Richest land in world eyed for San Antonio rail link
San Antonio business leaders push a 300 mile railroad from the Brownsville area to connect with the city. They hail the Lower Rio Grande valley as the world’s richest agricultural region with rapid growth, towns blooming like Mercedes and Harlingen, and irrigation yielding high returns.
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Valley of the Nile
Clower
Brownsville
Lts
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
Atascosa County
Live Oak County
Live Oak
Texas
McMullen
Duval
Nueces
Rio Grande River
Falfurrias
Starr County
Lower
Rio Grande
The
Nile
Mercedes
Harlingen
Hidalgo
McAllen
Mission
San Benito
Chapin
Bandit Ballo Captured After Opera Outing in Palermo
Rome reports Sicilian brigand Ballo and his secretary arrested in Palermo as he left the opera with a lavish companion. He allegedly killed an officer during the capture after demanding protection money across two provinces. Ballo was famed for audacious crimes and wealth from blackmail operations.
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Rome
Ballo
Silian
Hen Raising Class Guides Early Chick Care and Rearing
A farming guide outlines how to raise chicks from hatching to six weeks. It covers dusting, feeding schedules from first days to monthly milestones, and preparing a home ration including oatmeal and cracked grain. It warns about lice, pests, and the need for shade, clean water, and exercise.
Tax reform push at Real Estate Exchange meeting
Real estate leaders in San Antonio and Bexar County urged a statewide campaign to amend tax laws. They favored consolidating county and city tax collectors and assessors, syncing fiscal years, and removing the separation tax receipt to ease collection and reduce delinquencies.
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State Equalization Board
San Antonio
Bexar County
Real Estate Exchange
State Organization of Real Estate Exchanges
State Tax Collectors’ Association
Bitter
The
Exchange
What the Farmer Can Do With Electrical Power
The article promotes electricity as ideal for farm use enabling power plants to locate centrally while current reaches dairy, hay lofts, and workrooms. It lists machines operable by small power—feed mixers, mills, mills, separators, churns, hammers, saws, and more—plus sample outputs like six HP for grain separation, three HP for cheese, and ten HP for silo operations.
Berlin’s Mrs. Rogers Reaches Ninety Nine Years
Berlin Wisconsin March 8 Mrs J N Rogers oldest resident here has lived 99 years though she was born February 29 a leap year baby. She celebrated her unique birthday and remains robust and active despite her age and lengthy life.
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Berlin
Wis
J. N. Rogers
Las
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Cure for Kidney Ailments
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as quick relief and lasting benefit for kidney and bladder ailments and urinary irregularities in the elderly. Isaac N. R. Farmer of Missouri reports a complete cure and urges others to try it. Bexar Drug Co. is listed as the supplier.
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Foley
Isaac N. R Farmer
Bexar Drug Co
Local Medical and Ambulance Services Directory
Riebe Undertaking Co provides auto ambulance service at 221 East Commercial. Phone 341. Dr W. S. Hamilton, skin specialist, operates from 527 Moore Building.
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To. Riebe Undertaking Co
W. 8. Hamilton
Moore Building
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