Texas Weekly Industrial News Highlights
Industrial expansion across Texas drives growth with Port Arthur and Corsicana projects. Key items include a doubled capacity at Port Arthur Ice Co, a 5 000 barrel daily test well in Corsicana, and freeway and utility works planned in Fort Worth and Houston. Major bond and infrastructure activity cited.
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Port Arthur
Port Arthur Ice Co
Corsicana—Buttram-Tidal Oil Co
Fort Worth
Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Company
Alice— Perez
Bissonet
Harper
Harper- Fredericksburg Telephone Company
Snyder
Hardeman County
Brownwood
American Legion Municipal Auditorium
Taylor
Williamson County
Brazos River
Dallas
Trinity and
Texas Market News Reports Week of Prices and Trends
State Markets and Warehouses with the Federal Agricultural Economics bureau report rising peanut and fruit supply, lower peppers and okra prices, and steady poultry egg markets. Prices listed for vegetables, fruits, pecans, peanuts, hay, and Johnson grass reflect regional Texas conditions and recent flooding impacts.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Markets
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas Kieffer Pears
Farmers and merchants must help each other in Deming
The piece argues that a farmer cannot profit from a farm near Deming without the town’s own prosperity, and Deming merchants rely on farmers. It stresses mutual dependence and cooperation to raise values and achieve harmony, noting Deming’s strong community, stores, churches, and schools.
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Deming
Motorbroke Upstage Prof in a Wise Men Riddle
A student answers a classroom riddle about three wise men with Stop Look and Listen. The joke hinges on a pun that blends traffic safety phrases with the biblical trio.
Ford attacks Weeks over Muscle Shoals plan and 1924 bid
Arthur Brisbane reports Henry Ford’s public message accusing Secretary Weeks of selling Muscle Shoals to block Ford’s cheap fertilizer for farmers. He predicts a libel suit, broad press attention, and a possible 1924 presidential bid against the Republican administration. Coolidge and McAdoo face the fallout.
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Arthur Brisbane
Henry Ford
Weeks
Ford
Rtilizer Trust
Coolidge
McAdoo
Weeks declines libel suit against Ford charges
Secretary Weeks will not sue Henry Ford for libel. He plans to seek a congressional inquiry into Ford's accusations, arguing the charges are grave yet raised in a spirit of Christian restraint.
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Weeks
Henry Ford
Congress
Ford
Ford Plans Profit Sharing Certificates For Rail Employees
Ford proposes letting workers buy profit sharing certificates in installments from wages. Certificates can be redeemed anytime, but must be kept and not sold except to fellow employees. The plan aims to let the employer share in railroad profits through employee purchases.
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Ford
Ford Style Work Ethic Cited as Ideal for Employers
The text argues that if large employers shared Henry Ford’s approach to handling workers, national problems would ease and moneyed people would be more secure. It likens contented workers to contented cows with the motto "Work from contented workmen" and notes contented cows don’t kick or buck.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Panhandle Plains of Texas and Oklahoma Prospects
The Panhandle region spans 38 Texas counties and two in Oklahoma with 20 million acres of tillable land priced mainly around 25 dollars per acre. It boasts high cattle and wheat output, a favorable climate, growing road and public-building projects, and a promise of homeseekers finding new farms despite low tax and small populations.
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Panhandle-Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Northwestern
Texas Panhandle
America
W. N. Blanton
Progressive Farmer
Wealthy Wall Street Failures Take a Checker Cab
Mr Francis C French once linked to William H Vanderbilt loses his fortune in Wall Street and begins driving a checker taxicab. His home is a single furnished room though his family owns houses in New York Tuxedo Newport and Paris.
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Francis C. French
William H. Vanderbilt
Wall Street
New York
Tuxedo
Newport
Paris
First day on the checker cab teaches real education
Society reporters lament as a rich young man starts his career on a cab. he learns steering straight matters and that a dollar has value as he counts his day's profits.
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Bill
Bil
Brother Jones
Dolar
Anon
Corrupt Politics Assertion in Voters’ Remarks
A speaker states Liza’s claim that the Democrats are least corrupt because a Republican bribe was offered. The exchange questions whether bribery indicates integrity, concluding with the assertion that Democrats are least corrupt.
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Liza
Insurance Co. Ad Seeks Better Rates and Refund
An insurance firm cites customer efforts as the reason for reduced rates and premium refunds. It invites readers to request further savings from E. L. Collings Insurance Co. with a confident sales pitch.
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E. L. COLLINGS _INSURANCE CO
Habitual Constipation Cure Promised in 14 to 21 Days
An advertisement touts FOS WITH PEPSIN as a free syrup laxative for habitual constipation. It claims prompt relief and requires regular use for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It stimulates and regulates and is very pleasant to take. Price listed as 600 per bottle.
Why I Buy at Home Exchange Advertisement
A short home town exchange ad argues people should buy locally to support schools churches lodges and community. It emphasizes buying from a neighbor across the city and county and selling locally to strengthen home life.
When tornadoes come, your cry goes
E L Collin protection is advised for tornado events, urging preparedness measures and warning about potential risks during severe weather.
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E. L. Collin
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