Cotton stalks urged as new newsprint source by Senator Smith
Senator Hoke Smith promotes cotton stalk paper as a solution to a newsprint shortage, teaming with scientists and the Agriculture Department. Early tests since 1908 show potential but note high costs, short fiber and bleaching challenges, requiring five acres per ton of pulp and limited current industrial use.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Texas
Senator Smith
Smith
Department of Agriculture
Germany
Royal Materialisting Institute
Grosslichterfeldeermany
Charles J. Brand
Office of Markets
Tme
Brand
Agricultal Department
Forest Service
United Es
Rsc
Passing of strike and high prices mark trade conditions
The article notes the railway elimination and a temporary strike along with very high cereal prices extraordinary cotton quotations and record wages shaping trade. Spot buying from embargoes has eased into optimistic activity with anticipation for fall and winter orders though pacing slows and prices ease slightly. Weekly bank clearings total 4,632,799,000.
Building and Loan Association Opens in San Antonio
Fidelity Building and Loan Association opens in San Antonio, adding a long awaited financial institution. San Antonio remains the largest U S city of its size without such an association, yet offers strong opportunities for home builders and lenders. Prospective borrowers seek savings plans and contractor bid options to reduce costs on a $3000 house. Texas has 18 associations with under 1.5 million in paid in savings versus California’s 87 with over 32 million, and far more savings banks in California.
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Fidelity Building and Loan Association
San Antonio
United States
California
Texas
Real Estate Deals From San Antonio Heights and More
A roundup of 1916 San Antonio area real estate transfers including T B Reeves and Eliza Reeves to Emiel Carter for deed to lot 5 block 14 West San Antonio Heights for $38.50 and multiple other deeds. Transactions cover diverse blocks and streets with varied payments and notes, from $10 cash to large note assumptions, involving buyers and sellers such as Testard Hinshaw Shands McGee O Hair Hoefle and others.
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T. B
Eliza Reeves
Emiel Carter
West
San Antonio Heights
Seth
Louella Testard
Chas
T. Halton
New City
East Houston
Starr Streets
L. B
Katherine A. Haines
D. C
Alice A. McLeod
Alexander Joske
Albin Seidel
Hannah Hoenig
W. O
Susie Shands
W. M. Eager
New City Block
Vera Cruz
W. H. Chambers
Daniel Albin
Beacon Hill
Los Angeles Heights
Los Angeles Heights Improvement Company
T. J. Kirksey
Caldwell County
Angeles Terrace
Sam and
Sallie Friedman
Zay Smith
Highland Park
W. T
Mary Swanson
Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Company
J. c
Ethel O’hair
Charles
Alvin Hoefle
Charles Hoefle
J. C. O'Hair
West Line
J. C. O’hair
Yard contest draws 450 entries across eight districts
Judges will begin evaluating front and back yards in the citywide yards contest on September 15 under the San Antonio real estate board. Eight district panels will score entries totaling about 450 across classes from front and back yards to gardens and window boxes, with a grand sweepstakes prize for city champions.
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San Antonio Real Estate Board
Civic Committee
Federated Women’s Clubs
Public Improvement Committee
The
Real Estate Board
J. L. Strohm
San Antonio River
Josephine and
Grayson
Alamo Heights
Montclaire
Madeleine Terrace
Terrell Hills
Washington Hills
Josephine
Commerce
Hackberry
South Hackberry
West
South
Laredo
San Fernando
West Commerce
San Pedro Creek
Fredericksburg Road
1. & G. N. Railway
General Land Office Finds Homes for Thousands on Government Land
The General Land Office under Franklin K Lane shows major reforms and results in 1914 1915. It reduced homestead proof delays by half and cut survey and right of way backlogs. It surveyed 17 million acres at low cost and issued hundreds of thousands of patents across homestead desert and railroad lands. The office opened lands for entry and settled disputes while increasing land disposal and surveying efficiency nationwide.
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General Land Office
Western States
Wilson
Franklin K. Lane
Department of the Interior
Land Office
Nevada
Clay Tallman
Arkansas
Flathead Lake
Montana
Arizona
Imperial Valley
California
Matanuska
Bering River
Nenana
San Antonio Beautiful Yards Contest Judges Named
Three judges are shown for the annual yards contest run by the San Antonio Real Estate Board. Directors met and set September 15 as the start date with district judging leading to a city championship final sweepstakes. Over 400 front and back yards compete for prizes as remaining judges are to be appointed this week.
