Rains Boost Ranch Country as Candidates Rise in Jeff Davis
Fort Davis reports heavy showers across ranchlands with two inches falling around Thompson Higgins and Bird farms. Local candidates for county judge sheriff assessor and commissioners join a growing slate amid road work delays at the Davis Mountains State Park highway and a church revival led by Rev. Ed gar H. Ratliff in Pecos.
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Mile High
Thompson, Higgins
Bird Farms
Fort Davis
Texas
Davis Mountains State Park
Jeff Davis County
F.H. Fowlkes
Otie Grubb
Lee Sproul
Jeff Kennedy
Rockpile
Reynolds Cattle Company
C. E. Jones
Gorge Newton
Waien
Herbert Bloys
Mise
Virginia Lee Elis
Bill Granger
Litten B. Marshall
Edgar H. Ratliff
Pecos
Fort Davie
Ratliff
New Mexco
Real Estate Bargains Offered As Prices Hit Lows
For sale real estate is the basis of all property values. The records show investors buy land when values are at rock bottom and sell when prices peak. The conditions are favorable to pick up real estate bargains. We have many properties to select from.
Our Best Bargains This Week LIST NO 1189
A rundown of weekly bargains highlighting a range of discounted items and quick buys. The listing mentions various products and prices, aiming to attract shoppers with special savings and accessible merchandise. More specifics are limited by the damaged OCR text.
Dwellings Furnished Versatile Rooms for Rent
Classified notice lists furnished dwellings offering 1 room with 3 double beds for 16.50, 4 rooms near the High School for 20, and 1 room near the College for 0.90 per day. Includes location hints and pricing for each option.
Swindlers Target East Texans With Small Change Scheme
A Marshall News report warns of a statewide swindle where a man pays with a $10 bill in a store, receives change, then a woman arrives with a $1 bill and a small purchase. She later claims the clerks shorted her, while the original $10 bill is the one found in the cash register. The scheme has hit five towns and may spread, aided by a shabbily dressed woman and standard risk-taking advice.
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Marshal
Marshall News
Misplaced Comma Costs Government a Million Dollars
A 1872 tariff typo mispunctuated the free list causing over a million dollars in revenue loss for the United States. The phrase fruit plants tropical and semi tropical for the purpose of propagation and cultivation was read wrongly. Congress corrected the error on May 9, 1874, with an estimated recovery of funds and impact noted in historical records.
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United States
Congress
Lost phrase due to misplaced comma error
A garbled OCR fragment notes the phrase aullion Gollars ty casi y yo sesu was lost because of a misplaced comma, indicating transcription issues. No named entities or clear event context can be confirmed from the readable text.
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Aullion Gollars
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Bill Pryor
Port Davis
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Bll Carton
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