Texas School Tax Vote and County Bond Approvals
Multiple Texas districts convene to fund schools and roads. Band Ridge district approves a $1 per $100 tax. Houston County issues $100,000 levee bonds. Trinity County approves $577,000 special road bonds. State funds aid Rusk County road connections, and various school and road projects proceed statewide.
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Band Ridge
Nacogdoches County
Houston County
Attorney General's Department
Trinity County
Commission
Cameron County
Barreda
Point Isabel
State Highway Department
What's the Use A Young Man Beyond His Means
A comical exchange questions a reckless youth whose father worries over his spendthrift ways. The son insists he has no means yet maintains his activities, prompting a playful clash that hints at a larger family concern.
Better Than Nobody Ambiguity At A Reception
A humorous dialogue centers on a presumptive bridegroom and remarks by a fiancée about Edwin’s character. Confusion arises from a joke about being “better than nobody” and an awkward reception invitation.
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Erateria-Law
Edwin
Father
FIELD TALK in the era of political mischief
A dialogue recounts pursuit and misdirection among speakers. References to Adams and Jefferson appear amid flirtatious banter and social intrigue, suggesting a satirical or stage-like scene about political figures and romantic entanglements.
Purty loud sultry talk of a deaf man’s brag
The text recalls a loud quip about a deaf man and his pride in a misheard tale. It centers on a speaker boasting about the loudness and a connection to the deaf man, framing a local dialect moment.
That Settles It a Dud Golf Club
A humorous London Passing Show quip about a doctor confirming health and a golfer joking a clinician sold a dud golf club. The line plays on medical certainty and golf gear.
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London
Tin Wedding Mystery Sparks Local Inquiry
A reader notes a repeated line about a tin wedding and asks if a couple has marked ten years of marriage, prompting questions about the couple and the celebration in the community.
Market Report Shows Mixed Prices Across Commodities
USDA market summary notes potatoes and other vegetables slip in many markets while Florida and California entries show varied per crate and f.o.b. figures. Livestock quotes rise for hogs and fall for some beef and lamb. dairy butter weakens as wholesale meat prices drift with seasonal trends.
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South Carolna
Florida
New York
Chicago
Texas
Coachella Valley
California
Imperial Valley
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Philadelphia
Missouri
Kentucky
Wakefield
Norfolk
Missiasippi
Middle West
Meath
Boston
New Orleans Rice Market Holds Steady On Friday
New Orleans rice market shows no new developments with routine activity at top prices. Fancy Blue Rose sells around 6.4 to 6.5 cents per pound, Fancy Honduras 6.7 cents, Fancy Japane 6.4 to 6.44, and screenings at 3.6 cents. Moderate demand for fancy Blue Rose reported in interformilla. small second hands offered as low as 6.6 cents, but large quantities fetch top prices.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Interformilla
Fort Worth Stock Market Shows Steady Cattle Trade
Fort Worth Texas reports a quiet cattle market with narrow receipts and a generally steady trend. Friday sales reflect light demand as receipts near 1,500 head of cattle and 300 calves, calves rising 26 to 60 cents as quality improves.
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Fort Worth Stock Market
Fort Worth
Tex
Galveston Bathing Review crowns top beauties
A crowd in Galveston watched Einar Wilkins of Dallas crowned Miss Dallas as winner of the 1925 bathing revue after Sunday’s parade. Miss Lucile King of Galveston took second place as Miss Courtesy, with Miss Edna Francis of Houston earning third. Prizes included 600 250 and 100 dollars while all three earned trips to Atlantic City.
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Galveston
Tex
Einar Wilkins
Dallas
Taland City
Lucile King
Sunghine
Houston
Edna Francis
Missouri Pacific
Gulf Coast
International Great Northern Lines
Atlantic City
Wikins Alac
Miss King
Miss Francis
Texas Seeks Gasoline Tax From Fort Sam Supply
The Texas attorney general sues Grayburg Oil Co in Travis County to collect a 1 cent gasoline tax on 1,201,400 gallons supplied to the U S Army at Fort Sam Houston since June 1923. The suit questions Texas power to tax goods bought by the federal government.
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Austin
Tex
Tick Eradication Work Expands Across Texas Counties
With rainfall improving conditions, the livestock sanitary commission broadens tick eradication efforts to nearly every Texas county previously slated for prosecution. Leo Callan of San Antonio, chairman, announced the expansion.
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Austin
Tex
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Leo Callan
San Antonio
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State Highway Commission
Rusk
Chapman
Carthage
Mount Enterprise
Independence Road
Brenham-Washington Road
Brenham
Independence
Yegua
Clay Station
Burleson County
Washington County Commissioners Court
Washington County
Tom Green County
Bromm
Bastrop
Fred G. Hay- Bie
State Department of Education
Alum Creek
Oak Hill
High Grove
Megroes
Atore Shalf
Mies Vivian Waaver
Houston Chamber of Commerce
E. L. Jordan
Swisher County
Love
J. M. del Curto
State Department of Agriculture
Waco, Beaumont & Sabine Railway
Livingston
Beaumont
Secretary of State
Bragg
Saratoga
Sour Lake
Hardin County
West Port Arthur
OUR
Little
Wamplis Street
Nee
Jake
Wertern
Frank
Maude
Er—er—Adama
John Quincy Adams
U. S. Rervertment of Agriculture
Washington
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