Texas land sale opens May 1 for homeseekers
The general land office will offer about a million acres of Texas school lands in 20 to 1280 acre tracts priced $1.50 to $5 per acre with a small down payment and forty years to pay the rest at 3 percent interest. Limits on how much one person may buy vary by county, with some counties allowing up to eight sections. Purchasers must settle on site within 90 days and reside for three years, while certain mountainous counties offer land without residence requirements. Applications must be mailed to the general land office with one tenth of the price per survey, and railroads may acquire lands only for stations and similar needs.
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Texas
General Land Office
Andrews
Brooks
Crane
Cameron
Duval
Ector
Gaines
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Kinney
Kleberg
la Salle
Loving
Maverick
McMullen
Midland
Starr
Sutton
Travis
Terry
Upton
Ward
Webb
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Land Office
Brewster
Bandera
Culberson, Crockett, Edwards
el Paso
Jeff Davis
Kerr, Kimble
Menard
Pecos
Presidio
Real
Terrell
Val Verde
Anderson, Andrews
Angelina
Archer
Armstrong
Atascosa
Bastrop
Baylor
Bellico
Borden
Bowie
Brazoria
Frewster
Briscoe
Brown
Burnet
Caldwell
Carson
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Cochran
Coke
Collingsworth
Coryell
Cottle
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallas
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Eastland
Edwards
Erath
Fisher
Foard
Fort Bend
Glasscock
Guadalupe
Hale
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Mardin
Harris
Hartley
Haskell
Hays
Hemphill
Henderson
Hockley
Houston
Howard
Hutchinson
Jack
Jones
Kendall
Kerr
Kimble
Knox
Lamb
Lampasas
Leon
Liberty
Live Oak
Lubbock
Marion
Martin
Matagorda
McCulloch
Mills
Montague
Moore
Motley
Newton
Nolan
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
van Zandt
Wharton
Wheller
Wilbarger
Willacy
Wilson
Winkler
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala
Busy Week for U S Business as Trade Booms
Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports unprecedented activity across trade lines with scarce materials and rising demand. Banks show record clearings and ample funds while foreign liquidations slow and exchange stabilizes. Financiers predict new loans as trade with Europe strengthens and gold continues to flow abroad.
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Bradstreet
San Antonio
New York
Chicago
England
France
United States
Europe
Wall Street
Oil well brought in near San Antonio tract
Pictures show two views of the rich oil well brought in Friday on the Hamilton Swain tract near San Antonio. The oil produced is of un certain quality and the discovery adds to the local energy development noted in the Friday report.
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San Antonio
Hamilton-Swain
Marchioness Townsherld to Star in American Films
Noble Scintillations of the Marchioness Townsherld reach Anglo-American circles in London as she prepares to debut in her own film dramas in America. The pretty artist paints and writes, described as scintillating, with quotes noting clever wordplay about women and tea as a reservoir of candal.
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Marchioness Townsherld
America
London
New York Post
Mining Men See Metals Rise in San Antonio Market
Mining men in San Antonio note copper selling at peak levels while iron steel and other metals reach high marks in years. Foreign countries place large orders for steel rails and other metals, with enormous war munition demand under negotiation in the United States.
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San Antonio
Cotton exports surge as Galveston leads with 35000 bales
Friday exports from Galveston reached about 35000 bales while all ports cleared 60000 bales. The large daily total ends months of tight freight space and rising rates and boosts market interest. Cotton traders expect a sustained high market as boat room frees up.
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Galveston
San Antonio Thrives as Market Hub for Farm Goods
San Antonio wholesale merchants report strong demand from country traders. Dry goods jobbers receive large orders while farmers appear to have cash, supporting a diversified regional output of cotton and other crops, including livestock, grain, and trucks.
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San Antonio
Real Estate Revival Reported in North and East
North and East markets show rising interest as San Antonio brokers anticipate a wave of real estate demand. Home buyers and outsiders are expected to drive a busy few weeks with stronger activity in lands and city property.
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San Antonio
St Louis Southwestern reports large half year earnings gain
The St Louis Southwestern railroad shows a net income of 890 549 for July 1 to December 31 1915 reversing a 126 455 loss in the same period 1914. Bross earnings rose 647 000 and net revenue increased 1 160 000. December net revenue reached 426 435 the highest since 1913 except 1912. The Cotton Belt remains Missouri headquarters and not in receivership.
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St. Louis Southwestern
Cotton Belt
Bross
Missouri
Wage gains by major manufacturers lift purchasing power
Nearly 1 500 representative manufacturers in New York State alone employ about 400 000 people and are paying an average 27 percent more in wages than a year ago. About 17 percent more workers are employed now than last year, signaling a material effect on business.
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New York State
Travis County Bonds Approved in Texas District
The Attorney General's Department approved an issue of 10000 Travis County independent school district bonds. They bear 5 percent interest and mature in 40 years with an option of 3 years. The decision comes from Austin dated February 12.
