Farm Prices Rise Prompting Farmer Smiles Across the Nation
Government figures show profits for U.S. producers hit new highs in the last year with October price indexes for principal crops up about 27.6 percent from a year ago and meat animals up 28.7 percent. Hog prices averaged $9.22 per hundred pounds on September 15, while beef cattle, sheep, milk cows, and eggs also posted gains. Despite the rise in product values, overall crop conditions on October 1 ran 6.5 percent below the ten year average, though final yields per acre last year exceeded average by 8 percent. The total cultivated area this year stayed just under 1915 levels.
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United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Paris War Charity Drive Raises Nearly 30 Million Francs
In Paris and other French cities about 30 million francs have been collected for war charities from sums as small as one sou. The report lists Belgian Flag Day 3 509 562 francs Orphans Day 4 617 923 francs Day of the Victims of the War 3 802 332 francs National Relief Committee Day 6 773 393 francs Paris Day July 14 579 617 francs Refugees Day total to come near 30 million francs.
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Paris
France
Ees National Relief Committee
How Castroville Got Its Name Pioneer diary reveals origin
Captain A J Lowell recounts Henry Castro's diary showing the 1844 naming of Castroville after Castro, based on Bishop Odin of Claudiopolis laying the first Catholic church cornerstone near the Medina river west of San Antonio, with Odin's certificate marking the first use of Castroville.
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Castroville
San Antonio
A. J. Lowell
Henry Castro
Captain Lowell
Odin of
Claudi‘opolig
Castro Settlement
Medina River
Hays
Nueces River
Mr. Castro
Three Forks of the Nueces
Nueces Canyon
Kit Ackland
Kate Perry
James Dunn
John Carlin
Ackland
Perry
Corpus Christi
Colt
Mayne Reid
Walker
McCulloch
Rangers
Pedernales
Andrew Lowell
Castro
Mexico
Medina
John James
Cupples
Charles D. Montel
Odin
Oge
Chevalier
Luis Huth
G.S. Bourgeois
Louis Haas
Church of St. Louis
King
Claudiopolis
H. Castro
Government of
Bexar
Abbe Oge
San Antonio de Bexar
Saint Louis
Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Calomel Says Town Druggists
Local druggists report a drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable tonic is praised for safety, pleasant taste, and effective relief from liver sluggishness and constipation without side effects. A 50 cent bottle is money back if it fails.
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Dodson
Valdes Is Accepted as Panama President After Election Spoils
Following Valdes inauguration on October 1 the struggle over his election ends with general relief and loyalty toward the new president. Valdes plans to finish treasury and customs investigations and support tighter government accounting while opposing outside fiscal control or auditor with plenary powers.
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Panama
Valdes
United States
State Department
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