Texas Farm Count Rises by 30,387 Since 1920
Washington reports 1925 census shows Texas farms totaling 466,420, up from 436,033 in 1920, a 7 percent increase. Among states, Texas leads in farm growth, with Arkansas and Louisiana showing declines. Nationwide total farms reach 6,372,608, down 1.2 percent.
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Farmer shoots eagle to save baby near Kimball
Welch West Virginia October 20 a farmer Z A Workman on Laurel Mountain near Kimball heard his dog bark and saw a large eagle swooping toward his year old daughter Sadie May on a carpeted porch. He fired his shotgun and the bird dropped within feet of the child saving the infant from harm.
Grayson and Runnels Tie for Seventeenth in Cotton
Grayson County and Runnels County share seventeenth place in five-year average cotton production from 1920 to 1924, compiling 45 000 bales per year. Grayson’s 1924 season produced 75 000 bales, with yearly totals 44 000 in 1920 15 000 in 1921 34 000 in 1922 and 58 000 in 1923. Other Red River Valley counties posted averages ranging from 26 000 to 75 000 bales, with Ellis first at 108 000 and Williamson second at 107 000.
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Runnels County
United States Census Bureau
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Williamson County
Cotton production in Texas peak year noted at 4.85 million bales
Over five years the state averaged 3,693,000 bales per year. The high point occurred in 1924 when 4,851,000 bales were ginned in Texas.
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Epworth League Program for Sunday October 25
The Epworth League outlines a Sunday program led by Miss Kate Smith. It includes Scripture readings from Matt 5 1 12 John 15 11 and John 13 13 17, prayers, and songs No 230 No 213 and No 269. Speakers Beveridge Brents Christine Stuckey and Mrs H C Willis discuss happiness.
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Kate Smith
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Take With Sweetened Water Coca Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement extols Chamberlain's Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy as a universal aid. It claims it saves babies grows comfort for the elderly and aids adults, useful for cholera infantum sudden stomach pains griping cramps and nausea with profuse diarrhea, advising keeping it on hand for emergencies day or night.
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Chamberlain
Advt
Splendid Feeling From Torpid Liver With Herbine
A tired and discouraged feeling from a torpid liver and constipated bowels is eased promptly by Herbine. The first dose shows purifying and regulating effects. it drives out bile and impurities and leaves a buoyant sense of strength and vim. Price 60c. Sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
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Bow-Wright Drug CO
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
Doctors advise Calotabs as a purge to break up a cold or grippe overnight. Take one or two tablets at bedtime with water. next morning, the cold is gone and the system is purified. A family package with full directions costs 35 cents at drug stores.
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Seo Ai Drug Store
Uty
J. R. Olivers Hogs Win in Three Counties
J R Olivers Duroc Jerseys win at Red River Valley Fair Sherman taking sixteen prizes on eleven head then eight first prizes and champions at Fannin County Fair Bonham. At Lamar County Fair he earns eleven first prizes and champions and helps win Ton Litter contest with Texas A&M College. He planned more entries at Texas State Fair Dallas but livestock exhibition canceled due to hoof and mouth disease.
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Dallas
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Constable Kills Youth By Mistake
Terrell, Oct. 18. Frank Crim, 20, son of Henry Crim, a farmer on the Cartwright ranch east of Kaufman, was killed here Saturday night. Constable Jeff Davis sur-
Man shot at street carnival is killed
Davis fired on Crim at a street carnival after mistaking him for a man who had previously run a car into another at the carnival. Crim died instantly from a heart wound.
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Sheriff House
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Ambiguous Quotations From Fragmented Text
Fragmentary OCR preserves a garbled quote about roast beef and vegetarianism with scattered names and phrases, lacking clear context or decisive events to report. No identifiable person, organization, or date is reliably recovered.
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
An advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to cure a cold in one day. It claims relief from headache and congestion and mentions E.W. Groves signature on each box.
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E.W. Groves
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