Texas cotton crop forecast at 3 677 000 bales for year
Texas cotton crop is projected at 3 677 000 bales for the year based on a September estimate by State Commissioner of Agriculture George B. Terrell. The forecast averages 58 percent of normal, with regional variations from 34 percent in Central Texas to 74 percent in the Eastern district.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
George B. Terrell
Terell
Terrell
Western
Central
Southwestern
Northwestern
Agricultural Commissioner
Ellis and
Williamson
Lost Airplane Found by Submarine R-4
Honolulu reports that PN-9 No. 1 and its crew led by Commander John Rodgers were found afloat atop the U S submarine R-4 after 218 hours, 450 miles west of the crash point. The plane towed to Nawiliwili on Kauai, while destroyer McDonough rushes to aid.
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Honolulu
John Rodgers
United States
San Francisco
Nawiliwili
Kauai
McDonough
Texas Delegates Hear Texas Leaders Promise Bright Future
Insurance Commissioners' Meeting in San Antonio drew six hundred delegates from across the United States Canada and Mexico. Governor Miriam A Ferguson and former governors Pat Neff and James E Ferguson lauded Texas wealth of achievement and forecast a prosperous long term future as they welcomed attendees and urged belief in Texas development.
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San Antonio
Tex
Insurance Commissioners
Union
Canada
Mexico
Texas
Pat M. Neff
Miriam A. Ferguson
Neff
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Good Rains In West Texas
Heavy rains that drenched West and Northwest Texas Thursday night moved southeastward today, improving range conditions and aiding late crops while causing damage in several counties, covering the state’s northern half.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Town Almost Destroyed in Prairie Dell Fire
A major blaze in Prairiedell, a village about twenty miles southwest of Temple, wiped out the business section on Friday. The fire caused estimated losses of $50,000 and destroyed six houses and a residence.
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Temple
Tex
Prairiedell
Letter Carriers Name El Paso 1926 Convention City
The National Association of Letter Carriers selected El Paso Texas as the site for its 1926 convention. The decision follows a Friday meeting and sets the event location for the national postal workers group.
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el Paso
Detroit
National Association of Letter Carriers
Texas
Texas Items and Local Tax Notes In 1925
Appoints J De Smith Cherokee county as state building inspector succeeding the late Captain Hendrickson. For the first 11 days of September 81108 square and 2850 round bales of cotton were exported through Houston. Morris Granville elected president of La Grange Chamber of Commerce at annual banquet. Marshall city tax rate for 1925 set at 1.96 per 100. Cotton shipments to Marshall and surrounding areas exceed prior years. Galveston County approves 500000 road bond issue bearing 5 percent. Seventeen cars of stock cattle shipped from Dilworth for fattening near Missouri City. Anderson county 1925 taxes total 404926 with distribution to state, county, roads and bridges, and schools. Galveston County road work to begin about October 15 under bond issue. Game fish oyster department offers one dollar per live grown squirrel and 50 cents per weaned young squirrel to aid conservation. Waller county petition circulated to call bond election for hard surfaced highways. project estimated at 1250000. Texas Mid-Winter Poultry Show dates set in Waxahachie. Eight thousand new Houston families reported by public service commissioner Charles J. Kirk from 9060 new light connections. Edinburg to Harlingen rail extension charter amendment approved. hearings in October. Rainbow trout to be placed in Lake Cisco. fingerlings ordered from Neosho MO. Texas oyster crop forecast to exceed prior years. Corpus Christi and Rockport oysters praised as pollution-free. Federal order broadens drought relief freight reductions to about 50 counties. Orange County truck growers anticipate 50–60 carloads of sweet potatoes after September 15. Porto Rican yam potatoes to be marketed via Orange County Truck Growers’ Association with G C Ellison assisting.
Women urged to use Lydia E Pinkham remedy
In Turtle Lake Wisconsin Mrs Mabel La Pomnt reports relief from weakness backache and nervousness after take Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She used it through six pregnancies and after childbirth and recommends it to friends. A canvass claims 98 of 100 women benefited from the remedy.
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Turtle Lake
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mabel la Pomnt
Dutch Cremationists Celebrate Anniversary in Holland
The Dutch Society for Optional Cremation marks its 50th jubilee amid a shift in orthodox Protestant circles toward cremation. Begun efforts date to 1876 with royal petitions for burial law changes, a Westerveld crematory opening in 1913, and a landmark 1914 test cremation of Dr Vaillant. The Netherlands’ supreme council later ruled cremation not punishable, leading to more cremations across Westerveld.
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Holland
William III
Westerveld
Haarlem
Vaillant
Supreme Council of the Netherlands
Roads endure after heavy tourist traffic puzzle
A Duluth Herald note wonders how road surfaces remain intact despite the heavy breathing and wear from tourists. The brief muses on natural resilience and everyday travel fatigue.
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Duluth Herald
Good Idea Outlines Drive Early Action
A succinct note urges starting implementation of a beneficial idea at any opportunity. It emphasizes timing flexibility and the value of early effort to turn concepts into reality.
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