Horse Kicks and Drags Man to Death Sunday Night
Lon Ritchie former city poundmaster was kicked and dragged to death by a horse last night. His body lay near the Black person Baptist church around midnight with a broken jaw and damaged eye. The horse saddle slipped, he fell, and one foot caught in a stirrup. Ritchie, 41, leaves a wife two sons and aging parents in Brazos county. Funeral set for Tuesday at 10 from McCulloch-Dansby chapel with interment in Smetana cemetery. He served as a World War I private in Headquarters Company 321st Machine Public Safety Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Ritchie
Negro Baptist
Ritchie
Edward
Elgin
A. B. Ritchie
Brazos County
McCulloch-Dansby
Roy S. Hollo
Minority report on Texas highway financing argued for state bonds
The document reviews Leonard Tillotson’s dissenting views from the Committee of 31 on highway funding. It argues for state bonds or credit to reimburse counties, questions local bond reliance, and discusses maintenance versus construction, urging a systematic revenue-driven program under state control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Tillotson
Committee of 31
Texas Highways
State Department
Tocal
Texas
Committee of 41
Highway Commissioners
Highway Commission
Committee of 51
Highway financing debate and committee dissent analyzed
The remarks reflect a long discussion on highway matters in committee deliberations. The speaker doubts a late shift in views, noting no fellow committee member joined his minority report on the handling of public highway funds by R. S. Sterling Cone Johnson and W. R. Ely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
R. S. Sterling
Cone Johnson
W. R. Ely
Baylor Gridders Schedule Ten Games for Next Season
Baylor University head coach Morley Jennings released a ten game 1920s schedule with six home games. Homecoming is set for November 2 against Texas University at Cotton Palace Field in Waco. The Bears host Stephen F. Austin Teachers North Texas Teachers Trinity University St. Edwards Arkansas Centenary Shreveport Texas Austin SMU Dallas in a mix of home and away games.
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Waco
Morley Jennings
Baylor University
Baylor Bears
Bears
T. ©. U. Horned Frogs
Cotton Palace Field
Arkansas Razorbacks
Stephen F. Austin
North Texas
Trinity University
St. Edwards University
Arkansas University
Centenary College
Shreveport
Texas University
Austin
Anne Nichols Abhors Esquire End Of Abie's Irish Rose Wealth
Anne Nichols, author of Abie's Irish Rose, says she wants to forget the play that earned about 22 million dollars as she testifies in a 3 million dollar plagiarism suit against Universal Pictures. She denies writing a magazine piece The Million Dollar Hit and says she has never read Shakespeare except for Shylock over a pound of flesh.
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Associated Presss
New York
Anne Nichols
Abie
Universial Pictures Corporation
Council For
Cohens and Kellys
Miss Nichol
Corley to Lead Tech Matadors
Vaughn Corley, veteran center for the Texas Tech Matadors, was chosen to lead the Scarlet and Black squad for next year. The selection came at a football banquet in the college cafeteria. Corley has been a key player in Tech football and earned honors with the school's stock judging team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Vaughn Corley
Texas Tech Matadors
Scarlet and Black Gandsters
Corley
Tech
Deering Deer Hunts and Local Business Shifts Highlight Bryan News
Brazos county farmer Tony Varisco returns from Kerrville deer pursuit and talks venison feast plans. Eagle force logs in season greetings from Dad Lea now in Pyote. Bryan sees two firms move from Main to Bryan Street, Smith and Morgan and Yeager Edge Hardware, signaling broader business expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Varisco
Brazos County
Kerrville
Eagle Force
Bryan
Main Street
Bryan Street
Smith and Morgan
Yeager-Edge Hardware Company
Boys Club Work In Jack County Began Texas Farm Youth Movement
In 1907 Tom Marks led Jack County farm boys to form the first Texas boys corn club, sparking county agent led farm youth clubs. By 1912 over 80,000 youth in the South joined clubs. now 30,000 Texas farm youth and 600,000 nationwide participate. Noted leaders include J. Thornton and Walter E. Davis.
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College Station
Tom Marks
Jack County
Texas
Marks
Hollis
Ohlo
United States
Houston
Southern Agricultural Workers Association
Marie Cramer
Aiken County
South Carolina
South
J. Thornton
Lubbock County
Texas Club Boys’ Congress
Corn Club
J. T. Armstrong
George’s Creek
Hood County
Walter E. Davis
Travis
Washington County
W. W. Campbell
Brenham
East Texas Dairy Show Planned to Attract National Herds
East Texas plans a first annual Dairy Show at Marshall March 1 5 6 7 with a $2365 premium list and Fort Worth exposition link. Organizers include the East Texas Chamber of Commerce and regional dairy and agricultural leaders cite strong participation and no gate fee to draw county delegations and Eastern herds.
