roads and the costs of poor conditions but have failed to unite in strong action. The text urges appreciation of inconveniences and losses from bad roads and the gains from repairs.
Death of Roger Quarles Mills Revered Texan Statesman
In Corsicana Saturday morning Texas lost one of its grand old men. Roger Quarles Mills born Kentucky March 30 1832 came to Texas in 1847 represented Navajo county in the legislature 1857 1858 served in the Civil War aided by distinguished service then in Congress 1873 to 1891 elected United States senator in 1892 held the seat until March 3 1899 His remains were laid to rest in Corsicana Tuesday afternoon.
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Roger Quarles Mills
Corsicana
Texas
Mr. Mills
Kentucky
Navajo County
Congress
United States
Public notices and local civic updates in regional papers
The clipped items report new parental presence rules for minors in contracts, a Galveston News official's visit, a free public park funding plan with $3500 purchase and $1250 subscriptions, tax and license updates for an estate and saloon operations, and notices of state comptroller inquiries affecting a Kinkler saloon.
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Chas. Welhausen
Shiner
Shiner Gazette
Texas Industrial Notes Summary of Texas projects and bids
The report lists multiple public works and business developments across Texas. It notes contracts for federal buildings in Tyler and Wichita Falls, a $75,000 courthouse project at Aspermont, and a $47,650 stone wall county courthouse. Bond votes include $50,000 in Buffalo, $35,000 in Sweetwater, $5,000 for Harlingen depot, and $200,000 for Beaumont parks. It covers a $25,000 Olympia Cotton Mills incorporation, a Texarkana to Dallas highway plan, a $10,000 Sabine Pass west jetty club house permit, and shipments of watermelons from Weatherford to Kansas City. It mentions a state offer of $1,000 to high schools for agriculture, domestic science and manual training and notes Dallas white rock dam costs and a new A N Kelley Texas operation with Fort Worth HQ and a warehouse contract.
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Port Arthur
Beaumont
Sabine Pass West
Weatherford
Kansas City
Port of Galveston Commerce Report Highlights
The Galveston News reviews the port year with cotton receipts totaling 3,269,436 bales including Texas City, up from 2,613,064. Total improvements reach 5,847,219 dollars across private, public facilities, municipal and federal projects. Post office receipts rise to 154,360, aliens number 5,455, and a Galveston Fort Crockett military post costs over 400,000 dollars. A causeway.Link to mainland nearing completion at around 2,000,000 dollars.
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Galveston
Texas City
Galveston Island
Texas
Fort Crockett
Lavaca County Teachers Institute Opens in Hallettsville
The Lavaca county teachers institute convened in Hallettsville on Monday for a week long session with seventy nine teachers present.
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Lavaca County
Teachers’ Institute
Halletteville
Prohibition Election Yields Narrow Anti Amendment Victory
In the prohibition election 468070 votes were cast with 230961 for prohibition and 237109 against. The anti amendment side leads by 6148 votes.
Boggy Creek Items
Community health is good. Families and neighbors visit each other on weekends. Cotton markets rapidly as harvest nears completion by October 1. Arthur Rabe enjoys local socializing and shows ownership of a fine buggy horse. September 4, 1911.
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Stock
Willie
Arthur Rabe
Sunset Friends
Wm. Huebner
Frank Effenberger
Dickson
Arthur
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Flatonia
Mr. Wolters
Hal H. Neill
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J.B. Wells
Neill
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Shiner News
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Moulton
Cuero Star
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LaGrange Journal
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