Texas poultry and New Braunfels industrial growth noted
A Dallas poultry dealer estimates the Texas poultry and egg business at about 10 million dollars yearly and growing rapidly. Texas towns ship to eastern markets, meeting rising demand. New Braunfels plans a 425000 gauge mill to manufacture medicinal gauze with a suburban addition for mill workers. The Chamber of Commerce says five million dollars will be spent on industrial development this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
New Braunfels
Chamber of Commerce
Tahoka Chamber Breakfast Draws Largest Crowd Yet
Sunrise prayer meeting idea from pioneer Texas camp meetings sparked a sun up breakfast that filled the Tahoka crowd to hear plans for the coming year. The piece notes the novelty and suggests others could imitate the early rising turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tohoka Chamber of Commerce
Floydada Transforms as Free Mail Delivery Arrives
The town posts a change from village to city life as Floydada adds free mail delivery. Residents flock to the postoffice to collect mail and chat, signaling growth and a new civic air. The shift follows rising postoffice receipts and street address numbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydace
Floydada Town
Floydada City
Sunflower Seed Crop Could Boost Texas Poultry Feeds
An Oklahoma farmer grows Russian sunflowers on a large scale and contracts the entire output to wholesale poultry feed dealers for grinding into chicken feed. The Texas hedgerow sunflowers resemble the Russian type enough to suggest successful local cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Odessa Plans $150,000 School Bond Issue
Odessa will erect new school buildings worth 150000 funded by a recently voted bond issue. The city, led by Editor Tryon of the News and a proactive Chamber of Commerce, pursues growth with public improvements in schools water works streets and libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Odessa
Tryon
the News
Chamber of Commerce
Pampa Rally Secures Kell Railroad Link
The Pam pa Times posed if Pampa would fund Frank Kell's railroad to Cheyenne Oklahoma City and connect to Kell road. Soon the needed money was raised and Kell declared the railroad will be built, signaling growth for Pampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa Times
Pampa
Frank Kell
Cheyenne
Okla
Kell
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls To Build 25,000 Spindle Cotton Mill
Wichita Falls becomes among the first Texas cities to finalize plans for a cotton mill this year. Northern capital has acquired the ground and will start construction of a 25,000 spindle mill within ninety days as the first unit in a 160 acre industrial development by the same parties. New Braunfels Gage Mill One successful enterprise usually.
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Texas
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Northern Capital
Panola County Timber Deal Boosts Panola Growth
A Shreveport mill firm bought a large lumber mill and two Al Jed Jumber plants near Wascom in Harrison County for about 1 million dollars. The facility can produce 300 000 feet of lumber daily and employs around 500 workers. It reportedly controls Panola County timberland to sustain ten years of operation. Capitalists plan a lignite by products plant on a 5 000 acre Panola tract, signaling substantial Panola business activity ahead.
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Shreveport Mill Company
Aljed Jumber
Wascom
Harrison County
Panola County
Panola
South Texas Poultry Co op Forms Regional Organization
Fourteen counties are represented in a new South Texas poultry cooperative formed in San Antonio. The group plans to expand to cover most of South Texas as stronger cooperative movements take shape to aid farming and allied interests across the state.
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San Antonio
Texas
South
Allied Inter
East Texas Dairying Gains Attention and Training Efforts
East Texas awakens to dairying importance with meetings and schools on production handling and marketing. The East Texas Chamber of Commerce earns praise for guiding efforts and attracting processing plants to handle local dairy products.
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East Texas
Pecos Boy Honored in State Poetry Contest
Pecos Boy earns honorable mention in the sixth annual High School Poetry Contest. Notable winners include Bettye Jean Crocker of Highland Park High School Dallas with a recurring first place and her poem Two Chinese Barbetlets winning the John P. Loglander Loving Cup for the year. Helen Connell of El Paso School for Girls and Lena Agnes Johnson of Corpus Christi also place honorably.
