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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1926
Page
4
June 29. Agricultural prospects improve after a severe spring with 36 days of good weather. Dallas review notes farmers in better shape, cattle and sheep moving to market, hog values up to a peak since 1920. Reports show higher farm income and improved weather aiding plant growth and grain prospects amid feed and water concerns.
The article reports IG.N seeking permission from authorities to issue bonds totaling 6 million dollars to fund road capital expenditures and future projects. It notes plans to redeem 2.5 million in notes on September 1 and outlines the use of bond proceeds for reimbursements and future needs.
In Betteshanger Kent the Peter Pan actor Llewellyn Davies served as best man at a wedding held at St Marys Church. The groom, James Barrie’s nephew, was accompanied by family and notable guests including Sir James Llewellyn Day. The event followed a royal contest and featured other prominent attendees.
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin quotes documents in the Congressional Record to contest Senator Reed’s attack on Secretary Hoover. He asserts wartime price fixing for wheat was guided by a commission and notes President Wilson said Hoover took no part in price deliberations or opinions.
A nation wide conference of fruit men will meet in Chicago September 9 and 10 to educate the public on fruit benefits and improve fruit growing. Paul Stark of Louisiana Mo president of the American Pomological Society leads 66 fruit growers from 17 eastern and middle western states in a northwest fruit districts tour.
A strong quake in Central Sumatra yesterday caused many deaths and widespread damage. Buildings collapsed at Fort Dekock and the Padang governor's residence and European homes were badly damaged. Solok was reported set afire by the tremor.
T. H. Jacobs, agent for United American Lines, notes 80 widows among 416 passengers on a world cruise voyage. He says the widow proportion is the greatest transfer on record, with 20 numbers cited in the report.
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