Cottonseed Prices Fall Amid Hog and Soybean Pressure
In College Station H. G. Womble and Texas A and M Extension officials explained cottonseed prices drop not from overproduction but from competition from hog lard and soybeans. Cottonseed oil is over half of cottonseed value while large corn and hog lard supply push prices down. Soybean cake and meal growth further depress cottonseed cake. Freight differentials between Decatur and Dallas also affect costs.
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College Station
H. G. Womble
South Texas Cottonseed Association
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Womble
Decatur
Illinois
Dallas
Paul G. Haines
Cabin in the Cotton Verses Echo Shops and Sewing
A poem recounts a rural cabin where clothing fabrics like acetate rayon silk bengal celanese and bemberg fill the scene. Aunt Jemina and Sara Manth inhabit the cabin with kin in Lastex rompers from a 5 and 10 cent store while milking and shelling occur nearby. The Sun sells typewriter paper, linking the era's commerce to the verse.
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Jemina
Uncle Peter
Sara Manth
Arabella
Baby Ned
Eva
Chas
E. Fenner
Mowing Pastures Boosts Southwest Grass And Livestock
Weeds overtake pasture in late summer in the Southwest. Mowing, even if not all weeds are seed ready, helps grass recover, stores moisture, and increases fall growth. Pasture mowing proves profitable for farmers, with mowers used on roadsides and highways to foster better grass and reduce erosion.
Triple A Benefit To Farmers Is More Than Money Paid
College Station report shows 500 Texas farmers view Triple A as educating farmers to save and boost soil fertility. They rank diversified farming and cooperative spirit as key benefits, with direct aid for terracing contour farming strip cropping and soil-building crops. Committeemen urge timely action to maximize soil-building payments.
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College Station
Texas
Frank Seale
Brazos County
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Seale
Wheeler forecasts farm program tax reform in Congress
Senator Wheeler of Montana predicted Congress would revise the farm program next session to impose some form of processing or manufacture tax on farm products. He supports a processing tax that would eventually burden consumers to stabilize benefits and favors payments to farmers on the portion of their crop used domestically. Farmers could plant freely and store or export surpluses.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Montanan
Agriculture Committee
Wallace
The Cow and Texas Dairy Farm Advantage
A feature praising cows as nature’s lab for dairy nutrition and health. It extols dairy products as vital to human vitality and the nation’s economy, noting cows as the primary source of vitamins, fats, and calcium and their role in rural livelihoods and banking.
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Texas
Sergeant Commands Recruits to Move the Piano
A terse wartime moment shows a sergeant asking for information about music and recruits responding affirmatively before he orders the piano moved to the concert hall as a practical task. The scene highlights unit discipline and unexpected practicality in training.
Match Goes Out on Bride Teary Night
A young bride weeps after an ill omen during a social visit. The conversation hints at a failed romance as the match between lovers appears to have blown out, leaving sorrow in the room.
Saw Him Too Often First Soldier
A witty World War I quip about affection and distance as two soldiers joke that one has sent his girlfriend letters daily while abroad and discovers she has married the postman, highlighting era letters and romance amid service.
Community Health and Local Visits in Porter
Health in Porter remains strong as residents share weekend and Sunday visits. Mr and Mrs Lee Williams, Mr and Mrs G D Bennett, and families visited relatives, with trips to Wellington and Ector for church and family gatherings.
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Lee Williams
G. D. Bennett
Earl Bowden
Wellington
Ina Lee
Sara Hicks
Erwin Waite
Ector
Charlie Rogers
Jimmie Dean
C. E. McCord
J. W. Gunter
Jack Stewart
Jim Laughlin
Mattie McCord
O. L. Hicks
Bethel
Claude McCord
Mary Lee
Charlene Fincher
Lonnie Redman
Cab McCord
Orangeville
Lola Morgan
M. M. Cooper
Anecdotes Swap Over Presidents Roosevelts Coolidge
A humorous quarrel erupts as an editor complains about pay for Roosevelt anecdote while writer recalls a prior $3 for a Coolidge piece. The exchange highlights pay disparity and editor writer dynamics in early press rooms.
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Roosevelt
President Coolidge
Actress and lifeguard bide wedding list joke
A film actress jokes with a lifeguard, inviting him on her wedding list after a playful exchange about drowning. The humor hinges on a flirtatious dare and a mock danger moment between two film-era figures.
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Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
Nat'l Bank
Woodstock
Jack Hall Typewriter Exchange
N. Travis Street
Sherman, Texas
Porter News
Automobile
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Blackburn Hardware Co
W. Houston
Sherman
Niagara Falls
New York C
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