A A Tucker 71 Dies at Home Near Tracy
A A Tucker aged 71 years nine months and 22 days died at his son Walter’s home near Tracy last Monday at 6 pm and was buried Tuesday at 6 pm in Salty Cemetery. He was born in Crenshaw County Alabama on September 19 1855 and married to Mary E Jones on December 24 1883 who died November 11 1904. Nine children survive Charlie Walter Eugene Lonnie Sam Caffey Wilson and two daughters with many grandchildren. Bro W S Elliott conducted the funeral.
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A. A. Tucker
Walter
Tracy
Salty
Bro. W. S. Elliott
Crenshaw County
Alabama
Mary E. Jones
Charlie
Eugene
Lonnie
Sam
Galveston
Thomas A. Caffey
Alfred Wilson
San Gabriel
Champion
Thorndale Champion
Milam County Boy Wins Short Story Contest Prize Trip
Jingo Aigner of a farm near Ben Arnold won the Missouri Pacific Lines short story contest with The Agricultural Possibilities of Milam County. He earns an all expenses paid trip to the Farmers Short Course in College Station July 25 to August 1, with transportation, meals, and entertainment provided. Judge George Banzhaf praised the story and H. R. Safford, executive VP of the railroad, called it one of the best among more than 500 entries.
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Jingo Aigner
Ben Arnold
Missouri Pacific Lines
College Station
Milam County
H. R. Safford
George Banzhaf
Aigner
Texas
Safford
Missouri Pacific
Pierces Pacific
Milam
A. & M. College
Cameron
Little River
Houston
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
International Great Northern
Rio Grande Valley
Quarantines Revised for Pink Bollworm and Thurberia Weevil
The Agriculture Department updates interstate cotton movement rules due to pink bollworm in Cochise Graham and Greenlee counties Arizona and spread into Grant Hidalgo and Luna in New Mexico. Thurberia weevil restricts wild and cultivated cotton from Arizona with added permit needs and a ban on moving Thurberia plants. The pink bollworm area covers parts of Texas New Mexico and Arizona with similar restrictions and conditional permit rules for seed cotton and cottonseed products.
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Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Secretary of Agriculture
Cochise
Graham
Greenlee
Grant
Hdalgo
Luna
Obituary of Mrs. Thaler of Thorndale and Milam County
Mrs. Thaler, born August 19 1856 in Grenrode Germany, died last Wednesday near Thorndale after heart disease. She and Oscar Thaler moved from Shelby to Taylor area then Milam County, living in Thorndale until death. Survived by son Robert Thaler and daughters Westermann Leffere Rinehold Leschber Hans grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at St John’s Lutheran Detmold conducted by Rev Fr Walther with burial in St John’s Lutheran Cemetery. Her husband died in 1916 and three sisters reside in Germany with one in Sandoval.
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Robert Thaler
Thorndale
St. John's Lutheran Church
Detmold
Fr. Walther
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Grenrode
Harz
Germany
Oscar Thaler
Texas
Shelby
Taylor
Milam County
Westermann
G. Leffere
Rinehold Leschber
Hans
Sandoval
Pircher
Thorndale Champion
Local Masonic Lodge Installs Officers
Rockdale Lodge No 414 A F and A M installed officers for the coming year at a regular meeting with District Deputy Thomas S Barkley as installation officer Rk D Barnes W M Guy R Eads Wade S D J W Grabein J D D Ewing S S Leo Harris J B Isaacs Sec C R Isaacs Treas N J Bagley Tiler The Lodge also voted to authorize its delegate to Grand Lodge to vote for a one dollar per member special assessment to aid Masons and families facing tuberculosis and other diseases in this jurisdiction.
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Rockdale Lodge
A. F
A. M
Thos. S. Barkley
Rk. D. Barnes
W. M
Guy R. Eads
Wade
S. D
J. W. Grabein
J. D
D. Ewing
S. S
Leo Harris
Leonard Isaacs
C. R Isaacs
Treas
N. J. Bagley
Tiler
Grand Lodge
Rockdale
Mrs Emilie Thaler Dies in Texas Home
The death of Mrs Emilie Thaler long a Texas resident and German native was announced. she passed away at her home leaving many friends saddened by the loss.
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Emilie Thaler
Germany
Texas
Day to Select McAdoo or Borah Declared by Colvin
Oakland Cal July 17 Dr Leigh Colvin national chairman of the Prohibition party said in an address that Senator Borah and William Gibbs McAdoo stand today as likely presidential candidates for the party in 1928. He added the party will choose either man if Democratic and Republican platforms fail to be bone dry. He faulted the present administration for cutting prohibition enforcement funding to save money.
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Oakland
Cal
W E. Borah
William Gibbs McAdoo
Prohibition Party
Leigh Colvin
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Foster-Milburn Co
Mt. Chem
Buffalo
Hupmobile
Horstmann Brothers Tire Store
Cameron, Texas
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Cameron City
Wm. R. Rogers
Masonic Lodge
McAdoo
Borat
Colvin
Pacific
Peter Parenteed
Levy
W. B. Levy
Mar
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