Marshall scheme proposes simple ice weight check
George B. Marshall of the Merchants' Ice and Cold Storage Co. says consumers can verify ice weights using only a yard stick and multiplication. He cites Louisville success and notes a 300 pound standard block, with 350 pound overages and a practice called cut-out. He questions how to preserve short weight evidence for trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Abbott
Austin
Louisville
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Cotton Bulletin Houston District Weather Summary
Temperature and rainfall data for Houston district stations over the past 24 hours ending at 8 AM. Includes minimum temperatures for the last twelve hours and notes on averaging methodology for the district.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
Weather forecast brief for western belt region
Weather fair to cloudy in the western part with above normal temperatures. Rainfall expected at several locations including Alex, Cheneyville, Clinton, Lafayette, La Natchez and Miss Galapede Veunu with totals around 4 inches at specified sites. Allen Buell, local forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Alexa Cheneyville
Clinton
Lafayette
Natchez
Miss
Galape de
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rio Grande Flood Reaches El Paso Area
The Rio Grande rises higher than years past flooding the lower city and washing away several Mexican homes though no lives are lost. Immigrant offices brace for impact as levees are reinforced with sandbags while farms in the valley to the north suffer flood damage. Elsewhere the Galveston Victoria division reports bond registrations totaling ten million dollars for a railroad company, including a new three million seven hundred fifty thousand added to existing funded bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
United States Immigration Office
Bond Issue Authorized for Galveston Harrisburg Rail
Acting under the railroad commission the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway registered in the state department an additional 1,000,000 first mortgage bonds under its original 10,000,000 mortgage. The move expands funded debt for the line serving Texas routes and related investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston-Victoria
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company
State Department
Railroad Time Table and Train Listings
A dense timetable lists trains by number and route including northbound and local departures from various origins such as Houston Galveston Kerrville Cuero and El Paso. It shows arrival and departure times across many No. trains with connections to Dallas Fort Worth Waco and the coast.
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M. KK
Houston
New Orleans
Alveston
Las
Fort Worth
North
Dallas, Fort Worth
Waco
Galveston
Kerrville
Coast
Ree Kerrville
Namsesetiia
TF Ness
Matz
el Paso
West
Aerial Flight Planned for Texas National Guard Camp
Fort Sam Houston officers may pilot a flight to Camp Mabry during the August 7 to 16 encampment. The event is expected to attract crowds as a key feature of maneuvers. Adjutant General Hutchings reports positive talks on loaning army wagons, with twenty one wagons requested for the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Mabry
Texas National Guard
York
Henry Hutchings
San Antonio
Carter
Hutchings
Rain Worth One Billion Dollars Says Railroad Chief
General Superintendent H A Gausewitz of the Fort Worth Denver railroad estimated the rain now falling in his territory as a billion dollars in value. He reported the rainfall was general from the Rocky Mountains eastward and that the storm reached Childress Texas this morning moving east at a brisk pace.
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Associated Press
Childress
Tex
H. A. Gausewitz
Fort Worth
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Cloudy Valley” Junction
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Tenn
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Veunu
Jimmy” Cody
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Fort Worth, Texas
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Texas Ave
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Soledad S&t
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