Texas Farm Year 1940 Tops Records Across Major Crops
The U S Department of Agriculture reports 1940 as one of Texas’ biggest farm years with total crop production rising despite lower yields in most major crops. Total planted acreage reached 25 844 000 acres, cotton yield per acre dropped to 185 pounds, and values totaled over 367 million dollars driven by cotton and cottonseed plus peanuts and truck crops.
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Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
U. S. Crop Reporting Service
Can We Equalize Wealth Across an Unequal Population
Ashley Evans argues against wealth leveling by government praising equal rights under law and self-reliance. He warns that tax schemes and welfare undermine effort, noting tariffs and world events as cautionary context while urging virtue, frugality, and honest labor to sustain American greatness.
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Ashley Evans
Honey Grove
America
Peach Grower Grady Farrier Of Omaha Splits The Peach Scene
Grady Farrier, plans to expand his 500 acre peach operation near Omaha Texas, says a bushel of peaches costs him 60 to 65 cents. He compares peach trees to humans and notes overfeeding makes trees lazy. He stresses air drainage soil drainage scale worms plant food and timing of fertilization.
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Pittsburg
Camp County
Grady Farrier
Omaha
Farrier
Texas
South
Mr. Farrier
Nature
Realty Tax Exemption Suggested for Spinsters
State Senator Elect Charles W. Olson of Ashland filed a bill calling for real estate tax exemption for spinsters on property valued to 2000 dollars. He defined a spinster as a woman 25 years and up, noting widows already have the exemption and arguing against denying old maids.
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Boston
Charles W. Olson
Ashland
Senate
Apple varieties on New York City market quoted
From 15 to 20 varieties of apples grown in New York state are quoted on the New York City market. Prices and specific varieties are listed to guide buyers and sellers in trading activity.
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New York State
New York City
How Hitler Built His War Machine
An analysis of Nazi wartime mobilization contrasts German labor policy with Allied norms. It describes the 1934 labor law abolition of unions, forced labor for youth and domestics, state wage controls, and low wartime pay, illustrating mechanized production under total state control with stark cost differences to American wages.
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Pittsburg
Great Britain
France
United States
Hitler
Reich
Health Hints For Texans Start The New Year With A Medical Checkup
The article urges Texans to treat health like auto maintenance by scheduling regular medical inspections. It compares cars and the human body, notes doctors can detect and address weakness, and encourages adults to begin the new year with a physician checkup for comprehensive body evaluations.
From 6 a Day to 10000 a Year Senate Pay Rise History
The article traces U.S. legislative pay from 6 dollars per day in 1790 to 1500 dollars yearly in 1814 and to 10000 dollars annually for senators and 10000 for clerks, with 6500 for representatives, noting coffee consumption by Pathfinder.
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U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
House
Simple home remedy promises fast rheumatic relief
An old advertisement touts a cheap home recipe using Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice to ease rheumatic arthritic and neuritic pains. It claims rapid results within 48 hours and offers a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved. Kirkpatrick Pharmacy endorses and sells Ru-Ex.
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Sun
Staples
Carson
Sis Urs
Odeo
Petito
SION
LEGES
Germany
Union
Federal Deposit Insurance
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The
First National Bank
Member
Geo. W. Cox
Austin
Gomer May
K. Wole
Whitewright
Kaolens
Es Department Stores
Ernest Lilley
Denison, Texas
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