Ten Thousand Dollar Cotton Contest Prizes Planned
The Dallas News and Semi-Weekly Farm News in cooperation with Texas A and M extension service and other bodies announce about 10000 dollars in prizes for the 1926 More Cotton or Fewer Acres contest. Six divisions cover staple and upland, irrigated and West Texas aims to boost yields, quality, and farm records.
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Dallas Morning News
Farm News
Extension Service of
Texas A. & M. College
Dallax Cotton Exchange
Texas Atten Association
Texas
Dallas News
United States Department of Agriculture
Black Praries
Black Prairies
West Texas
Blanco
Guadalupe
Warning to Mr Turkey Before Thanksgiving Day
Nelson Schiller of Buckholts High School warns Mr Turkey that Thanksgiving is near and that if he is still present Thursday he will be killed. The poem conveys a playful yet morbid threat as a school friendly tale.
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Mamma
Mr. Gobbler
Nelson Schiller
Buckholts High School
Last Days of Hawthorne in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Far from home Ife travels through mountains and is left in an inn alone seeking youth. He envisions the Great White Throne as Knowthorne is laid to rest in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Laura Fuchs Bueckholts High School notes the writings rank with the best.
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Ife
Sleepy Hollow
Knowthorne
Roland Lawson Dies After Typhoid Pneumonia in Brenham
Roland Lawson died in Brenham Tuesday evening after a severe typhoid pneumonia illness. He leaves a wife formerly Minnie Voyles and three children. His mother Mrs. G. M. Lawson of San Gabriel and brother Clyde Lawson, Buckholts rural carrier, were at his side. Burial was at Lilac Cemetery after a service in Buckholts with many friends and relatives in attendance.
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Roland Lawson
Brenham
Minnie Voyles
G. M. Lawson
San Gabriel
Clyde Lawson
Posta
Buckholts
Lilac
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WR Partners
Cameron, Texas
WM. R. Rogers
Turkey
Mr. Turkey
Hiss
Laura Fuchs
Delbert Childress of
Giddings
Geo. F. Childress
Arthur
Tam
J.&. Freeman
Decker Motor Co
Dope6e Brothers
F. A. Marak
Prop
Cameron
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