What the World Is Doing by Popal
Barricades operated by hydraulic pressure at railway crossings are proposed as a safety measure. Triangular platforms rise on the train’s weight and sink after passage with illuminated stop signs for night warning. A foot switch triggers stop lights and other signals, and can operate door latches and bells. Also notes oil from locusts used in South Africa as a watch lubricant and a repurposed insect cake as poultry feed. A housewife improvises an electric stove from a tin can and a flatiron slot for cooking and heating liquids.
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South Africa
Notice of Filing Accounts Estates of Decedents Milam County
Notice commands the sheriff or constable of Milam County to publish and circulate a notice of filing accounts for estates of decedents. The notice has been regularly published for at least one year before the dated notice and must be printed at least weekly for twenty days before the return day. It is addressed to all persons interested in the estates in the State of Texas.
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State OF
Texas
Milam County
Milem
Lightning Flashes Across World In Continuous Thunder
A London weather bureau report states about 1,800 thunderstorms are active every minute globally, producing 360,000 lightning flashes per hour or about 100 per second. Observations from 3,000 stations indicate 16 million such storms yearly, roughly 44,000 daily, with tropical posts noting frequent distant thunder during rainy seasons.
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London Weather Bureau
New German Death Ray Said More Destructive Than Prior Inventions
A new death ray reportedly developed by a German has an effective ground range of forty miles and reaches above 45,000 feet. The device renders men and animals unconscious, with paralyzing effects lasting six hours, according to reports to the department of commerce.
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Department of Commerce
Final Account in Estate of Lucia Myers Milam County
W L Myers as administrator files his final account and application for discharge in Milam County Court. Hearing set for the next term beginning August 3 1925 at Cameron Court House. Interested parties may appear and contest the account. Dated July 8 1925. Lilian Atkinson Clerk Milam County Texas.
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Lucia Myers
W. L. Myers
Milam County
Cameron
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
A notice lists multiple marriages with partners Alfred Wilson and Josephine Davidson, W J Harris Jr and Ruth Flanegan, Porfirio Martinez and Marcelina Costello, Inez Morera and Juanita Cabrera, Paul Thompson and Pearl Nealey, Andrew J Hopkins and Bettie Lee Smith, Meter Lopis and Franciska Koatello, Jim K Louning and Fredonia Hairston, Charlie Black and Goldie Phillips, Booker Pare and Elsie Mee Moore, Gomer Owens and Gladys Watson.
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Inez Morera
Juanita Cabera
Paul Thompson
Pearl Nealey
Andrew J. Hopkins
Bettie Lee Smith
Meter Lopis
Franciska Koa
Charlie Black
Goldie Phillips
Booker Pare
Elsie Mee Moore
Gomer Owens
Gladys Watson
Real estate transfers list multiple city parcels and buyers
Real estate transfers show F C Mondick selling multiple lots in blocks 32 40 and 48 West Cameron for 500 dollars to R L Batte and 800 dollars from John Ford to H G Murphree in the D A Thompson survey and 1000 dollars from Will Davis to Ned Denman Lot 5 Block 2 W W Lewis league.
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F. C. Mondick
R. L. Batte
Bock
West Cam
John Ford
H. G. Murphree
D. A. Thompson
Will Davis
Ned Denman
W. W. Lewlis
Property Transfers in Rockdale and Nearby Areas
Transfers recorded include Mrs E B Creasey selling lots 7 and 8 in block 3 R C Wallis addition Rockdale to W B Gaither for 212.50 dollars, Annie Jackson selling 246-100 acres Justo Lundo survey to Thorndale Mercantile Co for 100 dollars, and H L Heath selling east half of D Monroe grant to C Walden for 1600 dollars.
Automobile license list shows regional Ford and Chevrolet vehicles
Frank L. Wall of Gause and W. C. Evans & Son of Cameron report Ford roadsters and touring cars. L. M. York of Milano and Geo. Barron of Cameron list Ford touring and Chevrolet touring. Dr E L Lawrence of Thorndale lists a Ford coupe. Miss Dora Laffere of Rosebud notes a Ford touring license entry.
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Frank L. Wall
Gause
Overland
S. R. Baldridge
Rockdale
Ford Roadster
W. C. Evans & Son
Cameron
L. M. York
Milano
Geo. Barron, Cameron
E. L. Lawrence
Thorndale
Dora Laffere
Rosebud
Ford
Local car ownership list from Rockdale area
Motionless OCR fragment lists J. O. Newton Dodge Willie Stolte Paul Wagner. Names appear alongside Ford touring and Ford coupe references. Other locations include Cloud Eads and Thorndale.
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J. O. Newton
Rockdale
Dodge Touring
Willie Stolte
Ford Tour
Ing. Paul Wagner
Cloud Eads
Thorndale
Executor J Milton Tucker Appointed in J M Tucker Estate
Notice that J Milton Tucker has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of J M Tucker in Milam County Probate Court Texas Cause No 2009. Creditors must present claims to Executor at Room 309 Santa Fe Building Dallas Texas.
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J. Milton Tucker
J. M. Tucker
Milam Courty
Texas
Santa Fe Building
Dallas
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Popal
Chevrolet Co
A. D
Lilian Atkinson
Crerk County
Alfred Wilson and
Josephine da
Vidson
W. J. Harris, Jr
Ruth Flan
Neagan
Porfirio Martinez and
Marcelina Costello
Tello
Jim K. Louning
Fredonia
Hairston
Eron
Automobile License
The
Studebaker
Joe J. Michalka
Cameron, Texas
OTL Tractors
Board of Trustees of the Public Schools of the
City of
DeWitt & Lemmon
Frank Keen
Keen
Board of Trustees
Cameron Public Schools
U. L. Kidd
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