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Belton
Texas
Torch Bearer
Coming Writers of Texas
Bettye Jean Crocker
Highland Park High School
Dallas
John P. Lojlander
Helen Connell
el Paso
Texas High School Poetry Contest Staged Under Baylor Sponsor
The Texas High School Poetry Contest began six years ago under the sponsorship of William I. Vann, Professor of English at Baylor College, now editor of the Torch Bearer. Names listed include Nell Ezeil, Marian Tatum, Pearl Duncan, John F. Doty, Edna Davidson, Esther Pickett and others from San Antonio, Bonham, Amarillo, El Paso, Hemphill, and San Antonio schools.
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Nell Ezeil
Main Avenue
San Antonio
Marian Tatum
Bonham
Pearl Duncan
Amarillo
John F. Doty
Edna Davidson
Hemphill
Morell Mooneyham
Comfor Girls
Louise Emery
Meree
Esther Pickett
el Paso School
Mervin A. Whalen
Cecos
Texas
Toyah News Roundup Finds Local Visits and Revival Services
Mrs Young and Mrs Van Giesen returned from El Paso Saturday. Mr and Mrs Dee Davis and son Junior drove to El Paso last weekend. Dr Swaggerty of Atlanta Ga has been in Toyah holding revival services at the Methodist church. Mrs BE Hadlock of El Paso visited with Mrs Rahrup Monday. Percy McGhee of Paso visited with the Rahrup family and later in Pecos. Judge Hunter of Can Horn was in Toyah Thursday. Mrs Curtis McElroy returned from Monahans after her mother fell seriously ill.
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Mrs. Dee Davis
Junior
el Paso
BE. J. Hadlock
Rahrup
Percy McGhee
Paso
Pecos
Judge Hunter
Can Horn
Toyah
Curtis McElroy
Monahans
Corn export boom trims US on hand stocks in March
The Department of Agriculture notes February corn exports were the heaviest of the season, leaving March 1 farm stocks at 1,020,335,000 bushels, below last year's level and far under the ten year average. Barley stocks rose to 61,500,000 bushels while oats total 376,700,000, down from last year and the decade average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Natives of British West Africa Demand More Roads
Native residents in British West Africa press for expanded road networks to improve transport and trade. Community leaders urge government investment and faster construction to boost mobility and local economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British West Africa
Pape's Diapepsin Offers Quick Digestive Relief
Relief from stomach dilation comes from neutralizing acidity and preventing wind and heartburn. A tablet after meals or when pain appears helps digestion, with Druggists selling Pape's Diapepsin for about 60 cents a package.
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Pape
Chicks and Brooders Offered by The Black Hatchery Barstow
Sacrifice offer for baby chicks in a mammoth Buckeye incubator. American Leghorns led by Kazmeirs Imperials cocks, English Leghorns from Hoffman's famous strain. Chicks $15 per hundred. Hatching begins in February. Also brooders and poultry supplies with custom hatching solicited. Texas 24-ti.
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Kazmeirs Imperials
Hoffman
Black Hatchery
Fan Interference Cites Quiet Fans During Big Game
A spectator defends quiet fans who refuse to watch a football game while others shout and quarrel over the ball. The exchange underscores tensions between spectatorship and loud participation in sports events.
Girls Provide a Foundation for Future Health
A Port Arthur reader recalls illness in girlhood and crediting Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. She describes improved health after using three bottles of each, and notes continued good health since. The remedies are sold in tablet form or liquid with listed prices.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Dr. Pierce
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Floydada Mail Delivery
Odessa School Bonds
Pampa’s New Railroad
Panola County Timber
South Texas
Toyah News
Young
Mrs. van Giesen
Financial Review
Dowd Insurance Agency
C. C. Dowd
Brack & Murray
Pecos, Texas
Pecos Motor CO
Barstow
Pecos Mercantile Company
Sul Ross
State Teachers College
Golfen College
H. W. Morelock
Alpine
Taubman Supply Corporation
Wink, Texas
Phone Phote
Trubman Supply Corporation
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