Orchard care urged to boost Texas fruit quality and value
Extension experts note several Texas counties lack pruning and spraying. They advise homeowners to prune spray and cultivate orchards now to harvest quality fruit next year. Copies of Bulletin No 13 on peach orchards available from College Station.
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Agriand Mechanical College and Cultural Co
Texas
Dallas Fair
Extension Department
College
College Station
Clarence Ousley
A. and M. College of Texas
Collegge Station
Emtruit
A Neighborhood of Happy Tenant Farmers in Wilson County
The Raleigh Times portrays Stantonsburg Township, Wilson County, as a thriving tenant farming community centered around a modern church and a two room schoolhouse. Landowners support tenants by funding schools, boosting social life, and fostering contentment while tenants, though mostly white, show initiative and savings. The piece cites The Progressive Farmer praising absentee landlordism as a major state curse and suggests such tenant cooperation benefits agriculture.
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Brother Renter
Raleigh
N. C
Wilson County
Stantonsburg
Carver
Farm Tenant Has Better Advantages Than Laborer
The article contrasts the status of a farm tenant with that of a laborer, noting the tenant gains more favorable conditions. It highlights how tenancy can confer greater stability and potential benefits compared to wage labor on the same land.
Personal Marketing Injures Efficiency
A housekeeper argues in the December Woman’s Home Companion that shopping by telephone saves time and money. She says in person marketing wastes effort, especially for busy mothers with small children, and that morning trips to town disrupt other work and life.
Admitted to Bond in Millican Killing Case
Bertha Rather, colored, charged with killing Charley Stanley, colored, near Millican Saturday night, was given an examining trial before Justice L. D. McGee yesterday afternoon. She was admitted to bond in the sum of $200 by Judge McGee to await grand jury action at the March term of the District Court.
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Bertha Rather
Charley Stanley
Millican
L. D. McGee
McGee
Dallas Woman Found Dead in Creek
The body of Mrs. Hugh Perry was found in a Dallas creek ten days after she vanished. Police say she was choked with two handkerchiefs tied around her neck. No clue yet to the murderers. Her husband is a prominent local book publisher.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Hugh Perry
Hillstrom Funeral Held in Chicago
At Chicago services today Joseph Hillstrom, the Utah executed industrial worker, inspired songs sung in a dozen languages. The funeral reflected broad public interest as mourners gathered to honor Hillstrom's memory and legacy.
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Grave
Chicago
Joseph Hillstrom
Utah
Pan-American Thanksgiving Observance at St Patrick's
Washington pageant drew the cabinet diplomatic corps and supreme court to St Patrick's Church for mass and a peace minded Thanksgiving. McAdoo stood in for President Wilson as he prepared his Congressional message and planned dinner with Mrs. Norman Galt.
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Associated Press
Washington
St.Patrick’s Catholic Church
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
McAdoo
Wilson
Congress
Norman Galt
Thanksgiving Day Observed at A and M College
Thanksgiving at A and M College included a chapel service led by cadets and a reading of proclamations by T K Morris and L V Witcher. Cadet M Blankfield performed, Mrs C S Tatum read, and Bernard Sbisa prepared a turkey dinner for over 1000 cadets. The football game vs Mississippi A and M featured in the afternoon with a grand ball led by J P Garrity and about 150 couples attending in Sbisa hall. No exams until late January, with cadets resuming study after celebrations.
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A. & M. College
Texas A. & M
Mississippi A. & M. College
T. K. Morris
Wilson
L. V. Witcher
Sbisa
Cadet Corps
J. P. Garrity
Texas
Mrs Lillian Mondrick Dies Sudden at Home in Bryan
Mrs. Lillian C. Mondrick wife of Dr A L Mondrick died suddenly at her Bryan home around 5 30 pm. She was 41 years old and survived by her husband and three children Mrs Mondrick formerly Miss Lillian Carr born December 26 1873 in Bryan and educated in Austin Texas she was active in church and charitable work. Burial details were not provided.
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Bryan
Lillian C. Mondrick
A. L. Mondrick
Mondrick
Lillian Carr
Austin
Texas
Methodist Church
A.S. Walker
City
Robert Davis
Hearne
William Davis
Funeral at Family Residence Held at 3 30 P M
The funeral was held from the family residence this afternoon at 3 30 o clock with burial at City Cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev C T Tally pastor of the First Methodist Church.
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C. T. Tally
First Methodist Church
Thanksgiving Day Service At Christian Church In Bayan
Attendance was strong for the 10 30 a m Thanksgiving service at the Christian Church Rev C H Storey read the President's proclamation and led the program including hymns invocations prayers solos a male quartet and a sermon by Rev C T Tally The sermon based on Luke 17 17 and 1 Thess 5 18 stressed gratitude as a core human trait and the growing spirit of praise amid faith in Jesus
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Christian Church
Tally
The
C. H. Storey
J. M. Bullock
Margaret Zuber
A. T. Coleman
Messrs
Cc. T. Tally
Methodist Church
Jesus
Nations Grow Welcoming Life As War Endures
A sermon notes improving social conditions and renewed religious life after conflict. It praises peaceful relations, economic resilience, and social service by churches clubs and schools while urging gratitude and renewed faith. It warns that ingratitude harms religious life and calls for continual thanks to God.
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Jesus
Arrest of Mexican man on unlawful dirk charge
Omelio Gonzales a Mexican man was arrested last night and jailed by Constable C L Baker on a charge of unlawfully carrying a dirk He allegedly was under the influence of liquor and tried to stab the officer during the arrest.
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Omelio Gonzales
C. L. Baker
Gonzales
Baker
Seed corn testing car to visit Brazos County farms
The government and banks sponsor a seed corn testing car led by Frank Clarke to Bryan, arriving Monday November 29. The program offers free tested ears for the first 100 farmers who bring 25 ears, aims to identify strong stalks and discard poor performers, and includes photography for state papers.
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Brazos County
Frank Clarke
Fort Worth
Bryan
City National
First National Banks
Clarke
Local Officials Record Multiple Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued include L L Lindsey and Cora Morgan J C McLeod and Kelly Cobb F L Scott and Lucille Batte C F Merryman and Alva Byrd Judge Pierce and Mollie Henderson.
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J. C. McLeod
Kelly Cobb
F.L. Scott
Lucille Batte
C.F. Merryman
Alva Byrd
Jndge Pierce
Mollie Henderson
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A&m. Extension Department
South
Hillstorm
St. Patrick's Church
France
AL & M
Bernard Sbisa
Bayan
J. C. Welch
Randolph Ray
CED
L. L. Lindsey
Miss Cora Morgan
Bryan Cotton Oil
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