South Texas farmers answer food appeal campaign
Major Sam H. Dixon reports farmers in southwest Texas follow state recommendations to raise food tonnage and cut cotton. Fifteen potato curing plants, nine pea plants, twelve sorghum mills were opened at multiple towns. A tour includes Waller and stops through May 31 with other agriculture officials map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
State Department of Agriculture
Sam H. Dixon
Southwest
Dixon
el Campo
Canada
Louise
Edna
Victoria
Cucro
Hallettsville
Rock Island
Smithville
Dublis
Stephenville
Corbon
Gorman
Waller
Hempstead
Navasota
Hearne
Bremond
Kosse
Thornton
Groesbeck
Mexia
Wortham
Department of Agriculture
Dove
Belton
Killeen
Coperas Cove
Lampasas
Lake Victor
Burnet
Marble Falls
Bertram
Liberty Hill
J. O. Allen
Bells
Savoy
Ector
Dodd City
Windom
Petty
Paris
Pattonville
Deport
Bogota
Cookville
Those Awful Cramps in Marysville Pa Letter
A Marysville Pennsylvania reader reports twelve years of monthly cramps eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and recommends it to friends while urging other women to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Einkham
George R. Naylor
Ackache
Lydia
Pinkam
Lynn
Mass
Cadets Named For Camp Dewey at New London
May 15 Corpus Christi text reports many naval cadets finishing the Junior Naval Reserve Academy term and preparing to enter Camp Dewey summer training in New London Conn. Cadet officers commissions awarded include lieutenants David Gillett and John Hain. other officers enshrined. honor students include four San Antonio youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Junior
Naval Reserve Academy
New London
David Gillett
Austin
John Hain
Portland
Frederick D. Wade
William Hamlet
Hubbard B. Smith
James F. R. Conlan
Sea Cliff
N. Y
Franklin Timpkins
Earl Wilborn
E. Lowdoon
Roy Norton
Taft
Taft, Chief Yeoman
San Antonio
H. Barnhouse
M. Davis
C. Gillaspy
G. Johnson
Mounted Wrestling Adds Flair to Fort Sam Gymkhana
Red Cross gymkhana at Fort Sam Houston Saturday features mounted wrestling bouts by men from the Fist Texas Cavalry, a military aviator flyover, and two military bands. Officials say troop movements from Camp Wilson won't disrupt the event, with ample seating and parking arranged for a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Fort Sam Houston
Fist Texas Cavalry
San Antonians
Camp Wilson
War Department
Centers Seek Training Camps for 500000 Troops
Chicago May 16 Major General Thomas H Barry appointed six officers in the Central Department to scout and report on suitable sites in the Middle West for training camps for the first contingent of 500000 troops destined for overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
United States Army
Middle Western States
Killing Off Red Spiders in Strawberries
A. R. Cruse of the division of etiology in the Department of Agriculture has returned from Pasadena where he worked to eradicate red spiders in strawberry fields and reported good success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
A. R. Cruse
Division of Etomology
Department of Agriculture
Pasadena
Text book bill advances as lawmakers agree on judiciary act
In Austin Texas the text book bill passed the House and conformed with the Senate amendments. The measure allocates discounts from central depositories for free school texts. Free conference reports on the judiciary bill set a total appropriation of about 2.443 million dollars for two years. The Senate and House push through multiple bills, including salaries, deputies, and liquor refund funds, with notable amendments and allocations across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Senate
Fuller
Free Conference Committee
Judiciary
Texas
Board of Pardons
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Court of Civil Appeals
Harley
L. Sul Ross
A. & M. College
King
P. H. Davis
Senator Dear
Hudspeth
Eighty-third Judicial District
Senator Page
Daughters of the American Revolution
King’s Highway
Free Conference
Clark
Parr
Decherd
Page
Terrell, McFarland, Hardy
Law of Washington
Bower
Senate House
Parks
McCollum
Bledsoe
Bonham School Pupils Entertain at May Festival
The Bonham School held its annual May festival Tuesday afternoon with pupils teachers and mothers hosting booths in the school yard. Performances featured Jumping Jacks Baby Buntings Little Boy Blues Mother Goose rhymes and dances. The orchestra plus kinder ensemble provided music while ticket sales continued to be tallied for a substantial school profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham School
Mother Goose
Kinder Orchestra
James Villenaueva
Sadie Katz
Sloan's Liniment Ad Vends Medical Paste In Cold Weather
When twinges strike, Sloan's Liniment provides quick relief without rubbing for stiff fingers wrists and arms after long drives or cold waits. Effective for gout neuralgia toothache bruises sprains and cold feet, available at druggists in 25c 50c and 1 options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Fibre Hosiery Special 59c Attractively fitted lustrous fibre hose
A U enclosure advertises Fibre Hosiery in summer shades with a neat fit, boot of lustrous fibre, tops and feet of isle fabric. Special price 59 cents per pair on the first floor.
