Prison Cotton Brings Over One Hundred Thousand Premium
AUSTIN uniform character and staple yielded the Texas prison farms a premium of more than 105000 above street prices for Fort Bend and Brazoria County cotton. The premium averaged 12 percent over contract cotton with Acala seed and excellent yields up to a bale and a quarter per acre. Obsolete gins delayed modernization in 1927. upgrades are underway to standardize prison farm cotton across South Texas.
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Austin
Fort Bend
Brazoria
Joseph Wearden
Texas Prison Board
Sugarland
Wearden
OFFERS REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR TOWN MERCHANTS
The Nebraska Herald argues small towns can thrive as business centers with lower taxes and overhead. It notes highways may steer traffic toward villages and praises merchants who display goods advertise well and serve customers warmly as a real advantage over city rivals.
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Nebraska Herald
Spring Coats and Ladies' Suits at Special Prices
Our buyer in New York has sent ahead large shipments of spring coats and ladies suits. See them in the store today at special prices to move them rapidly. M. C. Spivy & Co., Bonham.
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New York
M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham
East Grayson Wins Most of Prizes
Sherman observers spotlight Grayson County contest prizes as George L. Odle wins $250 for top per acre return on 58 acres. Other winners include G. W. McDonald $150 and Clifford Phoebus $100, with a poultry and egg contest awarding $350.
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East Grayson
Sherman
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Grayson County
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Simmons
E. W. Rubush
George L. Odle
Odle
G. W. McDonald
Ida
Clifford Phoebus
Tom Bean
W. H. Meek
Southmayd
Martin Belew
Whitewright
Leon Ball
Mr. Odle
Mr. McDonald
Clifford
Mr. Belew
H. P. Lamb
T. S. Vincent
Maurice Miller
Gunter
G. W. Orms
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Victor H. Schoffelmayer
Two Belleville Fathers By Sons Idolized Like Lindbergh
A Paris News editorial notes that 628 boys sized up role models and named Lindbergh first, with two voting for Dad. It argues that few fathers inspire such reverence from sons and praises the joy and privilege of fatherhood and a son who looks up to his dad.
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Belleville
N. J
Lindbergh
Coolidge
Edison
Henry Ford
Dad
President Coolidge
Paris News
Prairie Contraband Chicago Cop
A Chicago police officer confronts a driver about contraband. The gangster jokes that the car holds nothing but booze, sparking a quip about history books.
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Chicago
Weak Back Sparks Invention of Cultivator Steering Device
I A Polus of Mitchell South Dakota earned final patent papers after four years for a cultivator steering apparatus born from a farm hand with a weak back. The invention, created in three days after moving the machine to a blacksmith shop, shifts wheel angles to steer easily and has attracted manufacturer negotiations.
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Mitchell
S. D
I. A. Polus
Polus
Intermediate B Y P U program for Sunday February 5
The Intermediate B Y P U lineup lists Group Captain Caroline Simmons leading the session on Do It Well with Thoroughness. Dorothy Hamilton teaches Starting the Wrong Way, Mary Gee Wood assists with Our Thoughts, and Lucille Williams delivers the Memory Verse. Frances Gillespie recites the verse and Pearl Flemming discusses Christ Our Example at Doing All Things Well. Visitors always welcome.
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Caroline Simmons
Dorothy Hamil
Mary Gee Wood
Lucille Williams
Frances Gillespie
Pearl Flemming
Spring Coats Suits and Dresses Arrive at Spivy Co.
Bonham store announces arrival of large lots of spring coats suits and dresses in attractive styles and compelling values from M. C. Spivy & Co. The notice emphasizes fashionable selections and value for shoppers.
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M. C. Spivy & Co
Bonham
Good Work Is Honest Work in Andrew Carnegie's View
A Carnegie quote emphasizes that success rests on honest work and quality. He argues that attention to quality and clean, well kept facilities boost performance from top management to workers. Buy it in Whitewright.
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Andrew Carnegie
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Gordon
Gordon’s Cash Grocery Service
Whitewright and Trade Territory
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Davidson & Barbee
J. C. Gillespie
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