Winter Garden Show Promises Cash Prizes in San Antonio
The Winter Garden Show in San Antonio early February offers more than fifty cash prizes totaling about 300 dollars for fruit and vegetable displays. Organizers plan large entries from county schools and home gardens with barrels used to grow crops where land is scarce. The event aims to attract northern tourists and showcase mid winter vegetables to visitors.
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San Antonio
William Cassin
Agricultural Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cassin
George J. Roark
Merchants of
George W. Roark
Agricultural Department
W. G. Hand
Agent Hand
Bexar County
Cotton price in San Antonio hits 110 dollars per bale
Cotton sold Saturday at 17 cents a pound for middling in San Antonio, about 85 dollars per bale for lint and 25 dollars for seed, totaling 110 dollars per bale. Farmers seek 150 dollars arguing strong demand, while cotton remains a key economic driver for Texas and the South.
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San Antonio
Texas
South
Week Sets A Record For Trade Activity
Trade and industry moved at a record pace with new orders and extraordinary quotations for leading commodities. Demand remains insatiable, though some textiles show buying conservatism, while shortages of labor rail cars and materials restrain production. Weekly bank clearings reach 6.665 billion dollars.
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Bradstreet's
Landlords Who Bar Children Criticized by Real Estate World
The Real Estate World condemns landlords who refuse to rent to families with children and those who push out couples after a baby arrives. It mocks preferring pets to children and imagines retribution if a stork brings a black cat instead of a baby to such tenants.
Railroads Grow Profits Amid Troop Movement in Texas
Texas rail lines show large gains in net earnings for the year ending June 30, 1916, driven by rising traffic and cost controls. The Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio leads with a 100.8 percent net income rise, while the International and Great Northern reports a 71.7 percent surge. Movement of troops to San Antonio and border areas aids lines like the International and Great Northern and others, despite some declines in gross revenue and higher taxes across the system.
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Texas
Bureau of Railway Economics
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Lines
Sap
San Antonio Aransas Pass
Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio
Mexico
International
Great Northern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas System
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
Texas and Pacific
Progressive real estate uses giant LA searchlight at night
A Los Angeles real estate firm installs a giant searchlight in a suburban bungalow tract to draw buyers after dark. The 8.5 million candlepower beacon can project a light beam 32 miles and is second in power only to Mt. Lowe, with an adjustable center installation that points in any direction.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mt. Lowe
More Prize Winners in the Yards Contest District 5 and 7
The record lists prize recipients by district and class for yard and home improvements. Names include A McLean 138 Belden Ave G F Scharfenberg corner Saldana Espinosa Sts Mrs B L Raborn 304 Cavalier St and others across Districts 5 and 7 with multiple yard and home enhancement categories.
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G. F. Scharfenberg
Saldana
Espinosa
Saldana and
Espinosa Streets
B. L. Raborn
Cavalier Street
Cavalier
G. Lachapelle
Harriman Place
J. L. Lytle
Pleasanton Road
Davis Street
High Prices Await Texas Cabbage Crop
A drought and poor weather last summer caused a near failure of the national cabbage crop at major production points. Prices at loading stations rose from about 4 dollars per ton last fall to 35 and even 40 dollars this year, signaling a potential profitable window for Texas growers to plant and ship cabbage well before northern crops mature.
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United States
Texas
British Invests Heavily in Latin Trade Postwar
Washington Oct 21 British capital is moving into Mexico Central and South America and the West Indies as a postwar trade base. Special agent Halsey reports about 6.19 billion dollars invested in securities railway stocks and industrial ventures across Latin America and the West Indies with Britain aiming to spur closer U S and Latin trade relations after the war.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Central and
South America
Western Hemisphere
United States
Great Britain
Central
London
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
South
Central America
West Indies
Frederic M. Halsey
Argentina
Chile
Standard
Latin West Indies
Trinidad
Governus
South and
Sharks lower realty as sharks deter beachgoers
Real estate along the coast drops in value as man eating sharks scare off bathers. Campsites and cottages tied to summer visitors are selling cheaply while beachgoers avoid the surf after sundown. The shark danger is expected to fade and property demand may rebound.
LAND TO TAKE JUMP
A real estate forecast predicts a record-breaking market after the European war ends with a flood of European immigrant farmers seeking farm homes. Speculators are buying low-priced coastal farms, anticipating a surge in demand as savings are invested. Experts urge buyers to act now.
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America
Seaboard
Texas cattle movement signals big restocking trend
A trainload of large Texas steers moved from Fort Worth to Southwest Texas via the Southern Pacific under Nat Parks. Shippers see optimism for winter markets as pastures green up and markets rise from around six to ten dollars a head. A USDA survey then details national marketing methods, centralized markets, local sales, and farm slaughter trends, noting cooperative cattle associations and the dominance of central markets in livestock commerce.
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Texas
San Antonio
Southern Pacific Line
Nat Parks
Catarina
Fort Worth
Farks
Parks
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Central States
Great Central
Minnesota
Oeter
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George Roark
Agricultural Committee
Real Estate World
New Orleans
Texas & Mexico
St. Louis, Brownsville
St. Louis
Southwestern
T. A. McLean
Balden Avenue
Maverick Estate
College Street
George M. Maverick
Ing
Will N
Noonan
Progressive
Belden Avenue
Stanton T. Smith
West Woodlawn Avenue
M. W. Hays
Agarita Avenue
J. F. Howard
West Mulberry Avenue
Shaffer
Los Angeles Heights
Trouvsnd
Davis
Fresno Street
West Mulberry Street
Thin
North
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