Texas Corporations Chartered in Austin This Week
Austin lists multiple Texas corporations chartered this week with various capital stocks and named incorporators. Entries include Maloney Hat Company Dallas $40000. Cooper Building and Loan Association Cooper $100000. Saxon Oil Company Beaumont $12000. Lake Graham on Sour Lake $60000. Jacobs Jewelry and Loan Company San Antonio $2000. Farmers Gin Company Blue Ridge Collins County $10000. Logan Heights Improvement Company El Paso $1000. Corpus Christi Ice Company Corpus Christi $5000. Trinity Cemetery Association Trinity no stock. Chillicothe Hardware Company Chillicothe $10000. Modern Concrete Company San Antonio $1500. Autumn Leaf Literary Club San Antonio no stock. amendments listed for Texas Granite Company San Antonio.
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Austin
Tex
Maloney Hat Company
Dallas
Capital Stock
W. F. Maloney
C. H. McAfee
KE. E. Maloney
Cooper Building and Loan Association
Cooper
Delta County
J. M. Haywood
O. L. Talley
B. F. Clark
The
Saxon Oil Company
Beaumont
Ji. B. Pedigo
Ross Convest
R. Eameron Oil Company
Hoapital
Incor
Graham
Sour Lake
Capital
J. B. Robinson
J. T. Guin
Jacobs Jewelry and Loan Company
San Antonio
James J. Parmelia
F. E. Lindahl
B. A. Cordell
D. J. Parkhill
Farmers Gin Company
Blue Ridge
Collins County
J. D. Wilson
J. 8. Stewart
John Howard
Logan Heights Improvement Company
el Paso
Neal Brown
Frank Allison
Albert Blinebry
Corpus Christi Ice Company
Corpus Christi
S. A. Preston
W. H. Steen
David R. Locher
Trinity Cemetery Association
Trinity
H. H. Thompson
J. T. Renfro
John B. Peyton
Chillicothe Hardware Company
Chillicothe
Texas Granitord Company
Kleberg
Farmers institute lecturer itineraries announced in Texas
The Texas department of agriculture released itineraries for farmers institute lecturers led by J. W. Neill B. L. Nance R. H. Taylor Paul Wipprecht J. O. Allen and William Connally Rogers. Week of June 20 will see institutes in Hale County conducted by T. A. McGalliard.
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Austin
Tex
Farmers’ Institute
Department of Agriculture
J. W. Neill
Tulsa
Farwell
Friona
B. L. Nance—Alexander
Clairette
Hico
Shiloh
Press Association Adjourns Meeting in 1915
The Texas Press Association wraps its thirty-fifth annual convention in Wichita Falls after selecting Corpus Christi as the 1915 meeting site. Officers elected include President D. B. Harris, Vice President Walter B. Whitman, Secretary Sam B. Harbin, Treasurer C. F. Lehman, Attorney C. E. Gilmore, Essayist Miss Laura V. Hamner, Orator Lee J. Rountree, and Poet J. H. Lewry.
Road extension connects Westfield to Houston loop
An extension of the Wensfield Hamble county road is being shelled to connect with the East Montgomery road to Houston. When the Hamble road is completed a fine loop from Houston via Westfield will be finished.
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Westfield
Wensfield-Hamble
Montgomery
Houston
Hamble
Rice yields rise as pumps start in Collegeport Texas
Pumping plants of the Collegeport Irrigation Company and the Simpson Canal Company began operation this week. Rice is in pine condition and the yield is expected to be great. A tax election in Mason County, Mason Texas, has been ordered for July 7 to decide an additional 15 cents per $100 of property value.
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Collegeport
Tex
Collegeport Irrigation Company
Simpson Canal Company
Mason, Mason, Tex
Meson County
Texas Farmers Congress Announces July Sessions at College Station
Beaumont, Texas. T. W. Larkin, general secretary, lists programs for general sessions of the Texas Farmers Congress at College Station July 27 to 29. Speakers include W. J. Spillman, E. W. Kirkpatrick, O. H. Benson, D. A. Frank, J. S. Kerr, J. E. Rice, H. M. Bainer, and Dr. Mark Francis. The group emphasizes collaboration among numerous agricultural and civic organizations.