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San Antonio Real Estate Board
San Antonio
Topographic Levee Maps Printed For Valley Reclamation
At Congressman's urging the USGS will reproduce in four colors the detailed topographic levee and drainage maps from the State Reclamation Department. The maps cover thousands of overflowed acres along the Trinity and its forks, Little River, Brazos, Pilot Grove, Cham bers and Bois d Arc creeks across Dallas Tarrant Milam Bell Brazoria Collin Ellis Fannin and Lamar counties.
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Buchanan
Travis County
United States Geological Survey
State Reclamation Department
Trinity
Little River
Brazos River
Pilot Grove
Chambers
Bois d’Arc
Dallas
Tarrant
Milam, Bell
Brazoria
Collin, Ellis, Fannin
Lamar
Seed Quality Could Boost Cotton Yield Per Acre
Texas agriculture expert C W Goodman argues that planting pure bred, vigorous cotton seed from healthy plants can raise yields to a full bale per acre. He stresses testing seed before planting with at least 90 percent germination and selecting seed from well jointed roots and timely maturity.
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Texas
C. W. Goodman
Seed Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Goodman
Texas in the "Movies" Returns to Archive for Historic Reproductions
Texas will be photographed for northern advertising with historical recreations supervised by state archive and historical departments. The project aims to boost publicity and add a $50,000 record value to the archive upon completion and return.
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Texas
North
Pittsburg Real Estate Board to Start Fall Course
The Pittsburg Real Estate Board will begin a 36 week course this fall with weekly lectures by board members and assistance from University of Pittsburgh faculty members.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Real Estate Board
University of Pittsburg
Real Estate Sales Close for Cash in San Antonio Area
The Central Trust Company land department reported several large cash sales near San Antonio. J L Gully sold a 200 acre farm on the Bannera road for 100 per acre with vendor's lien notes. A 6200 acre farm for George West near Uvalde brought 5 50 an acre. L P Peck bought a brick residence in Highland Park for about 10000.
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San Antonio
Land Department
The
Central Trust Company
J. L. Gully
Bandera Road
St. Cloud Jersey
George West
Uvalde
L. P. Peck
Highland Park
East Texas Livestock Conference Draws 200 Delegates
More than 200 delegates from various East Texas counties attend a Mt. Pleasant livestock conference. Dr. A M Glover of Hoard s Dairyman speaks on dairying s role in permanent agriculture. Dr L J Allen outlines government actions to eradicate the cattle tick. A film Blood Will Tell highlights a five stock farm. dipping demonstrations and lectures accompany the program as committees plan county efforts to boost beef and dairy production and reduce quarantine restrictions.
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Mt. Pleasant
East Texas
A. M. Glover
Hoard's P Dairyman
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
L. J. Allen
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Office Building Advertising Sets NYC Benchmark
The pageboy notes office building advertising in New York City with the Woolworth building costing about $100,000 in ads across newspapers booklets pictures and publicity. It cites Equitable with the largest floor space and stresses campaigns begin well before completion showing the need to highlight construction location and moving business populations for success.
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New York City
Woolworth
Equitable
New York
Vacation at the Lake Goes Different This Year
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls a couple's vacation plan asking Henry to skip the usual lake trip. She proposes two weeks of rest and play instead of fixit toil with a leaking boat, engine tinkering, and delays that waste the whole holiday. The couple seeks a simpler, less mechanical summer break.
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Henry
Detroit Free Press
Credit for farm work counts in rural school credits
Educators push school credit in agriculture for practical farm tasks done by youth. The plan uses farm work as a classroom laboratory and requires parent consent, time verification, and profit consideration. A memorandum agreement, pupil report, and parental voucher are advised before starting.
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States Relations Service
U. S. Department of Agricultural
The
Real Estate Owner Realizes Savings by Using an Agent
A property owner who handled his own rentals for a year saw net income drop to under 6 percent from the previous 7 percent with an agent. He faced bad tenants higher repair bids and missed advertising efficiency, while an agent kept upkeep in first class condition and secured better bids.
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Iincrease
John L. Strohm
Chas. M. Roberts
B. F. Nicholson
Eugene Hays
Reclamation Dept
Real Estate School
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