Silk Handbags Special $1.98 Sale Card
Silk handbags priced at 1.98 with stout frames covered in silks in varying summer colors. Features include beaded motifs, strap handles, an inside mirror, and a permanently attached coin purse. location noted as First Floor.
Pretty Kimonos in light summer lawn fabrics
Light and dainty summer kimonos priced from $1.25 to $5.95, offered in white, black and pale shades. Empire and loose styles feature lace trims, ribbons, and satin facing swatches. Display on Second Floor.
Bonham School Orchestra Presents Spring Dance Program
Bonham School Orchestra performs a varied program including dances and piano pieces such as Blue and Sing a Song of Sixpence. Marcella Rennett, Tom Howard, Mary Louise Guenther, and Frank G. Huntress IT are listed among performers with pieces like Caprice Liszt and Caprice Grieg. The program features May Pole, Scarf, Butterfly, Water Lilies, and Star Spangled Banner finales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham School
Mendelssohn
Aileen Alter
Margaret Alter
Lucile Moore
Catherine Hofheinz
Marcella Rennert
Charters Issued in Texas Firms May 16 1920
Charters filed in Austin list several new firms with names and incorporators. The Capital Co. El Paso 10000 capital stock incorporators John K Fulkerson A J Schutz A H Goldstein. C H Firley Co El Paso 50000 capital stock incorporators C H Winley H W Browder W H Myrd. George Fritz Co Denton 5000 capital stock incorporators J L Wright George Fritz H V Hennan. Johnson Motor Co San Antonio 15000 capital stock incorporators Ben H Johnson Russell C Hill W S Langford. Kelsay Lumber Co Fort Worth 100000 capital stock incorporators R Kelsay A M Kelsay W R B Kelsay. Palmetto Oil Co Houston 20600 capital stock incorporators C L Desel Gus Japhet A A Noack. Merchants Auto Express Co El
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
the Capital Co
el Paso
Capital
John K. Fulkerson
A- J. Schutz
A. H. Goldstein
C. H. Firley Co
C. H. Winley
H. W. Browder
W. H. Myrd
Purpose
George Fritz
R. . Kelsay
A. M. Kelsay
W. RB. Kelsay
Palmetto Oil Co
Houston
C. L. Desel
Gus Japhet
A. A. Noack
Merchants’ Auto Express Co
Texas corporate incorporations and charter amendments noted
Paso capital stock is $20000 with incorporators M L Naquin John B Clifford and E A Young Modern Creamery Co Houston with $25000 and incorporators J P Ham A Z Page and N C Abbott Charter amendments filed Beatrice Milling Co Whitewright increasing capital stock from 25000 to 60000 and Texas Mortgage Banking Co Waxahachie increasing from 100000 to 200000 Republic Investment Co El Paso capital stock 10000 incorporators J M Meece J M Proctor and J D Richey Realty Development Co El Paso capital stock 50000 incorporators N B Stone M C Knaus and J P McGrath Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Capital
M. L. Naquin
John B. Clifford
E. A. Young
Modern Creamery Co
Houston
J. P. Ham
A. Z. Page
N. C. Abbott
Beatrice Milling Co
Whitewright
Texas
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Hernan
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Premiere Songstress
Telephone Crockett
T. B. Baker
South Texas
Major Dixon
Noa Spears
Losoya
Burns’ Drug Store
Houston and
Navarro Sts
Crockett
Merchants Transfer Co
St. Mary’s Street
Office of
Waitness Matthews
Corpus Christi Camp
Boards of Officers
Tarrant County
School Yard
Sloan's Hidatsa Lls
Fallin
Wolfson’s
Saul Wolfson
Bayer
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