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Washington, D. C
D. A. Frank
Dallas
Texas
J. S. Kerr
Sherman
J. E. Rice
Cornell University
H. M. Bainer
Amarillo
C. O. Moser
Mark Francis
M. College of Texas
Texas Farmers’ Congress
State Horticultural Society
Texas Nursery Men’s Association
Texas Dairy Men’s Associaton
Texas Swine Breeders’ Association
Texas Corn Growers’ Association
Texas Citrus Growers’ Association
Texas Boys’ and Girls’ Agricul
Temple Hospital Eyes New Wing At Cost Near 100000
The Santa Fe Railway Employees' Hospital Association weighs adding a new wing to Temple General Hospital with projected costs around eighty to one hundred thousand dollars.
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Temple
Santa Fe Railway Employes’ Hospital Association
General Hospital
Fredericksburg Railroad Boom Sparks New Housing Era
Fredericksburg Texas shows rapid growth since the railroad arrived on November 1 1913. An accurate tally records 120 new houses built in the town to date.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
Two New Wells Brought In Sour Lake Texas
Two wells were completed on the Toliver subdivision of the Stevens tract. The Tarver Oil Company brought in a 2600 barrel well while the Hardy West Oil Company brought in a 750 barrel well.
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Beaumont
Tex
Sour Lake
Tarver Oil Company
Hardy West Oil Company
Toliver
Stevens Tract
Bryan Bond Issue Approved by Attorney General
The attorney general's department approved a $12,000 street improvement bond issue for Bryan Texas. Judge J. W. Doremus presented the records for the city.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
City of
Bryan
J. W. Doremus
Waller County road district bond issue approved
The county road district Ng approved a 10000 dollar bond issue at a department meeting on Saturday. The action clears funds for improvement projects in the district.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Waller County
Tomatoes Sell at Dollar a Crate in Jacksonville Auction
Twenty three cars of tomatoes sold Saturday at auction in Jacksonville Texas for an average of one dollar per crate.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Nude Torso of Woman Found in Mohawk River
Fishermen recovered a nude female torso from the Mohawk River on Saturday in Schenectady New York. The head arms and legs were missing and the body had been sewn into a sack.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Mohawk River
Large Wheat Field Burned in Chillicothe Fire
Three hundred twenty five acres of wheat belonging to A H Barnes were burned Saturday after an accidental fire. The field was partly cut and wholly destroyed by the blaze in Chillicothe.
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Chillicothe
V'ex
A. H. Barnes
Cotton Seed Crushers End Big Meeting in Galveston
The Texas Cotton Seed Crushers Association wrapped its twentieth annual convention in Galveston with officer elections for the coming year. P. S. Grogan of Houston was named president and Corpus Christi emerged as the only other city bidding for the 1915 gathering. Notable talks included J. J. Culberson on the value of the association to the cotton trade and C al. Fivans on extension work at Texas A&M, plus Evans on cotton seed meal and silage as cattle feed.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Corpus Christi
P. S. Grogan
Houston
B. W. Couch
Fort Worth
Robert Gibson
Dallas
J. A. Underwood
Honey Grove
Jo W. Allison
yExall
J. J. Culberson
C. al. Fivans
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Evans
Opinion on State School Taxes Eases Levy Rule
State Superintendent W F Doughty received an AG department opinion declaring that a majority vote suffices to levy school maintenance taxes in all districts, superseding the prior two thirds requirement in many independent districts. The ruling follows a Supreme Court decision and affects over a hundred districts statewide.