Brazos County 4-H Club Notes and Farm News
County agents Benson and Givens urge cooperative effort to revive farm productivity in 1929 Brazos County. The piece highlights club stories from Pansy Sousares, emphasizes home demonstration markets, and notes 4-H activities, market demand, and plans to expand the local farmers market with city support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Benson
Lucy Givens
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Regional fair to rotate locations in West Texas
Large delegations from counties show strong interest in an annual fair rotating among West Texas sites. Marshall offers excellent facilities at the Central East Texas Fair grounds though the site is not intended as permanent. Backed by the regional chamber of commerce the Extension Service and Texas A and M dairy husbandry, the non profit show aims to benefit Fast Texas and exhibitors.
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Marshall
Fast Texas
Regional Chamber of Commerce
Extension Service
Uairy Husbandry Department
Texas A. & M. College
Crime News Second to National Items in Texas Dailies
Fort Worth reports that crime news ranks second on Texas daily front pages behind general national news. A Texas Christian University journalism class surveyed Texas dailies from October 22 to November 21, detailing the first-page coverage and tabulations of stories during the period.
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Fort Worth
General National News
Texas Daily
Crime News
Texas Christian University
Texas
Survey finds Texas dailies heavy with weather and ads
The study by Prof J Willard Ridings shows page one weather stories average 1.3 daily and ads average 1.81 per day across Texas papers. Crime and general news run around four daily items each, with local and political news also prominent during election periods. Griff Cloud of Bryan visits Weatherford with friends during holidays.
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J. Willard Ridings
T. C. U.’s Journalism Department
Leity
Ridings
Texas News
Texas
Free Libraries Are Started in Three Counties
Three Texas counties Hale Midland and McCullough will begin county library operations January 1. Initiatives span Tom Green Collinsworth Donley Gray Carson Swisher and Dawson as groups push for county wide systems. Dallam led Texas in 1920 with the first county library. others follow in West Texas. The aim is rural access to library privileges equal to town residents.
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Associated Press
Brady
Texas
Helen Lake Clutter
Hale
Midland
McCullough
Tom Green
Collinsworth
Donley
Gray, Carson, Swisher
Dawson
Adeuate
West Texas
Eagle's Daily Menu Suggestion and notes from Rushville
A rural dinner and supper menu lists molded spinach, baked potatoes, and soups with milk, plus a breakfast of Cream of Wheat and an omelet. Recipes detail spinach mold and tapioca pudding with peaches. The page notes Rushville inclusion and a quip about the Road Fund and ambulance, and reports R L Spiller resuming duties after illness.
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Rushville
Ind
Punch
R. L. Spiller
Texas U Professors to Speak at National Meetings
A long list of University of Texas faculty members will present papers and readings at major national societies this season. D. L. Clark R. C. H. Slover Theodore Stenbi Floyd Stovall and others are slated for the Modern Languages Association in Toronto. Additional UT scholars will appear before the American Historical Association American Statistical Association and many other groups in Chicago New York Detroit Richmond and Cleveland.
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L. M. Hollander
Eugene Barker
Chas. Hackett
F. B. Marsh
Chas. Ramsdell
Thad W. Riker
American Historical Association
Indianapolis
Fred C. Ayer
National Society of Clege Teachers of Education
Cleveland
C. C. Glascock
Spanish Teachers’ Association of Americ
Detroit
Max Handman
American Economies Association
Chicago
W. L. White
A. B. Coax
American Farm Economics Association
Chester Lay
American Association of University
RB. E. Montgomery
American Association For Labor Legislation
C. D. Simmons
American Statistical Association
Ira P. Hildebrand
R. W. Stayton
G. W. Stumberg
Association of American Law Schools
R. G. Lubben
R. L. Moore
H. S. Vandiver
New York
American Mathematical Society
C. F. Arrowood
C. T. Gray
H. J. Muller
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Botanical Society of America
J. T. Buchholz
Mineralogical Societ of America
L. S. Brown
Geologica Society of America
E. H. Sellards
R. H. Cuyler
American Anthropological Society
J. E. Pearce
Befor Philological Association
H. J. Leon
O. B. Williams
Society O American Bacteriologists
Richmond, Va
Wallace Jr on Christmas Trip with Parents
M. E. Wallace Jr. traveled on a business trip for the oil company he serves and spent Christmas Day in a city with his parents Mr and Mrs M. E. Wallace. James, son of a broker, is connected with General Motors in Largoon.
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M. E. Wallace Jr
Mr. and
M M. E. Wallace
James
General Motors
Largoon
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Baylor
Dallas
Matadors
East Texas
Longview
Southwest
St. Louis
Memphis
Missouri Pacific
Cotton Belt
C. M. Evans
Texas and Pacific
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
John D. Middleton
Greenville
Chambers of Commerce
Giodap
Copyright International Cartoon CO
Pansy Sousares Club
Pansy
Smetana Club
News of
Texas Journals
Griff Cloud
Weatherford
Eagle's
U. Ar
Great Dema
Tony Woodyard
North Main Street
Spuds
Idaho
J. R. Ball
Prop
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