El Progreso Club Opens Year With Paintings Study
The El Progreso club met at Mrs. JE Yates home with joint hostess Mrs. L. D. Whittle. President Mrs. Bernal Slight led, minutes by Mrs. Warren Chastain. Enthusiasm for the new year book. program on Early Flemish Painters presented by Mrs. H. E. Allen and Mrs. Nig Bennett. Music by Mesdames Benton Howell and Russell Duncan. Refreshments served to members and two hostesses.
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EL Progreso
JE. Yates
L. D. ‘Whittle
Bernal Slight
Warren Chastain
H. E. Alten
Nig Bennett
Hubert van Eyck
Jan van Eyck
Rogier van der Weyten
Mesdames Benton Howell
Russell Duncan
H. E. Allen
Clifford Casey
Ray Spence
Birthday Party At Ezell Home With Games
A group of young people gathered at Clinton Ezell Jr’s home Tuesday night to celebrate his birthday. Bunco and forty-two were played with ice cream and birthday cake served to attendees Delia Bishop Fay Bowen Kiliane Keefer Ida Mane Weyerts Helen Ezell Ray Roberts Charles William Bishop Bob Owens Clarence Ord Jr and the host Clinton Ezell Jr.
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Clinton Ezell
Bunco
Delia Bishop
Fay Bowen
Kil- Iaine Keefer
Ida Mane Weyerts
Helfen Exell
Ray Roberts
Charles William Bishop
Bob Owens
Clarence, Ord, Jr
Clinton ‘Beell, Jr
Texas Farm Work Leading Occupation in 1930 Census
Washington report notes agriculture as the top Texas industry with 42001 of 2,207,118 employed in all sectors. Farmers including owners and tenants total 488,607, farm managers and foremen 4,490, wage workers 198,760, and unpaid family workers 149,236. Across the U S, 10,482,323 persons were in agriculture in 1930, or 25.1 percent of all employed males.
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Washington
Texas
United States
Langtry road contract let for grading project
The W. B. Thompson company of San Angelo won the bid to grade 63 miles of highway from the Billings ranch west to Langtry hub. Work by a 100 day limit begins soon with Val Verde County paying about 15000 dollars as its share.
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Thompson Contracting
San Angelo
Blate|ignway Commission
Austin
Angelo Company
Thompson
Pike
Southern Pacific
Billings
Langtry
Val Verde County
Panxing Conducting Continual Research
John G Lonsdale president of the American Bankers Association says the organization conducts continual investigations across all banking phases for 29000 members. He notes bankers nationwide freely share expertise to yield strong legislation and improved banking practices through the American Institute of Banking and related education programs.
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American Bankers Association
John G. Lonsdale
Financial Association
Na Onal
American Institute of Banking
Thmerican Bankers Association
Federal Reserve System
United States
Lonsdale
Banking Grows More Complicated
Denver report on the American Institute of Banking annual convention notes the institute's curriculum expanding from three courses in 1918 to ten. The speaker cites additions such as banking fundamentals commercial law negotiable instruments standard economics and finance related subjects, with new topics on bank operation and organization and bank management to be added.
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Denver
Colo
American Institute of Bankin
Agriculture ranks second in U S employment behind manufacturing
A total of 9,138,?76 women and 9,568,347 men were connected with agricultural pursuits out of 38,062,705 men and 10,778,794 women in all industries. Agriculture trailed only manufacturing and mechanical industries in overall employment across the United States.
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United States
Hazor Reemerges as Ancient City of Joshua Myth and Archaeology
Archaeologists led by Garstang of the British School in Palestine report Hazor, an ancient Canaanite city, rising from mythic ruin after Joshua. The site, dated to the period of the Hittites and Jebusites, is analyzed with biblical references to the conquest and destruction of Hazor by fire, and its rediscovery as a symbol of early biblical history.
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Joshua
Troy
Gideon
Ajaton
Jabin
Merom
Hazor
Beadle Rescued Beetle Helps Worm From Bird Threat
In a curious animal example, a Jet black beetle in caterpillar form appeared to protect a worm on a path. The beetle chased danger, seized the worm by the head, and guided it to a ground hole, where it retreat. The act suggests selfless care, likely saving the worm from a predatory blackbird.
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Peetie
Montreat
Merala
Weather Proverb Fragments Across May and June
Fragmented weather proverbs suggest caution in predicting farming outcomes. Notable bits warn of lingering cold in May, a warm early June, and possible storms affecting harvests. The mix reflects traditional sayings rather than precise forecasts from historical sources.
