Pastor Denied Pardon Will Serve Two Years
The Rev. A. Austin of Texas reports Acting Governor Barry Miller refused clemency for A. Davis of Georgetown. Davis will serve a two year penitentiary term for perjury before Williamson County grand jury in the Burleson flogging case. Miller noted no record justification for a pardon and cited long time since the crime and appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trian
Court of Criminal Appeals
Davis
R. W. Burleson
Wier
Burleson
Miller
District Court
Williamson County
Thorndale Farmers Ship Old Corn For New Crop
Farmers sell old corn as a bumper crop prospect prompts barn clearance. F. J. Henington and Thorndale Mercantile Co buy at 60 cents per bushel and have shipped several cars, until rain halted hauling on Tuesday week, per Thorndale Champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Henington
Thorndale Mercantile Company
Victor Hugo's Hauteville House Given to Paris by Heirs
Descendants donate Hauteville House in exile to the city of Paris. A Chicago postal card invites post office clerks to attend a national convention in Indianapolis, with a one dollar postage requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauteville House
Victor Hugo
Paris
Chicago
Indianapolis
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Advertises Gentle Laxative
A Monticello Illinois physician promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe gentle laxative for children restoring natural bowel regularity. The ad claims it does not gripe or upset delicate systems and offers a free sample bottle upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Til
Former Rockdale Man Takes Secretary Manager Post
Former Rockdale resident C. F. Drake has been elected secretary manager of the McCamey Chamber of Commerce in the Reagan County oil field. Drake leaves Big Lake where he resigned as secretary of the Big Lake Chamber of Commerce to assume the new position. he arrived in Texas twenty three years ago and has worked in Dalhart Weatherford Rockdale and Jacksonville. The Big Lake Wildcat notes his departure will bring a salary increase and long term benefit to McCamey while Big Lake laments the loss and credits Drake with substantial local gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Drake
McCamey Chamber of Commerce
Reagan County
Big Lake
Chamber of Commerce
Drake
Daily Standard of
San Angelo
Texas
Dalhart
Weatherford
Rockdale
Jacksonville
McCamey
Wildcat
UT to Print 1928 Cactus Yearbook by Steck of Austin
The University of Texas awarded the yearbook contract to E L Steck and Company of Austin for about 12700 dollars. About 3500 copies will be produced, each 9 by 12 inches with roughly 564 pages and over 3000 individual pictures. Plans were announced by Willard Perkins and W I Moore Jr. as editor in chief and managing editor respectively. The May Texas Business Review from UT shows May conditions in Texas and the southwest and resource and crop marketing reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
E. L. Steck and Company of
Austin
Willard Perkins
Dallas
Perkins
W. I. Moore, Jr
Texas
Southwest
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
1928 Yearbook Released by University Officials
Mrs. Dorothy Broad Beard, editor of University official publications, states the 1928 yearbooks are off the press and now distributed. The notice confirms the academic publication's availability and administrative oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Broad Beard
University prints eleven thousand five hundred copies of new catalogue
The university announced 11 500 copies of the new catalogue were printed for distribution. About 500 will be sent to state and school libraries publishing houses individuals and others on the regular mailing list.
Farmer Hefti Returns from Galveston Visit with Plans to Sell Peaches and Plums
P. Hefti a Maysfield farmer has returned from a trip to Galveston. Heffi visited his son in law and daughter F Lucksinger of Austin and a relative Sam Hefti in Houston. Hefti plans to sell a large quantity of peaches and plums from his Maysfield farm this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Hefti
Maysfield
Galveston
Mr. Hefti
Old Country
America
F. Lucksinger
Austin
Sam Hefti
Houston
Raised dial numbers aid blind in tuning radios
Dial numbers now appear as raised characters on radio receivers aiding blind listeners to tune in stations. The modification allows tactile identification of frequency markings so users can operate radios independently. This accessibility feature enhances usability for visually impaired individuals.
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Thorndale Farmers
Essex
Horstmann Brothers
Caldwell
Pepsin
Texas University News
Thomas Rousse
Fort Worth
Tillie Frances Young
Corsicana
Evelyn Winfrey
Gladys Morgan
San Antonio
Sybil Hargrave
Birthright
Gladys Whitley
Waxahachie
Theodore Weiss
C. B. Smith
Hubbard
College of Arts and Sciences
H. Y. Benedict
The
Mrs
New Brunswick
Brunswick
Cameron Furniture
J. D. Eplen
James L. Coleman
J. W. Coleman
Cameron State Bank
Cameron, Texas
Guaranty Fund Asst
T. F. Hardy
J. C. Tucker
Geo. T. Graves
E. P. Lester
Asst
P. S. Graves
B. J. Matocha
Asst. Cashier
E. H. Rima
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