Oldest Ysleta Farm Keeps Cultivating West of Mississippi
The oldest farm west of the Mississippi, near Ysleta outside El Paso, Texas, remains under the Catholic mission that taught Pueblo refugees. The seven acre tract supports diverse crops, irrigation ditches, and 200 year old pecan trees still bearing, illustrating a long history of farming for the glory of God.
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Mississippi
Ysleta
Texas
el Paso
Mexico
Coronado
Spain
Ysleia
Texas Plain
Kent
Neff Thanks His Supporters After Primary Loss
Houston attorney Pat M. Neff Jr acknowledges supporters after narrowly losing the first primary for attorney general to Price Daniel. He notes a strong show of loyalty and a vote count just under a half million with a margin of about fifteen thousand.
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Houston
Pat M. Neff, Jr
Price Daniel
Liberty
Neff
Farm and Ranch Chatter Highlights Rural News Digest
Large scale cotton farmer A George Chance endorses the durable role of mechanical cotton pickers while urging improvements. Topics include flame cultivations, rotary hoe praise, and the spread of a cattle disease research lab at Sweetwater Oklahoma. Also noted are aviation milestones, Angora sale results in Fredericksburg, soil and seed statistics in Red River County, rural electrification loans, cooperative cat rock and Concho Valley projects, Texas extension tips, and farm labor notes.
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George Chance
Brazos River
Brazos County
Flo
Rual
Coop
Texas
Cat Rock Co-op
Stantonets
Concho Valley
San Angelo
Kimble Co- Junction City
Tre Het
Ari
Mitchell County
Texas Extension Service
Fresno Notes and Visit Updates in August Community
Local Fresno column by Mrs. J A Battles reports hot winds with little rain, good feed harvest, and improving crop conditions. The piece lists numerous visitors and family connections across Sayre Ardmore Amarillo Borger Pl ainv iew Lubbock and Sidney Ark with church events and travels noted among residents and guests.
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Wilton Ketchum
Lois Tyson
Tressie Tuxon
Ilsa Ginger
Oakland
Calif
W. L.horn
Ardmore
Oklo
Erving Tyson
Wes Cain
Tyson
Sayre
Okla
Mabel Forbis
Amarillo
Joe Kelly
John Reynolds
Berry
Alvin Haaks
Lillie Mae
Virginia
Ralph
Borger
Marcella
Cloctts
Monris
Baptist Meeting
Elmer Black
H. B. Black
W. A. Morrow
Raymond Bilack
Elvin Black
Sam Moore
Memphis
P. Ei Lowrie
Sam Cutshaw
California
Ernest Crownover
Lea Fitzer
Jess Blassingame
Plainview
Barney Cook
George Ketchum
Lloyd Cook
Lonnie Cartwright
Durant McInnis
McLean
R. H. Crane
Albert van
Thane
Lubbock
James Crane
C. A. Dysart
Moheetie
A. Kesler
Dysart
Gale
Jeb Wilhite
Sandy
Wellington
Enoch Rattles
Sidney, Ark
Childress
Carey
Labor Move Seeks To Boycott Cotton Bloc
Washington and Southern lawmakers feud with labor leaders over a nationwide cotton goods boycott urged by Daniel J. Tobin of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The magazine call for cotton abstinence aims to curb what Tobin calls the cotton bloc in Congress, potentially challenging the South’s key industry if widely adopted.
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Washington
Congress
Daniel J. Tobin
International Teamsters Union
Tobin
Union Pressure Shifts in the South Textile Markets
The article notes labor mobilization against cotton imports, urging a cotton boycott to curb southern political power. It cites Teamsters ties to the AFL and CIO drives across the region as part of broader union organizing campaigns.
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Teamsters
American Federation of Labor
The
CIO
APL
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Phoenix
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Layne Beaty
WBAP
Fort Worth
Bite A
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Oklahoma
Gibson
Tahoka
Stillwater
Hemphille
Lynn
Kiowa County
Red River County
E. R. Stills
Clarksville
Kellogg’s
Varnezty
Fresno
J. A. Battles
J. E. Hewett
Optometrist
East
Fifth Avenue
Amarillo, Texas
Wells & Wells
Nature
Saturn
Oone
Conoco
America
Red Triangle
Continental Oil Company
Gladiola
Fant Milling Company
Sherman, Texas
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