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Austin
Tex
W. F. Doughty
Attorney General’s Department
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Delegates Pick Waxahachie as Next Endeavor Meeting
Waxahachie was chosen as the next meeting place by delegates at the Christian Endeavor convention. Fort Worth Waxahachie and Cleburne were the three claimants. State officers elected for the year include Patrick Henry of Dallas as president Colby D. Hall of Fort Worth as vice president A A Hyde of Sherman as secretary W Roy Berg of Dallas as assistant and Harry G. Clark of Dallas as treasurer.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Waxahachie
Christian Endeavor
Fort Worth
Cleburne
Patrick Henry
Dallas
Colby D. Hall
A. A. Hyde
Sherman
W. Roy Berg
Harry G. Clark
Four Oil Tanks Hit by Lightning Near Beaumont
Lightning struck a Gulf Pipe Line Company tank farm at El Vista about fifteen miles south of Beaumont, igniting four tanks in a single group. Three tanks, each 55,000 barrels, were full of crude oil, while the fourth tank of 35,000 barrels was only partially filled.
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Beaumont
Tex
Gulf Pipe Line Company
el Vista
Bonds Approved for Various Texas School Districts
The department Thursday approved multiple bond issues for Texas school districts including Refugio No.5 for 10000 at 5 percent in forty-forties, Delta County No.22 for 2500 at 5 percent in twenty-tens, Nacogdoches County No.36 for 850 at 5 percent in twenty-fives, Smith County No.57 for 800 at 5 percent in twenty-fives, and Smith County No.39 for 1100 at 5 percent in twenty-fives.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General’s Department
Refugio Common
Delta County
Nacogdoches County
Smith County
Smith County Common
Scattered Ashes to Texas Winds Bequest Fulfilled
Pauline Melas died in San Francisco at age 77 leaving an estate valued at 500000 dollars in Texas and California. In accordance with her will her ashes were scattered Wednesday from the back yard of her birthplace in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex
Pauline Melas
San Francisco
Texas
California
Record Coal Output Reaches 81.7 Million Tons in 1913
Washington reports 1913 anthracite production at 81,718,680 long tons, breaking all prior records and surpassing the previous peak by about one million tons, per Geological Survey figures.
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Washington
Geological Survey
England Again Captures Polo Cup
The Meadowbrook Club in Westbury Long Island reports the English team won the international polo cup in the second game of the series by 4 to 2, forcing a decisive third contest after a stiff American defense.
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England
Meadowbrook Club
Westbury
Tomatoes Sold at Auction in Jacksonville Texas
Ten cars of ripe tomatoes were sold at auction on Wednesday in Jacksonville bringing 97 percent to a four-basket crate price of about 10 cents less per crate than the day before.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Canada moves to non-dollar trade role in 1913 shift
Canada aims to reduce dollar dependence with aggressive ports and exports growth as 1913 figures rise to about one billion dollars after 1912's 977 million. The shift reflects a broader policy to diversify currency and trade partners.
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Canada
Washington
Crops Vary Across Waller County Texas
Waller County crops are uneven with east Hempstead fields yielding at most a half crop on cotton and corn. South near Sunnyside fares better, while northern areas suffer from heavy rains causing poor stands across crops.
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Waller County
Hempstead
Tex
Texas adopts seventh stock company to cut workers' comp rates
The General Accident Assurance Corporation of Philadelphia has filed reduced workers' compensation rates and will keep underwriting that line in Texas, becoming the seventh stock company to continue in the state.
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Austin
Tex
General Accident Assurance Corporation of Philadelphia
Texas
Dallas Key Rates Lowered by Texas Fire Insurance Board
Dallas reports indicate key rates were reduced by the Texas Fire Insurance Commission on Wednesday. Officials cited improved safety standards and lower risk profiles for the adjustment affecting policy premiums in Austin and across the state.
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Dallas Key
Austin
Tex
State
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Texas Corporations Chartered
State Department
Farmers’ Congress Meeting
College Station
Fellers
Kansas
Cotton Seed Crushers
Texas Industrial Congress
Texas Winds
Shiner Oil Mill
D. C
Palace Saloon
W. M. Zappe
Wm. Green
Front Street
the City Saloon
Albert Binwhofr
Joe Macha
Aransas Pass
Joe
Shiner
Bismark
J. H. Huebner
Walters Bros
Everybody’s Saloon
Welhausen
Henry Renger
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