Texas votes mix as Bee Wurzbach race still in doubt
In San Antonio the fourteenth district contest between Carlos Bee and Harry Wurzbach remains undecided though Wurzbach leads by over 2000 in counted votes. A GOP win would be Southwest Texas first in 26 years. State ticket and amendments show large majorities for education and city tax limits while a third proposal sits near even.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Carlos Bee Democrat
Harry Wurzbach
Wurzbach
Texas
Hoofs Replacing Feet Warns Drake Professor
Des Moines reports Professor Herbert Martin of Drake University warns that increasing heel height will push future generations toward hoofs instead of feet. He cites small high heels shrinking the little toe and predicts toes will disappear, followed by other toes, ending with the big toe as the final battleground.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert Martin
Philosophy Department
Drake University
Mrs Foster Hosts Duchess Sims and Attendant in Waco
Duchess Kath leen Sims of Bryan and her maid Miss Emory of Navasota will visit Waco direct from the University of Texas as guests of Mrs. W. M. Foster at the Cotton Palace.
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W. M. Foster
Cotton Palace
Kathleen Sims
Bryan
Emory
Navasota
Waco
University of Texas
Olive Emory
W. B. Bizzell
College
Maybelle Allen
Calvert
Drink Milner
College Station
T. Faulkner
Mattie B
Jessie May Craig
Maude
Jennie Louise Stevenson
John A Held
Houston
South
Texas
S. C. Richardson
Eastland
Richardson
J. T. Turner
Lois Bethea
Sherman
Kidd Key
Ed Smith
John Burch
North Zulch
C. M. Ball
George Foster
Rudolph Myres
Hudson Myres
Mary Moss
Convicted Blue Sky Oil Salesman in Kansas Trial
Thad S. Wilson of Wichita and Dallas was convicted in Ellsworth district court for violating the Kansas blue sky law. The case involved selling oil stocks not approved by the blue sky commission. Two co-defendants pleaded guilty and were fined. Wilson went to trial.
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Associated Press
Ellsworth
Kans
Thad S. Wilson
Wichita
Dallas
Texas
Wilson
Blue Sky’ Commission
Shoes and hats sale offers across infant to men sizes
Wide to time worn inventory promotes cut prices on infants shoes sized 2 to 6 and child shoes up to size 8, ladies high top comfort shoes, house slippers, boys scout shoes, men’s dress and work shoes, and a large line of hats and millinery. Prices show frequent discounts with multiple quartered dollar figures.
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Callco
Sese Gao Soi Csneen
Ee Ee
Sceen
Abe
Bryan
Sanitary Pawn Broker's New Clothing Department Opens
The Sanitary Pawn Broker announces a new clothing department with 2500 pieces including coats overcoats cloaks sport coats and odds and ends for men boys and women. Prices claimed to be three to four times cheaper than typical retail during hard times. Visit to see through the department.
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Sanitary Pawn Broker
Sanitary
House Furnishings Big Cut Prices at Department Store
The advertisement lists numerous household items with cut prices including cups and saucers at 1.25 and 1.35 per set, plates, dishes, granite cookware, tin pans, milk pans, buckets, pots, kettles, coffee pots, knives and forks, glassware, lamps, and alarm clocks with substantial discounts.
Night Riders Condemned At Little Rock Cotton Conference
In Little Rock 400 cotton men and farmers heard officials condemn night riding to halt ginning and marketing of cotton. Governors McRae Hobby Cooper backed sane business action, urged reduced acreage, education, organization, and cooperation. The meeting also discussed seeking treasury secretary changes and measures to protect cotton prices.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
American Cotton Association
South
T. Loy Yey
South Carolina
J. S. Wannamaker
St. Matthews
S. C
American Datae Association
Haman
T. C. McRae
J. C. Alexander
Arkansas Cotton District
Hobby
Parker
Louisiana
Associated Press
Columbia
Cooper
Wilson
David F. Houston
the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Embroidery Club Hostess Leads Bryan Gatherings
Mrs. E. H. P. Bain presides at her West 25th Street home this afternoon for Bryan Embroidery Club with members including George Adams Harry Burger E J Fountain and S C Williams. Local news from Brazos county A and M College Bryan is requested. Cy Koentze a Zack resident, visited. W D Stallings and grandson J D Stallings of Alexander were in town.
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Maude Bookout
Lindale
Frank Webb
Red Cross
Brazos County
Wellborn
Sam Luther
Thompson Creek
Bryan
G. D. Bailey
College
E. H. P. Bain
Bryan Embroidery Club
West 25Th St
George Adams
Harry Burger
E. J. Fountain
S. C. Williams
Dana Carnes
H. G. Fulgham
J. S. Doane
P. S. Park
R. Q. Astin
W. C. Davis
The
Eagle
A. & M. College and Bryan
Cy Koentze
Zack
W. D. Stallings
J. D. Stallings
Alexander
George Willis Struck by Illness in Bryan Street Scene
An ex service man named George Willis from Richmond Virginia collapsed on a Bryan street near the post office. He was attended by a doctor and treated at the hospital with Red Cross and American Legion aid. He recovered consciousness around 8 PM and planned to continue to Dallas after reporting sunstroke in Louisiana.
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George Willis
Richmond
Red Cross
Regular
Louisiana
Dallas
Bryan
Post American Legion
Legion
Miss Sims Duchess at Cotton Palace Queen’s Ball
Miss Katreen Sims will represent Sivan society at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco opening October 30 and closing November 14. She joins more than a hundred visiting duchesses and scores of princesses from across Texas and the nation. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson appointed a District of Columbia queen. Gov Frank O Lowden’s daughter Harriet Lowden also attends. Opera stars from the Metropolitan will perform in a seven show run after arriving from Gotha.
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Katreen Sims
Sivan Socety
Texas Cotton Palace
Waco
Yooung Lady
Texas
Woodrow Wilson
District of Columbia
Harriet Lowden
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Gotham
Tax collection schedule announced for Brazos County
Roy Hudspeth, Tax Collector, Brazos County Texas, lists tax collection sites. The schedule includes Wellborn on Tuesday afternoon November 9 Edge on Saturday November 13 Kurten on Wednesday November 17 Millican on Saturday November 20 Mooring Store on Monday November 29.
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Wellborn
Edge
Kurten
Millican
Mooring Store
Roy Hudspeth
Brazos County
Texas
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Blue Sky
Main Street
Shoe Department
Wetge Sui
Millinery Department
Bryan, Texas
NIGHT
McRae
Austin
Miss Sims
Kathlefn Sims
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