Convict Captured After House to House Salesman Track
A.B. McLain, a 33 year old traveling salesman, spotted Sam F. Aiken, 41, in a detective magazine and led police to the fugitive. Aiken, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife and a salesman in 1929, escaped Fulton Tower Atlanta in 1930 and was recaptured with the help of local officers and Chief Percy Heard.
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Houston
Sluetch
Sam F. Aiken
Fulton Tower
Atlanta
Aiken
Boyce Hunter
W. B. McLain
McLain
Percy Heard
Manhunt ends as suspect captured after funeral interruption
A posse captured a man accused of a crime on Bear Creek near Grand Prairie. The arrest followed a brief halt in the search Thursday afternoon during the funeral service for Mrs. Gray at Garland. District Attorney William McGraw stated the suspect confessed, saying he needed money.
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Bear Creek
Grand Prairie
William McGraw
Black man confessed to fatal attack in Dallas
Jake White 44 admitted fatally wounding Mrs. W. S. Gray 60 and seriously wounding her husband after saying he needed money. He was arrested late last night at a Black resident's home in Rockwall area.
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Dallas
Jake
Rockwall Slim) White
W. S. Gray
Cooked Fruits and Baked Apples From a Historic Recipe
This fragment outlines methods for Baked Stuffed Apples with a sugar nut and raisin filling, apple water, and a 30 minute bake. It also describes Apple Sauce from the same fruit, including optional straining for smoothness and a method to bake the apples slowly for a reddish color. A Jelly Prunes recipe with prunes, water, gelatin, and lemon juice concludes the excerpt.
Ten Nights in a Bar Room at McKinley School
The Little Theater presents Ten Nights in a Bar Room at the McKinley School auditorium next Monday to Wednesday. Vincent Avery plays Simon Slade the bartender while James Culpepper portrays the rich young man ruined by drink and cards. Oma Link Rowley designed the period sets recreating an 1880s bar room with authentic props and effects.
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McKinley School
Little Theater
Vincent Avery
Dulcy
Simon Slade
Cedarville
James “Cully” Culpepper
Oma Link Rowley
Jellied Apricots Versus Prunes Recipe Note
Directions describe making prunes jellied and substituting dried apricots for prunes. After cooling the gelatin slightly, the mixture is poured into water-wet molds and filled with prunes or apricots. Serve with cream if desired.
Desert Sauces Cake Sauces for varied family desserts
A home cookbook excerpt lists butterscotch lemon Melba and maple walnut sauces. It gives ratios for sugars starch butter water and egg yolk handling plus cooking times and serving notes for each sauce.
Four Arrested as Counterfeiters in Texas Case
Federal authorities prepared to file charges against four men arrested at Dallas in a probe into counterfeit operations. They allegedly conspired to manufacture and pass fake $1, $5 and $10 bills, with most of the notes circulated in East Texas oil regions. A Secret Service agent rode with the gang in an undercover capacity a week earlier.
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Tyler
Tex
Dallas
East Texas
Secret Service
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Associated Press
Elsie Porter
Horace Liveright
New York
Johnson
Taylor St
N. Fillmore St
West 6Th Ave
South Texas
Pinkney’s
Plains
Johnson’s Grocery and Market NO
Caswell Coffee Man
GFO. W. Caswell CO
Macaroni Products Tea
Frre
Cenegrandes Ct
Ozark
RED & White
Home Owned and Operated
Bobby
Sumpin
BROWN
Jowi's Cracker A Candy CO
Sunshine Bisculta
Teaas
Amarillo
J. HW. Harris & Sour
N. Fillmore 8
Oleo
Cloverbloom
Plains Gold
Swift
Lemors
Sunkist
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