Rio Grande flood control improves federal project in valley
The Lower Rio Grande Valley prepares for federal flood control work costing four and a half million dollars with phase one at 1.5 million. The plan clears main floodways, adds a north floodway gate at Mercedes, strengthens levees, and reroutes water between the Rio Grande and floodways to protect Brownsville and nearby towns.
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United States
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Public Works Administration
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Mission
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Mercedes
Raymondville
Gulf of Mexico
Arroyo Colorado
Gulf
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International Boundary Commission
L. M. Lawson
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Burglars Loot Ice Cream Stand on Polk Street
Burglars entered an ice cream stand at 1323 Polk Street late Thursday night taking $3 in cash and a small radio. Police were notified Friday morning about the burglary, the only one reported in the last 24 hours.
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Polk Street
Garment Workers Strike In Los Angeles
About 7,000 of the 10,000 garment workers in 182 Los Angeles shops walked out in response to a general strike call by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union executive committee. Assistant Chief of Police Jack Finlinson estimated the figure.
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Los Angeles
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Jack Finlinson
Tack Letters Contined From Page 2
The letter column recalls past baseball seasons with praise for the Giants and Cardinals and signs off from Frank O. Bielf of Sanford Texas. A young woman seeks part time housekeeping or child care work at 509 Lipscomb Street with room and board, asking for winter housing assistance and offering payment. Dial 4443.
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Tack
Lipscomb Street
Lost Tires and Trade Offer Letter to Readers
A reader reports two mounted tires lost on Monday night near Sixth Avenue and Fillmore Street and offers a reward. Another note asks readers to trade laundry work for a bicycle. The writer criticizes the school board and complains about broadcast restrictions on football games while noting many people cannot attend in person.
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Kingsmill
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Amarillo
Sixth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Tack
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Widow seeks board and room work for care of house
A widow with two daughters seeks employment to run a rooming house or work in a motherless home. She aims to provide care and lodging, offering her family’s service in return for a position.
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Wake Up Your Liver Bile Without Calomel
A vintage advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow and relieve feelings of fatigue and digestive discomfort. It warns against laxatives and mineral waters and promotes the pills as a gentle vegetable remedy. The copy emphasizes a "two pounds" daily bile release and urges readers to ask for Carter's Little Liver Pills.
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Thunder Reptile Brontosaurus Draws World’s Fair Crowds
The 70 foot Brontosaurus at the Chicago World's Fair drew 467,900 visitors over Labor Day weekend as the Sinclair exhibit promoted Opaline and Pennsylvania motor oils and the H-C Gasoline.
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