Texas Crops Hope for Rain to Save Drought Stricken Fields
Report from multiple Texas counties on August 15 notes dry weather threatens cotton yields especially along the Oklahoma border while West Texas crops remain generally fine. Local rains have been uneven, with some areas near panhandle and border counties facing 20 to 25 percent potential losses if rain does not come.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Fannin
West Texas
One of the best talcums made for all ages
A pure delicately scented talcum advertised as suitable for babies or adults with a special Saturday price of 19c per pound offered on the Main Floor.
Borax brands and can sizes listed in ad
The note lists Borax Twenty Mule Team with household and medicinal uses and prices for cans of different sizes including 15c 10c and 5c variants.
August Clearance One Pattern Assortment at Eight Cents
A large mix of 12/2 cent fabrics with checks stripes solids and chambray ginghams 27 inches wide offered at eight cents per yard this Saturday on the Second Floor with no single pattern dominating.
Bargain Soap Sale Ad Promises Low Prices
An old advertisement touts a 5 cent soap for bath and toilet use with a mild pleasing odor. It notes a special sale on Saturday offering cakes at 3 cents until stock runs out.
Striped Dress Crepes Sells At Bargain Prices
A sale notice describes light colored striped dress crepe fabric 28 inches wide priced at 25 cents a yard with limited color assortments. It highlights a temporary saving of ten cents per yard and a Saturday price of 15 cents per yard.
Corsets in limited sizes for sale at half price
A limited stock of mostly Warner’s corsets in late models offered at two to four dollars. Sizes are scarce with only one or two of each style available and about three dozen items total. An exceptional opportunity for buyers with matching sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner's
Crop Report Notes Mixed Rainfall Across County
The report notes maize and cotton performing variably with adequate rain on red lands but weaker yields on gray lands due to light rainfall. Overall cotton for the county remains about the same as last year.
Cattle Grasses Thrive Despite Sparse August Rain
In Marfa Texas on August 15 the article notes heavy rains in May through July produced lush pasture for cattle. August has brought no rain yet cotton along the Rio Grande remains dependent on river water and has not suffered so far.
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Marfa
Tex
Rio Grande
Drought Weather Impacts Cotton and Crops Across Texas
Across multiple Texas towns August 15 reports show drought reducing cotton yields by about 25 percent and corn short by half. Boll weevil active in Beeville while Howard county sees best conditions in five years with needed rain. Stamford notes deterioration in cotton and feed, Childress reports poorest cotton conditions in years, and Brenham county anticipates above normal cotton despite drought effects.
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Beeville
Tex
Big Spring
Howard County
Weatherford
Texas Crops Face Varied Drought Impacts Across Counties
Reports from Weatherford Pecos Belton Lockhart Waco and surrounding areas describe drought harming cotton while corn and alfalfa show mixed results. Reeves County enjoys better crop prospects with cantaloupes and a heavy watermelons shipment. County forecasts vary from half a bale per acre cotton to stands of no early improvement without rain.
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Pecos
Tex
Reeves
West Texas
Melon Association
Lockhart
Caldwell County
Hunt county crops hit by drought lower cotton yield
In Hunt county Texas on August 15 crops lag behind last year with cotton down at least 15 percent due to ten days of drought. Rain is needed soon and the dry spell could worsen the harvest within the next five days.
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Palestine
Tex
Stamford
Waco
Texas
McLennan County
Greenville
Hunt County
Minneapolis
Minn
Pittsburg
Ernest Noon
Margaret M. Barker
Church of the Ascension
Noon
Miss Barker
Cotton yields fall sharply in Wichita Falls district
In Wichita Falls Texas on August 15 the cotton condition has deteriorated about 40 percent in 30 days. A bumper crop earlier is unlikely as continued dry weather and poor conditions cut yields to well under a third of a bale per acre even if weather improves.
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Cuero
Tex
Drouths
Tyler
Wichita Falls
Gins Running Full Blast as Taylor Markets New Cotton
Taylor Texas reports gins at full blast with 169 bales marketed yesterday, total 481 bales of the new crop. Expecting 500 more this week as heat accelerates maturation and fields fill with pickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor, Tex
Taylor
Fingerprint Expert Validates Identity in Indian Memorandum
Washington August 15 Two or three fingerprints on a note are as valid as a signature in marine corps expert opinion Nineteen prints matched across the document establish identity and may compel payment of an attorney fee by the department The finding threatens an unnamed Fawnee Indian connected to the memorandum and debt header authorities hope to settle the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Marine Corps
Secretary of the Interior
Peculiar Malady Baffling New Jersey Doctors
Miss Alice Geiser of Weehawken suffers a unique condition causing extreme sleepiness only while standing up. Sit or lie down and she rapidly loses consciousness. Doctors report no parallel in medical annals after two years of treatment with no improvement. She remains otherwise healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weehawken
N. J
Alice Geiser
Africa
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
An advertisement for Texas Wonder patent medicine claims it cures kidney and bladder ailments including gravel diabetes and rheumatism in men women and children. The ad offers mail order to send for a one dollar bottle and promises a two months treatment with frequent cures and testimonials from Dr E W Hall of St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wonder
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive Gtrest
St. Louis
Druggista A
Lumber King Alexander Gibson Dies at 94
Fredericton New Brunswick August 15 Alexander Gibson known as New Brunswick lumber king died here yesterday at age 94 Born into poverty he rose to wealth in twelve years He logged an average of 30,000,000 feet of lumber annually for forty years with wide railroad and cotton mill interests.
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Fredericton
N. B
Alexander Gibson
New Brunswick
Gibson
Hosiery sale for women and children advertised
Advertisement lists several hosiery specials for women and children. Prices range from 17c to 79c with items including boot silk hose in black, lace hose in multiple colors, and fine thread silk hose in navy and pink. Limited quantities and Saturday sale emphasis.
Gangster is Murdered In New York Street Shooting
A man believed to be Joseph Roke of the Sullivan Street gang was shot dead on Thirty first street. He collapsed in front of an unoccupied two story building. a revolver was found in the doorway. Three policemen and a detective were involved in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Roke
Sullivan Street
Thirty-first Street
Escaping murderer eludes detectives at scene
Police arrived within two minutes but found no sign of the fleeing suspect. The wounded victim held a loaded revolver and did not fire as the event unfolded.
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Tective
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Schaefer Drug CO
Quality Pharmacy
Avenue C
San Antonio, Texas
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Childress
Brenham
Washington County
Belton
Bell County
Saul Wolfson
Safe Remedies Co
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N. Y
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Supreme Court
Guy
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Price
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