Texas Onion Magnate Builds National Plant Empire
Clyde H. Melton of Devine Texas turned a half acre onion crop into a nationwide plant business. A lifelong farmer and former miner, Melton and his wife expanded from selling surplus plants to supplying twenty five onion plants per spring for every American household and growing a vast onion plant industry across the region. The couple endured early losses in seed and years abroad in Mexico and New Mexico before settling in Devine and turning his dream of a farm into a thriving business.
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Clyde H. Melton
Devine
Texas
United States
Melton
America
Mr. Melton
Dallas
Cotulla
San Antonio
Cripple Creek
Colorado
New Mexico
Melton’s Onion Trials Influence National Plantings
In 1920 Mr. Melton sent free onion plant cases to agricultural stations across the United States. Stations planted them and kept harvest records to compare with other varieties. Most stations praised the plants for keeping quality and tonnage per acre as an advertising method.
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United States
Meltons With Vast Seed and Plant Empire
The Meltons market onion seed to almost every agricultural school in America and hold contracts for seventy five percent of all Bermuda and Teneriffe onion seed. They claim large seed purchases for next season and plan to supply up to one hundred million plants daily. They also grow twenty million sweet potato slips, cabbage plants, and thousands of sweet peppers, plus four hundred thousand pecan trees with plans for a million trees in five years. They run a printing plant and employ thousands, including Mexicans, with peak season staffing in the six to seven thousand range.
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Melton
America
Bermuda
Teneriffe Islands
Not So Bad After Wreck on Logging Railroad
A wreck on the logging railroad leaves a badly injured black fireman in a dire state. When asked if he is married, he replies with quiet humor that this is the worst fix he has ever been in.
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L. F
Pyorrhea Remedy Offered With Money-Back Guarantee
Advertises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy from Bow-Wright Drug Co. claiming to cure sore gums bleeding gums loose teeth or pyorrhea with guaranteed satisfaction or refund.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
Farmers Produce 315 Items in 1926 Profit and Sales
In 1926 there were 465 642 farmers who produced 315 items with profit and sold them for 828 887 000 dollars, reflecting extensive agricultural activity and revenue.
Prohibition Reduces Number of Men Who Think They Can Sing
A snappy El Paso Times quip notes that while Prohibition may not have benefited the nation, it has lowered the count of men who believe they can sing.
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el Paso Times
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Bel Erali
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Kentucky
D. G. Coley
Whitewright
Gene Carr
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Fly and Mosquito
Dyer
Jones Drug Store
Rexall
AutoStrop Safety Razor Co
First Avenue, New York, N.Y
Planters National Bank
Pacific
Quashine S
ST. Louis
EL Paso
Los Angeles
West
Chisiana’ Limited
New Orleans
Texas and Pacific Railway
Geo. D. Hunter, G. P. A
Dallas, Texas
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