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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1931

Page

9

Highway fight seen shapes Texas legislature scene

The Forty-second Texas Legislature opened with a heated session as members adjourned to Monday. Bills on highway bonds tax reform and water conservation dominated early debates while rules changes and constitutional amendment timing prompted procedural wrangling. Governor-elect Sterling and Lt Governor Witt poised for impact as proposals for Cotton acreage reduction and state planning surfaced amid uncertain inaugural week actions.

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Independents Seek Senate Oil Probe in Delaware and Midwest

Independent oil producers urge Senate participation in probing alleged price fixing by big petroleum firms. Senator Nye of North Dakota advocates an investigation into alleged collusion that would harm small producers and disrupt competition.

Senate Washington, D. C San Waa Nye Reyub- Uean North Dakota

Lancashire Mills Closed After Wages Row

Lancashire cotton mills shuttered after a wage dispute causing a halt in production. 240,000 workers affected as mills refuse offers and threaten strikes. Local officials urge mediation while workers protest outside plants in England.

Lancaghire Manchfsten Ensland Lanenahire

Spinach Prices Rise in Texas Market Report

Spinach on Abbins tops winter produce lists in Texas with fresh gains. Market notes show prices from 50 to 44 cents per bush for growers marked quality, while 50 cents for cammerlen mart. Other items include oats, celery, and dairy moving slowly amid varied demand.

Texas Grawers Morkéla Cammlerlen Marta Eiso Airancer Cormmisatgn Rena Atenas

Fruits and Vegetables Market Prices Collage

A fragmented list shows a busy market with numerous fruits vegetables and prices. Items include beans grapefruit lettuce oranges lemons peppers celery and apples with varied per unit weights and prices across crates bushels and dozens.

Feumut Badiq News Service Report on Vegetables Exports

The Texas department of agriculture and San Antonio bureau report vegetable shipments from the United States, listing cabbage beets apples and citrus to New York and other markets. Prices and market conditions vary with time, demand, and shipping terms. notes mention cash prices, carloads, and damp market activity with several regions showing weaker or stronger trends.

Feumut Badiq Bureau of Eerie Culture Economier Texas San Antonio Yesia Atiernaon U. S York Crapefruit Potatces Texan Otheis Greene Toran The U.S Rauliflower Peers Siuprim Caridads Newal Tower Valley Points Planet New York Tex Wosinn Texas Atrived Allendy Alconeers Elear Alendy

Audway Daring Night and Busy Dances at Hall

Readable lines describe Audway daring night and dances at Son's Hall and Martinix Baty. Entries mention cash prizes, a dance at Keystone arch, and various social events with musicians. Market notes cover Texas crates, Chicago grain, and Mexican money in the local markets.

I Danre Castrorile Sin Barily Hia Datena Floressilis Tenar Sat John'n Pasilini Murle Bill Big Mezzymakers Martinix Baty Keystone Arch Ads

Cotton Market Mixed as Liverpool Cables Steady

New Orleans and Liverpool reports show mixed cotton activity with Lancashire lockout and steady Liverpool prices. Prices fluctuated in early trading while private cables and local selling influenced demand, and Kansas City livestock markets posted steadier bids for cattle and calves through the week.

New Orleans Cot Alendy Muy Guiel Liversool Lancashire Liverpool Que Cotta New York Gotton Supnis Liverpool Cabiea Ead Ty Continental Bret Macket Tamedthira Terardea Cottns Wblepound Tha Ena

Mobile bakeries cut bread prices in city

Mobile Ala Jan 17 bakeries reduced bread prices to five cents for 14 ounces vs ten cents for 8 ounces, a notable price cut across the local bakers. The move follows steady demand as vendors adjust to market conditions in Mobile.

Mobile Ala

Night Cough Relief Promise from Thoxine Product Claim

An ad asserts night coughs from colds or throat irritation are hard to treat with ordinary medicines. It touts Thoxine as a quick internal-acting remedy promising near instant relief after first swallow. The ad claims better results than any prior remedy with a money back guarantee and offers pills in bottles priced at six dollars.

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Grain Market Movements Amid Feeding Base Weakness

Grain prices show broad weakness with boxe and cattle quoted below profitable feeding level. Wheat opens steady to higher then eases. corn starts unchanged then gains, while mixed signals appear in US and international market notes. Shipping reports from Liverpool and Chicago indicate volatile grains and poultry price activity.

Thieves Loot 67000 Cigarettes In Large Tobacco Heist

A major theft reported Saturday by Earl Bowers Company notes 67000 cigarettes stolen from the store valued at 340 dollars. Separate robberies include a filling station pilfering 20 gallons of gasoline and a home burglary stealing a phonograph a sewing machine clothing and other items during a funeral. A farmer in Italy aged 104 tends his field and smokes a pine when the spirit moves.

Joan Adives Italy Battiste Grepaldi

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