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Travis County
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Travis County Independent School District
Spring Building Activity Seen Boosting Lumber Trade
Southern Pine Association reports a buoyant outlook for spring building, with San Antonio contractors poised for large contracts and easier loans. New Orleans and other markets show rising prices, while export orders for yellow pine remain strong with a French government contract in play.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Builders Exchange
Dun, Bradstreet
Europe
Southern Pine Association
New Orleans
Milwaukee Wisdom On Intemperance From Colonel Pabst
The Chicago Record Herald quotes Colonel Pabst condemning intemperance as the fault of high speed living. He laments men trading beer for strong liquor and women abandoning home duties for idle pursuits, arguing cocktails erode figure and complexion faster than wash-tubs.
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Milwaukee
Pabst
Colonel Pabst
Chicago Record Herald
Realty ethics guidelines for exclusive agency and signs
The text outlines broker duties when exclusive agency exists, urges soliciting with permission, fairness in commission splits, and proper handling of listings. It bans relaying listings between brokers without consent, advises against excessive or improper signage, and calls for board arbitration for misconduct. It ends with a non sequitur about flour from Natal.
Sudan Grass King Visits Corpus Christi Farm
Chicago publisher David B. Clarkson known as the Sudan Grass King is in Corpus Christi after traveling from his Robstown area farm where he oversees 400 acres of Sudan grass, touted as the world's largest such field. The grass feedstuff, introduced in 1909 from Egypt, spurs new farms across the United States, challenging local Nueces county production.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
David B. Clarkson
Chicago
Corpus Christ
Clarkson
Robstown
Sudan
Valley of the Nile
Egypt
United States
Nueces County
Shade trees boost Texas property values, says entomologist
Professor Ernest B. Scholl chief entomologist for the State Department of Agriculture reports that shade trees materially increase real estate values and that Texas cities are placing greater emphasis on trees and flowers. He notes uneven care and warns against untrained pruners, with Department experts offering guidance and even pruning demonstrations upon request.
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Texas
Ernest B. Scholl
State Department of Agriculture
Scholl
Professor Scholl
Davis
Capitol Grounds
Capitol
Agricultural Department
Fire Loss in Texas Reveals High Rate of Preventable Fires
State Fire Marshal Wallace Inglish releases figures showing 58 000 fires in Texas since December 10 1910. Of dwelling and related structures 66 8 percent were preventable and of mercantile fires 51 5 percent were preventable. Overall preventable share estimated at 73 percent for mercantile and 59 percent for dwellings.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Fire Insurance Commission
Wallace Inglish
Real Estate Transfers Including Edgewood and Lakeview Listings
A series of 1916 real estate deeds involving multiple parties in Texas. Transactions include Dr. Adolph and others selling Lot 166 Southolm add for $228.75. Dickey trustees acquiring 684 acres from 1914. Bryant to Bingham with multiple lots and notes totaling $300 cash plus promissory obligations. Garza de Munoz selling to Ramirez for $200. Youngblood to Spencer lot 2 Velma add. Meyer to D Albini with cash and notes. Lakeview Townsite Co. selling Lot 9 Lakeview for $490.
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Adolph
Charles A
August A
William L
John B
Ferdinand Ylerff
John Atamanuuk
Southolm
Dickey
Kansas City
Walter S
Fred L
Kenneth M
Walter Grant Dickey
Joaquin Leal Grant
R. E
Cora Bryant
Addie Bingham
Edgewood
Emilio and
Guadalupe Garza de Munoz
Esther V. Ramirez
New City Block
South Comal and
Juarez Street
D. F
Connie Youngblood
L. S. Spencer
Velma
South Presa Street
Carrie A. Meyer
G. Q. D’albini
Garza Street
West End
Lakeview
John Marbach
H. A. Underwood
Texas Farmers to Grow More Hogs and Livestock
Agricultural Agent W. W. Evans reports Texas farmers will boost hogs by 50,000 sows and expand livestock on cotton farms. He argues livestock farming stabilizes soil fertility and credit, noting recent gains in cattle and hogs while wheat and oats acreage shifts reflect price cycles and market conditions.
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Texas
Katy
W. W. Evans
M. K. & T. Railroad
San Antonio
Black Land
South Texas
Sonia
Kansas City Casualty Company Granted Texas License
The Department of Insurance and Banking in Austin has issued a current year license to Kansas City Casualty Company of Kansas City, Missouri to do business in Texas. For 1915 its Texas premiums totaled 10,865.80 with losses paid of 5,073.86.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Insurance and Banking
Texas
Kansas City Casualty Company
Kansas City
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State of Texas
A. Barber
Realty Ethics
Natal
Hig
Department of Insurance
Texas Farms
California
Ania
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