Fragmentary Tale Appears in Pastor’s Inquiry
An incomprehensible fragment shows a pastor asking a man if a ghostly figure appeared, with the reply describing a vague vision in a cryptic exchange. The damaged text hints at a ghost sighting described by a mau.
Child speaks after long silent ride in Sunday scene
A family outing turns lively as neighbors and weather spark chatter except six year old Joe who suddenly breaks his hush with a surprised, decisive remark revealing a fresh thought during a Sunday afternoon drive.
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Archimedes
Joe
Missing Mother and Daughters Prompt Nighttime Search
A neighbor reports attempting to wake a mother and two girls at home after nine and eleven thirty p.m. but neither was found. The troubling inquiry centers on their whereabouts and the delay in returning home.
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Bary
Cobweb Maker Delivers Delicate Travel Webs in Film Trade
In a striking but odd trade tale from film history, a cobweb artist arrives with a whirling apparatus to weave ornate, delicate webs inside aging cellars and trapdoors, creating a travellike lattice instantly and stunning viewers.
Roger Bacon First to Talk of Metal Airship Ideas
The article credits Roger Bacon as the earliest to envision an all metal airship and metal powered flight. It notes Bacon, a thirteenth century English friar, discussed coal engines and a large copper hollow globe vessel launched from a high point with ethereal air or hydrogen to traverse land and sea.
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Roger Bacon
United States Department of Commerce
Kircher
Bacon
Macon
Zeppelin
Hom
Old Customs Dear to Hearts of Britishers
A fragmentary note recalls long standing parish rituals in Archbiaion with charity on Sundays and Thursdays, including 15 quarters of beet served in pitchers and five shillings worth of pennies. It mentions revived May Players and a Salter’s Hall procession to the tomb with a greeted farewell chant.
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Archbiaion
Salters’ Hall
Salter
London
Fight at First Sight rp family ferocious but caring
A fragmented account describes a ferocious family fighting at first sight then mating and caring for progeny. They inhabit a flower pot or hollow stone, clean a spot, raise their family, guard their young, and feed them with a jelly like substance in a cyclical process.
Fragmentary Note on Art Composition and Form
A garbled remark discusses how the whole can be greater than its parts in art, noting camera work may enlarge or distort, and arguing the best composition often lies in the piece itself rather than the whole.
Followed Flag's Example You Says sou was de only man ob de Inike
The Vancouver Province reports a fragmentary, stylized dialogue describing a battle scene. The speaker claims only one man stood out amid the confusion, noting cool resolve while cannons roared and a rabbit's foot superstition is referenced. The passage conveys a vivid, tongue in cheek frontier cadence.
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Flag
Vancouver Province
Meeting of Napoleon and Wilhelm II After Sedan Described
The Illustrated London News recounts a meeting between Napoleon III and Wilhelm II in Auvergne after Sedan. The old king is said to have taken Napoleon's hand and spoken of fortunes of war, while Wilhelm guided the monarch to an inner room to discuss the battle and origins of the war. The account notes the chivalrous gesture and a remark about cheering him up.
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Sedan
Napoleon
Auvergne
Wilhelm II
Prussia
Kesture
Wilhelm
Hohenzollern
London News
Classified Rates Notice for Advertisements in advance
A public notice outlines the classified ad rates and payment terms. First insertion costs seven cents per line with a minimum eight cents for three lines, plus three and one half cents per line for subsequent insertions. Cash in advance only, no monthly billing.
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Ines
Nice fat hens for sale and farm items listed
For Saul Nice, fat hens for sale call 316 PI 11 40 Nice large Rhode Island fryers phone 316 For sale garage building modern dwelling near school six well located town lots 800 acre farm on river all priced right Frank Wedin Marathon Texas 10 246 Why pay more Try our Grade A milk as good as the best at 12 percent quart or 40 cents a gallon Measday Dairy phone 619 4P
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Frank Wedin
Marathon
Texas
Local Feed Prices and Disaster Aid Mentioned in Coleman County Notices
A Coleman county Tex notice urges readers to call for low feed prices at T. A. Beard Feed Store and notes Mrs. T C Selvig renting a piano. It mentions a gift carload of watermelons from Ravenna Nebraska to Coleman county and Ravenna supplying flour and canned goods in return.
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T. A. Beard Feed Store
Coleman County
Texas
Ravenna
Nebraska
Texas college awards 1800 ton pea contract to local woman
A Fioya county woman received a contract to supply Texas A M College with 1800 gross tons of home canned blackeyed peas at a total price of 720 dollars.
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Fioya County
Texas A. M. College
New school building finished in Grabana district
A $20,000 school building was recently completed in the Grabana district seven miles south of Posty, Texas.
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Grabanaistrict
Posty
Texas
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