Making a hillside spring irrigate TEXAS farm boom
Wellington Brink reports on Hillside Waters near Winters Texas fueling irrigation schemes. A Thornbred Cottonbreeding Industries unit uses an eight acre, spring fed pond to grow two bale per acre cotton and lift water from a spring fed creek via gravity. The irrigation boosts land values from 75 to 100 dollars per acre and expands to 50 acres next year.
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Texas
Southwest
J. W. Jennings
Winters
W. S. Galloway
Acre
Galloway
J. S. Neely
Mr. Neely
Simmons University Homecoming in Abilene Texas
Abilene Texas hosts Simmons University homecoming on Thanksgiving with the annual Turkey Day football game against Howard Payne College. Howard Payne arrives by special train to face Simmons eight hundred students and ex-students. The day features registration, receptions, a turkey dinner, and a postgame banquet as thousands of alumni gather across West Texas.
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Abilene
Texas
Simmons University
West Texas
Howard Payne College
Simmons
Howard Payne
West
Central West Texas
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
University
Sandefer
S” Association of
Irrigation Endorsed Unanimously by Winters Residents
Winters Texas residents give a unanimous vote of confidence to irrigation. The endorsement reflects the region’s long awaited message about irrigation advantages and the need for knowledge in farming districts of the Southwest often dry for want of rainfall.
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Texas
Southwest
If Broadway Has Thanksgiving Day, It Likely Won’t Be Thankful
The remark speculates that Broadway’s fate on Thanksgiving Day would be grim, implying reduced gratitude or limited celebration for theater and audiences.
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Broadway
Birth announcement and community notes from Winters area
A newborn boy born to Mrs Bill Worthington on November 5 weighs 10 1 2 pounds. R A Bishop's aged father shows improvement after ten days of illness. Families Worthington, Winters, and Branham move to Knox county and will be missed as neighbors. Mrs Truitt Billups and baby visit, others attend gatherings. several residents now drive new Fords.
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Bill Worthington
R.A. Bishop
Alford
Boff
Winters
Edgar
Branham
Worthington
Knox County
Sparks and Gasset
Truitt Billups
Henry
Bryant
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Wellington Brink
Farm and Ranch
Winters Dairy
Belle OF
Wichita
W. B. Barrett
Cash Grocery
SAN Angelo Business College
San Angelo
Berkeley
Dallas
Simmons University Homecoming
Montevallo
Aldrich
Ala
G. E. Seagler
San Antonio
Dimmitt County
Nueces
R Land CO
P. O. Box
Davis-Patrick Motor Co
Perry’s Army Store
North Pole
Saha
Jess Taylor & Co
HW. .& B. Beer
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Ft. Worth
Cotton and Grain Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Telephone
Jas. R. Bird
West Texas Utilities Company
Winters Light & Power Co
Mulls
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