Odd Hybrid Gives Clue to Origin of Corn
Henry A. Wallace discusses crossing corn with gama grass and teosinte to trace corn's origins. The Texas station's Mangelsdorf showed pollen on shortened silks yields some kernels, with hybrids resembling gama grass. The piece explores plant breeding history and distant relatives of corn.
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Henry A. Wallace Wootlaces
Iowa
Towa
Mexico
Eas Mueclicut
Texas Experiment Station
P. C. Mangelsdorf
Manceledorf
Mangelsdorf
Job
Interscholastic League Officers Named in Brazos
Brazos district lists officers for the league with Jornon Brown as director general. W L Babor heads debate, Mrs Tindgews leads declamation, Miss Ollie Waldron handles extempore, Miss Cevrayings Carton Hibbiets directs athletics, and Mrs W T Kelley oversees music memory contest.
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Brazos
Jornon Brown
Ivia
Uix
Babor
Tindgews
Kurten
W. L. Powers
Tabor
Ollie Walm
Steele’s Store
Millican club plans December home orchard project
Millican on November 17 Miss Lucy Givens home demonstration agent met nine club members at Mrs Robert Fuqua home to plan a December home orchard project and accept orders at a low price. A hog canning demo is set for December 1 at Mrs K T Williams Jr home for the club fund with lunch and social time after.
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Lucy Givens
Millican Club
Robert Fuqua
Miss Givens
K. T. Williams, Jr
Jack
Clarence Sawyer
Etek
G. B. Cory
Ife
J. W. Burrows
Aubrey Fuqua
Goose Creek
Chav. McGregor
Houston
Renkin Pottecte
San Marcoe
Mr. Howard
Ennis
Millican Friends
Mer
Lillian Symm
Thanksgiving Homecomings Highlight Millican News
The column notes Ben Marrington ill at his mother's home Mrs. Alice Marrington. Thanksgiving will draw many friends and relatives to Millican and road work on the new highway advances rapidly. Most Millican homes host laborers as boarders. the paper plans to chronicle homecomings for the holiday.
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Ben. Marrington
Alice Marrington
Millican
Wedding Shower for Miss Mary Venice Seale at Haygood Home
In Benchley, Mrs. J. W. Haygood hosts a wedding shower Friday afternoon for her niece Miss Mary Venice Seale. Guests delivered gifts in a too small basket and the secret bride was led toward a quilting gathering as the home filled with friends and family.
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J. W. Haygood
Brad Haygood
Mary Venice Seale
C. B. Franklin
Hearne
Noonie
Maude Buckhaults
Bride Mary Eunice Seale Showered with Gifts and Guests
Guests admired and passed around Mary Eunice Seale’s gifts as she received a beautiful wedding shower. Tables held pink and white refreshments with tiny wedding bell motifs while a guest register listed numerous attendees from Hearne and local towns.
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Mary Eunice Sewa
de Seale
Read Haygood
Benchley
Tom Elliott
Bobby Payne
Bertha Mae
Emma Elliott
Edge
Ballinger Claims Low Westex Water Rates
Ballinger says it has the lowest water prices in West Texas with a 5,000 gallon minimum of $1 and 20 cents for each extra 1,000 gallons. The rate has remained unchanged for over two decades.
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Ballinger
Texas
Prospect School Plans Community Events and Canning Demonstration
A Sunday School gathering at Prospect School plans a box supper on November 28 with a Thanksgiving program and Cargill band music. County Agent Benson will discuss home living plans, while Miss Lucy Givens supervises canning work. A December hog killing and canning demonstration will involve four teams with home demonstration support.
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Mesters
Manning
Terry
Sylvester
Timmons
Prospect School
Cargill
C. L. Benson
D. J. McDonald
Benson
Lucy Givens
Community Dinner Follows Cemetery Meeting in Steep Hollow
A Steep Hollow community event announces a cemetery meeting at 10 a.m. on Sunday of Nov 29 followed by a dinner served on the grounds for attendees.
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Steep Hollow
Farm Board Pledges Cotton Holdoff To Stabilize Market
The Farm Board announces an agreement to hold about 6.6 million bales of cotton for a year to curb gluts. Southern bankers will finance 3.1 million bales with a 3.5 million bale reserve held by the board and the American Cotton Co operative Association until July 31, 1932, unless prices rise above 12 1 2 cents per pound.
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Washington
Farm Board
Nathan Adams
Dallas
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Physician Dr Rea to Visit Bryan Lasalle Hotel for One Day
Dr Rea a renowned American internal medicine specialist will be at the Bryan Lasalle Hotel Thursday December 10 from 10 AM to 4 PM. He offers free consultation and examination and will treat chronic illnesses without surgery with hypodermic injections and medicines at reasonable costs. Married women should come with husbands and children with parents. Drs Rea Bros Minneapolis Minn have operated since 1898.
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Rea
Drs
REA Bros
Minneapolis
Minn
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J.C. Penney CO
Bryan
Penney
Heneen
Millican News
Jacksonville
Florida
Benchley News
Griffin
West 25Th Street
Minnesota
Bryan Lasalle Hotel
Huntington
Ward
Amer
Abe
Montgomery Warp & Co
Bryan Ave
Phon
Bryan, Texas
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