Congress Should Act Promptly on the New Immigration Bill
A dated editorial urges prompt congressional action on a new immigration bill and argues for qualitative selection of immigrants in Europe rather than blanket quotas. It warns the current law is a costly, inefficient D 3% quota system and calls for expert Europe based screening to avoid Ellis Island bottlenecks and to ensure higher quality entrants.
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Congress
Dirk P. DeYoung
Ellis Island
New York
United States
U. S
Curran
Europe
Rae
Department of Labor
Atlantic
Pacific
Far East
Simmons College Home-Coming Planned For Thanksgiving
Abilene Simmons Club organizes a Thanksgiving Home-coming on the campus with ex-students invited from across the state and the West. Hoyt Ford chairs the publicity committee as Howard Payne students plan to travel five hundred strong to back the Cowboys in the annual clash with the Yellow Jackets. Classes hold reunions in the morning and a turkey dinner will be served by the Abilene Lab.
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Abilene Simmons Club
Simmons College
Simmons Cowboys
Yellow Jackets
Howard Payne
Simmons
Cowboys
Abilene Lab
Texas Weekly Industrial News Highlights Texas Weekly Industrial News
Industrial report roundup covers Eastwood to Fort Davis with diverse projects, production totals, and building plans across Texas. Highlights include a $34,300 sewage plant, 325,000 barrel daily Powell oil field, 12,000 acres to spinach, and a $1,278,529 value of October building permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastwood
Houston
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Victoria
Corsicana
Powell Oil
Kimble County
Junction
San Antonio
Luling Field
Laredo
Saragosa
Bryant
Crystal City
Humble Oil Co
Bellaire
Aransas Pass
Oodville
Dallas
McKinney— County
Sour Lake
Textile industry drives rapid Southern growth in 1899
Financial Review notes the textile sector ranks second in national capitalization at over five billion dollars. It highlights the South’s expansion with 187 percent rise in cotton consumption, 97 percent gain in active spindles, and Southern mills now using about two thirds of cotton. Bleaching dyeing and finishing plants are expanding southward. Annual mill spending exceeds 500 million dollars on buildings machinery and supplies.
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South
United States
Still Time to Swat the Weevil in Texas Fields
Communities focus on cleaning cotton fields this fall to reduce overwintering weevils. Unusual rains delay picking and soil work, slowing stalk-killing and possibly discouraging farmers. There remains time to effective control, especially in southern Texas, as killing cotton plants two weeks before the first frost lowers winter survival. meteorological records show the average first killing date over years.
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Texas
Ee Station
App
Rural counties see higher averages in nationwide counts
A clipped passage notes averages per rural counties and overall totals surpassing 145,000 with about 51 sets per area, highlighting distribution patterns across the country.
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Esare
Radio Column Clarifies Pecos Enterprise Contact
All communications about radio topics should be directed to The Radio Editor at the Pecos Enterprise in Pecos Texas. The note provides proper channel for reader queries and column submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos
Texas
Radio program schedule on WBAP Fort Worth Star Telegram
The daily WBAP schedule lists 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. programming with market quotes, weather, sports scores, concerts, and the Southwest road report. It notes times for cotton, grain, cattle, produce, and financial reviews plus a nightly concert and standard time reference.
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WBAP
Fort* Worth
Star-Telegram
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
U. S
St. Louis
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
Fruits and Vegetables Division
U. S. Weather Forecast
Cotton Region Bulletin
Fort Worth
Bradstreet
Dunn
Telegraphic
Automotive Bureau of the
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Sweeny School Concert Schedule at WHB-THE
Program lists daily and Sunday events at Sweeny School Kansas City with times for midday concerts 12:30 to 1 p m Ladies Hour 2 to 2:55 p m Children's Program 7 to 7:30 p m Regular concerts 8 to 10 p m Religious services Sundays 2 to 3 p m and 8 to 10 p m
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WHB
the. Sweeny School
K. C
Childrens
Gram
Program of WOC Davenport Iowa Concert Schedule
Noon chimes concert. 5 45 p m chimes concert. 7 00 p m sne concert. Sund 9 00 p ae concert. 1 00 a m sacred and popular music program. 6 00 p m organ concert. 7 15 p m church services.
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WOC
Davenport
Iowa
Sund
Program of KSD St Louis Post Dispatch Schedule
The listing shows daily airtime for KSD with segments at 9 40 a m markets 4 00 p m markets 8 p m regular concerts and updates. Includes time slots for news and market reports along with evening concert programming.
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KSD
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch
Texas Cotton Weevil Control Timetable Across Cities
The article lists frost dates in Denton Nacogdoches College Station Angleton Beeville and tentative dates for Corpus Christi Brownsville. It advises rapid action to kill rather than plow under stalks to prevent weevil breeding, noting most remaining pests may die before spring and defoliation by leaf worm could limit breeding sites.
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Frost
Denton
Nacogdoches
College Station
Angleton
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Texas
Favorite Hymns Vote Reveals Global Favorites
Etude magazine used a 32000 respondent poll to rank peoples favorite hymns led by Abide With Me and Nearer My God to Thee. Lead Kindly Light and Rock of Ages followed as top choices with Holy Holy Holy and Just As I Am also scoring well. World War influence shifted votes with Onward Christian Soldier much lower and The Son of God Goes Forth to War not listed.
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Etude
Jesus
Holy See
Doctor and Patient Exchange on Electric Ailments
A humorous dialogue shows a doctor noting electricity in the air affects the system and a patient replying that they feel overcharged. The line plays on wordplay about electrical energy and bodily sensations.
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Dr. Bell
Mrs. S. Nichols
Spencer St
Thedford
Thedford’s
Texas Weekly Industrial News
Ervay Street
Valentine
Southern Pacific
Rusk
Tyler
Brewster County
Moran— Bank
Sabinal
Brackett
Carthage
Crockett
Texarkana
Whitesboro
Tri-county
Carpenter’s Bluff
Forney
Berkeley
American Telephone Company
Jeff Davis County
el Paso
Fort Davis
J. W. Espy
J. H. Clark
C. N. Bassett
Lamar Davis
Davis Mountains
State National Bank of
Beau McCutcheon
Frank Jones
Espy Miller
Mac Sproul
Jno. Long
Geo. Williams
Jim Espy
J H. Clark
Clay Espy
Ed Pruitt
Earnest Barnett
Beau McCutcheon, Jr
J. C. Duncan
Mr. Pate
J. W. McCutcheon
Fort Davis Post
Financial Review
First National Bank
Goodyear
Goodyear Pecos Auto Company
Goodyear ‘Western
Bayer
R. R. Reppert
Reeves County
Earn Bee Ee
Pecos City
Sos Ee
Sense Sime PS Sar
Feeoe
Eugene Cartledge
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