Alfalfa Growth Fuels Southwest Texas Prosperity Boom
Reports led by Hon. James Wilson highlight alfalfa as a record value crop with hay output near 1 billion dollars. The plant doubles forage yields, fixes soil nitrogen, and spurs eastward expansion including Indiana and Illinois. Southwest Texas hosts colonization projects from Corpus Christi to Brownsville, notably the New Chicago winter resort venture with a 20 mile boulevard and tropical plant landscaping.
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James Wilson
Indiana
Illinois
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
New Chicago
Chicago
Texas
Unusual Land Transfers Signal Southwest Texas Colonization Push
Large tracts change hands as colonization plans revive activity in Southwest Texas. Carl Leutcke of Austin heads a company to divide a center land tract near San Antonio for German and Swiss immigrants. An 8000 acre Dimmit County tract sold for 40000 to a northern syndicate. Kinney County 6500 acres sold to another northern firm. Close and Danforth buy 60000 acre La Salle tract for colonization near Woodward. Seeligson ranch at Fal.
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Texas
Cen:re
San Antonio
Anc
Germany
Switzerland
Carl Leutcke
Austin
Dimmit County
Nicholson, Furnish & Smith
Carrizo Springs
Kinney County
Fred C. Close
D. C. Danforth
Woodward
la Salle County
Seeligson
Fal
Good Times In Spite Of Political Conventions
The article argues for optimism based on agricultural strength. It cites increases in corn and cotton crops from 1870 to 1907, notes Southern cotton dominance, and asserts that farm products and American manufacture sustain demand worldwide. It contrasts artificial panic with real harvests and calls the farmer a patriot.
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United States
Wall Street
Crops Save the Country and Bess Named as Good
The passage praises crops for saving the country and affirms that Bess is and will continue to be good. It reflects a hopeful, domestic sentiment about agriculture and a named individual.
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Bess
Lone Star Culvert ships 42 inch flume to Hidalgo Canal
The Lone Star Culvert Co of Houston forwards the last car of about 200 42 in. diameter corrugated iron flume sections and smaller pipes to Hidalgo Canal Co of McAllen. The 590 ft long flume, made of ingot iron, will carry pump discharge and replace wooden boxes, signaling prosperity and enduring infrastructure for Gulf Coast irrigation. Powell Land & Lumber Co. of Rusk, Texas, offers house and barn bills direct from mills to save money.
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Lone Star
Houston
Texas
Hidalgo Canal Co
McAllen
Theidalgo Canal Co
Earthern Canal
Gulf Coast
Hidalgo
Lone Star Culvert Co
Powell Land & Lumber Co
Rusk
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Atlas
Eclipse
Star
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Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
J. B. Franklin
Nelson & Draughon
Business College
J. M. Draughon
Alamo Plaza
Ft. Worth
Bonn
Avon
Institute
San Marcos, Texas
Sterling Fisher
Southwestern University
Univ’y of Tex
St Mary's Hall
San Antonio, Texas
A. W. Burroughs
Georgetown
Dallas
J. O. McReynolds
R. S. Hyer
Richter
Richter’s Steam
Bakery
E. 8. White
San Antonio, Tex
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